Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-03
WINGS OF MADISON WARD.--The Wings
of this wand will hold meeting in the basement room
of The African Church This Evening at O'clock
Good speeches may be expected. no
COL. JOSEPH JOHNSON.
SOMETHING MORE OF HIS "MoRE EXTENDED THAN
BRILLIANT CAREER"

SOMETHING MORE OF HIS "MoRE EXTENDED THAN
BRILLIANT CAREER"
The Democracy of Virginia ask nothing better than
to support an old fashioned Democrat, and such Col
Johnson has proved himself jealousy to be-
Richmond Eng.
Such is the language of our Democratic neigh
bour in a very unsuccessful attempt to parry the
blow that has fallen upon Col. Joseph Johnson
by the reproduction of his vote on the Oregon bill
of lS47, applying the Wilmot Proviso to the
Territory Of Oregon. The vote was given, in
the face of distinct reputation by the Northern
majority, ola recognition of the Missouri Compro-
mise applicable to Oregon, and direct admonitions
from members who spoke for the North that they
intended to apply the Wilmot Proviso to all Ter
ritory that might be acquired from Mexico. The
answer of the Enquirer amounts only to this that
Col. Johnson took the same view that President
Polk Took when he afterwards signed the bb
viz: the Territory "lay entirely above the latitude
of So. 30,' and "the subject of the exclusion of
slavery could not be made practical question:
when applied to Oregon" But; the vote of Col.
Johnson, and the signature of Mr. Polk, both de-
serve condemnation because they conceded The con"
Of the Wilnot Proutso, and gave to
the North in advance all it could fairly claim.
when it was giving full notice that it meant to
claim the whole of the public territory. But, on
this point, the record has been made to speak for
itself; we have now some other incidents in Col.
Johnson's public career to attend to for the En-
qulrer is altogether wrong in saying that we cad
nit there is ground for objection in only one in
stance"
The following communication from q highly
respectable gentleman in Kanawha county, opens
page of Col. Johnsons political history, which
will probably make some of his State.righ hts, anti
Bank, antiInterna Improvement, anti Tariff anti
Henry Clay supporters stare, and stare again. 1t
must be remembered that they are the party who
would hold man forever responsible for the opin-
ions of his past life. In the spirit of that exacton,
the Enquirer, in the sentence we have taken for
our text, makes it Col. Johnson's chief merit that
ne is san old:taShioned Democrat" And now
the public shall see in what old-fashioned
Democracy consists.
1t appears from the extracts made by our cor
respondent from circular issued by Col. John.
son in 1925, that this oldAfashioned Democrat. at
that time, stood upon the following positions:
/. He regarded the question, of the constitu.
ional power of Congress to make appropriations
for Internal Improvements, settled; and he was
hopeful of obtaining from the Federal Govern.
ment five millions and half to connect the Pc.
tomac with the Monongahels, and another inde-
finite sum to construct railroad across the same
country.
2 He was the warm advocate OF the doctrine
ofprotection to domestic manufactures, and, after
voting for the tariff of 1924, which was higher
tariff than the tariff of 1912, took pride in point
ing to its beneficial effects upon the manufacture.
ing interests.
Sd. Although he alone of the Virginia delera-
ton voted for Gen. Jackson in the House of Rem
resentatives, which the Democratic papers make
great merit of. yet Henry Clay, of Kentucky
was his ''frSt choice" and after Mr. Adams came
into office, he thought him deserving of the
Presidency, and an honour 10 the station