The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-07-03
Governor Johnston.


| lished on Monday last as kind of Wing admo-
.aitinn TO tho Wings who asserablod in State Con-
| vention on Tuesday in Lancaster.
We go to press before hearing whether John
is nominated or not, but we think there is no
| room to doubt his nomination.
Governor Johnston and the Wing Convention.
The time is fast approaching, when the eit-
! zens of Pennsylvania must determine by their
ballots who shall be their Governor for the next
three years. The candidate of the Democratic
party has been fixed upon, and as he is gen
tleman of good character, of respectable talents,
and popular withal, he may be expected to re-
ceive the undivided vote of his party. The
Wings are to select their candidate tomorrow,
and from present appearances, Governor john
ston will be chosen as standard bearer, and
supported by his three hundred military aids,
located in different parts of the State, he will in
all probability enter into the contest sanguine
of success. His plans have been well laid to
secure his nomination, and connecting his name
with the anticipated popularity of Gen. Scott,
as a candidate for the next Presidency, and re-
lying upon the Abolition vote of the State, he
no doubt calculates upon the certainty Of
| election.
However sanguine the Governor may be on
| this subject, 1ce think we see signs of a storm
in the horizon, and although to him the cloud
may appear no bigger than mans hand, yet to
| us it seems like a dark and heavy pail upon his
future prospects We think we already hear
the muttering sound of distant thunder which
portend a storm, and unless the signs of the
times greatly mislead US, it will in the end
burst in torrents upon his head.
Governor Johnston occupies position at
present, which, remaining unchanged, will cause
him the loss of many thousand votes of the
Whig party, and which must result in his en-
tire defeat He has stepped off the Wing Ma
tional platform, the solid foundation of
which he might have stood secure, and has
erected for himself a ricketty sort of stage
affording him no sure support, and from which
he will most certainly fall Abandoning the
great compromise measures upon which de-
pends the preservation of the Union, he has
forsaken the companionship of such men as
Webster, Clay, Fillmore, and other distinguish
| ed Wings, and has thrown himself into the arms
of the Abolitionists of Pennsylvania Affect
ing to disbeleve there is any danger of the dis
solution of the Union, whether the compromise
measures be fully adhered to or not, be has by
his course in refusing to sign the repeal of the
| fugitive slave obstruction bill, abandoned the
great landmarks of the National Wing party
| separated himself from the friends of the Union
-arrayed himself in an attitude of hostility to
| the feelings and wishes of the Southland pla-'
ced himself in the ranks of Seward, Sumner,
of SLa Ior- forp
garding the opinions so unanimously expressed
| at the great Union Meeting of both parties,
held some months ago in this city, as to the i'm
portance of the great compromise measures as
connected with the preservation OF the Union,
he has insisted that it has been in no danger;
and relying upon his own wisdom and foresight,
he has treated the solemn warnings of Webster,
Cass. Clay, Foote, and others as idle tales.
For proof of this, we quote from his speech, re-
Gently made in Spring Garden and reported in
his own paper, the North american.
ssHe held the opinion that this Government
could never be dissolved x
He had never met a citizen of Pennsylvania who
could conscientiously say he had been in fear OF
the safety of this glorious Union. = \
He did not care why or for purpose the cry
| of danger to the Union had been raised.
He did not care who was put in or
| out of office-it was dangerous opinion that
YOU can dissolve the Union at any time, or un-
der ana possible circumstances"
These excerpts from Governor Johnston's
+. speech may serve to show us clearly the ground
| upon which he stands. He would take no pains
| tn conciliate the South, because the Union, in
his estimation, is in no danger. He cares moi
| whether the fugitive slave law is obeyed or not
and therefore carries the bill which would fac
iltate its operations unsigned in his pocket
The course which Gov. Johnston is thus pur
suing is unquestionably in direct opposition tc
| the feelings and wishes of the great body OF the
Wbig party 1t is their object to conciiate
not to exasperate the South. They deem it O.
paramount Importance that the Compromise
measures be carried out and adhered to, to tn.
very letter Their proceedings and resolutions
adopted at their various County Meeting
throughout the State, show this, and under
these circumstances it must be evident tha
Gov. Johnston holding such contrary sentimct
and pursuing so opposite a course, cannot pos
sibly receive their undivided support. The sta
bility and the preservation of the Union, witt
them. over-rides aH other considerations, am
whether Johnston OF Bisler bc Governor, is