Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-11-12

~ Me- Ana -, non to retire from pub
aeCidentaiIs When a few DAYS since, l
eyS'of ny saw saw The g Scion Of Dcmocra-
learned tbs,' Su.6 Of April, from which 1
1egislatuye Z Ss mad been elected to the
Jones anS 81 M, The State. with John W.
o ~ slhd The DAYS an could but recall TO
The State Iegis SSs.sel from the National to
curto the 4; 'siasurs that they might re-
more frn,, y prinples, and establish
creed, 'ne bass Of our Republican
says, Z" so;n. 'o.se oe0 expectcd, the Scion
Curinp tho,s ' w wee The Whirs upon Sc
Co sot suetf iasoritc Obiect tbs dsEcat Of
bayoy Johnson, that 70 behave tbnv would
o na'e sacrificed Tho. O.. w 'l,Gy W."
DARK and nave nave aNiled hem" OF the
that Connt,, useRHScFUL fraud practiScd in
adds tNat on theday Il me election,
than mn sr' "'.l paper fts due to the public
will Will b an explanation made, which hone
!, vi an humble, tlueb ;o.l,1,. rosroc,o.
oie origin, Colonel oSSs =, "iS s'S ,irarr"A
nus way to the enyble, no"itin" h." nouS
occupies by his ou priyase WImr W. w" Wis
NV cN S@SS> ,MNN,NNNpAssED ELoQuKxcE.
io NY OBJECT, howeye Is hot to bcstow Gu !
nSS '.' L Hpon one whneeds none from my
R SSsi but with yG permission, Mcssrs. !
tutors" tutors 10 give bray a few fthe promi- |
S Sen' events in the sEFuL. Anprors and
SSuocEssFuL caree Of this distinmuishcd
nemOcrat They're from n mrmoron- !
uum OF. facts gathed Iona since when I |
omlUyeo the Pleare Of his association,
ana mediate inteDurse.
IN the summer 1914, when quite Il
Young man, Twin in Western Virginia,
the place of his resent rcsidcnce.1 he
offered the servicof himself and the en-
're company ofAemen, of which he
was captain to tn General Government.
L" serve as voluners in the war in which
we were involverwith Great Britain
I Liner services we accepted, and they
m to .thesastern frontier of the
STATE :, where theleryed till the close of
pl8l5, he w elected as Democrat
'"Nnc hegislaturof his State, where he
,'rved seven yea with credit to himself
and his constitlnts.
In 1898, he w, honored with u seat in
ne Congress tthe United States, in
hlch body he maintained the high rcpu-
Zen he hFd required as an orator, a
publicm Hifi salesman. He rcprcscn-
| what was called the Wheeling Dis
ut, fhT years, and returned to private
f., lawas during that period of his pub
c life land whilst yet comparatively
olng, that he performed an act which il
lsnlteS bis foresight, A trait strongly
character,-an act which |
ioubt no, has and will ever continue to
,iford hin ncxprcssiblc satisfaction. 1t
va, this-A the memorable Presidential
ontr>, betvecn Adams and jackson, in
be- House # Representatives, in 1925,
,c, and HE ScNE of the Virginia delcga
ION, 'o;cd fl and advocated the cleo
ION Of Gcne,a jackson,
In january 1833, he was elected t" ill !
he Vacancy ouscd by the death of the
Ion. Philip dtlridGe, but declined a re- t
lection tie fol- Wing spring. The dis
u.. were nowt banged and passed IN
or lHw.- ot AtN Wigs, being rcprcs,d-
ed 10y 80. Mid Esq, (now Judge of
he Cow, Of APea bis, } in 1885, the De
nocrocy called lrn into the field to re-
icrm the district lie obcyed the sum
nous, and bca,in, M, Allen in IL warmly
onitH'rd ,a'p",sg4 rr"V.d th1t-thYiii"
onGdcuco nd mot been misplaced, lie
hen conlinueIAo represent the district till
Gll, when h, again declined re,clec,
ION and retired. The District continued
O be- rcprcs nt5d by democrat for two
ears in IT, meantime the Districts were ,
hanged, an 1G43 Wing, (lI9n, Geo.
". Summer vas elected by about 800
.otcs.
In 1G45, Cl. Johnson was sin nomi-
ed by the Democratic Conversion to be ,
heir standard ,earer, to lead tIcm tovic-
DRY, and rcscu the district fr3h federal :
SIN they calld upon him to % what he !
lad often done before, He t9t, !
'Or if upuh be dangerous Shown, ,
The dangcri self is lure ulohG:
And said, Il will TRY, and hfdld IT, be- &
NJ triumphantly elected by more than
500. Having thus secured \ he district {
md served out the time, he Skcd to be
to retire to the pcadftul shades
IF his FARM and the embraced his happy s
family,
He was member of thd Baltimore
which elected present
Chief Magistrate (James X. l'lk, } and
was an elcctor in the campaign of 1914, ,
he contributed as much to the increased
majority which Virginia gave asany man
n the Western part of the State
In his long political course we find /
Tim often declining reelection, and re-
iring to private life but as Otter WHEN
HE DrsTR1cr HAD PASSED INTO lie POS
EssroN OF THE FEDS, VIC see him acalled
o the field to redeem it (; and his he
las ncccr taiied TO do, against the stron-
rest champions, ar
Hoping that this State may StlhenJoy
he benefit of his judgement and ptriot-
SIN in her own councils, l leave hmm the