The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-11

vote Of VIRGINIA had been cast. Here we see
Colonel JOHNSON was a cunning man. Know
ing that VIRGINIA had voted for CRAWFORD,
he sought to propitiate favor in his immediate
district by voting in opposition to the expressed
sentiment of the State for JACKSON, though he
did not think him qualified for the position.
But was he Jackson man2 Let facts an
swer the question. In 1928, three years after
he had cast his vote for JACKSON, we find him
actively participating with Judge JOHN j. AL
ZEN, Judge f. S. DUNCAN, and other distin-
guished Wings, in an anti-Jackson meeting in
Clarksburg, Virginia, and he was one of the
five delegates elected to go to the celebrated
anti-Jackson Convention in Richmond, to de-
feat the election of the man ANDREW JACKSON,
for whom he had voted, against the sentiment
of his State, in 1926! Verify, Colonel JOSEPH
JOHNSON is consistent politician!
But how does Colonel JOHNSON stand on the
tariff and internal improvements Here we
beg leave to let him speak for himself He
was a candidate for re election in the spring OF
| 1926 and he then wrote circular to his con-
stituents Hear what he said in that circular
ETuucIS from COL JOlpoOHS CUctHuT % 1870.
| "Thc great constitutional question, to the
power of the Government in relation to internal
| improvement, has been settled"
"The connexion of the cas- tern and western wa
| terra by the way of the Potomac and the Monon
gahela has been pronounced, on examination, tc
| be practicable, at expense not exceeding Eve
| and half millions Of dollars. The celebrity o.
this connexion a ligament to bind the Union
| to increase commerce and trade, and promote so
| cial intercourse, need at present no comment. II
toH be all-iporfant 10 his district. II ia due tc
myself to say that have interested and acquaint
ed myself with this subject, have had full and free
conversations with the principal men of the Go
| vernment, and have agreed to accompany tbs
\ engineers next summer in exploring the ChsG
route, which am friendly to- and shall use al
| proper means, consistent with national good, tc
| have the location made of that route. have, b,
conversation and explanation, gotten things in such
a train that, the people residing in the
south part of the district will agree ON a route
there is fair prospect Of obtaining the patronag.
| Of the Government to great road through this
quarter to the Ohio.
believing it right to encourage home industry to
be independent Of foreign nations, TO encourage
an American systim, give my support to the
tariff, in other words, to INFANT STRUGGLING
MASUFAcToRIEs, and am happy to say the result
is proving the correctness of the measure. Manu-
featuring establishments springing up, and
the produce of farmer is finding demand in a
| home market -
at is known that Mr. Clay my first choice;
: but when was satisfied that General Jackson
was the choice of the people, feltit my duty, a
faithful public servant, to vote correspondingly.
| 8 Mr.. Adams is known to be deserving of the high
office conferred or him, and will no doubt do
{ honor to the station"
What will our mighbor of the Union say to
that? Can he now urge the election of the au-
thor of that circula2 AS his predecessor in the
editorial chair was wont to say "nous oerro1ls"