New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-30
Pennsylyania-Gov. Johnston's DeIeat,


To the Editor Of The n. Y. Tribune
In your paper of Saturday, some one
writing from Wes,ches,er upon the alleged causes
Of the defeat Of Gov Johnston says II Is an utter ao
.urdity 10 give therefor the refusal OF the
Governor 10 sign the repeal OF the kidnapping law
This writer saws II vas no such 'hng that II Wa
wholly owing to the increased vote Tor biger Now
he tell us the reason the increased Loco-to roe
Oueht not every tyro in politics to kno" That SINCE
lsAs there have thousands OF young men come oil
age. and thousands OF citizens been na'uralized
What nreveu,ed the Wings getting tneu share OF
,ba ircreased vote Why. nothing under heaven OuI
he ailegaon OF the Loco Focos thai Gov Johnston
s-Tonatfized with the Aboltonlsts and his refusal
TO sign the bill IN question gave plausoy 70 VIC
story which the Wings could not overthrow
In Chester County the Governors course, DOUBT
1,ss belned him but for every vote he gained there
he lost hundred III other parts OF The state par
t,cularlv in the heavy Loco-Foco Counties. where
the Wings were too weak 10 pear up agalhs, Nv
odjum industriouSy heaped upon then candlcse
ANY one who had occasion TO traverse the Stale, :"
had durng the last few months, could not b1' Sc
that thousands of votes would be lost TO Gov Jonn
stou solely on the ground of his supposed sympathy
With The Abolltionlsts myself met with numbers
who gave that as a reason for supporting BIgier'
while never met with one change IN Johnston
favor In the German counties inns was more
strl inply the case as any one acquainted WITH the
nvinclbe prejudice Of the Germans against negroes
would readily imagine. You know, Mr.. Greeley,
as well as DO, the feeling of the Naturallzed CIt
Gems toward negroes-and VIII, therefore, NOT De
surprised TO learn that they went pretty much IN
body against Gov. Johnston, mainly that Is, those
of them usually voting with the Whgs) on that
ground.
that Gov Johnston runs better than the other wing
candidates is not true III point Of fact but II were
il would prove nothing. The votes turned against
Gov by his AbollhOnlsm trent the uh0e ticEei, as
general thing. Those kind of voters seldom split
their tickets. 49,
The fact that Gov J. got more rotes than the wing
candidates for Supreme Judges only shows that
number OF persons did not vote the Judicial AZ
all as the same is true IN regard TO Blger ana the
Loco. Foco candidates, and therefore proves no'h-
Your Westchester correspondent has got to learn
the A. B, C's of Pennsylvania politics Ills logic =
so flmsy that should not have deemed II worthy OF
notice. had 1t not been likely 10 pass for true where
the facts Of the case are unknown. MY only desire
is to vindicate the truth of history ana win mat
view ask the publication Of this article
A NATIONAL WHle.
Remarks.
As our correspondent is so anxious to " vindl-
cate the truth of History" we Will ask him to
digest the following facts:
Ii is fact that Coz Johnston recered more
yot,s than anu Wig err before rece'rea an the
State. Gen. TAYLOR for President only excepted
and every body knows that Gen Taylor received
in Pennsylvania many thousands OF votes other
than those of Wings. Besides, the Natives all
voted for TAYLOR, while a Native candidate ran
against and drew off some three or four thousand
votes from Johnston.
9 II is fact that Gov. Johnston Is beaten
some thousands of votes less than the Wing
candidate for the only State office filled las.
year when, on a much lighter poll, the OPPOSE
ton majority was 1888.
g. 1t is a fact that he has done much better on
the popular vote than the Whigs did last year
or The vote for Congress. when we would sup
nose that the National Wings would have been
on hand any how He has carried several Con-
gress districts which elected Opposition Con
gressmen last year.
4. Our National Wing has been all over the
State, vet failed to find any body who would
vote for Johnston hora""" If HE Foo Sol atii-
,udo. We, he admits Johnston gain IN Chester
County on this very question We think he
cannot have extended his travels into Bradford,
Susquehanna, Potter, Erie or Crawford Counties, IN
all OF which he gained votes on this very ques-
ton. SO he did in AHegheny, Washington, Lar
rene, and Butler We have no doubt his poll Is
at least Ten Thousand higher than it would
have been had he signed the bill making the Jalls
of Pennsylvania prisons for Fugitive Slaves At
the same time, we are quite aware that ms anti
servlle course brought out much heavier vote
against him than would otherwise have been
polled, especially from National Wings.
Whether he lost or gained votes by II on the
whole, we do not assume to decide If he lost
his office by manifesting hatred for Oppression,
he 70 more to be envied than his successor.
Almost any man may climb to as exalted sta
ton as that he holds very few have been en-
abled so nobly to leave it. We believe even A
National Wing would like to have 1t written
against his own name in the books of the Record
ing Angel: " He might have been Governor by
conserving to and the strong. the wise, the
powerful, to take to themselves 10y force the
hard earnings OF the feeble, the simple the
powerless, and refused TO accept the station on
those terms" Surely, such an entry in the
Great Book is of more value than half dozen
Governorships. Ed 1r6'
The BIGLsR WHIGs. Senator COOPER
Of Pa writes us, III unequivocal contradlc'
ton OF our statement that he, or his friends tor
him, had any understanding with Col. Blglers
natural and consistent supporters that Iron and
Coal should have a lit in requital OF the Ma
uonal Wing vote for Bigler, and the Senator
exDreSsly emDhaticallv contradlcts our state