Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-11-18
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,


That Joseph johnson, the Democratic
candidate fer Governor Of Virginia, has new
er vet made known bis views upon the great
COMPROMISE MEASURES but prefers
to keep the people il the dark. Let no
friend Of the Union vote for him until be
makes manly exposition Of bis opinions on
this vital question.
Keep il before the People
tn connection with the above, that Joseph
johnson, voted while 10 Congress, for the
WILM0T PROVIS0, as epgraited on tire
Oregon Bin In Company with all the promi-
nent Northern Abolitionistsl
Keep il before the People!
That nothing is known Of Col Johnsoa's
views in reference to the extension Of the
CENTRAL RAILROAD. except what may
be gathered from an expression Of opinion in
favor Of a julicious system Of internal I'm
proycment Let no friend Of this great i'm
proycment give lis vote to tie Locofoco can
dlate until he comes out uncquiyocally and
declares tie Central Railroad judicious I'm
prorcment. And in this connection
Keep ii before the People.
That Col. johnson lives in section Of
the State whose wants have been supplied
by the construction of the North Western
iIai!road and let it be specially remembered
that he voted on one occasion to lay bill on
the table providing for the extension Of the
Central Railroad even frcm Gordonsville to
the base Of the Mountain Make cold Joe"
show his hand distictly on this subject, or re-
fuse to vote for him.
Keep il before the Peoptc'
And especially before tie adopted citizens
that Col johnson and Shelton F. Leake re-
fused to give bread to the starving people Of
ireland aud Scotland. by arraying themselves
against the IRISH RELIEF BILL. Think
Of it We natives of the Emerald Isle and re-
fuse to give the men your votes who refused
your starving countrymen bread
Keep it before the Democratic
People!
That Joseph Johnson according to Loco
foco definition was once rank Fe1eralist,
supporting tie administration Of John Q.
.idams, the advocate Of a Protective Tariff
and internal improvements by the General
Government, and that according to the logic
of his own party, and upon The same kind Of
evidence upoa which they denounee Gorge
", Summers as an Abolitionist, he still IA
yors those measures!
Keep il before the People!
That Shelton r. Leake and U'iilis p.
Bocock, the Locofoco candidates for Lieuten-
ant Governor and Attorney General, hold the
odious doctrine Of SECESSION-a doctrine
which converts the strong bands with which
the Wings would bind the States of the
Union together into rope Of sand Nobody
knows what "0ld Joe's" opinions are on this
subject, he choosing still to keep the people
unadviscd.
Keep it before tlse People
That this dangerous doctrine Of Secession
is defended on the stump, by those who ad-
vocate the election Of the Locofoco 1 leket
Let it not be forgotten that the late Locofo-
co Convention failed to lay down their plat
form upon the important questions involving
the integrity Of the Union; and, by the same
course of reasoning their orators rely upon to
prove the Wing party of the North unsound,
that the Democratic party Of Virginia is not
the Union party! In view of all these facts
Keep it before the People
That the election comes off on the STU
OF DECEMBER, when it bchooyes all
true friends Of the Union to march up to the
polls, in solid column, and cast their votes
for SUMMERS, WATTS and BAxrER.-S tdua.
ton Spectator.
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