Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-10

q arc authority Cor him though their IT,
siriQps aulhor has declared they are not
But ldigrrss from the purpose Of this
demonstration. To the extracts:
Al time when the policy al Internal
Improvements was popular with The 50
called Democracy, Col. johnson held forth
% follows:
Extnscfs from Col. JoIssos's Circular Of
1925.
~The. great constitutional question. as to
tAs power Of the Government, in relation
TO Internal Improvement has b. en- SERTED"
II sm not aware that the Constitution
has bcsa altered in tina, respect since Col.
johnson wrote in 1921
Again:
"The connection Of the Eastern and
Western waters by the way Of the Poto-
mae and the Monongahcla has been pro-
nounced, ON examination, tobc practicable,
1t IN expcnsc not exceeding Ave and .
half million Of dollars. The celebrity Of
THE eounection - ligamcnt to bind the
Union, to increase commerce and trade.
and prswcte sociai istercoxyse ("exccllcntly
well reasonably needs at present no CON-
ment. II riN BE all important to this dis
svict livery forcibly put.) at is due to my
self to say that have interested and ac-
9uaintcd myself with this sufJect. have had
full and free conversations with the prin-
cipal men Of the government. and have a.
greed to accompany the Engineers next
Summer in exploring the Cheat route,
which am friendly TO. and shall use all
proper means. consistent with national
good, to have the location made OF that
route" ["Wcll done. good and faithful
servant" Il hare. by comreysation and
sxpiasatioS, gotfcs Mings in sxeh a tram
that ~ soon as the people residing in the
South part Of the district will agree on
route. there is a fair prospect Of obtaining
the patronage IF tie Goreynment. (anothcr
Cheat route, we supposc,) ola great road
through this quarter to the Ohio"
Now hear Col Johnson on the Tariff:
believing il right to encourage home in
lssfry,io be independent Of foreign nations,
70 encourage an american system. (wherc
b the great cmbodimcntl'') I gave my
support to the Tariff; in other words. TO
INFANT STRUGGLING MANUFAcToRIEs. and
l am happy to say. the result is proving the
correctness of the measure. Manufacturing
establishments are springing up, and the
products Of the farmer are finding demand
ssa home market" You ilscarch in vain
for such doctrines in the Baltimore plat
form.)
Hear him also on Clay and Adams:
cit is known that Mr.. Clay was my first
choice. (whai! The one who solitary and
alone Of all the Virginia delegation in Con-
gress. voted for Gen. .Jackson;") but when
was satisfied that Gen. Jackson was the
choice Of the people. l felt it my duty Jun
pleasant no doubi) as faithful public SER
want, to vote correspondingly. Mr.. Adams
is known to be deserving Of the high office
conferred Oh him. and will no doubt do hon
or to the station"
In corroborution Of which latter opin-
ION. will add that Col. johnson in 1927.
took an active part in an Adams meeting
held in CIarksbugg.
Southern de smOcr0cy.
During the progress Of recent elections
VIC have more than once called attention
to the circumstance that the southern wing
Of the Democratic party is hostile to the
Compromise measures, and has every
where furnished the material Of which the
dIsunion movement is composed. In Gcor-
gia, Tennessee, and Alabama. the Demo
Gratis formed the secession party, and the
triumphs ofthc Union candidates were &C
with Wing votes; in Virginia.
the Democrats shirkcd the question of
fidelity to the Compromise, and in at least
one instance elected man cherishing Sc
cessiouist views; and in Mississippi, where
the contest is now going on Mr.. Foo,e can
only hope 10 be elected by the SURFACES Of
Wings. The Union has held tcnaciously
10 different version Of these matters, but
Ne southern contemporaries refuse to &C
quicsce in the conclusions it has put forth
blorc than one has suggested to the me-
troPoltan organ that its action in the pre-
mises is obnoxious to its old friend in the
South. and involves studied misrcprcscn-
ta,ion Of their views. The Missisappian
f~ example, pronounccs the attempt to
eliet from its State an approval Of the
Compromise. ga cheat" "a shameless de-
vice used to draw their affections and their
confidence from their favori,e champion"
Colonel Davis. "and lead them into the sup
port Of the Fillmore Administration" The
M'ssisnPPidn proceeds to say:
at IL a significant fact that no convcn.
iion Of the Democracy of auy southern
Sfn,e has expressed approval of the Com
promise measures. In some instances the
southern Democracy have expressed re-
l"ctant ncdulesccncc, as a matter of choice
between the alternatives of resistance or
endurance. but. in none have they endorsed
those measures.
"ln Tennessee. the Dcmoca,ic candidate
for Governor. General TrousJalc, took the
ground openly that those measures were n
fraud upon the South. and should be SUBJ
United with the distinct understanding
that encroacbmen,s should cease. Cover,
mar Collier. the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Alabama, occupied the same
position. with his avowal further in favor
ofthc right Of secession.
"1he recent Democratic Convention of
vrg'n'a did not avow appreciation of the
Compromise. This is indicative of the ex-
istcnce, in that State. of deep seated hosril-
~ 10 those measures. and 'sullen' acuui.
escence in them. Couple the refusal TO
endorse the scheme with the triumphant
re election of Senator Mason, who fought
against Il from beginning to end. and with
the nomination Of all tho Representatives
who opposed it, and there can he no doubt
as to the zeal condition Of public sentiment
IN the Old Dominion on the subject"
No amount Of sophistry can clear away
the facts as thus stated by Democratic
print, which may he allowed 10 speak with
some show Of authority in relation TO the
Democrats Of Mississippi. The noinfs in.