Washington telegraph., 1851-06-04
The Democratic Nominee and Press.

he course pursued Dy Ooi' JouHson,
the Democratic nominee for Congress,
| IN relation to the Compromise measures
| in the last Congress. is well known. His
violence and ultra views were, at the
time, strongly condemned by both Wings
| and Democrats, and in the first heat OF
disapprobation, excited by his celebrated
infammatory address to the people Of
Arkansas, it was boldly asserted tha. he
could never be elected again to Congress.
He seemed, himself, aware of the censure
which he was likely to incur, and gave
up all idea Of ever being again candi-
date. The convention took place; and
Notwithstanding the opposition to his
| course by numbers Of the Democrats
themselves, and his own bold and fiery re-
| linouishment of all further political aspi-
| rations-he was again nominated as the
| Democratic standard bearer in the present
Congressional canvass. The "Banner,"
! which always supported him in preference
! to all others. and which, even before the
convention took place, appeared blind to
the faults, which other papers of the
party condemned, now supports him with
redoubled zeal, and fully sanctions his
ultra course in relation to the Compromise
| measures. In view of the Banners posi-
ton, in this particular. its warm approba-
ton of the following paragraph taken
from the Boston Post seems to us
somewhat strange. The Post" says:
1--WE go for sustaining the Compromise
as whole, at this crisis, and qoould
support no man for office, who would
disturb it by further agitation Of the slave
~ question in the next Congress" So
say we; and who is most likely to disturb
it, he who advocated it, or he who violent
| ly opposed it? There is no danger that
those who went for the Compromise will
disturb it, and lest those who opposed it
might be excited into renewal of their
hostility, we should say they had better
not be sent to Congress.
The "Mississippian," violent seces-
sion and Anti-Compromise paper, speaks
! of Mr.. johnson as one who is ultra in
his position on the question of Southern
rights and who battled zealously against
the "Compromise fraud" The widest
of the Mississippi ultras needed no strong
er backer than MIR. johnson, and hence
their rejoicing a; his nomination. This
notice from the "Mississippian' we find
in the Banner" which shows us, from
this, and other evidences not to be mis-.
taken, that its position in regard to State
/ Rights, like that of its candidate, is ultra,
and its views hostile to the Compromise.
! Speaking of the opposition Of the
Arkansas Whig" and washington
Telegraph to Mr.. johnson, the Banner
says: 1.-The only objection that even
these journals offer to Col johnson, our
nominee, is that he is Democrat and an
advocate of State Rights. OF course
then their candidate must possess quite
opposite qualifications. He must be an
Anti- Democrat and an Anti-State Rights
man, or in other words, a FEDEKAL1sT
and FREE-soILER." We shall not cease
to be anti Democratic until the measures
of present party Democracy shall SAVIOR
a little more of the genuine spirit, nor
shall we cease to be anti-States Right,
until the doctrine of State Rights is made
to mean something beside secession. As
to the terms Federalist and Free-soiler,
which the Banner considers synony-
nous with anti-Democrat and anti-State
Rights-man, and which are dignifed into
email capital by the Banners fancifuI
analogy,-we must say that we admire
it's ingenuity willis: we deny its fitness;
and that we should really feel chagrined
at being called such names if we did not
know that it was ore of the devices of
our opponents to clothe our principles
in all unpopular dress, and then make
war on our appearance.
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A CAss PAPER ON THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAw.-The Plymouth (Mass.) Rock,
which supported Gen. Cass for the Pres
idency in 1913. now declares itself in Ia
vor f1the "Higher Law and speaks