Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-04

copied without demurrer from the National Intel.
gencer of the 18th of that month, in which it
is stated that, on the preceding day, ''a PROPOSE
ton to subs cribe to the stock of the Chesapeake
Canal to the amount of $4,000" was considered
in the House of Representatives. The Intelli-
gencer said it was "a new subject-not princi-
Pile, but new application Of a principle"
"The principle of the bill continued the editors) we
have already said, is not new 1t is to be found in
several distinct of legislation by Congress at their
last session, upon all which Col johnson must have
voted ii in his seat! For example. we discover it in
the appropriations tor experiments Tor improving the
navigation OF the Mississippi the appropriation, for
Plymouth Beach, that for opening the harbour of Erie
&C. not to speak OF The old appropriation for the Canal
IN LOUISIANA under the administration OF Mr.. Jetier
son, and the several successive acts respecting the
Cumberland road. OF all the works medtated the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, perhaps, more than
any other needs the aid of governments and, all the
modes Of granting such aid, that which is proposed by
the bill may be considered the least Objectionable"
But the most memorable incident of the Con-
gress of 1S23-25, was the election of President
of the United States by the House of Represen-
tatives The candidates voted for by the electors
of the several States were Andrew Jackson VIM
H. Crawford, John Quincy Adams, and Henry
Clay. Mr.. Clay being dropped as having the
smallest number of votes, the choice lay between
jackson, Crawford and Adams and. contrary to
general expectation, Mr.. Adams was Con the
Virginia delegation voted as follows, according
to statement published at the time by the ''Na-
tional Journal" the Adams organ
For Crawford-Mark Alexander, VIM S Archer,
Philip Barbour, inc Barbour, Burwell Bssset,
John Floyd, JabeZ Leftwitch VIM Mccoy, Charles
Mercer, John Randolph, VIM Rives, Arthur
Smyth. Alexander Smyth, VIM Smith, Andrew Ste
venson, James Stephenson, George Tucker, John
Taliaierro, Jared Wiiams-19.
F0, Jackssal-Joseph Johnson-1.
For 14damS-Thomas Newton--l.
AbSent-Robert S. Garnett--1.
The Republican party of Virginia were pecu-
liarly attached Gas the vote of the delegation
plainly indicates) to Mr.. Crawford. Mr. Clay's
voting for Mr. Adams, and the Infamous charges
of George Kremer against him, produced an ex-
element rarely if ever paralleled in this country
The Republican friends of Mr.. Crawford deemed
themselves particularly aggrieved, and strenu-
ously denied that Mr.. Clay's reason for not pre-
ferring him, viz. the hopeless failure of his health
was well-founded 1t may we'll be imagined
therefore, that Col. Johnson did not gain much
of their esteem by his solitary vote for General
Jackson. But his Circular informs us that he only
gave the vote because there was no chance for
Mr.. Clay, who was his "first choice" and he took
care to proclaim to his constituents that he thought
well of Mr.. Adams.
The historical facts to which we have referred,
in connection with the extracts from Col. John.
sons resuscitated Circular will serve to make
clear to the reader what his political position was
If 1t was sold fashioned Democracy it was
very different Democracy from that which is
preached nowadays.