Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-13
TIE IRISH BILL.

The Washington Republic, in replying to the
Washington Union on the subject of the Virginia
State elections, makes the following reference tc
the votes of Col. Johnson and Mr.. Leake against
the bill approprating $500, 900 for the relief Of
Ireland:
EBy reference the journal of the House, under date
OF March /, io47, page 1927 the following entries will
be found:
the bill from the Senate, mo 49, entitled IAN act
TO provide some relief for the suffering people of Ire
land was read first and second time.
Mr.. George w Zones moved that it be laid on the
table and the question beng put 1t was decided in the
negatlve-ayes "a, nays 81"
The yeas and nays recorded, and among those
IN favor OF the motion to lay on the table, in ohe
words to defeat the bill, will be found those of JOSEPH
JOHNSON and SHELTON F. LEAKE, the candidates of The
unlon for Governor aud Lieutenant Governor of Vir-
9lna
What say you, Irishmen, and descendants OF Irish
men, such friendship as this On the eve of cleo.
nons when your votes are wanted, the Union and Its
Democratic friends swear you are glorious people
and that they your best friends But whephe day
OF your adversely comes-when your country when are
starvng--when the whole nation moved by feelings of
Christian chaIy-these deny you evea a crust OF
bread to your friends and counuymen from their
hortid fate Nay, more the Union and the Democratic
party are now calling on you to honor the men-JoHN-
and LEAKE-who turned dea ear 10 the pleadngs
OF your suffering country
But this is not all the evidence. Wessrs johnson and
Lake having been defeated in their attempt to stran-
gle the DILL II was reerTed 10 the committee OF w avs
and Means. Ga the third day of March lS47, Mr.
Winthrop, OF Boston, doubtless rejecting the will of
his enlightened and generous constituents, it appears
from the Journal (page 1867 moved that the rules be
suspended for the purpose of enabling MIN offer
resolution, lnstructIng the committee of Was and
Means to report for hwh to the House the bill from the
Senate for he relief OF Ireland And the question be.
ing put, 1t decided in the negative-yeas 81 nays
l02 Fortunately the yeas and nays again recorded
and again we find the names of Joseph johnson and
ShetonF. Leake recorded against the claims of hu.
mauity and the of suffering Ireland.
We again commend these facts, transcribed. word
for word from the official Journal to the attention of
our Irish telow-ctl7ens, who sought to be
guled into the support of Johnson and LeaEe, the
men who, in the hour of adversely were opposed to
Ireland. Acts speak louder than words. Believe not.
then, the faterng words of demagogues, who would
when they had the power 10 aid you, and not to wha
they or their friends may promise to do when they
seeking your votes
We have had more than one occasion to re.
mark that the Congressional Globe is unsatisfac-
tory in its reports of some of the most important
transactions in Congress. 1t did not give at all
Gen. Cass' famous speech in which he said he
should have voted for the Wilmot Proviso, had il
come up. And now from the Journal of the
House it appears that the yeas and nays were ia
ken On Mr.. Winthrop's motion to force the COM
mttee of Ways and Means to report the bill for
the re,iefof Ireland, and that Messrs. Johnson
and Leake voted in the negative