Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-12-01


000.ooo to the Louisville and Nashville |
road. aud over $50 600 to the Nashville |
and Columbia road. He comrnends |
all thsc works to the legislature as dcserv-
ing State countenance and aid.
Col. Johnson ana the Adams
Meeting.
Col. Johnson's friends have thought pro-
per 10 deny ,lrat he took part in the Adams
meeting held at Clarksbnrg in November.
1927. The Enquirer Of Monday publish.
es communication. containing the fol-
lowing statement On the subject:
/" Ii is true Col. j. was present at that
meeting. and was appointed by the chair
man one ofrhe committee Of five. bu; the
following brief statement Of The Facts Of the
the case, will satisfactorily account for both
his presence and his appointment
.Col johnson, being in town upon that
DAY, "a court day.) as did many other Dem
ocrais. attended the meeting as a spECrA
TOR He TOOK NO PART IN IT WHATEVER
Game IN after it was organized; and as
the chairman (Mr Webs,er) appointed
the Committee SILENTLY Col. ]. knew no
thing OF his appointment un il the proceed
ings appeared in the "Caksburg Enqui--
er."-When it came to his knowledge. Col.
J. Immediately called upon the Chairman
Mr.. Webster) and inquired why he (Col.
J. )ha1 been appointed one Of the commit.
tee. Mr.. Webster replied that be had no
authority for so doing; that at the time Of
appointing the committee he happened to
see him (Col. and WITHOUT THINKING
OF HIS POLITICS appointed him; that he re-
membered Col. j. SAID NOTHING, nor took
any partin the meeting whatever. Mr.
Webster, gave Colonel johnson writ
ten sta,emen, of the above facts--a little
more in detail, but substantially the same
as here given.
Major John Lripcr, now Justice of the
Peace in Taylor county, who has always
been Democrat, and who was likewise
spectator in the meeting referred to. gave
certificate also at the foot Of Webstcr's
statement, verifying it, so far as he saw.
heard and believed.
Tim Rives, esq prominent member Of
the late State Convention has seen the a.
bove certificates, and is respectfully refer
| ed to, TO vouch for the correctness of the
statements contained in this communica-
ton relative thereto.
Unfortuncatclythc certificates prove TOO
much, and ii is not surprising that after the
! lapse Of so many years the atlantis should
be inaccurate in their rccolleclons. That
| Col. Johnson was not "a mere spectator in
the meeting. is conclusively proved by the
| following article. which appeared in the
C7orksJwg Eaquiyer Of Nov. ED 1927,
and Immediately preceded The official re
port the proceeding
| [Fro,n the C arbshurg Enquirer Nov. o2I 1927 !
"Anti-5acksOn Meeting"
'The meeting Of the friends of the pre-
sent administration, he'd at the Court
House in this place on Monday last, not
outstanding the inclemency of the wea-
ther. was highly respectable both for the
number and high standing Of the gentle
mon who composed it.
"When the report of the committe was
read, John j. Allen, Esq, offered a sub
s;itnte, WHICH WAS SECONDED BY JosEpn
JOHNSON, Esq. Some discussion ensucd
AMI thereupon the report ofthe commit
tee was adopted by large majority, and
the substitute rejected, but few voting in
favor of il. The discussion turned upon
the views taken of the qualifications OF
Gen. Jackson in the report and the substi-
tute viii be published in our next
Then the official report followed this
preface. commencing as follows:
In pursuance Of a previous notice. a
meeting of the liz, MS of Harrison coun-
ty, favorable to the reelection of John @
Adams. as President of the United States
took place at the Court House in Clarks-
burg, on the 10Th inst John Webster,
Esq. was chosen Chairman, and Major
Thomas Raymond, Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been
explained committee ofthe following
gentlemen was appointed to prepare a
preamble and resolutions. comfortable
thereto, viz: John Jas. Allen, Jedetliah
Waldo, Benjamin j. Bricc, Samuel II.
! Morris, Edwin S. Duncan, and William
| l.. } ackson, who retired, and after short
tine returned and reported the following
preamble and resolutions.
The preamble contains an able and Sc
we're criticism upon Gen. jackson. The
resolutions have been recently published.
| One of them declares that this meeting
will use all honorable means Ia promote
the reelection of John @. Adams as
President Of the United States" Imme-
diately following the resolutions, and with
out a notice Of Mr.. Aliens substitute, the
following gentlemen are named as De-
puties to the proposed Convention; viz:
Edwin S Duncan. VIM. L. Jackson. John
]. Allen, Phineas Chaplin and Joseph JoAn-
son. Esquires."
The editorial statement of the Clarks-
burg Enquirer, that Mr.. Allen proposed
a substitute for the committees report,
and that Mr.. Joseph johnson seconded it,
is contemporaneous proof not to be ques-
toned, that Col. johnson took an active
part in the meeting; and it is evident that
he concurrcd in the recommendation of
Mr.. Adams, but objected to the structures
upon General Jackson.--R Times.