The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-07-16
Gov. johnson at JacksbOrO,-"yust what he Did"


Gov. johnson at Jacksboro'-"Just what he Did"
Bear in mind the declaration of the Union
and american of Friday morning, that accord
ing to the statement authenticated ITO the
public" by VIM. G. BRowNLow, JOHN M.
FLEMING, MOSES WHITE, and JoHN d. MOADoo,
tsGov. johnson did" sat Jacksborough" gust
~hGt he did at every speaking in West Tennes-
see I" The statement in question rests upon
authority which cannot and will not be sue
cessfully assailed-but TO this remark of Gov.
Johnson's organ in this city, we call the espe-
cial attention of Democratic readers, because
it amounts to a clear admission by that paper,
that this statement does not misrepresent the
Governors true position on the ''white basis"
question. We deny that he did cat every
speaking in West Tennessee" lust what" this
statement reports him as doing Eat Jacksboro',
and we call for the proof. But the Unions de-
clsrstion, we repeat, amounts to an admission
by that paper, that Gov. Johnson's true posi-
ton on that question, is not misrepresented in
the Jacksboro' statement. Here is the Union
OIGO dUtCTtU1tS III llS ISSUE VI LIlud1s
''Yet statement is got out at the Banner Office
signed by the two Know Nothing editors at Knox.
vile that at Jdcks6Oro, Coz. johnson did just ,chGt
he did at every speaking in West Tennessee"
Now, conservative DemOcrGts-conservativ
men of all psrties-what does this statement
show that "Gov. johnson did" at Jacksboro7
We quote from it as follows:
Gov. johnson, in his rejoinder, charged that his
competitor had eUaded the Free Basis Resolution he
had the honor introduce in the Senate of the extra
session of the Legislature, on the 9th Of October,
1912. 1t involved a GREAT PRINCIPLE he said and
and which concerned the rights and nterestes of the
masses. Il was obvious why his competitor donged
an issue here which he gladly met in Fayette coun-
~. in that county there were 10000 slaves-iu
this (OampbelD county, there were but $50! The
resolution he had offered, Of which he was PROUD,
rs the friend of the people and the poor man, and
which had been voted down by the lordly slave
holders of Middle and West Tennessee, was in these
words
"Resolved, by the General Assembly of The State
Of Tennessee That the basis to be observed in lay.
ing off the State into Congressional districts shall
be the 0oting population Without any regard to the
three ftthS of Negro population"
Gov johnson commended that the honest working
man of Campbell county borne down by the
sristocratic shareholders of Middle West Tennes-
b6es ana DIS fdlF Dhuguter anu NlrtuOuS VIE, un-
der the law advocated by his competitor, were
weighed in the balances against the Negro Wenches
Of the proud ssveholderi
That, according to the Union and Americdn's
: declaration or admission, is "JUsr WHAT he
DID" at Jacksboro'.
Did Gov. johnson proclaim to the people Sat
every speaking in West Tennessee" that he
was "PROUD" of that resolution; or, intro
duoing the subject himself when it had been
passed over, did he ever beard any portion of
the voters of that or this division of the State
10 their faces, as 'LoRDLY" and "ARIsTooRAr-
10" Shareholders, against whose ''negro wenches"
the '1air daughter and virtuous wife" of the
.''honest poor man" was "weighed in the bal
ancesn aud "6orne dOJonin Not he-not he
II the history of the canvass has been correctly
written in the public prints of either party -
e He doubtless approached as far as he dared TO
this tone of remark, in some localities this side
Of the mountains, as at Smithville in DeKalb
county, but nowhere in Middle or West Ten
nessee have we seen any proof that after intro
ducing the subject when it had been passed
oUer by his competitor, he boasted that he was
PROUD" Of this mischievous resolution, or
that he upbraided the Shareholders as LoRDLY
ARIsTooRATs On the contrary, the published
accounts most usually represent Gentry as the
dSsaiLant, and Johnson as defending in a very
different tone of remark
Bnt the Union and american, TO palate the |
offense if possible, says that " two years ago |
almost the same charge was made against
him." and quotes letter from Rogersville
published in the True Wig, as follows:
Gle next attempted to array the people of East
Tennessee against those Of Middle and West Ten
nessee; told the people that their wives and chill
dren were counted against the negroes west of the
mountains; did every thing in his power TO preju-
dice aud array the east against the NSst and TO
SOW the seeds Of abOlitionsm 10 our mountains But
this is the wrong shute for him in old Hawkins 4
heard members Of his Ctca party, and leading ones
TOO say utey 0oaid as soon Uots for GLDDLNGS as
for johnson"
That is bad enough, but it lacks much of
being the same charge" No arrogant dem
agogical BOAST here, that he was "PROUDn of
that resolution, "as the friend of the people
and tho poor mani" No insulting bravado
against shareholders, as "LoRDLY" and "ARls-
TooRArIo! T"
We fully concur with the Union in It's high |
stimate of the character Of the people of East |
Tennessee, and therefore confidently expect
they will rebuke the man who implicitly dis |
pArages their intelligence and patriotism in
presuming to address them thus, by literally
aiding to consgn him to the shades of private
life.
The Methodists Of Canada West, at their late
meeting made twompo-tant chan gee Ia their church