New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-20
THE HON. HKRsCuKL v. JOHNSON


SIR: In looking over your political Textbook "
MP 1862 find an important In your statement Of the
cton the Baltimore Convention In relation to the admssod
Of the delegates from Geor You substance that ons
half the original delegates or those who seeded at
ton half Of the copteng delegation under the lead Of
Hon Herschei v johnson Hon James Gardiner OF The
uou,a Oonsutionalst and Mr. Johnson chairman
Of gon admitted by the Convention at Baltimore
10 therein.
Th. 4, mistake The Committee Credentials at Bah
more recommended the admission Of both delegations with
power to each half Of the vote OF the State The Con-
yenon did adopt this report but excluded the contess
delegates and admitted the original delegation, entire They
however refused take their seas in the Conventionexcep
ten of the who did not ecede Charleston and who
support National nominations of Douglas and Johnson
Suffer me TO add few words From the extract Of Mr. John
sons speech h July 18 In the Senate which have In
serted In your It's remarkable 10 how exactly he
took the position Of the Supreme Court decon In the bred
Scott caselong before such decision on the points,
by the Supreme Court thought Of shows that Mr.
of the sbe In the nstionbat he has
power intellect capable of grsspng and solving the most alb
questions Of political science He Ia one OF the greatest
statesmen of this any other or country.
word more Mr. johnson Is not and never was, Dis'
nnOnis Is frequently charged In Northern papers
ain posted on this point and speak knowingly and correctly
NATIVE GEORGIAN.
Warrington, D. c. Aug II, 1850.
Remarks.
We gladly publish the foregoing and will cor
rect future editions of the Text Book in conformity
with the facts he points out Wemake no objection
to the writer's assertion that Mr. Johnsonis an able
man. asa man. we have no word to utter against
him. But, as politician, we have this to say, and
we would call to it the attention of " A Native
Georgian" from whom We shall gladly hear
further:
|, Heinssts that Mr. H.V. johnson is not Dis
unionist. This is no time for quibblng about
words. Nobody imagines that Mr.. johnson or
Bir. anybody else wants the Union dissolved SO
long as he and his set can rule it, But we do under
stand that Mr. H. V. Johnson has repeatedly de-
clared that he ,eOuld not submit to the government
of the Union on Republican principles and by Re-
publican men, Is tbs denied If not, how is he
any less Disunionist than Keitt, or Rhett, or
Yancey?
2. Our correspondent insists that Mr.. johnson
anticipated the decision of the Supreme Court in
the bred Scott case. Very likely. But did he
then pretend to reconcile that decision uh Squaiter
Sorereignty7 Can he noto reconcile them' Here
is the point on which the echinridge men seem
to US to have immensely the advantage. They
hold substantially the doctrines promulgated by
Mr.. johnson, but they hold them consistently.
They do not pretend, since the bred Scott de-
cisoD, that the people of Territory, while it re-
mains Territory, can CIRCULATE the Slavery ques-
ton TO suit themselves" Douglas does pretend it,
and, with impudence which Satan might envy
goes about from day to day asking "Why should
"nOt the people of Territory, like those of a
estate, have Slavery or not have it as they see
eft l"-when he knows perfectly well that the
Cincinnati Platform, the bred Scott Decision, and
the Wckliffe plank in his platform, practically
deny and preclude any right to exclude Slavery
from Territory. So does Mr. JOhnsOn's platform,
reported to the Georgia Democratic Convention.
Is not Mr.. j. too much of a man to play part in
this dishonest game of talking Popular Sovereign
ty and at the same time unfolding the bred Scott
decisiOn2
3. Finally, we understand Mr.. johnson to main
tain, in his Philadelphia Speech of 1856, that it is
fttest and best that Capital should own Labor. We
totally dissent from that suggestion, and cannet
consider it Indicative of true statesman. Capital
comes near enough to owning Labor under any
social system yet fairly tried We do not think true
craftsmanship looks il that direction, but the
opposite. What Gays " A Native Georgian 7"
led.