Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-04-17
prRKELEY ELECTION.

The election IN this county look
place on Monday last, and resulted in
favor Of the Anti-Jackson candidates.
The weather was uncemmonly propi.
tious, great number of voters were in
town, and the number of votes polled
greater than has ever been given in
this COUNTY in one day.
Mr.. Colston was not here, having
been unable to reach home from the
cause which we noticed in our last, the
indisposition Of his family.
AT the opening Of the polls, c. }.
Faulkner, Esq. addressed the voters on
behalf of Col. Colston, stating the cause
Of his absence, and the regret which
Mr.. F. had the best authority for say.
ing Mr.. Coston experienced at not be-
ing able to appear personally before
the people previous to the election. Mr..
+. enlarged upon the fidelity with
which Mr.. G. had served his constitu-
ents in the House of Delegates during
the last session, andthe ability, indus.
try and zeal which, from his own OBJ
scrvation, he knew to have been dis.
played by Mr.. c. throughout that ar.
duous and eventful period. The sound
judgment, correct principles, ard un.
firing assiduity of Col. Colston, Mr.. F.
said had gained for him high charac-
ter among the members Of the House,
the respect of all, and an influence
which must be Of great advantage to
the county, when exerted in its imme-
date behalf. Such were the claims Of
Col. Colston upon the voters of Berke-
ley, and Mr.. +. trusted that his alb.
sence, caused by series of distressing
domestic affections would not be allow
cd to have an injurious effect upon his
election. At period like the present,
Mr.. +. observed, when the country
was agtated by question in which
the dearest principles of freemen were
involved, the opinions OF every
candidate ought to be known. And
Col. Colston was not one who would
disguise his sentiments from his fellow
citizens. Mr.. +. would therefore brief
Upstate, that Col. G. was in favor of
the re-charter of the Bank of the U. s.. i,
an institution which he believed, not
only constitutional and expedient, but
absolutely necessary TO the preserya-
ton ola sound currency, and the safe
management Of the fiscal concerns of
the nation--tflat he was opposed to the
whole series of acts on the part of the
Federal Executive, by which the pre-
sent distress has been brought upon the
country-and that he was in favor of
the immediate restoration of the public
depostes to the Bank Of the United
States, whence they were unlawfully
withdrawn, as the most efficient means
Of staying the progress ofthe ruin and
distress which now pervaded the coun-
try, and which had penetrated to the
hearth Of every industrious man in this
great nation.
Such said Mr.. Faulkner are the
sentiments Of Col. Colston, and he was
not the man to shrink from their ex.
preston at all times and in all places.
BY these sentiments he wished to be
Judged by the people, and upon their
soundness, and the concurrence in
them of his fellow citizens, he was
willing TO rest the question of his re.
election. Mr.. F. concluded, by ap.
pealing to the generosity and magnan.
unity of the voters, and expressing his
thorough conviction that the absence
of their faithful representative, would
not, under the affecting circumstance;
by which it was caused, operate to
his prejudice.
The result shews that the confidence
reposed IN the generous sentiments of
the voters OF Berkeley, by Mr.. Faulk.
ner was not misplaced, and that they
appreciate the character and ability
of Col. Colston.
The vote, at the close Of the polls,
stood as follows:
For Edward coi,,on 292