Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1848-08-15
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| what foresIiado e5. The ire of the " Free Press
is excited 10 more than ordinary degree And in.
its last number thoigh the vialso OF its wrath, and
The poison of It's venom, are directed towards us,
/ it has vet failed to disturb our equanimity, or
l ipducedsus to abandon the even tenor ofour way.
Tie mode of It's attack is SO variant; both in mat
fer and in style so much the creature of circ'tna-
staf.css that we scarce know from its conflicting
statements, which are the best entitled to our
humsle consideration. a word or two, however,
npon the following extract, may not be napPro-
I pirate:
We understand perfectly well the drift of the esprit
in sIatia HAT copied article last week from tile
/ Baltimore Clipper without word of comment. -
We despse pfuI inuendoes OF all shapes and FORMS
No comment" made, because we are not III the
habit Of inlulging in examinations until we know some
thing about tile subject Besides, who constituted tne
decide when, and upon what, we are 10 " comment
/ In the paper of the week preceding, the editors
/ in some comments designed to be particularly Sc
veie, spoke of the Spirit" follows, for assign
! ing motire on the part of the IS Free Press" for
Lsome contemptuous and snecring illusions which
lst had made: e We can only say that those who
Fare always ready TO find unworthy motives for
oliers, are certain to be actuated by such motives
themselves'' We might hur back in its teeth
the answer furnished by itself, but 10 dojustice
10 all parties concerned, we utterly deny any such
unworthy motive as the " Free Press" presumcs
10 intimate. We knew the fact that one of the
E9ditors OF th&t paper was cognizapt OF the coud-
q, ION Of things at Harpcrs- Ferry-syEnpathized
with those who were likely 10 be seriously eff
! lectcL thcreby-and had freely rendered both his
services and Suggestions, to procure Il remedy
The editors OF the g Free Press 'rcre therefore,
in possession oc the ftctS, (as FAR as any inorma-
ton short of an official statement could set them
! forth.) and its excuse for making comment
I Correction it should have bccn) statement
which was known 10 be- false, because we (thcy)
are not in he habit of ndugiug in examinations
until we know something about the subject, us
mere subtcrrnge to escape from the admission of
an article into its columns which falsely blamed
those, to whom no blame belonged. When, for
political cBect opportunity offered, as by the ad
mission of the article in question, TO give thrust
at the Administration, and charge it with desire
TO put the operatives atliarpers Ferry upon hHit-
pay, to make up for -" somebody's predecessor in
1913 '''' ordinations made, when the facts
notorious everywhere were in direct contradc-
| ton! This it was that induced the remark at
onr hands, and Justly excited our surprise ut such
! lille political trckery. Both by our professions
and our acions, we think we have given as little
evidence Of desire to indulge in "ptilnl inuen-
does" as the editors OF the Free Press" We
| lay, however, no such charge against them, nor
are we willing that such shall be brought against
us, when ii is but the imagination o! their own
minds Oar course is open TO the inspection oil
all. We have no reason 10 secure an object in
The dark, Which can be effected in the broad glare
OF day.
Again. says the Free Press:
But the zeal Of the Spirit is very tardy It's
entitled to influence over its Democratic Repre-
sentative from this District; but it has never at
tempted TO SPUR him up until the session Is about
TO close and the aforesaid representative is at the
Springs, ndi.poscd
Acting in good faith, (unlkc the Sc Free Press
to indulge in no examinations until we knew
so,nethiI- about the subject we could scarce
=. ,oal'zr,to tbe-condif.3 /, sHlgs at
IEarpcrs-F Ferry For month or two some vague
conjcctnrcs hLyc-h aen given out as TO d probable
deficit, but when the session is about TO close,
the fact is realized And if the g. Free Press,
with the potent influence which it claims to have
exeycdin behafof the citizens of llarpers Ferry
e: then kno0 sctO have been their friend as far us
service could be rendered. ) had operated with
Mr. Bedinger in the efforts which lie has been
aacting 10 get the extra appropriation required,
instead of giving place TO . ordinations to at
tain political objects, the evidence of its sincerity
would have been bettereXemTiiiicd.
A political or personal discussion, however, is
not the Object sought for, by the few comments we
thought it necessary to make in our last issue
The condition ofthe Armorers is one that calls for
relief Their relation towards The Government
is peculiar. The hest days OF their life have been
spent in its service and they are, in most cases,
naturally disqualified, from following other pur-
suits. The wages have already been reduced TO
only bare living, (by the process ofcurtament
as operating for the last few ycars,) aud if in ad
!ition to this ono ha7C OF their former pay is to be
substracted, their condition is truly lamentable.
No matter where the fault may be, that will be
shown in due time, let every man in the county,
Wing and Democrat, go to work and remedy if
possible, the dire evil that is likely to result.
WHO KILLED The COMPROMISE BILL.
L. John s. Pendleton, of Virginia
.. Nathaniel Boyden, of N. Carolina.
g. John c. Chapman, of Maryland
j. John Ii. Cro2ier, of Tennessee.
5. Alexander ii. Stephens, of Georgia.
g. Green Adams, of Kentucky.
T. Ayeit Buckner, of Kentucky.
s. John B. Thompson, of Kentucky.
Peudleton Of FirginiU voted with GiddingS.--
Stephens of Ge0gie voted with Tuck. Boyden
of Carolina voted with Palfry. .Crozier of Ten
nessee voted witt, AShmun. Chapman of Mary
land voted with Hale. Three Wing representa-
lives of Kentucky voted with DGrid, WilnaOt.
FoFty-nine Southern Democrats voted for the
Compromise Bill.
twenty Southern Wings voted for the
Compromise Bill.
Twenty ones Northern Democrats voted for it.
. MOI one Northern Wing voted for it.
Eight Southern Wings Sotedagainst the Com
promise Bill.
Not one Southern Democrat voted against it.