Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-10-29
The 10th of October in Richmond.

the Anniversary Of the Surrender at York
town:
Col. Spalding called attention to
gentleman By whose presence we were
honored on this OccasiOn-who had dis
lnsuished himself BY his activity and
courage in all the battles upon the Rio
Grande from Palo Alto to Buena Vista.
He gave
Capt. G.. L. Klburn Of the 81 Artil-
lery--an Officer whose modesty bespeaks
his merit"
Captain Kilburn arose and was greeted
with hearty and prolonged cheers. He
said he had never made speech in his
life except to his own men. eco on
said voice, 'we are all your men here. }
He paid high compliment to the officers
and soldiers from Virginia with whom he
served IN Mexico, and concluded his re-
marks by offering the following senti-
ment:
"THE MEN OF VIRGINIA. chivalrous
set of gentlemen.
Just before the company departed, Ma
Tor August rose and said, that he should
do injustice to his own feelings, as we'll
as to the patriotism and public spirit OF
one Of the guests, if he permitted the
present occasion 10 pass without calling
their especial attention to ore who, III
the time Of need, had shown himself to
he the friend of the volunteer and the
friend of his country. He said that, when
the Virginia regiment was being organ
lied for the Mexican campaign, compa-
nv was raised in a distant county Of the
State-As soon as the tocsia had sounded,
the married and unmarried men Of that
county rallied to the standard of their
country, to uphold and maintain it, at the
cost of their lves-that many of the
friends of those who had volunteered en-
deavored to dissuade them from leaving
their wives and children who were de-
pendent upon their exertlOnS for their
subsistence. Some, for time, faltered
and doubted. 1t was at this moment that
gentleman of large fortune and enlarged
patriotism appeared amongst them. CO.
said he, land serve your county,
pledge myself to those of you who are
married to take care ofyour families whilst
you are away, and, if you should fall, /
will support your widows and orphans"
That gentleman was now amongst us.
He proposed, therefore, the following:
"Charles ]. Faulkner, Esq, of the
county of Berkeley: Whilst generosity
and patriotism are admired, it is impossi-
bic to forget him."
Mr.. Faulkner replied with eloquence
and said he felt grateful TO his friend, the
able delegate elect from the city Of Rich
mond, for his kind illusions to bygone
days. II was true, his heart was with
his country throughout the Mexican war,
and there was nothing done in the name
and by the authority of the country II
tina, war which he did not approve and
was not prepared TO vindicate. But we
had heard perhaps enough to-day of mill
larv matters. You have been referred TO
as citizen soldiers; you have rights
therefore as citizens, as well as claims
uron the General Assembly for a more
perfect military organization. He (Mr
F.) was not member of the Military
Convention, but he was member Of an
other convention now assembled in this
city 10 reform the Constitution of Viz
GINA, and to vindicate the great principle
Of popular sovereignty. For that Pur-
pose he had been sent here by his con-
sli,uen,s, and that object he meant 70 pur-
sue with an eye that should not wink and
a wing that should not tire. He would
conclude by submitting the following sem
tment:
MAY those great principles of human
liberty and of political equality which so
successfully lriumhped upon the plains of
Yorktown, this day, sixty.nine years ago,
be now confirmed and perPetuated to the
people of Virginia, through the labors Of
the Convention now assembled IN this
c,ty."