Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1852-10-12
THE DISCUSSIONS.
From tho winchester y~irginian. Oct. 9Th.

Hon. CaJ. Faulkner gave an account Of his
stewardship toSa crowded meeting of his con.
stituency, at the Court house on Monday last
His address of ~ hours and a. half was bold and
eloquent, full Of striking facts arranged from the
record with logical precision. He had not left
the Wing party until that party had VIGOROUSLY
repudiated almost every principle of its early or.
ganization. iAllt the old issues, he said, when lie
presented himself a candidate for the sutfragcs
ot-the peoplediad been merged in the question
whether the Compromise shonld be sustained as
a measure Of fnslity. He was elected asa Union
Independent candidate; and he soon discovered
by 6yb ae sffbi9yaa6Td q hsgiF sfspee and and G,fognyoeI1iogRa e 2 bbhe
representatives. in Congress from all parts of the
country, that the Democratic party was the only
party 10 be relied on for the consistent support of
the Constitution and the Union. From publish.
eddacuments he proved that Gen. Winfield Scott
was the Candidate of the Northern Wing party
with the remnant olits brethren in the South, de.
termined to agttate the Compromise question and
rspeal if possible the fugitive slave law. II was
now in the main a sectional party, and its aim
WIS the contlol of the Union " hich could only
be effected 81 a consolidation of The powers 0f
the States ina Central aud necessarily despotic
government
If the Wings have all the ''sense" which they
claim, manyof them at the meeting, but not from
Winchesterwe must say, shuWed that they were
lacking in 'decency" by gross interruptions 10
Mr.FauIknerfs address. But his keen piercing
voice rose above their vocifetatinns and his
strong argument must have reached the con.
sciences.of tiose who were not wrapped up in
the false prie.of party consistency.
When Mr.. Faulkner closed his address, Mr..
Boteler, Wbig elector of the district, had not ar
rived. Disappointment and accident seem to
hang over Wing arrangements and Wing speak.
ers. The railway train killed a COW, and threw
the party oil near night upon the resources of
the sub %eleltor; Jos. Pidball, Esq. His object
was not SO hnchsto argue the question of fitness
OE mn 6tnoeSi 0f tho nPnzVdanfiaI Ca1Ifia6a5 -. -
expose the Inconsistent political course of MIR.
Faulkner. tIc seemed to forget that the claims
Of Franklin Pierce were not 10 be measured by
the party Inconsistency Of Nit. Faulkner, more
than those Of Gen. Scott were by the persistence
of Bolts and Others in his nomination, contrary to
The known wishes ofVirginia. MIR. IT'S speech
contained some dexterous passes, and he gave
Faulkner some hard hits but like the Wing
speeches. gehertlly, it lacked the force of argu-
.iinent. Alter Bteler's appearance, and a CLASH
cal piece of spohting from him, John a.. Thomp-
SON. Esq oil JefeFsOn, was called out. His ad.
dress, was short though it commenced with the
era of human sbeecfl, and came throughfthe DAYS
of Moses down O. the last Baltimore Convention.
Were we to tfeHchupon Boteler's classic domain
we would say, az this point. the discussiOn ofthe
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS grand pageant ola Roman
triumph. IN ffnt moved in Imposing array The
richsPoils of victory; while the rear was brought
up BY a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES stage play
eIs aud j~estebS.f
1he olscusSqp, &aScontlnued by Messfs. Boie.
Ter and FauntsTUyt it'll midnight-Mr. F. acauit-
ting himselk well against hiss well.practised an
taSohlst. al
TIE MMRpnoDfsF PROPERTY.
The commnitsisiioc11er appointed by the Circuit
Court 10 ascertain the amount and value of the
property oGtbe Methodist church between the !
North and The South branches has made a.par-
tial report. He finds the aggregate value OF the
property al and immediately preceding The d-
vision of the church in May, 1885, Viz: Ian. /,
st51tolas been S56as2s5 764 The annual
profits rom that time TO this have varied greatly
having been Sl7s73S 50jnf 1873, and s S,656I4
in 1851, and have averaged a6onttbfrlS lhousand
dollsTs. The value Of the properly Jan, ]. 1852
ts put al S606,413 bal being an Incfease since
of $l6,l7I 49,. TIE number Of members
OF the charcb at the time OF division vas stated
e lslgos6l9s OF whom 460,553 belong 10 the
North branch, and G39,069 To the Nsodth.. Fhe
eq9itahle1dfyisI6nssof prppeIty a nice aud eom-
piicated mailer III e1pectedt ha tile case will
be gotln re4dfness for lie decision iofsfte Sue
pEsme g6ptte Washington q lie term.
THE MtDoNoGH EsTApE
Fheiconrs or IouisiRpa have deeidedt the Me-
Qonogh Contested WilIeases ia which, thecifies
9t helfilppEe me New Qaeans were parties,
againstthe said cities and 1aFof6f The ieifs Il
1pepfEEPGn hus ma wiJ assmadabg Nj.
Aclone9sh Wilhits pecoaafltlesa aud aims for
ptQSHeestHe an23aimost lndednue a~ctnnnlation, /
y declared n Aida sncR wnsgeneraIiy are Ia
ms eonntfg sonlhe ground sef sn62eFs of he
2H9hs ge9d qnd5nipfY to4h senefai inie
Ioqiet3 Ihe m being IN HebtaSavsnne
bpett takehhF le 1thaes parties Interested, :
natafRi ard legal bei come q itrsfhelrsre-
Hse1s re Re
-A kentpn Hapersdf Sfsnni1h, Vahas
zen eppqiuted 9hiefglefko ii tle Pension OHce.
7ee tir 4upleus lesi6nel.
EHlf- Az. lEHE
lAse pssn disppseds ~, fQr $500, oo0. bgs WINK.