Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-06-02

cha rassfcf ~ Il DECLARATIONS ihat WtsufH birtti-
s.,i>h shein,elves ii they baud been III his att
sa,iun
Il i'll Year correspondent indirate one sol'-
tafy y,t,e given remark made by Mr.
aulkncr since II. i,ss been IN congress that
d'pm,s one il or tile tr'.m tie oral Or writ
ten declarations made. ty bin IN the late ran
vass lie has 50 iar nst n, deftakcn tn d.
- AID presume that lie will sr;.re,Iy under.
take ~ vain ard lruirless an cffat de
maud tie specifications = ! challenge the en-
qairy proneu..ce all snci allcg,tisns uu
true So far as have any hight Iestc me.
LET rs take a rapid survey &c lis course IL
congress: aad FIRST. 81 lar as the great issue
upnn With he was elected has been brought
into question IN that b,dy. devoted against
the Democratic nntni,,se for speaker Of tho
House, Linn Boyd. slilongh there was no OPP
posing cai didair sin,fls i'ecansc the caucus
whish nominated b nd bad. Instead of affirm
lug laid on the table. the compromise feslu.
tians. lie voted for the resolutions Ut fiicb.
II Indiana Ja, ksrn Of tieergia ard tlillssr
IT Georgia all il, different forms aih,n ing the
inahfy Of the Cumlrnnise aud insisting up
IN the faithful execution If its provisions
IN al the various complex questions growing
cut q! the public printing ard which have
ggsn rise 10 such earnest ntesis between
the Compromise men fnd bin tae
cordmg IL my always careful pernsal Il the
proceedings II Congress as reported ia the
columns ~ tie Naiia.al Intcllicenccr .and
which is the most IeEalle information thai
Reaches the country irtm the A,etrrrlis u
our Union )uni.otn.l, recorded With the lninn
Wings ard Democrats ~ the House against
the whole body If Free Sellers. Aboliiinnists.
Secessipnists aud Nullifers.
s., far. then. as this subject Of tie ,mpro-
mise is concerned. il will be admitted that
slanguin. can present AS clean bill Of
health as any man in Congress-
How is it upon other questions Strictly
speaking there has not been vote il the
pieScnt House Of Representatives upon wiirh
there has been division acto,,lipg 70 the old
party issues except the resolution in regard
10 the Ncxiean war. aud the opinions of Mr.
Faulkner uponthat question ave been well
known TO every voter H. the district SINE s4f;
IN fact. almost tie only eontests which have
! marked tie dehesi tious Of tia, body this
Session have grown ont If tie struggles be.
tween the I'D und new states in reference to
the public lands ans the questions dividing
the Compromise aud anti Compromise Sec
tons 81 that body.
We lind Mr. Faulkner Faithfully maintain
ing the public trust euhimun fara 10 he
administer d for the use aud benefit az all the
States aud steadily orpe sed % III The count
less projects he'ore Congress for wa>iil e and
>qusnde,ing ihat rple aud uuexamtled in
helitauee ! bis was considered 81 mud Wig
doctrine in the days at the iilnssrieus Henr,
Clay. is i, less 50 Now: ! am happy to
say it is now h,it zoo d Iirefpia Wig aud
'emmr.lc Dar'rile judging hy the rcsolu
iians If Then late Conventions
Vie sustained the Army Deficiency bill and
repealed the assault made ayon tic secrciar,
Of . ., aud President. Of having usurped leg
i>lu;ive power by extending the expenditures
beyma ttcaFpropriatiars made by Congress
Do the li.s r.inIlain oi this!
lie vetoed against the hill repeated ly the
Committee od Public Lands to introduce
railroai iron into lis country FIRE ~ dutg
bees this aiye offence to IL district.
Ave. bat Mclsh's rcsoluriaa! Wefsh's
Bsncombr cs' luton for thv rrpeal Of the
Iaiiff cl lS4G 3 hat have ! TO say about
TINT !. " hs much more than can be erm
pressed wifiu the limits Of this eunmrilica
tom already too mach extended But with
out gong at all intn an cxauiratinu Of that
su istt il might lie ,ilicicut cyen If Mr.
faalkuer had been elected as n WLig- which
he Nas MT 10 v;,dicae him fre n such bru
ial assaults as ynur cnrresIr' dent las made Ia
>ay. that he wes supported Ia the vote given
rs him upon thai nctasan by every Southern
" liz member lr' m the fftee8 starr hojdiag
States Of tue Union who voted III al. except
Ten members mly who voted Tor it. aud that
any attack upon lin fir that v,tc. is an AZ
tack upon the Wig party of The South 50 Tar
as their representatives IN Congress may be
regarded as tie expontrt If that purty.
Having briefly disposed sf his course in
Congress. Ia pursuing wi eh maintain that
ne has fairly and honestly represented the
sentiments Of nine tentls If the people OF this
.,istdet. como Il, " 70 his lelter Of the .Gtl,
of March 1852. which has been made the
p,etext fr this attack And it is certainly
not little remarkable .hat here Is writer
wha assumes to cliti,ise that qualifications who
does not attempt to assail one sinpls suh.ian
tive prop. sitiop Of fact or argument contained
in il ard rv-n IL the imGaferial portions of
it, Ia which his insect vision can alane extend
shows an utter incaracity 10 comprehend their
plaia import and meaning.
shall not review the reasons assigned by
Mr Faulkner for declining the appointment
ct delegate 60 the Nhig Convention. They
are already before the public ! lie only
matter Of practical Importance IN that letter
is the position which he has 81 clearly indi
Gated that he means to take il tie approach
ing Presidential eleetou Ihat is embraced
IN the following shnrt extract from ii
II feel 10 hesitation in declaring tina: IL
the Philadrlphis Conventions shall adjourn
without clear. distinct and uuequivieal an
nunriation Of It's adherence ia the compromise
acts Of 1850 shall tail to pledge the Wing
l%iy North AID South, to stern and iaex
iblr exeruii"n Of the fugitive slave law. aud
shall nominate as the organ and exponent Of
its views man who shall perti,aciously with
held from an anxious aud inpatient public
hi' pledges upon these questions ! slall mt
he found among thusa who will 90 operate in
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