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

pray listen fui VT have here llnfslIeH ! pfan-
eli le II pnlitiral drii',,, prl,alls without its
parallel IN party iis,ny Bear this intelligent
defender q the Wig party ~iat Tins time,
wien oar opponents we've divided r q success
Nns certain. Pity prompted he party tower
leik il.e claus - tier geatle'nen and agaiu
rail-, around nur l,ng winded candid,te -
/ in> it aplaass that Alr. Faulkner is nnw r.
dei'ira for bis seat IL Sorrta>s 10 the pifyof
lis sstis irivn.ls ki ID AMI =, m,assi.a.aIe
spels It was not. teen as this writer bad
lieieie asserted. with the expect ii !, of ma
kimg party rsiul II hin. il was not that he
should quietly refise ii the shadows III Mr.
tiern Ab li;ionism and hask il the smiles nt
YIN III. ewaid that lie was permitted to
run" Dh ~. he had ceased to be an Oh
jer, nr respect aad had surE ittn sulj jet
81 pity t,r the " iis patty and that rsrt,, il,
tie indtlgoace Of its kind aud hnuaa feeling.
-pe,niit.d Inn H. be elected. Mho aite-
this viii dare t. say that corporations are
With Ut souls, IN politicians without heaits
This exercise OF ;ity i the more remarkable
in Ar Fstlkhes's ease, as he has. scrn,tiiug
to ytur rnrrespa..,ient btep considered for
many yeats - dead weight to the big par
Is Of the district Ia weight Of which they
have been exceedingly anxious tn he relieved
N"w i; the Wigs really thought that Mr. +
was dead weight 10 them aud that the best
way to dive him out Of their party was 10
elect him 10 Congress. they acted very con
siste. tly 10 casting their v,ies for lin; but
! eannei thi'.k thai they. III tbs writer either
were So anxious to get lid ui i'm ar be wunll
searercls have set up the cai,inr howl witch
he has done ut the bare probability that he
may hcreafttf be thrown with the Democrats
for it must be conceded :b@t 70, re pres
eRt, al least he stands precisely wherc he
stonsi on lie morning Of the day upon which
lie was elected to Congress.
shall not notice the terms impudence..
'uurhinciI led .long winde,l candidate. 'hnary
age bard swearing necessary to give curren-
cy tn bis STATEMENTS. political dishonesty.
and mary other chasie aud becoming expires
sons applied rs your correspondent to Hr
Faulkner Abuse Is n,ie Of the ordinary pen
allies attached to high station If your rca
ders generally. o. the y hig voters u Fred
,rk county ia particular. can relish such
draugh's of pure uradulrerated '.l,all face. >
their tastes. il ny Judgement, require some
refmm.
Your correspondent charges Mr.. Faulkner
With ippeitN during the canvass and with
trcaebery TO his political friends since his
election II. as the friend If Mr.. Fanlkner.
| should s,igma;izr these insolvent AID men
dacious statements in The language which they
merit, however wen APPLIED t. the terms
might be 10 the writer thev would net he
come the properties ei a pnblir press. 1t is
sniliient to pro,ieuiiee them destitute OF truth
-nalici us--ft'se-- unqnalifedly fal,e.
Mr.. Fanlkier came before this district
without the aid on c,nniyaiire ii any cpnven
ton caucus clique or cotelie and So far as
one ii the vuiers am INFORMED without eyeit
any consultation with single individual -
He acted solel, upen bis own resrnusibiiit,
as II man aud citizen announcing himself
rs an Independent Uaion Capdida'esus Con
gress. rs such. he was proclaimed thr"ugli
out the district as such. he everywhere
fought his own hafths-- ~ sarh he was sup
putt,d By his friends, and as such br tr,um
Piled in the contest Not paper m this dis
trict urged his election upon anv 90 her ground
and after the iesalt was asceriauei rot .
Wig paper in the district chained it Us .
Wing triumph. hnf ou the contrary. they all
prompt, ami nnhe>itnntly GiSciqimcd it II,
such Wills. many tgs ~ my certain
knowl, dsc. struggled land to dcreat him. |
know thai he received generally the votes Of
srch Of our party as came Ia the polls Aud
wh, did wc vote ior in Vas it IL tie
expectation Of making Darfy t0pl II in.
elected M, the honorable members nf our
part, would have srornrd such az imputati.a,
npnn or motives iii had hpen charged dur
its II, eaAynss sud tL,y viii scor,, il nov
W, ,ot,.d far lin me use We improved his
TAion priacipirS. c.mpr mise ii ligs and
nemactats Irs, sivl,t ~ tbe rsltr, ep,s:.lera
,ians III na,t, il, Tie higlrr aud n,ier 81 jerts
81 n,ai,,tnr,i,,, the intru,iry Of the tiiil ard
the iast sm,r,r,.cv Of Tie laws All know
they were ,.lecfing m,u whn would neyr,
.insc Tie 81, fi,l.nre rc1oS"d ia him VIII,
wonId srrupnl,n .ly ;s's eet rl,e ceulia'ity Of
lis J., sition-- wlo w"uld faithfully aud 'ear
lcssls carry ort to the letter ali The pldges
and declarations made by him daliag Tie eaa
vass ard whose coarse wcnld give MS much
satisfaction rs it was possible tor any repre-
sentative 70 give placed IN the delirate aud
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