Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-06-02
The maa recovered Of the bite,
The ~ Il was lint died 7


It win not lie denied tia, there has cx
isted il nearly every counts Of this tongres
II nal dIstiict for some years past small
cnteiic OF court house politicians--a Gordon
oi sell constituted managers oil the Wligpar
t. who havc entertained for Mr. Faulkner IA
very kind icchng. and WHO have sought by
all the arts ard appliances Of Lew cunning aud
/ adroii management ITO keep lin dun, IL
use one Of their own tavnite phrases II
seems that ourlreprescbtativc was not made
Ut materials srfh ,entls plant Tor their pur
poses He has always been to rerverse 10
do homage to t'ar power. or t" fatter their
spli Importance. hey could not make him
their tod aaa Instrument. lie would not
ter.mc ,hie Of thcir cnrrs lie would n"t
perhaps promise them ia' lbs and contracts
ior the gov fninrnt OF IT, make provisions for
THEN SOUS a,,d ,e,,hcws ia the event of his
rlrelinn lie dared to link f.r hims, If
wherc proper he dared to prefer bis c'uriry
tn party. aud Ia ma irrs national prliry To-
act upon the .ll,ictnhs ct bis VII dgucnt
He has manifested too litle Gisp sitinn /
srly upom tie emnpotenc, a tirir Influence
aud has j., all lis public rduct lnuke,l too
N't'Ntil dfii futFiit W lut Sltht ibf-~ts 'h
the people wbsisc right, and Interest he has
ever been prompt TO support aud dctcrd -
Ills opit mas N on all qnesiir,'s al cisii gov
eminent have teeu oesscutmliy DemOerdt
&c. aud do MT use the wprt in II mere part,
se,lse. This sprt % II are as weilrcmcm
Der, was brought to bear upon Mr Faux.
ner when he FIST started ia i u mere strip
liog in the county OF Brrkele, but he
promptly crushed it hy direct aud NATL,
npl'e J to tie people. and fiom that day to
tins The h"nest yeomanry at old Berkeley
have rallied IT, bis support with zeal and
affection which have Increased with every day
ot his life he same gaine was attempted
III ! is cnat0iial district, lie sirtegie was
Of short duration aud the influence Of such
factions cficciu"lly ex'inenished he effur,
has hee,i more surces>fui in the last and pres
cut Congressional district. from rhe prepom
dcraiing oh ractrr Of its political sentiment
and from the larger arena upnn which these
political wircworkc,s could carry on tLer "p.
eeations As rpIleie with alSchn,ds as the
article ut J''ur correspondent is. he has by
s,,t OF accident stumbled npon the disclosure
of one truth. Alter disparaging the talents,
the political virtue, aud the capacity for pub
Ii. busiiess ct Mr. Faulkner and placing him
tnr 10 the rear of halt IA d zen at The dis,in
guished " Zig laminaries Of the district. he
SAYS: lie Mr. +. leas heretore permit
ted 20 run for Congress, simply because he
election Of a Wig lroS regarded as for
hW hope Whenever circumstances jlsti'
fed the belief that his eleciinn was pr battle.
as in ls47. he { Mr. fnhlkncr) was excluded
hy the interiosiiion aud machinery Of eau
cus bat wAen it was kuuwn that he could
net be elected thea il the language of you,
correspondent. he was permitted to run -
Precious confession this 10 cone from one
who has the a,nine stupidity to charge Mr.
Faulkner with heiug iaithIess to patty. aud
in TIE same breath proves. SO Ear as be may
be deemed ciediiatle wltprss. that theyer,
party which re steks So nhsurdly tn lie end
has been all along acting with bad faith and
treschery u Nr Faulkner The Nhiss Ut
the district might well eArlaim saveus from
such de'ehde, But IN truth that writer
dues rjnsilcc 10 the " hig party eI the dis
tfirt. The great masses OF that party have
never been laitl less ~ Mr. Faulkner aud we
VIII" know HIM know il Is not in his nature
To be faihless To any putty or to any indi
viduals that reposc on, f,lence IN him 4 his
bad faith and treachcry which have thus heen
su unblu>sugly avowed, must attach not to-
the misses hut t. the niuagers ut the Mig
party take il that ynut corresp udent is
one Of those wirewnrkers him>ef--if not he
certni'ly must have the credit of aeiirg up
on this OCCASION as one of their tn Is
Nonr correspondent having 50 irankl' ron.
fessed that the managers ct the Wing party
'Deyer pernirtcd Mr. Faulkner 10 nun ex
ecPt wfer he was sure % be defeated ! he
enme Somewhat cuious TO learn what motive
could have impellrd them. IN the opinion Of
this writer ito have permitted BIN to run