Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-09-15
DISCUSSION BETWEEN nov. cIs ,HIis> j.
FAuLsEs EsR and A. az. Bori;LsH, Eisq.

A large number of citizens of Berkeley and
the adjoining Counties, assembled in Mar
tinsb1rg on Monday last to lear speech
announced to be delivered By Mr. Faulkner
: in yinaieatiaa of bis position upon tie Pres
iaentisl question - his detection from the
Wing party--of course in anticipation of
reply from some Wing speaker. The dis
cussion will not soon be forgotten by those
who heard it--and among the last to lose all
recollection Of it We imagine. will be the Hon
G j. Faulkner. We have no purpose or
desire in he least to detract in tie slightest
from his speech. AS was TO be expected lie
manifested the most studied and cautious
preparation--a professional politician---a
seceder without, as yet any valid cause as
signed, from tile old principles Of the Wing
party. with which kor twenty Eve years he
has been identified possessing an energy
which few can boast, and deytuliag auh;.
ton for political Advancement and enjoying
fer the last nine months in Washington the
fulles, opportunity to arm himself in justifi
cation Of bis eour5e-notling less than
plausible case was expected to be made our
by hin. THIS. to some extent, he was cra-
bled to do, at the expense Of that suppression
Ct facts on the other side. aud OF overwrousht
Importance and emphasis attached to isolated
facts on his own side. which characterized his
arguments It is to be supposed he did not
expect a reply--as at an unusually early
hour he took the stand unaccompanicd by his
competitor, who was not apprized for fifteen
minutes after the commencement of his speech
that he was under way. This was the more
probable, because lie Wanted that bushel
Of letters had been written in vain to Wash.
iogton to procure speaker to reply to him.
and he very compaeently iutimated to his
audience that the Hon. Mr.. Culom, of Tenn
had no fancy for encounterihg him Doubt
less the faitcry Of the Richmond Enquirer
Lad produced the desired effect in the init
mationit gave that II ;,itied the poor Vhig
ioho you'd enc0na.er his ire"
We shall endeavor to give some Of tie
moro prominent heads Of his speech, and OF
Mr.. Botelers reply Tha, rclly was full
satisfactory overwhelming in its facts in is
oratory. aud in its satire. 1t was the more
conclusive. aud perhaps tho more effective,
as Mr. Blteler nagnanimonsly abstalned
from stigmatising and exposing the utter
Inconsistency of Mr., Faulkner's position now
voting against the Tariff, and the Distribn-
iion Of the Public Lands - reprobsting In
ternal improvements by the General Govern
men.. (althongh he said he took grount
against them in 1876 in Newtown, OF wliicl
no one in this region ever hear(l.) equivocal
" approving In his Congressional speech th
Sub Treasury. which he once opposed. an
dcnouhcing .he Bankrupt law. to which b
was never known TO object when j. passed
and his position formerly, when upon thes
measures of general policy he co-operaIin
With and sustaining the whig party and its car
didatcs. Mr. Doteler toOA no pe'H'h"i "''""'" ~
which such an exposition would have given hin
Nor did he deem 1t necessary TO bring before th
public the doctrines of Mr.. Fauhners speech
1882 upon Slavery doctrines not to be condemn
cd, perhaps, as favoring gradual and prudei
system Of emancipation by the States themselve
but for the uuhelrd of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IN his letter TO Kerchival Of Hampshire last SUI
n,er, In the general declaration that Ills specs