Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-09-15
FFoR TnE LsSoHsUlo YIaorS1Ax.

Ma EDIroa IL have recently met With re- print in
your paper Of sn article originally published in the Rich
Eaond Times, over the signature Of By (the paternity
Of which am at loss 10 discovery containing
truthful and pertinent remarSs touching the shameful
prostitution Of government patronage unon the factionists
North and Scath, who have evnccd th0uHmtgated hos
tility the Constitution. Doubtless, the Brigadier
thinks that ia dispensing his faTors tp those who
ousde q any healthy political organization with but
here aud there conservative taken into fllowship)
ltai hBt fQting hssz,ga high destiny, and BY bring
Platform shall stand The Soafherhcr With the blood of
Africa upon his skirts aad the pure Pharisce Of the
North who, with unaffected mseknnss an eye Of
Hty upon his bsnighted neighbour aad with initiate self
cpmPlaisance sends up this grateful offering Lord
thank iheethat am not other men even as this
ppor 'nner That good time is conng-aye, is at
hand, when The Northern fanatic and the Southern fire.
eater, who would rcnd this glorious Unpa for an abstrac
tton-they who swear by the Constitution, and those
who swear to it, destruction are gathered into one iod
apd his molly cew, under the broad ss OF Franklin
the invneble alze the untold happiness Of reyeling in
the sPoils, the only cohesive power" that holds them
t4gether But purposcd chiefly to notice the inquiry
the writer Of that article respecting the present posi-
tiou Of the Hon. Charles James Faulkner whose very
e9nsstsn regard for the rights Of the Soath, (upon
subject against which he had taken roud in the ssa
tire OF 1921 led him 10 espouse the cause Of the New
Hampshire candidate.
We'll, the man who iourneycd to Damascus breathing
treatennss aud Slaughter, or he Of Revolutionary mo-
tqriety, who ravshed The shore, Of Virginia was not
more fierce unrelenting than is this new light Of the
democracy in prescribing his old ricnd4who for more
than tweaty years have been his faithful constitprn,s
the removal from sderal ohccs Of those who twhat
he heretofore a,fsss6 to bel Wings, aud the appoiut
ent Of deocrats ia their stead The last we heard az
this notorious lille an he was in the cortege Of Free
Sellers and Secessionists l,ho accomplished President
Pierce TO the Worlds Fair himself notlthe least iron
der in that interesting collection, His position is ui
Gifea5ly fired and whether for veal d. for woe, his
fortune indissolly identified with tn, democracy i',
lhns he speaks without annexng cen tions quail
iiratons whaseeTer-bu one acquainted Nth his past
course and remembering that he said with eo al appa
rent sincerity that he determined " bat,la n the
hg to the end, and when he fell. desired ~ be
s Z lns spe ioias OF the old VINO flag"
- ~ ~ y ,uen' are JustiiIed In express
ta' u p ". not calculate with unerriag
taInty the extent 81 his born zeal fol Democracy
and TO suggest the possibility that in tie event ~
change in the political complexion Of he sh Canv,e.
n ~, ~ t Is " Irgilia' or the ascehdency
ken from his allegiance.
For Popui-the voice Of the people-ba, . ,vana.,.
fulininence in fastening the opinions Aid riypo e.
PRECISION to the sentiments Of those who wish 10 be car
RED upon the cnrrentof popular favor have mstaken
tho impulses Of patriotism il Il be moi emIodid Il; ~
sentiment expressed BY the immortal (,I, :. -
rather be rigkt than be president "u
JEFFERSON. Vas