Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-05-18

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you are endeavoring to call the attention O
your readers to the approaching Congressional
election, and trust that you will continue
to do SO as long as you have opportunity.
LISA contest in which the Wings Of Berk
eley should feel the deepest interest, but as
it is to be feared there ia too much indiffer-
ence on the part Of some. shall, with your
permission, take the liberty Of addressing
them briefly through the columns Of the Ca
zette.
4 Wings Of Berkeley, you viii, in few days
be called to choose the man who is to repre-
sent you for the next two years, in the Con
gress of the United States, and Charles j.
Faulkner and Alexander r. Botelcr are be-
fore you as candidates for this responsible
station. Neither Of them is stranger to
you The former is a native Of your County !;
be has grown up among you, and. for more
than twenty years, stood hot only in the Wing
ranks, but at the very head Of the column.
He is the same man who, after you had sue
ceeded in clevating bin to a position be had
ardently desired, most ungratefully turned
bis back upon you, and went over to the en-
emv, and who now declares that be can be a
candidate for Congress only as the nominee
| Of Democratic Convention.
He is the same man who, less than two
years ago. presented himself before you
with smiling couutenance, aud solicited your
support, while at the same time, according to
Mr.. Bediuger's testimony as expressed in
public speech, was representing himself lin
remote Democratic ueighborhoods as a better
Democrat than be (Mr. Bedinger) was"
thus forcing us to believe that bis political
apostacy was contemplated a. that time.
You have all no doubt read bis speech last
winter, in which he attempted to yindicate
his course, and leave it to you to say wheth-
err you ever witnessed more miserable at
tempt--a more complete failure. 1t was
enough to convince any one, if evidence had
before been wanting, that Mr.. f., in chang
ing bis political relations, was influenced sole
" by desire to be on what he regarded the
stronger side Is there man in the dis
tyict either Wing or Democrat, who can say
that he sincerely doubts this ? You, no doubt,
regretted Mr.. rs defeetion--that be should
let his ambition so far get the ascendancy over
his judgment, as to cause him to sacrifice his
last claim to political honesty aud cohsistcn
ey BY taking step that charity itself could
not imputo to disinterested motives.
The other candidate presented for yoai
consideration is Alex. r. Boteler of Jeffer-
son County, and though you may not have
known him as long as you have Mr.. r. yet
your acquaintance with him is sufficient to
satisfy you that he is gentleman every way
worthy of Jour confidence, and that be pos
sessed of talents that would adorn the station
in which it is proposed to place him.
Since it is between these men that you are
called to decide, the probability that you will
give your preference to the one least worthy
Of your support, is not so great as it is that
you will fail to give effect to your preference
en- the day of election 1t is to be feared
that some will neglect to discharge their du-
ty, thinking that they are in the minority,
and therefore it is useless to make au effort
at this time, But this sort of dependency
is fatal to success under any circumstances
and is altogether groundess and out of place
10 the present instance.
For man to imagine that he is unable to
accomplish thing. is the same in effect as if
be were actually incapable of doing it. This
whining complaint, 81 can't do il" is sufii-
Gent to convert any ordinary difficulty into q
downright impossibiity He who INDUCES
feeling of this sort, viii be almost certain
to fail of success, while the man who belieueS
that be can, and reSolueS that be qciH ac-
complsh his purpose, will perform any thing
within the bounds of possibility. And now,
Wings of Berkeley, are you willing to insure
defeat by simply believing that you will be
defeated? We trust not We believe that
the power in this district is now in the hands
Of the Wings. and that nothing more is ne
cessary to insure glorious victory, than a
united and vigorous effort. Aud are you
not willing to make this effort? You have
every encouragement to do so so you have
leader that is perfectly acceptable to the
Wings Of the entire district; there are no
divisions in the ranks. aud no heart. burn;ngs
among disappointed aspirauts. From every
part Of the district the most cheering intell.
genee is received, assuring us that the best
spirit prevails, and that if we will but do our
duty here in Berkeley, the victory win be
ours. Shall we then fold our arms in in9if.
ference. and stand aloof from tho contest I
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