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DESPERATION or THE FAULKN m.
TIES.

III - well huoNn tudl faESc portion Of tne pcO-
pie have had no opportunity OF listening TO dis.
z11izl 1aHxEu a1.urI IlsEllsn - So.
ahoHi SO 81 s saiss silizens q VIA.
themselves oil the opportunity 10 ca down Ia the
Cars, on TUESDAY TO hear whatthey expected TO be-
courteous and Interesting diseussion-but what
was their surprise to find themselves during The Az
ternoon tbs subjects of obloqay and coarse abuse
for obtruding themselves upon Mr.. Fanlkper's ne.
cuiiar stautping ground Even aLreats Of violence
were used And the good character OF the people
of Harpers-Ferry was isoparded By the inhospi,a.
Die treatment Of few ofthe most noisy Of Faux.
1er's canyassefslI
What did The chivalrons champion the d .moe-
racy do the occasion 10 rspress this spirit m Il
suit and outrage7 Did he invoke his friends = II
observance Of The decencies usual towards een,I..
men from distance Did Ae say he was Lannv
10 meet his fellow-citzens from every mari az H.
disiriet-gtad 10 measure lances gracefully in their
presence with his courteous opponent. o noi-
That did not suit the occasion He wa, in IN.
midst Of whai be supposed to be i triumphant and
excited inaiosity-excited because OF their suffer
ings aader what they considered mili,ary despo. ]
'tism--and he rather encouraged the idea thai h, I
was an iatrasssA for any body else to be there
When Faulkner rose to address the people amer
y
sessafys political tergi%efsations, his clamorou,
advocates raised vocifereus yell, aud the boys 1
Aae1'ed long ADD LOUD. AN said F., know !
these voices don't come from Winchester. know j
these cheering sounis are Aoi from The winches i
,set delegation but fromihe warm hearted and gem
sfous people Of Harpers-rerry. These voices are
notHom those who have come to see Mr.. Faulkner
skinned. &c, &C."
And during other parts of his rambling harangue /
he alluded contemptoolsy TO- The opposition from
Winchester and other parts al the Dis,rict-to The
leaders, court-house cliqaes, &C, &c. He did not
expect their support-he expected supper, from The
masses-he. The poor mans ffiend-he. whose
heart had always yearned towards The working
sympa,hies had ai,cays been with
them, &e.
Sat tie good sense, good temper, and self.respeei
q thu people present. were 100 strong to be over
turned bI an fnaammatory appeal from new
h-dsed Red RepubIi-an--ihey were not moved Ell
her 10 words Of aets Of Insult By so insdous though
paipabe an appeal 10 lhebad passions Of their ma
nre. They kaew and fell that the porsion Of The
people from Winchester, who were present. had -
auch right to be there IS themselves, and. with
eu eoafse exceptions. asted as became gentlemen
lad ioletani fleemen. They did themselves honor
. disregasdng the Insulting illusions Of the dem
lgogue, and some Of them viii show, in sli more
ice inlgeeal m inner, tAsir contempt for he man
rho could fancy them capable Of disresper, 10
sransers. They felt tand 50 acledl tia, The Win
hester friends Of Botssr had quite as much 4sh, TO
: present a Faakners body guard frsu, Maytips-
arg We honor them for their manliness a.well 4
= tAeir intelligence. 81