Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-28
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Aswe have all along foreseon, from the day
that the denomination Of Charles j. Faulkner
Wa effected. a storm has gathered IN this DIS
.rict which threatens TO overwhelm aud oonsign
the most wildly ambitious man in Congress. 10
the quiet shades Of "Boydvle;" which, for the
satisfaction of the reader, If he feel Any interest
upon the subject, we may state is near Martins
burg. No man knows better than We do, the
various, indirect, and crooked ways by winch
this vaulting gentleman secured "A scat III Con
eress and how his first act IN grateful re-
coenition of the kindness of the party
that had sustained him through life, nn1 without
whom he would not, to this day, have been in
Congress. was 10 vote for Lynn Boyd against
the Wing candidate for Speaker OF the House OF
Representative. and then, upon most frivolous
pretext. which, taken in connection with antece-
dent circumstances, indicated whnt had boen n
forerope conclusion of his own hllnd, went over.
bag and baggage. to the Democracy. For his
subsequent services to the party DUNG that
Congress. and especially for h's efforts IN behalf
of Pierce. upon whom he Faulkner bad Kept
his eve for twenty years" he claimed the On
dorssment-no,hing more-of the purity, as no
pensions that had been made upon 1t 10y the
Wings. lie, after sundry devices to tins emil
secured the nomination over "iavoritn nephew
j Randolph Tucker-with the understanding
that he would not ngain be a candidate But
alas how vain frequently are our best reSolu'
tons and though Charles James may have been
honest in this declaration. he was 10 sooner in
Congress again than garden seeds. and sundry
other expedients were used for the purpose of
securing. and retaining the favor of his new nns.
True TO his instinct, he turned up at the next
succeeding convention, and was again n oandi.
date in opposition to the ohivalrc nd accom-
plished Boteler. whom he, by Government aid
exer,ed at Harrers Ferry, defeated by l9 ma
iority, In District that had given Pierce up
wards Of LOO majority. During hs subse
quent term in Congress, he rendered good ser
vice TO Democracy as chairman of the Dutch,
Irish.snd Mongrel document circulating commit.
tee, which. together with his inqulsiiorial de
mand- upon the post masters for information
relative TO the nativity. religion, &c 81 Their
dents in their respective localities ought I" nave
C commended him to the Democracy and made his
aaine a, familiar M household words lie lifted oc
oasionaly during the canvass about ~ h'ailhnd
near Lancaster" cavorting around the sturdy old
bachelor who was soon 10 dispense tue executive
patronage and as the natural sequence OF all tins
we soon find his particular friends nj Harper =
Ferry praying, or demanding, that the Fresl-
dent of the United States should make him Sec.
retary of War To this modest demand "Old
Buck" turned a deaf ear. and the incriidbie
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of his old friends of the Eighth Distict, taeltly
saying.
pity the sorrow Of poor old man.
Whose tire milling limbs have borne hlm 10 Your door,
His plaintve appeal could not be disrcgnrded,
and the ex chairman. the divine Patroclus, who
had well nigh exhausted his owp energc, in his
herculean efforts against the combined forces OF
the enemy, must be permitted again 10 lead the
van in tie Eighth District,even though his merits
had been overlooked OF repudiatsd by tho "sage
of Wheatland." The convention mt and this
'laborious. self sacrificing" q patriot was nomi
mated, but under circumstances TINT will mo-
warrant the belief that the seeming choice of III,
convention will be ratified by the people. Mr.
+. has never been the choice of the leaders o
the old Democracy. and we believe that they
have at length determined to break allegiance b,
shaking off the appendant which is as annoying
to them as the old mac of the mountain was t,
Snbad, the Sailor. A number of Democrats il
Loudoun. Hampshire, aud Jefferson have indi
Gated their determination not TO support Mr.
Faulkner. and have called upon the Hon. VIM
Lucas, an old line Democrat, to become thoi
candidate for Congress. We learn by com
muuication in "1he South" that Mr.. Lucas me
Mr.. Faulkner at Jefferson G. II. on the 20tl
inst. and that be took high ground in favor u
Distribution. Knowing Mr.. Lucas, as we hav
always known him, TO be one of the straghies
sect Of the Democrats--one who never wavere
in his fealty to that party. and repre- it il
Congress in times of high party excitemen
when Democracy was not as omnpoent nor u
popular as it now is, We were agreeably SUI prise
to find that he had evinoed the manliness to plao
himself on the right platform in opposition +
party drill. We shall expect to Mr.. Luca
announce himself a candidateand in that even
will entertain no doubt whatever of his success
Doubtless, William Lucas democracy will FIRE
quently be questioned and put in contrast wit
that of this neophytc, who SO late at the perio
when the great Wing leader was taken fror
earth, declared that he had "aways held to
wards him the most cordial relations, person,
and political" Won't it be funny!
We are glad that Faulkner's "wild hunt ft
office" is likely TO be bootless in this Instance
and sincerely trust that the land question wi
prove to be the poisoned shirt of Nessusthat wi
burn to the political heart one Of the most arraI
demagogues in the land.
1t would be gratifying to us, and entertaining an