Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-31
LETTER OF EpHRAIM g. ALBURTIs. -.

W.
MARTISsBrRG October l5;h ls5l
To CHARLES j. Faulkner, Esq -Dear ST In reply
to your inquiries addressed to me this morning. nave 10
ist. That the offer which you made OF $50 Acres OF
Texas Land to the Mexican Volunteers was made in May
1886 At that time provision had been made lo BOUNTY
Land by Congress- This proposition WA, To tue company
then being enrolled by Joseph Burns-whch Company
failed to be organized.
Cd The proposition above referred TO was nor
to the Company organized by me, to the best OF my re-
| collection At tho time my Company wHs raiscd ION
gross had made provision OF Bounty Land Tor the 'o'uh
teers
niger din substance at leas In my letter written to him
on the I'd inst substantially what is contained in reply TO
your inquiries above
''N' Respectfully your obedien, servant ,,u,,
Thus il hss been seen, that Mr.. Faulkner promised
10 give the volunteers land in Texaa, on CONDITION
that Congress failed to make provision OF bounty
land. Congress- however, did afterwards provide to
that Effect and Mr. Faulkner was thus relieved OF hl'
obligation. Nevertheless the following letters show
that he contributed substant al aid to the vouhteerr'
much beyond what he promised:
LETTER OF WIN. l.. BoAK.
WASHINGTON October Nth. 1851
Sr-Ip reply TO your letter of the 18th instant gives
PLEASURE DO state that you paid the board and lodging
of number Of the Berkeley Volunteers during the tim"
that they remained at my house in Martinsourg organ
izipr tho Company. will further add, that In many 10
of the return OF volunteers from Mexico passing
through Msrnsburg their honor you assumed tho psy
their board and lodging al my hous ana gave
them the means Of reaching their homes have no re.
collection of any volunteers returning from Mexico, and
through Martnsbug who did not enqn re Tor you
and make application. with the full assurance ~ gchh2
relief so generally was understood that you felt deep
'"''' WILLIAM l.. BoAK.
C. j. FAULKNER, ESQ, Msrtinsburg, Va.
LETTER OF JOHN BILLMIRE.
MAarrs.sund. October llth. 1851.
To FAULKNER EsQ.-At your requrs state that
fourteen of the berkeley Volunteers boarded ut my house
during the time that the Company organizing ir the
Mexican War. and that you paid TO me tho bI wmeh !
had against them for their bosrd and lodging. further
add several instances "f Volunteers returning from
the Mexican War; and who reached here without any
means YOU paid their board and lodging NJ M house,
paid their railroad fare and gave them the mems Of going
upo" '"''' journey JOHN BlLLMIRE
After Congress hu mad" provision o bounty land
for the volunteers, Capt. Albur:s raised company
in berkeley, wheel! did 90 10 Mexico. Mr.. Faulkner
mad, n Ipsech on that uccssIum. concluding as i0l-
lows: at any married man present, who had engaged,
or was about to engage IN hs service, htsi,acd be-
cause of tho-s who depended upon him for support
he would pledge himself that 30 long I'D he had
dollar they should not want tor the necessared OF 'ie
while husbands and parents were perillng ther iVeo
in the field of battle"
Surely, the =" Rspubcan doea not require Ar
Faulkner TO CRAFTY idle curl"y by publishing tlr
names OF the volunteers whose families received md
at his hnnds. II IL forbidden by HI honorable pride"
n
those brave men, whost lives were p-ril!rd In ih-
battle field on Tho other No complaint has ever
arisen from thoes Immediately Observation-Disclosures.
"Ls; not the left hand know what The right hnnd
du.th" This much is deemed necessary 20 place Mr.
Faulkuers trus position distinctly before the people
of Virginia upon a great, naons! Democratic MA
SURF; 10 PRESENT Ii. character Gf ihn statesman rather
than the philanthrcpst. l. the "Repuhlcan " now
satisfied on this point
Tina; paper goes on notice some oh-: qitstioi!s
growing mt If ihs local ieGis heiwr.n Mr.. FaulH
ner and tho Wings OF that district. These ara mat,
tore in which the people ct The State "t largs lee
no interest, and care nothing Z. al about me Dest
vndicaon, therefore, OF MIR. Fauikners character,
public and private, is to DO fonnd in The fact that
constituency distinguished for personal independence,
virtue and intelligence, hava retained hlW III Snh-
gress longer and returned him by larger malorI:eT,
than adv other man within tbs last bfiy yGarr
NY high esteem for the editor OF the wv loches'eF
Republican" prompts 81 ga evsn further, and I"
ayow that my preference for Mr. Faulkner Is COLI
troed by considerations of public policy believing
that no possesses in eminent degree that peculiar
order of talen,s which the condition Of tho Common
wealth dsnnnds in the executive hesd at this ns.-
have not halt 40 much to ask, or expect from 'he
Democratic party as the "Repubiican has and sui
l-ss from Mr. Faulkner. Now, rs Virginia is n De-
mocratc S,nte and as the "R-publican' must be
con,snt with Democrat in the Gubernatorini c.! .iT.
why can il not sigDaliz- lis DEVOTION 10 itb pubic
service and make rs nilu-nce :7li III the State by
placnr AT tho head of it's columns ~ Ia Candidate TOR
the next Governor the name ot one at the most h-
en,ed and efic ent in tho country r own rrprt-
senta,Jva In ConprsssI TIpE-WATER.