Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-14
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ii, 1858
HON. CHARLES !. FAULKNER.

HON CHARLES J. FAULKNER
The free Use which was made of this gentle
man. $ mainc previous Ia the a>>emhlaSc Of the
Petersburg Convention. the endorsement which
hr received in his own District. and the fac,
that notwithstanding his nomination by county
meetings. his maine was withheld from propo
sal for nomination before the State Convention
all thi, requires some explanation. which wt
take the liberty to puhlisl. without con>ulta
ton with. or permission from Mr.. Faulkner.
During the early part Of the summer. Mr..
Faukncrs name was suggested for the Gubcr-
natorial nomination by nany Of his admirers
throughout the STATE. This led To severe A.
saultS on his reputation, made hy opposition
journals, and in which even some Democratic
newspapers joined The first step taken 10y
Mr.. Faulkner was Ia protest /" i number o
friends that hc had never sought nor desired the
Office Ills friends were also reminded that
they were without organizations an'l that tlr
names Of other candidates hal been for long
time placed before the people in connection
with the niiicr-wllc that of Mr.. Faulkner
WAS only recently brought forward. In view
Of all the circumstances ui his position, it was
II question among his friends whether hi, name
ought not III once tn he withdrawn from the
canvas. This might have been DONE had il
not been for the assaults which had been
. aimed at his political reputation. .Altcr this.
it was evident that To- leave his nanc
still before the public in connection with
the Gubcrnatora nomination. would offer
the best opportunity for his yindication,
by means Of published reviews Of his political
career. as we'll It, by an endorsement from the
people of his district We undertook To assist
in his defence. Editorials in the Enquirer. ''
together with articles from competent and well
informed correspondents, >oon furnished unali.
swerable replies to the assaults which enemies
Of both parties had nlulgcd in. Every gun oi
Mr. Faukncr's aSSailant> was spiked in the
course Of u few weeks. His Congressional Dis.
trict followed up the line Of defence by repeat
ed and highly complimentary endorsements
from county meetings Mr. Fanlkncr's vinci-
cation, the first great object for which his
friends had laborcd, was completed before the
aSScmhlagc nfthe Conventions He could now.
without injustice to himself or modification to
his friends, follow his own desire with regard
To the uSc Of his name.
E,r ,n. ,.,, Io.;,.,I T., go, Ia; ,.,,.
brought before the Convention. We knew
that he could obtain at least Il large compliment
tarv vote; and We were dcSiroiIS that he should
assist us TO draw of as many votes as possible
from Mr.. Lrtchcr, on the first ballot-apprr-
hendins, As We did, that 4 failure on Mr.. Lctcl,
cr'> part To obtain the nomination on the first
ballot. would defeat his nomination altogether.
\ complimentary vote was, however no longer
a necessity of Mr.. FaulkncrS position; and he
was unwilling that his name should he used
merely for the purpose of defeating Mr.. I.etch-
cr Thus it happened that when We arrived
at Petersburg. we were informed that the dele.
gates from Berkeley and other counties Evora-
hlc to Mr.. Faulkncr's nomination. and whose
peculiar province it would have been To place
his name before the Convention had conrli-
lcd in Difference To III, known wishes. I" with
hold his nomination.
Thus it will he seen that the majority pi
Mr. Faulkner friends insisted on the continued
connection Of his name with the t;ubcrnatorial
nomination. only To the extent to which it was
necessary in order for the complete yindiration
Of his reputation from unjust assaults, and i"r
the purpose of obtaining triumphant de-
monstlaton OF confidence and approval on the
part Of the peoplcof his Congressional District.