Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1859-03-26
THR MEET1Ne on noEpAY.

An unusually large number of the citizens
on Monday, aud much legal aud general bus
mess was transacted. The Court remained in
session until yesterday.
The great matter Of excitement, was the
political canvass which it vas expected would
have been opened By the candidates for Con-
gEess, Messrs. Faulkner and BurELER. The
former, We regret to say, was unavoidably alb
sent, owing to the transfer of his family from
Washington to Berkeley. In that spirit of
courtesy which is characteristic of Mr.. BOte.
Ter, he said in substance as follows:
lie said, that ne was present, in obedience to a
duty he owed those othis fellow citizens who were so
kind as to invite him TO tecome a candidate for a
seat In Congress Since last fall his name had
been presented by portion of The Press, as an in
dependent candidate, without aRy consent Of his:
ne bad received calls from paris OF this district
among others, one from Berkeley Comfy, signed by
some DO or 60 voters and one from Morgan signed
by about the same number, requesting him to ac-
cept this nomination SO unanimously and heartily
rendered him, to which he had responded dnring
tast week aud he here to SAY that he ar1S
candidate, and to thank, most sincerely those who
thus insisted upon his again bearing the banner of
the Opposition In the absence of the honorable
gentleman, Mr. Faulkner, who had received the
nomination at the Winchester Convention i; would
not be be becoming, and proper in him. TO do more
than make this announcement After brief y.indi-
eating the course should pursaein the canvass and
expressing his determination TO carry it on in fair
manly, open. and courteous manner, he took his
seat promising fully and thoroughly to discuss all
the topics properly atissue whenever his opponent
FcJuld be present!
A.E. KENNEDY, Esq, the County Elector
for Jefferson, was next enthusiastically called,
but declined speaking, from the absence Of
his DemoGatic opponents.
Tie speech,of JOHN A. THoMPsoN, Esq,
though well received and enthusiastically ap-
plauded, was but re>hash of his very singus
lar notions from which other people dissent
most widely.
Our enthusiastic friend and brother editor,
Mr.. PARKINs, of the Clarke Journal, next adj
dressed the meeting, in u speech ,repIete with
denunciation of everything generally, and Mr..
Faulkner and the Winchester Convention
particularly. The Free Press intimates that
as Mr.. P. is democrat of the purest charac-
ter, and an editor of an influential democratic
paper, full report of his able speech is ex-
pected:' If we admitted the context, we most
heartily dissent asto the conclusion. Hav>
ing, therefore, neither Hogarth or Wilkes
skill, we shall leave to other limners more
skilled than we to paint the picture true to
life This is not the first instance, where the
zeal of the martyrs destroyed the church
according to their thinking.
The speeches of Messrs. GREEN, BEL1En
and EARNsHAw, were of too brief duration 10
Leave their footprints in the sands of time
What they lacked in substance, was fully
atoned for in zeal, and we therefore are com
PEELED to hide their light under bushel for
the present