Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-07-11
letter Of Hon. c. ]. Faulkner.

q permit my name % 60 before this district
as q candidate l0r Congress aud that appeal
having been sustained by letters addressed 70
ine from other portions Of The district, / 60
not feel myself 40 liberty Oh withhold ny as
sent 90 their request 20 not presume 30 say
THAT the meu who haze thus invited me llto
tbe canvass speak the voice o. this district
Nf tlat. shall not undertake % express any
opinion. But ills 30 know. that they speak
tbsir own manly and independent sentiments
and as lreemen aud citizens OF this state, they
have d right o. give expression % what they
thiuk /. will be iJr the people, ~ the iuA-
ness Of their power, o. act upon this subject
according % their good VIII and pleasure aud
90 accept OF reiect any name presented O. tnem,
a. the lest interests Vi ills district WiA de-
maQd.
people of this district, but i, may be very
Strictly referred O.. / commenced life Henry
ClIg lcii1, / felt an uubouuded admiration
f1r the broad comprehensive. patriotic, and
national policy which placed that distinguished
man 10 tie front rank OF living American
statesmen. / adhered with ulalteriug tde.i-
~ 10 bis policy aud personal fortunes until /
discharged my last daty % my i,lustrious freud
bv pr1u1uucius o eulogy On his earthly re-
mains To- the House Of Representatives OF the
United States Mr. Clay did not Die one Day
roo soon. If ceaseless labor ia the cause %
his country hai DOT shortened LIS life, bis noble
heart would have bursl with sorrow 40 the ac-
lion Of that party which owed 90 him It's cN-
is.eoce. Just about the period Of his death, it
cpeulv repujiatci bis ult,uual principles aud
ID b. |rH.. f
deeeneratsd iuto mere sectional organization.
At the same time. I announced my connection
with 10. aud united myself % tie national
democratic party ef te iui0H which then
placed itself unjgr lhe compromises % $50.
upou the bTrlles, aud most conservative cor
sStuhoAgl platform. Having seen nothing %
.he principles 1i tls democratic party since
chat d4y % condemn, / have adhered TisiJ.y
t1i.s fortunes aud 0rsauiz...on, BOW lear q
ruar,cr % a century.
was absent lrlm tie United States as ore
Of tie representatives of ibis nation, lu france,
when the late civil war broke our. bad
therefore DO immediate c0uuecton with the
eysals wlieh precip.,l,el tEa, ielricl crisis
upon Tie country. Upon my return from Eu-
rope iu August. 1861, without charge or an
imputal.ou a-sius, my fidelity as the nations
representative abroad. and solely because was
q native aul c,'izel ~ tte sosti. was arrested
by order of tle Secretary % War, consigned
b. three successive government Prisons, where
I remained ult. / was exchanged. aud sent
by the government ct the United States with
I'm ths limits of the Southern Clu.e!eracy -
TIE conflict oi war was taeu rlsiGs. and as
that conflict presented itself o. my wiai bad
10 alternative but o. choose. between ,le arl-
cd invaders of ms native state. aud tle defense
of Ter uslts prlrerty. AVID sovereignty.
chose ste latter aud ct.siael Tor four years
an exile from my home. FAITHFUL o. the fortunes
&C the so..h. Jrt, che, we.c crushed oy m..i-
tlry power upon the fields os APpomattox.
Immcj ate.y after The close ci hos,l.i,'es, %
August. 1868. I started, : believe .ae first
conservative journal published in West Nr-
siuia. aul styled t.e Aec Ira. It's purpose
as announced WAS t0s1otle Che aaiuos.te that
grew out 90 tle ia,e war; Oh maintain aud de-
feui the uslts 90 tha tlsn crushed aud hope
less minority o. disseminate sentiments oi
HoeraltY. u.asua1,uiiy aud Justice % DIS
c9Hlass AUD ocueAuce lI S-t VuoA, ana Io
bring again INTO harmonious Or-'-e'll.d N.'
che dl>corlln; ant angry elements Oh tu.s
state. t.I uot cease % ,hose efforts uuuI
those results were accomplished, watch 10"
unite us as enc people
am opposed o. tae celtfal1iug ana aoSoto-
ins tcllcu-.-' % i-e present u'''l''' govern
n-ut avn ioI 'ae constitution us % same rom
tie hands % ile fathers Oh 'his tePNo.c' VIII"
tlc subsequent amendments thereto as tleS
have been construed 1'i delaea Oy tle ~
Plsue Court oi ;le United States. recos-