Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-03

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candied courtesy" Martin look
ed as though he felt like saying to
him
" You play the spaniel,
And think with the wagging of your
tongue to win me-"
He would have Martin believe
that 1t was the most fortunate
event of his life that he was de-
feated at Piedmont. That he was
guilty of the basest ingratitude in
not falling down at the feet of him
Faulkner and worshiping him
for stealing his nomination at
Piedmont. But nicely as he had
sugar coated the pill it wouldn't
go down. The Democracy of Tay-
Tor have too much pride and self
respect to be accessory to that un-
paralelled fraud-the Piedmont
nominal on. No Democrat In the
District bat Faulkner would have
had the audicity to contest the
nomination with Martin under
the circumstances. and no man
but him would have played the
"fawning greyhound" as he did
to-day.
After playing the spaniel in
this manner for nearly half hour,
he commenced his speech. He
claimed he should be elected, be-
cause, forsooth, he was the recog-
nized candidate of the Democratic
party. He thought the Republi-
can party had been in power long
enough that the country would
be benefited by change in that
office; that parties long in office
become corrupt.
What is true of parties and COM
munities is true of individuals,
and if parties long in power will
become corrupt, will not individ-
uals become corrupt also? Faulk-
ner has been in office all his life,
and does not his argument prove
too much for him? He said he
was opposed to rings, cor
ruption and fraud. OF course he
is; his course at Piedmont proved
that clearly.
He then made some very absurd
remarks about the system of Inter
nal revenue. My time ana space
will not permit me to review his
argument; suffice it to say that he
showed most deplorable ignor-
ance of the Internal Revenue laws
and facts connected herewith
For instance, he said there were
thirty-tWo collection Districts, in
which not one cent was collected,
which cost the Government $75,-
600 to sustain. This is simply net
true. He complained of the ine-
quality of the tax, but did not tell
the people that nine tenths of the
tax Is derived from whiskey and
tobacco. After speaking about an
hour and q quarter, Hon Alex. II.
Boteler was introduced. One could
see at a glance that he was mas
ter of the situation. He reviewed
Mr.. Martins claims to the nomi-
nation, acknowledged that if it
were possible for any man to be
entitled to nomination at the
hands of his party, that Martin was
entitled to it. He then referred to
Faulkner's record, showed that he
was deserter from the Whig
party, that he was in Congress in
1856, when the salary was raised
from SIS per day to $4,000 per an
mum, that he took the pay, and
therefore wasanorignal salary grab
ber.' He also questioned Mr. F's.
on the Civil Rights Bill
by showing that he was an Abol-
itionist as early as 1882. He spoke |
about an hour in his frank, candid |
manner. His candor and elo-
quence captivated the whole audi
ence. He disclaimed being either
a Republican or Democrat. He
still chung to his old Wing princi-
pie. He was in favor Of tariff |
sufficiently high to protect the in
dustries OF the country and de-
velepe its hidden resources.
Mr.. Faulkner replied to BOteler
in agspeech Of an hour and a half,
and attempted to patch up his mu-
tilated record, but he only made
the matter worse. By this time.it
was growing late and he was de-
terminspeaked to. until the crowd
should dispense, so that there
might not hear Boteler's reply,
but the crowd would not be cheat
ed out of the rich treat which wa
awaiting them. In this speech he
protested to answer the interroga-
tions propo unded to him in you
paper few days ago. To the
first question, as to whether he
had said at Moorefield that he
had succeeded ia breaking up the
"rascally ring" at Piedmont, he
would not deny having said so,
but said he had no reference to Mr.
Martin. He had reference To q