Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-01-15
Letter from Harper's Ferry.

FRIEND Zlttle;--lt IS an old adage
that ''it is poor heart that never rejoi-
ces aud the proverb loses meme of its
force from the fact that the stricken
heart OF Harpers Ferry is at last glad
dened. Early last week it was rumored
that the Attorney General of the United
States had withdrawn the appea! LATELY
taken by him on behalf of the Govern
ment against the late decision IN the
| Harper's Ferry case and the report mas
! been confirmed by the published cores
pondence between the Attorney Gener-
al and Mr.. Faulkner as well as other
information from the most authentic
sources. 1t would appear then as if, at
last, there was some hope for Harpers
Ferry aud it is equally apparent that
whatever chance We have is to be cred
tied to the untiring energy and great
influence Of MIR. Faulkner. 1t is curl
Gus to observe how unerring the popu
lar instinct is in judging Of public meas
ures and public men, when it is uncloud-
ed by prejudice. From the end OF the
war up to 1874, the passions engender-
ed by our civil strife influenced our cleo
tons to the almost entire exclusion of
every other consideration. The person
al merits of a candidate weighed moth
ing and the inevitable consequence was
that ambitious politicians thought it su-
perfluous to bring any personal recon-
mendation into the scale. When, how
ever, the storm Gained down and the
people perceived how they were sacrifi-
cling their best interests to their worst
passions they did what they ought to
have done years before-they elected
Mr. Faulkner to Congress and the con-
sequence is that in the one month since
the late meeting of that body more has
been done Cat least for Harpers Ferry
than in all the previous years back to
the surrender at Appomattox. The call
OH Mr.. Faulkner in 1874 did not origi-
nate with his political friends. 1t was
spontaneous outburst CT popular en-
thusiasm guided by the instinct already
alluded to and the Republicans of Jet
ferson claim no small amount of graft
tude at the hands of the Democrats for
being rather ahead of Mr. Faulkner s
own party in recognizing in him the
man tor the occasion. Some six months
ago you suggested his name for the
Vice Presidency. In so doing you
gave great pleasure to all parties at this
place, and in view of the scramble
which we are sure to have next Fall 1t
may be well for aspirants to Know that
the very highest recommendation they
can bring to Harpers Ferry is proper
appreciation of Mr. Faulkner and the
claims lie has earned by his faithful ser
vices to the public
You have pleased us very much by
another of your nomlnations-lhat OF
John Hess for the State Senate. Mr..
Hess has been al his lite afflicted to a
painful degree with That very rare dis
ease--too much modesty, and nothing
will cure him but the knowledge of how
many strong friends he really has. Keep
trolting him out therefore and | will
engage that he gets such majority
next Fall as will coat his face an inch
thick with brass.
We had very exciting municipal
election here on Thursday last, but al
though n voter in the corporation | con
fess have not yet discovered amy issue
in the contest that could justify the in
tense feeling manifested on the occa-
sion. The offices pay absolutely moth
ing or if they do it is in kicks rather
than halt-pencc. The hog,im and hog
out war has long since been settled,
either by treaty or tacit understands
ing. basis very favorable to the llber-
ties of the hog. The great Goose ques,
ton no longer exercises the ingenuity
of casui.ls, and the rerplcxing problem
of who struck Billy Patterson appears
to have been given up as incapable OF
solution What the sfcref issue was,
may some day be manifest, but it is GER
tain that an amount of feeling was ex-
hibited out of all proportion to any
question on the ,urfncs. We showed
some good sense however, in electing
to the MayoraIty the biggest fist and
hardest head we could find. Our choice
was Edward Chambers, man not to be
frightened or cajeled by the rowdy ele-
ment, and in our Recorder we have a
man of undoubted integrity and pluck
Daniel Ames. We are equally fortu-
nate in our council, and indeed it was
hard to select ticket among the con
tes,ants so eminently qualified were
they all for the offices.
MORE ANON.
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