Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-03-18

ABOlI n ~ EN fAGEI M AAI-
TIN BUR G--DIssATISF ACTION
WITH BUZFUz--A MORE. u fsCREET
ORGAN DESIRED BY DE MOcRATs,
&C.
WASHINGTON, March IA.
Some time ago there appeared
in one of the letters of your Wash
ington correspondent, ~. E. 81
the intimation of a rumor that the
project of new paper for Martins
burg had been the subject of a con-
ference of persons here, Interested
in political affairs. He said he
was not permitted 10 speak of the
politics of the coming paper, if
started-or words to that effect
bat that, if he learned the pt.rticu-
lars he would give them in a fu-
ture letter. AS your correspon-
dent made no further reference to
the matter, the public was left to
infer that the project to which he
alluded if there was serious idea
of the kind, had fallen through.
But since then a statement has ap-
| peared in the "Statesman,u in the
form of a letter from this city,
signed "Yaho," protesting to sup
ply particulars. 1t went on to say
that "rumOr has it here, that the
already patriotic list of stipendia-
ries was increased the present
week by the addition of two CO.
partner publishers of newspaper
in Martinsburg. who it is said, held
a long conference, probably sever
al, with distinguished Senator
from your State, with a view of
changing the character of their pa
per from neutral to a personal
organ, &c, &.
Now, / need not tell the editors
of the INDEPENDENT that there is
NO TRUTH IN THE STATEMENT
that its two copartner publishers
were here together for such on alb
sord purpose as that which this
washington Correspondent has
pretended to be cOgnizant of. Had
they been here / think l should
have known or heard of the cir
cumstance. There was in this
canard the purpose of two-fold in
the nature, viz: to annoy the "co-
partners referred to and slur Sen
ator Davis in the interest of some
body else, with a view to throwing
suspicion upon his integrity as
straightOut Democrat seeking ire
election to the Senate,' and SO to
iDjure his prospects in the Sena-
toriol canvass. Now, if this sort
. of gossip is intended to benefit Mr..
Faulkner, Mr.. Davis's leading
competitor, / think my knowledge
of that gentleman's feelings war
rants that he would say of it in
the language of Scripture, "an en-
envy hath done this thing,'-for
the Statesman" having assumed
the
ROLE OF A MOUTHPIECE
for him, he will have seen plainly,
that anything in it imputing SUCH
intrigue to his competitor is likely
to recoil to his own injury, in the
end.
And this leads me to say that
/ safely use the Yankee privilege
of guessing that Mr.. Faulkner re-
CARDS the Statesman" under its
| present management, as much
more ola .hindrance than a help to
his future prospects and that its
course give him much more con-
Germ than the INDEPENDENTS.
How could one expect Mr.. Faulk-
ner to feel otherwise, seeing that
right upon the heels of
THE INDIsCREET SPEECH
of his fellow-member, Ben Hill,
(the main point Of objection to
which, on the part of Democrats,
was its reckless attempt to de-
fend the management of the An
Jacksonville prison, whereof the
Republicans will be sure to take
advantage hereafter as Mr.. Blaine
did at the time seeing that, upon
its very heels, repeat, the Estates
man" should have houted in the
faces of its readers a defence; not
only of the general management
at Andersonville, but of Captain
Wirz himself and the shooting of
defenceless prisoners Of war by his
orders
What / have said above in con-
tradiction of the statement of
"Yaho," that one or more consul
tations were had by partners IN
! the Independent with Senator Da-
Wis, may be received as resting
upon the
HIGHEST AUTHORITY.
And now / want to say that, iudg-
ing from what | have heard here,
as coming from prominent Demo.
Gratis, there isquite as much desire
to have a newspaper Of that faith
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