Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-14
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i Ind IN this day g issue OF your pHfIer
aparRgraph headed, 40 udge jackson OF The
Federal Court of West Firgini6," TO which
IwOuld invite the attention of all truthful
and COnsidgrBte men, II thai is not
''iamning a man with faint praise" what
is? Judge Jackson himself, ur any pnr-
sOnal friend of his, must have sickoned on
reading it, at the directness of the lauda-
tiOn. A man who could be guilty of such
broad aud fulsOme ndulatiOn, is non one
whose communication a msritUriUus public
officer would CAre to receive; hut is Just
the style Of man who would naturally be
unable TO "restrRin" his ''tdmir0iiun" for
Judge JRCSsun's Judicial conduct Itmust
be thRt that officer has done 'lAlonuugalian
some special Kindness to throw him into
such ccsfncies of admiration, for ran ar
Cnuut for it no Oshor way. Why, sir there
is not an intelligent child in reach of the
newspapers that does not know that the
Federal Court, as conducted in Western
1 Virginia, is a bald hlrce-R shameless OK
lPsnditure of money ann dignity for no re-
suit. Not one single rebcl has been pun
isbed through its instrumsntRlity, and not
ono will be while its present conduit is
continued. DisloyAl men IRE Indicted for
21sGSoH NJ Wholesale and treason, il will
he remembered is a capital offence Yet
these mon when arrested ARE not only
not punished Capitally, but they are
not even rendered uncomfortable They
are not imprisoned, so that society might
he secured from n repetition of their crime;
hut men who have violated every ohlirn-
;ion of honor and morality, and who have
forfeited all claim 10 even the BlsrcY of the
law, much less its pyOtsetion are liberated
/ in the midst OF this war TO prey upun the
communities they have more thau once
endangered and outraged. Such Il course
OF conduct is havingi its Legitimate, effect
People are indignant aud justly so, ut such
nm utter and shameless tnilure on the mart
OF the judicial authorities to discharge
thoir functions and protect society
When the Federal Court was restored in
! Western Virginia, every loyal man wns
anxious md willing to strengthen its hWnCls
tn tile utmost of his power md give its
Judges nll the mOrIl support pOssihla-
Judge jackson started oil with IL fair de-
gree of vigOr aud we all rejOiccd at IT and
appiuuded il. Several hundred disIOyml
aud dangerous men (mOst of them in the
/ Southern army at the time,l were Indicted
for tre0Sou to the Federal Government, aud
the COURT made tue most lavish declarations
I from time TO time, 'thns Vls fast as these
men fell into the power of the Government
they should he punished with due rigOr sOf
law. Numbers of these men have been
IcAptured aud brought before the Federal
Court md 10! how many of them have
been hung Not one Instead of h,.-
coming tue objects of punishment tlicy
ARE made the recipients of rUynl rourte-
sizes Some tender hearted friend who may
or may not he wOrtba uiuepance, pRes hail
Pin the sum of twoDr thrseur five Thousand
dollars, aud they IRE boarded at the best
hOtelstill they get surfpired with city life
aud then sent on their way rejoicing, ,ox-
Pense paid, with nothing to ito ut each flu
ture term of Court hut TO renew their re.
4 .cOgni2auce for their appearance
No, gentlemen, Judge jackson started nl
very taiy, and made brave professions aud
promises, but he has fallen far shnrt mi
their fultillmeut; md men who don't love
rebels and traitors as we'll US mnuy of our
lOthcial dignltGries seem to, cannot see ans
prospect that lie ever willlfultill them. Ii
has come to be discovered that these bridge
burners aud hOrSe-theivcs aud gusrrillns
must be ''cunCiliated'-tIl,l thr word
while their partners and cn-aLjutOrs out in
our mountains and in Richmond are ner-
tectiug system of warfare on loyal citi-
I.2ens more infamous than the bafbarism ul
savages aud these men are turned lnOsr
and sent back to the nefuriOus work
p, Whenever Judge Jackson and District IX T.
tOEneY Smith do their duty, ats sworn OH.
GERS nj the Quilted States, L shulrhe rs ready
rs 'sAlnnoug,llin' to give them ~ fair share
IOfprHiSe, ttloughI should hone. to he ..Ill.
to do il with little better degree of taste
Tut rs It is, / ask nuyl fair and candid man
TO say what the Federal Court, OF Western
Virginia, Is doing to suppress rnheliiOu and
protect society anu support Ihe Govern
meut. lam one of the common pgunle. nm d
4 speak for them say that we huve tnI
months felt the growing conviction which
has at lastuaTrOwed down to n certainty
that the Federal Court as Conducted in
Western Virginia is little better than u
nuisance. ltafFOris positions for nffew
gentlemen, and it costs the Goverumeu,
IN great deal ofmOuey at every term; bul
tits doing nothing to protect loyal clti.
Gems HdpuniSh traitors 1t svcu weak.
euiug the cOntidenceiOf many in the Fed
aral authorities which appoint ito and
maintain in such responsible nositiuus
those who evidently synpatlise More witt
the enemies of their country than with il;
defenders. "Swear them and let then
go has gOttO be a by.WorCi Will some.
body name the rebel that has been punish.
ed by the Federal Court of Western Wiz.
GINA, and will name twenty notoriouslS
4 guilty that have been sat at liberty
There rs a growing indignation about this
business that is NOT going TO be suppressed
always and 4 cannot consent that the
truth ofhiStory" should be outraged by
permitting paragraph Sott1tSumeiy un
truthful as the one under conSidenltiun.tu
j go down TO history without at least ono
Indignant protest. We have been tlIOntI.
winked in this matter ahout long enough
and'i Is time a little hard sense and homo
j truth were mixed up in the consideration
ofour public affairs. Their condition de-
mHuds vigor, and five cannot have tina
insOnr civil authorities, abolish them anT
E8ive us the military. Better have martial
law than none. ARGrs.
OHIO County, APyit ~ 1852.
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