Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-06-16

fact accompanied the petition, pus m tsie
sent to the State yournah AZ was oml.ea 70 20 Ses
forth evidently for the purpose OF misleading the
public and secreting the fact that prisoner was
moi nermitted to see counsel This writ was served
on fJaptair Mccoy by the Sheriff of Rowan. 1t is
tue. that before we started for Judge Pearsons,
Capt Waters asked meif the writ could not be re-
turned. before Judge Saunders or Judge Manly
The statement Of the Journal does not correctly set
forth my reply to the nterogatory OF Capt. Waters,
As think have very distinct recollection OF that
reply, and my reason for it / said that had no
right tohave it returned before any other Judge,
and besides that the Chief Justice held the law to
be as Understood it, and that some other Judge
did not. Now what was meant by this expression Z
Simply this that the Chief Justice held the law to
be, that when man in civil life was arrested and
imprisoned by the, military authorities without any
warrant being sued out, that upon this appearing,
his Honor held as did that the prisoner, as mat
ter Of LGU was entitled to his discharge and that
no evidence of his guilt would be received, unless
the officer or some one else; would sue out regular
warrant under oath, against the prisoner, charging
him with an offence known to our criminal law
Now, Iknew that Judge Kerr held different doc
trine as he had heard evidence in the case oil Jones
aud as had heard that Judge Manly and Judge
Saunders held the same doctrine, it was in no way
inpeaching the honesty of their decisions, but was
ayery good reason for having the case Of my client
returned before the Chief Justice Afeer this cop
EeEsation, Gepe Matters. with the pTisVHer. gpneS
and started for Chief Justice.Pearson,s, never
having seen Wynne before. After we had travelled
some IL miles, we stopped for short time, and IN
Captain Waters absence attending to his horses,
mentioned to the prisoner, Wynne, the object OF
our trip, which supposed he understood as well as
did, and to my utter surprise, he replied in these
words" I cGnROt accept Of the crit for Jedr 70
.soiH be another EgocH Jones Casa few months
ago would have been glad to have got out in this
way, but now am determined not tolVe in the South
ern Confederacy." told him this was done at the
instance of his friends, mentioning Gen. Sprnll-
He said he was obliged to me and his friends, but
could not accept of the writ told him that if he did
not desire to be discharged that an end of the
matter, that l certainly should not have sued out
the writ had known that he did not now desire 1t.
We then drove on a short distance when l called
to Capt Waters to stop, which he did, told him l
wished to have little conversation with the prison
or, when told him. the prisoner that if he did not
desire the benefit of the writ it useless to go
any further. lie replied that he did not that he
was determined not to live in the Southern Confed-
eracy, that be desired to 60 North that he claimed
no protection from the Southern Confederacy; said
if he was discharged he could not get home that he
would be taken and imprisoned again. Here Capt
Waters declared that he should be arrested and i'm
prisoned again, even if the Judge discharged him,
for man should be permitted to 60 at large in the
Southern Confederacy that held the opinions that
he did told him that in law, no man was liable
to be imprisoned for mere opinions, if he did MOTH
ing to injure the Southern Confederacs; that there
must be some overt act to our prejudice before he
could be legally imprisoned. he again said he
knew he could not get home even if the Judge did
release him, to which replied, that believed he
could He said that he would certainly be taken
up as Jones was. l then told him that if he was
determined to go North, the Captain had assured
him that he should be sent North in few days
that would be the best way to get there, and we
would return to Salisbury. Captain Waters asked
about the return Of the writ when | told him that
the prisoner had right to dispense with tiff he de-
sired to do so. Whereupon, we came back to Sails
bury, and there the affair ended
The article in the Journal did not see until the
29th May. l had heard day or two before that
the Journal was down upon pe, but had no idea
OF the extent or violence ofi:s denuncatons, the
Misrepresentation until l saw the paper, although
L learned day or two previous that the charges
were outrageous. I wish to say here, that all Of
the trouble and difficulty in Wynnes case have
arisen by denying to the prisoner the right to
suit COUNSEL right which our laws accord to the
most notorious and abandoned felon in the land
to have the aid of counsel in preparing his for
trial This most reasonable and lawful privilege is
uniformly denied to every man incarcerated in the
military prison at Salisbury. Among other per-
sons for whom was desired to issue writs of hdbeas
corpus, and failed to do So on account of thesus-
pension Of the writ was a lad of IL years Of age
named George Mason imprisoned on q suspicion of
dlsloyalty, who died in prison before the operation
OF the writ was restored.
The above contains full statement of what
have had to do with the prisoners in the prison at
Salisbury, and submit my course in the matter to
the candid judgment of the public. l am one OF
those who believe that safety and ultimate tr-
umph as Q nation, and the preservation OF liberty
among us, depend upon our sustaining the supreme
cy of the civil authorities and compelling every
to abide by the laws of the land that if the people
or private individuals whether called mobSuOr mill
tary, are permitted to trample the sacred laws of
the land under their feet it will end in the utter
ruin of all that is worth living for.
The Journal denounces me as Yankee, and evil
IDENTIFY prdes itself upon the use of the term as be-
ing the most degrading of all terms, that even its
Profundity of abuse can bring to bear upon me. If
the Journal wishes to abuse me- it ought to be more
careful in the selection of its terms for the word
Yankee is very comprehensive; it not only includes
our enemies at the North, but many ofthe best and
braVest soldiers in our gallant army 1t includes
that General, who ranks all other Generals in the
Confederacy it includes that gallant hero who has
piled up such unheaFd of numbers of Northern dead
men IN front Of mis- breastworks at Vcksburg that
he and his spartan band of immortal heroes were,
at last accounts, in greater danger from the insult
ferabe stencil arising from them, than from the bay
onets and shells of his living enemies. This
General the Journal Gas am Informed rdenounces
as inefficient and traitorous. The term Yankee in
clddes, at least one prominent officer, late of the
Salisbury prison guard, who fought on the Chcka.
hominy as hero only can fight, and who came out
Of that fight fearfully MANNED 1t includes. many
private soldier in our ranks, who. has marched
with fixed bayonet upon the deadfy batteries Of
our enemies, with a heroism only equaIled by the
travest Of the brave" 1t is certainly very wrong
for the Journal to attempt to heap reproach on such
men, when it only wishes to abuse unexpectedly
So since it is said there are more subjects Of the
Journal mans sovereign fighting in the ranks of
our enemies than there are Yankees. But care
not for the abuse and 'falsehoods of the Journal
where am known, and where.the facts have here
in set forth are read have been citizen of North
stranger and Tfound friends came poor, and
have found home. Ny grandchildren, whose pa
rents were born and raised here, are growing up
around me--all my property, every thing I have is
here and here expect to be CONSIGNED to the praye