Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-11-17
COPPERHEADIsM ExEMPLu-
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When the result OF our glorious VIC
tory in the Presidential contest became r
known, il was decided that the Union I,
people of st. Clairsville and vicinity A
should have meeting to rejoice over h
the triumph, and in the last CHRONICLE n
IL was announced that meeting of that :,
kind would be held on Friday night q
Every body on our side feeling good q
over the result, the mere announce
ment was sufficient to call out pretty
much the whole of the Union people ;
of the town and neighborhood, and at !
an early hour the ladies' crowded to the
Court House-the place always here
tofore occupied by all parties for pur
poses of this kind--and were aston
ished to find the front door barred
against them; but, thinking they were
early, and that the house might not yet
be open, they went to the back door,
which they found open, and entered,
They soon found after they entered,
from the character Of the crowd pres
ent and remarks made by some Of the
county officials, that there was a pre-
meditated purpose on the partof those
having possession of the CourS House
to prevent its occupancy for the pur-
pose of holding the meeting. The
Court House, however, filled up, prin-
cipally with ladies, who had right to
presume that no one would attempt to
exclude them from the house, or offer
any insult to them. But in this they
were mistaken, for an employe Of the
Clerk of the Court took occasion quite
frequently to say, "There is too much
crinoline in here," "There will be
! no meeting held here tonight" and
: other similar expressions.
About the time the house was pretty
. we'll filed, it was noised about that
|, Judge OKEY had ordered that there
= should be no meetings held in the Court
: House during the term. One Of the
2 officials so informed US, and, having
n previously heard that the Clerk Of the
/ Court had so declared, we asked Judge
!, CowEN to go with us to Judge OKEY's
!, room, and learn whether he had made
y such order or not. Judge CowEN as
o sented, and we called on Judge OKEY'
Q who informed us that he had not been
= consulted-that he had made no order
i on the subject---that he had no control
y Of the Court House, except while in il
\, sitting on the bench-and that the
D. Court House was under the control OF
70 70 the Sheriff of the county, in the alb
D, sence of the Commissioners. The
~ !. Sheriff was present during the inter,
g. view, and said he had no objection tc
our using the Court House, 80 far al
" " he was concerned, that he had always
allowed us to use it heretofore, bu
'ls that if any Of the officers Of the Cour
he wished to use the house he would no
turn them out to accommodate an,
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meeting.
We then returned to the Court House
~ and Judge CowEN went up on tn
4. stand and asked the Clerk Of the Cour
I and Justices who we're opening tn
poll books of the October election
'r- they would please suspend their count
RS ing for few moments, until the que'
ton whether we were to have the us
y. of the Court House was decided. Th
>, Clerk Of the Court threw himself bac
:. in his chair, and his feet up on the des
in front of him, and in a very pompor
manner, said: ave will hear what I'll
er- Judge has to say" Judge CowEN r.
ng marked that he had nothing to say III
'en til he knew whether we were to ha,
Isl the Court House or not. Some tin
elapsed without anything having bee
!. said, when we remarked that it appea
ed we were not to have the house, AZ
il was well enough to know by who
% fault it was; that 1t had been STATE
e that Judge OKEY had ordered that '
should not have it, but that Judge Ok
is had said to Judge CowEN and curse
p. that he had not been consulted, al
ry- had made no order on the subject.
on. Here Jim Charlesworth--although Il
in house was filled with ladies, and pr
suming upon the inpunity purchase
, for him by his wound, whether r
M Ivy oeived from the enemy or from mu
... ket in the hands Of one of his own mi
',oh We will not at present announce, al
~. the protection he had secured for hir
.oh self by collecting in the house a doz,
or more Of his frieads, armed with I
~, volvers--said, "That g o lie"