New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-19

NJ Yant.cS. l. liIItirt .u9Iro.. F,HtI t.'oS'
s,,e "a an % uen s-pi"s'd T. be hci'ii1us. whose
'o"ir 80 -, no. 10 no found on the Assessors
~, 81 ays,p7pept employee wlo voted through
~ fear of beng discharged, 10 or 2J--...-...-. I"
SJa
...o--t,e ,-ouipent ssonists WHO combined
Nth the miitary In this effort 10 overthrow civh
v.r,,,ept were Jsuies x. Hubert, secession canal
-. c,, the convention in 1861, 4. v. sharp, Ls'l.
or. n, the commissioners 10 negotiate the fi'een
million. Confederate loan, and j. u. lar'1a" az
:. r,,.,,v editor OF tho -" New York Day Book
.;o,o,, rehel sheet, whose dcnunciafiors of the
North and of iae Union, doubtless, fresh in the
memory Of yourself AID readers. Thus IT viii be
g o. there WIS q confederation between the malI'
raant secesh, wAiskey dealers, advenurcrs 'pecua-
tons sors-rers. and Gen. b. III the overthrow Of civil
eoyernnent IN NORFOLK.
s.ch. Nr. Editor, is concise history Of this e.
trao-dinary proceeding. gor o5tylng f'ncuy inc
allegations Of my Official duty, and Official oa'ii-
for refusing TO acQuiesce in usurration OF power
and antncri,y-msurpasse by any recorded ~ the
history OF ANY county. ] carried up to Dcr-
,uuda Hsndred by order Of Gen Butter, ana thr'a'-
eued with tae penalty o. being aen; INTO the ieDoi
lines. For this. your correspondent has charged nc
with be,nr a "semi.disioyalst, aud by way Of put
ting final oxtingushcr 10 my claim TO ioya"!'
afrms, that, "eonies5ed 10 'en'
B.ilcr that | practscd my procession dni'hs '''
time Eastern shore was in rhol occupancy. -" I'LL
tie sane psomicty might this poten, loee'an AiA'h
that every farmer, siorc-leeper, physleian, shoe
maker sud blacksmith, who followed his regular
a ,t,i.. atr tar.
But soon to enter into any vindicatlon, ieehns
assured that it is impcrious to Ill assaults from
that quarter. AIN willing TO DO judged by my
record.
Now, Mr. Editor, was right or wrong IN the
course pursued Which do You propose To snS-
tain. General Butler OF tie loyal men Of Virginia
DO you agree with him IN the opinion he Expressed
to me tina, "the restored government oi Virginia y
10 an Legitimate, u bogus insutuuonf 10 you
concur with him H. the opinion that the Eiehihohi
Cove, nment us much The more respectable Oh ue
twof Is Virginia a STATE and rieIPoint the
Governor thereof, or is "lXtra Billy
During my examination 10y Gchl. H. iehdeaVoreo
10 convince him that the only legitimate GOVerH-
meat in Virginia was the, represented By Perp"'n'
and that 1t bad been 50 recognized by The President
and Congress This the General denied but had TO
couccde the fact, when driven W the wall ny 'he re-
oepiion Of Senators aud Representatives III Coh-
rress in 1861 and 1862 ad by the recital IL The act
admitting West Virginia, hat "the L'giSi"fH'e y
Vrrqtn,a had given it's assent TO division OF INC
State"
In that Inference exhibited TO him ar editorial
from Tie New-York TRIBUNE, in ~hie!. you dis
tinctly affirm and clearly prove the legitimacy 81
the "rostorcd Government, aAd that f'erPoln'
WAS Governor Of Vrginia,-of AL Virginia la 1901
and .s0l. lftho restored Government was iesi-
innate then, il NUS, be- 81 now. II Pierpoihi was
Governor Of Virginia then. he must be 50 now ana
tao Legislature which imposed the tax on licenses
must be the "rightfuI Legislature 10" a. then;
and being the &" rightful Legislature IT had a night
10 i'm pose the tax aud having. nsht to impose The
,ax We have n right To colcct 1t. There, II seems
to me. can be no ESCAPED from these conclusions IL
then have right 10 collect the TAX anu enforce
the acts Of this "righ'ful Legislature of Virginia
Of all virginia Gen. Butler Mss clearly wrong IN
intcrposing his military powaT 70 prcveoi The col
lection of the one. and the Enforcement n theothc
Stin less lad he at TO abrogaie the civil instr
;utions of sister aud co-equal State, ana erect on
their ruins rcmorsclcss military despo'isn. lie
has no night 10 direct the taxes assessed by author
i,y Of the "righ,ful Legislature" and required by
the act Thereof. to bc paid into the State Treasury
10 be collected by agents Of his own appointment,
and dcuosltcd in the Provost Marshal Fund To
be appropriated for purposes not authorized 10y law
He has no hight 10 forbid the civil officers exercising
their proper and legitimate functions. and require
them 10 violate their Official obligations and oaths,
which they must do, If they obey his order Of the
seth Of juno last
The civil authorities have never n'crfered with
the military aud have no DISPOSITION To DO so. but
all the tronbie has been occasioncd by unawinl,
improper interference by the military with the civil.
II there was any just occasion If there was any
reason 20 justify this ot'cious inicrricdding and
act Of fragrant usuration-it might Ice borne With
some patience. But there is no manner of ncccs-
sty ioT it, and no good to be accomplished by ii.
IL cannot have Any effect ia snbdnne the rebellion,
which can only be put down by TART fght'"g OF
rebels, no, by wagiug wsr upon the Union mon Of
tie South.
For a period of moro than twelve months, civil
government has been established in Norfolk and
Portsmouth, aud its existence has in way cDGred
to the benefit Of the rebellion, or in the slightest
manner impcdcJ the success OF military operations.
Anterior TO the present time, the insureui forces
have been ia greater proximity To Norfolk aud i,s
cnvirols than they are now, and there existed No
necessity III the opinion Ct tle Generals then COM
mandi1g the Department, for abo!ishing civil
government, closing the courts, and suspeudng the
execution of tho laws. Durng the invasion by
Wise, Floyd aud Lee, il was not Considered "a
military bcccssitv" ty any one To overthrow the