Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-13
Letter To and Letter From gen.
Butler. --'
From the Norfolk New Regime.


From the Norfolk New Regime.
''EAsTv1LLE, December 18th. 1864
"General: Will you allow me most re-.
specially to appeal to your clemency in
behalf OF three cases of non Jurors. which.
l think, justly merit your attention, Tbev
decline taking the oath of allegiance, moi
from obstinancy or any feeling of hostility
to the North, but their sympathies being
with their friende and relatives in Virginia
they cannot look upon the oath but as per.
Jury-a mistaken view, 1 admit; I have
exhausted argument in vain to induce them
to comply, but argument is lost when it
comes in the way of conscience. MANY a
pious Christian has suffered at the stake
for conscience sake. ti-i
1.-THE frst.is that of young lady, Miss
Juliet Nottingham, who keeps here a
children's school, living with an aged
mother, her only stay in life.
"The second is a young student Of Di.
vintty, whose great desire is to enter the
Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania.
"The'third is that of three young men,
considering them as one case, named Cor
bin, two of them mere lads, the support Of
an aged father, who has implored them
with tears to take the oath, but their an
swer is: Father, would you have US to
commit peIjury7"
"The parties are nearly strangers to me;
my only motive for thus eupaoino in their
behalf is the hone of doing eso65 ~
avery resnectfn1lv vnnr oSad;o,t .a,
want. a - r p sTTrggS
"Maior General B. F. BrT1Ra
WH. G. CLARKn. Cant. and n cn
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Z.r,ss AAFEh oE YEN UThlt:H' El4:H 4r sos.
HEADQR's Dept OF VA, AND N. C.,N
ARMY OF TIE JAMES,
In THE FIELD, VA, Jan. 2, '65.
'tSlr: In6vs ms ioGoF 70 acknowledge
the. receipt of your Communication in rela-
ton to the cases of conscience in certain
people at Eastville, as therein set forth,
who have conscientious scruples against
taking the oath of allegiance to the United
States.
"If the objection. is to taking an oath,
then they may be admitted to their solemn
affirmation; bat do not understana you to
put their cases upon that ground, hut they
have relatives aud friendsin the South, aud
they think it would be perjury TO tSke the
oath because of their relations.
~ do not understand their reasoning
If they are we'll disposed and loyal to the
United States government, it Is no matter
what their relatives are, If they are not
we'll disposed towards the United States
government then they have no business to
live under that government; and should 90
to some country to whose government they
are we'll disposed. There is neither con
science nor honesty in living under gov.
ernment to which they are hostile, reeeiv-
ing the benefit of it's protection and laws
and returning no equivalent.
"You say one 6t them is divinity stu
dent, and desires to go to Pennsylvania
Theological Seminary. To his case an
swer that he had better make himself more
thoroughly acquainted with his duties un-
der human law before he studies the Di-
vine law.
"You say that another is young lady
teaching school. II she is so blind TO her
own duties to her country she is not fit
teacher of others.
"Your other case is of three (3) young