Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1865-11-23
on the Rampage.

" unamiable mood considering that one Of them by
the late radical triumph was elected to an Office
Of considerable profit and the other was permitted
a remsin-doubtless on account Of some species Of
rare and extra loyalfy, not often encountered-in
ouiet possession Of fro nice, comfortable little pla
&C. set down in the Berkeley Directory Recorder
ana Assistant Assessor End Div. Now, when we
cali 10 mind the good things whereof men in the
endowment. we naturally associate with them, at
once, the idea. Of placdty and sereneness Of mind
eonaniu,ity, and philanthropy in its broad etymO-
lorical sense / C., love Of mankind-love OF the
whole Of mankind. But, for some reason or other
hitch il would be very curious TO investigate, the
Editor or Editors Ofour eotemporary above referred
40 have mounted their tripod or tripods, and in a
column and half have hurled the most Ponderous
and dangerous epithets with a wonderful energy at
the heads Of many good, quiet people who, we are
.ure. were no less astonished than ourselves, at
whom the choicest of these missils have been thrown.
Not at ourselves personally, in our Office as one
Of the conductors Of the press, but at one of
the hopelessly SHINING and unpardonably reprobate
ssS Who at the recent election, had the unblushing
impudeRce and the almost unimaginable ehrontcry
10 cast their votes in the township Of Charlcstown
Listen Tor a moment 4" A mingled wall of anger
and despair goes up from the conservative crew, be-
canse they cannot fasten dis
loval Judge upon the circuit by the still more dis
oyal and illegal voters of Charlestown in Jefferson
County" And who are the loyal voters OF
Charlestown' who have been so grossly outraged
BY having their vote discarded by the Supervisors
Of Jefferson County, Are they loyal to the United
States or to the State Of West Virginia Scarcely
two weeks beforeour last election they contempla-
ted and would have attempted to hold there an cleo
ton in direct conflict with the laws and Constitution
of West Virginia had not Governor BOreman and
General Emory" &C., &c. Then the following ex-
ceedingly dramatic and artistic picture is drawn;
the morning of the election comes; like an ava
lanch they pour to the pollsi We are informed the
Governors proclamation is thrown contemptuously
under the table-the law is disregarded, disciples
of Stuart, Mosby, Mudwall Jackson, Ashby, 4 Co.,
all hover round like loyal nm, to cast their ballots
for Judge and Senator"
Now VIC think this exhibits a very unbecoming
temper ON the part of reors in the late election in
Berkeley, and especially when we remember that
they toO bore of three shares of the oPimG sPO'iG as
rewards for their services in aid of the glorious a
ehievements Of the day. 1t looks very much like
diversion from condition of things at home which
will not bear very creditable examination. The
editors Of the Berkeley Union have enough to an
swer for at the bar of stern public opinion which
has not only pronounced its judgment upon the
outrages committed in their county at the election
of the 26th, but viii at some day, not far distant,
execute its DEGREES of condemnation against those
who melted them. Let them not assume the cham
pionship ofther cOlaborers in wrOng-doing in JEFF
fersOn.
Their friends of the Board of Supervisors Of this
County have incurred but little indebtedness for the
manner in which their action in the rejection ofthe
vote of Charlestown has been defended. The Union
saws: "the Board of Supervisors had no authority
to appoint inspectors. If the illegality Of the
Charlestown election came TO the knowledge ofthe
Board of Supervisors with sufficient certainty they
should exclude the returns"
1t may be suggested" it continues, " that the
Board having, themselves, erred in appointing the
Inspectors should not for that throw QUIT
poll" The plea in the case, then, is ignorGnee,-a
plea which We are sure would not have been urged
had it for moment been remembered that the
DOalQg At edCn VI Us ocSSiuuoy HApNof
cid and Cnlightening rays of the luminous, legal
mind of Joe Chapline, who is its Counsel, and who
was candidate for the Senate, and directly inter
estcd to have the election proceed formally and reg
ularly. Can it be supposed that his attention was
not drawn to the provisions of the law on the sub
jeet when the matter Ofthe appointment of Super
vsors to the vacancies in Charlestown came before
the Board Hence, there may be another eIpla-
nation suggested for this reputation by the Board
of its own solemn official acts, and by which grave
and it may be, irreparable wrong was done to the
voters Of the Charlestown Township. This solu-
ton is less charitable and palatabe than the UniORs
but it has the merit of equal plausibity. 1t is this,
that under the influence, direction or advice Of
some one, or on its own mere motion, the Board of
Supervisors illegally appointed the Inspectors of
Elections for CharlcstOwn township, that it might
afterwards, should circumstances require, take adj
vantage of its own wrongful and illegal act to ex
elude the vote that might be cast in that township