Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-19

Vh0 hosc0n1tEucttOn OF Virginia
PreaidsntsJOhnSOn's order WIpinE
/ out ths IseBtaiAtuke2sOD RachnIOnd
for the last Four EearG.'t H.2a
l..5s,- From the New York Tfnslg ti-s'l 90,
The executive order of President John.
son respecting Yifgiaia makes thorough
work. 1t ia a complate Wiping out for four
years Of the civil history of the State as tar
as rebels had %, do with il in any way. It
makes null and void every legislative act,
every judicial act, every, executive act,
Of whatever character. OF course, thsu.
sands of these acts had NO bearing what
eyer np0n the rebsllio1. They we're laws
and Judicial decisions which related solely
to the ordinary affairs of ssoctety, and which
might have been made in any loyal State
With the same, pf6priety., Every will or
titla, deed acknowledged before public
notary, commissioned by AAe Richmond
Government is made WORTHLESS. Every
Judgment in 9 civil suit, every sentence in
@ criminal case, made7by aamak kistFate or
court appointed by the Richmond 9Eegisla..
ture, Or sworn in its name is of mo. force,
Every apublici aud private bill added to the
statute bookriss ouly's so much waste paper.
The loyal Legislatlre Of Yirginis, which
met frst in Wheeling, isftsrWard in Alex
ander, never undertook % legisIate beyond
the actual necessities q. the loy4l people,
aud passed very few general laws. The
loyal adysrnor did not attempt to grant
EeiYiIb Or judicial COM missions. within the
rebel lines, for the very simple reason that
no one, h0Weyer loyal, would haVe dared
to act,un6eg1 1t1em. Thus to more than q
million of the people, Of Virginia, there Is
d complete abrogationi Of ,eVety cot done
during the last four yeREsi under the sup.
posed sanction. of Law s,ssss 'ysa z1e
This must Certainly, work an fmmenae
amount 6f-haTdship; yet it is unavoidable.
II Is impossible to discriminate between the
good and the bad acts of the rebel State
Government. II any are valid, ali are,
The inValidtty lies primarily in the lack OF
Rqdalihcation Of those who protested to act
oflciFlly. Stat9 hegislatpSeE7 and Stats
6oteEnorsi Isb2aiatinE I'D Ghnstituti6n Of
the United States, cease to have any an
thority that can be Recognised under that
constftdiion.s Whatever they do is, in the
eye, of the Jaw, a, if il we're never done. Il
will deyolVe upon subsequent loyal Legis-
IAtures to remedy 90 far as they can, the
lhardships that spring from the caneelfhg d
the harmless, as well as the traitufous
pages, of the spdFiousle gislati6l Of the List
fur Jsars.i They viii Fs enact ali the 56..
called laws required by private jdsilefs q
the public good. Yet they cannot give
this new valid legislation = EetE086tIEs
effect. A great deal Of the spurious leg.
tfsIatfDn hAA been carried out into sneh
practical shapes that .it cannot be 1nd6ne;
$50 kooof the proceeding OF legal tribunals
The decisions Of . court tot EightIye Ap.
pointed, or rightly sworn, 9te Gs Invalid q
/ the votea of q LsegislRtuFes not ri9htIJ
elecked, or rightly sWotO. Yet Thousand.
/ of snch dsGfstohs In q nave tskeE
effect, either wholly or partially The IN,
seSlfng Of thesg; musts as Best work vas
I amount of coltusion and. damsge- Ba
il whatever The III eject It is oue of the shat
ufaf Consequence iof & r9ohstfoas effma
j and is thoroughly dessEEBd.a iIt must b
taken as one Of the forms 6f fzthe 66nish
mentTF Virginia. receives aud al6ther illus
4 EtEation of the great truth that gtheIvay.,
trAnsgressors Is ttdI .Ia - 5i..l l - -Ei 4 -
4 AftssAlk, Il 7s4h6mfldest plan OF feeon
4 isractiOns Thsarse shock win be severe
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