Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-27
NON EST Jocus.

NON EST JOCUS.
The Hon. Charles James Faulk6cr, quon-
dam Lieutenant Colonel in the late Confed-
|, crate army, has been admitted to practice his
profession in the circuit court of Berkeley, by
Judge Hall. In order to do this Mr. f. has
been ohligel tie take the stringent West Va.
test oath; HIS had to swear that he has not
since th3 goth day of June, 1868, s'voluntari-
ty boTEit arms against the United States, &C."
Mr. f. doubtless experienced no sort of diff
Guilty III taking this part of the oath, for we
are inclined to think that although he was
On the stall OF that terrible fighter, Stonewall
Jackson; he never, voluntarily, involuutarily,
or In any other way, "bore arms" against the
United States. 1t is true, we take it for
granted, that he bore arms, while on that
stan, but he never used them with any hostile
Intent. But jackson died before June goth
1868, and the martial valor Of his Lieutenant
Colonel seems to have died with him, for the
oath he has just taken makes him swear that
he has never, since: that day, given, volunta
rily, laid, comfort, or assistance to persons
engaged in armed hostility against the United
States" We do not believe that he has
1t is reported that in 1864 he attended upon
old Ju"Es army, and W mt into Martinsburg
with MS uniform on his back, but this one
p";np OF SIorloEs war was never regarded by
those who saw it-by those who were engaged
In rea. armed hostility to the United States,
IS any aid, comfort, or encouragement to them,
&c 81, y; L.. r.
which they were rsking their lives. The
oath also required the Lieutenant Colonel of
peaceful intentions, to swear that he never,
since that same Goth of June, 1868, 'sought,
accepted, exercised or attempted to exercise
any office or appointment whatever, under any
authority or pretended authority hostile or
inimical to the United States" We have
heard it said on our streets. by some of our
returned soldiers, that some time in 1861, the
peacefully Inclined gentleman in the gray uni
form, did apply for position, ''ofice or APP
pointment" the staff Of another sturdy
fighter, Genes al Ewell but gave way, voIuu-
tarily too, to somebody else that had ''hostilc
| intent" in his armS-5caring but, of course.
these returned soldiers" Of ours have been
mistaken-for there's the oath at Martins
burg to prove the fact but people will talk,
and some will swear, naughty though it be.
THE BROOKS CONTESTED ELECTION.
The scat of the Hon. james Brooks of New
York, in the House of Representatives, is
contested by Mr.. Dodge; and the Committee
on Elections has reported in favor of Dodge;
aud, of course, as Dodge is radical and Brooks
not, the House will do just what the Com~
mittCe asks them to do. The radicals have a
majority in Congress, and they intend to ex>
crcise their power in this case, as in all others,
without regard to justice or truth-to the
| Constitution Of the Union, or to the we'll es-
tabliShcd prcccdeuts set them by the better
men Of better days. Let them go on, how
ever, to the end Of their rope. 1t will not
take much more of such outrag,s, as have
characterized their actions during the past
winter, to rouse the Indignation of their con-
stituents to that pitch that will end in their
being hurled from place and power We
publish the following interesting Developments
of this contest from the Philadelphia Ige:
':The most remarkable document connected with
contested ELECTIONS Islhe hriet prepared by Hon.
James Brooks, in the contested election case OF
Dodge VS. Brooks, now pending before the Election
COMMITTEE. Mr.. Dodge, who is very rich man.
having inCOn- Of one thousand dollars a dny
contests Mr. Brooks right to his the yrou nd
OF fraud the part OF Mr.. BIS friends i'll conduct.
ing The election. There has been l! great mass of
testimony r"ken on boIh sides covering nearly one
Thousand printed pages Mr.. Brooks sums it all IN
however in a little brief which tor PHh and imam
S'rcFUbLe nrEumen' has never been tGualled by any
document ni tie kind. 1t the tables complete.
~ Oh Dodge aud shows COnClusve.y that the fraud
is altogether his 60 - side. II couvlcts him of
money aid tlec,i ms and discovers over fifteen
thousand dollars spent 10y him for the purpose of
securing his own election 1t also shows Cd
his corrupt EaryAinS with Barr and Others Of
the THTmArY OrGH3iztiOn- made on Sund1v in
violation OF the New York Statute against the tram
sRctOn at business that day. The sriysCriDIiOn
list gotten up by certain prominent citizens OF New
York TO aid DOtgrs election is also referred to- tos
GetIJr with the names OF the subscribers, and the NJ
mounts subscribed, making total Of Sl5 sos
Among these subscribers is Mr. Marshall O Roberts
who leads IF with 81 900. There's irtle secret
don't know. II seems that Mr. Roberts was the
owner OF the steamer Illinois which was sold 10 the
EOvernme under Mpprhisrmrnt for tLricc much
she IrOJih Mr. Dodge (c0ntes'ant) was
one OF the appraisers and signed the award upon
which Mr. Roberts got the money. No wonder h
could afford to Subscribe literally toward DodEe's
election. This steamer transaction will all come
out when the House resolution OF Thursday last re-
guessing the Secretary of War fur. i$h lnfor ma
ton on the suhecI, shall have been answered.
ACCOMMODATING
Mr.. George w. Anderson, a blacksmith,
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