The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-31

oaths required by the laws of West VIZ
ginia. ia entirely beyond my power 70
mprehend; for feel certain tnat Ih9
attorney who qualified with him ~9uit
not have taken them for the State Oh F" Get
VIRGINIA am, very truly, yours,
w SKFEN, of POcahontas
CoyINGroN. Va, March IL, 1866 -
At a Circuit Court continued aud hein
in the county of Allegheny, in the oIa.e
If V;roiuia." on the 4th of November
1863 The following order was made
Tbos ]. Niche, andN Harrison sou
,,omen attorneys, duly licensed to pIac
lice in the Courts of this Comm9n~o s TO-
after being duly sworn, are aiio" 'u W
practice law in this Court, n r,op
Acopy, 1870 Clerk.
The oath taken we're the oa.hs 40 70
honestly demean themselves ia tuo
nractice of the law /; the oath OF haeIlly
70 the Commonwealth the oath 10 sup
,Srt the Constitution ofthe Confederate
States of America. =
Teste, Jos. T. FUDGE. Clerk:
1t having been established by the pre-,
ceding testimony that N. HARRISON OF
Monroe, sought Office from the govern
ment of the Confederate States, and also
that, by voluntarily taking the oath OF
allegiance to the Confederate govern
ment, he yielded support thereto the
charge that he is guilty Of perjury is
easily established, The Legislature OF
West Virginia, on the 10th of November,
1863, passed an act requiring all persons
elected or appointed to any office OF
trust, civil or military, to take the oath
published below. That act was in force
when n HARRISON was appointed and
entered upon his duties as Judge in the
Ninth Judicial Circuit, and he therefore
voluntarily took the following oath OF
office:
TAB, do solemnly swear that Will
support the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of this State
that I have never voluntarily borne
arms against the United States; that l
have voluntarily given no aid or com
fort to persons engaged in armed hostii'
ity thereto, by countenancing, counsel
mo or encouraging them in the same {;
that have not SOUGHT. accepted or
att.mpted to exercise the functions OF
any Office, whatever, under any author
ty in hostility to the United States ;
that have not yielded eolRpta'y sap
port to any pretended governments. au-
! thority, power or constitution within
the United States, hostile or inimical
thereto; and that take this obligation
| freely, without any mental reservation
or purpose of evasion.
L may be remarked here that it was
by his zeal in upholding the constltu'
tionality of this oatL which he had him
self falsely sworn, and by his activity in
demanding it of all the officers Of the
Cou rs, aud by his sophistries in defense
OF IL application of a similar cath TO
the voters of the State, that he earned
the gratitude OF the radical party, and
purchased from the Legislature, no less
yesal than himself immunity for bis
crime.
But perjury and disioyalty to the Gov,
eminent of the United States were not
the only charges against n HARRISON
He Wis also accused of mal-administra
ton IF the duties of his Office. As one
evidence of his guilt in this respect, we
have letter written in December, 1865
by Mrs E Y WHITE, who desired to be
divorced from her husband, but who had
taken no legal steps for that purpose, de,
claring that Judge HARRISON had told
her be would grant her a divorce if she
would come into his circuit, and make
application in his court Of course, this
prom Sc must have been made simply
upon the 81 parts statement Of Mrs.
WHrrE, and before any of the necessary
proes ,dings in the case had commenced
But tits is not all The case of JAsiEs
NJ. NICKEL, set forth in the following
afida lit, reveals an attempt at extortion
on til part of Judge HARRISON which
should subject him to a criminal prose
cution, and to condign punishment if
found guilty.
NICKEL s Mills, MONROE Co., !
W. Va, March 3, 1865.
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