The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-01
The Ninth Judicial Circuit.
Editors of the Register:

Editors Of the Register:
If You lived among US, or could by any
possibility be made cognizant of the op.
pressions ofthis people, your heart weuld
become sad and sick. No people upon
Gods green earth are mere oppressed
than are the great majority of the people
of this Ninth Judicial Circuit. If Gov
srhor Boreman can rejoice over our con
dition, his heart is blacker than hell
itself. The laws, harsh and oppressive
as they are, are so administered as to
favor "lsyal men," and to ruin "rebels," "
This many will pronounce right. To
effect this object, a question is decided
one way to day, because the "loyal in.
terest" so requires, and just the reverse
Tomorrow, for the same reason. The
principles Of the common law, the deci.
sions of Virginia aud the other States,
justice and right must be set at naught,
if they conflict with the interests of the
so called "loyal man" Let me give you
an illustration of the practical working
of some of our laws. ln 1857, A sells to
B tract OF land, takes his bonds for the
purchase money, executes and delivers q
deed to the purchaser, retaining a lien
on the land for the unpaid purchase
money goes at once into the posses.
sion of the land, is now enjoying it, but
fails to pay any portion of the purchase
money In 1866, A sues him for the un-
paid purchase money, the test oath is
applied or escorted TO by B. Decree
bill dismissed st AS costs. Again, in
1859 A loans B sum o! money, takes
his bond. Ia 1866 suit is brought upon
this bond, test oath required of A-suit
dismissed at his cost Again, A brings
suit in his own name, that is, his name
i, appended to his declaration, he ap
pears as his own counsel it seems. how
ever, that the declaration is 10 the hand
writing of a rebel lawyer. The soit is
upon a plain bond for money loaned be-
fore the war. Motion to dismiss the suit
upon the ground that the declaration is
In the handwriting of rebel lawyer
Judge-This is case of novelty and dit
ficuity, the Court will take time 20 con-
siderEcase continued. The defendants
object Is thus accomplished. The truth
is, Mr.. Editor, our courts OF
Justice are farce. The whole thing is
a subject of contempt and ridicule. EvT;
ery thing is unreliable and uncertain.
No mans rights (except he be q radicaD
are safe or respected. No one has conh-
denoe in the interity, morality or justice
Of TIE Judge, aud his object seems to be
to make himself and his power felt and
fearful, instead of being respected, con.
fded In, and beloved.
As an item of news. I will state that
Colonel Hounshell, who so belabored his
honor last winter, was permitted, at the
last term -four Court, to make motions,
argue his cases before the Judge or jury,
discharge, in q word, all the duties of an
ATTORNEY; net no could not admit him TO the
bar as a lawyer.
Unless the Court Of Appeals will come
to the TolIor or tho people OF tlIis oiEOuiV,
then their condition is to be pitied. Gen
erosity is characteristic of brave victor
--pshaw why &llude to this manly
trait of character.
Forbesrance has long since ceased to
be a virtue. The people must take the
redress of their grievances into their OWL
hands If violence is resortod to, those
in power are to blame. The people OF
tbissection are loyal to the Constitution
both State and Federal. They accept the
situation, the results of the war, in good
faith; they have quietly submitted to 9
system of laws passed by the legislature
which depIives them of every right guar
antced by the Constitution; they have
submitted to harsh construction and 9
severe and rigid administration Of these
laws by an INSCRIPTIONS Judge. If pro-
tected in their rights by law, they would
soon, by their trugality, industry anC
patriotism, add greatly to the materia
wealth and power of this new State; but
treated as they are; oppressed as they
are; denied the benefit of the COnstitu
tion; feeling the government only by 1T
weight and its cruelties, it would not b'
surprising if reckless counsel prevailed
and violence, In redress of grievances
was resorted to- Such state of thing
existing in Wheeling or Boston as exis
here would produce riot and bloodshec
in an hour God save the people
JUSTICE