The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-04-25
n. 9. Hounshell, of Grcenbricr.

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return to nv people, and report that Har;
ri,on add his purity decline investigation
that to decline is to confess bis guilt, and
that this confession is sauctiGed and can
ouizcd BY the Jaeobiu party Of the House
Of Delegates.
Thus closes letter published in tho
Lewisburg Times, from the robel "A9j~'
Hounshell, whose only military exploit
NO ever beard Of ,cas ordering Union
,eomen tiea, anil eseOrting them through
the rebel linea.
He attempted to bring charges against
Hon. N. Harrison, Judge Of the 9th Ju'
dicial Circuit, before the Legislature
last winter, aud that body very properly
refused to take up its time to investigate
charges from such source. If the
charges can DO sustained, and II the re.
spectacle people Of that circuit ure in
truth aggriovea, let some citizen of that
circuit, ofsomc responsibility Of charac'
ter, present tho charges, md they will
doubtless DO heard. we should not
have noticed this matter at oil, but for
tho hue and cry Of the Comprehend sheets
in sympathy with this bushwhackcr, en-
deavoriDg to mako capital out Of this
transaction, against the Legislature, in
places where lIounshcll is unknown.
Through the too great lcniency Of our
Government, and the peaceablc and
law abiding disposition Of our brave
Union soldiers, returned from the war,
such contemplate traitors, with more
impudcncc than Satan himself are per.
mitted with impuni,y to 20 at large, to
undermine und destroy the reputation Of
the only loyal men left in their g'idst ;
and vent their vile spleen and hate
against those who remained true and
taithful to the Government Of their
fathers.
Wo remember here that llounshcll wus
at this place last summer, seemingly on
terms Of intimacy with Judge Harrison,
voluntarily urging his claims for the po-
sition of Judge of that circuit. Then it
could DO plainly seen written on his
countcnance, GLOW We apples swim "
But Judge Harrison refuses to allow
attorneys to practice without taking the
test oath, and he is therefore very
naughty and corrupt maa.
lie took the oath to the Southern Con.
ttelcraey! Ny stars !! what crime to be
charged by rebels Perhaps the Judge
knew that tho oath was not binding, or
did not do it voluntarily, desiring the
success Of their cause; aud if he had
refused, being a prominent man, just
such Jack Kctches as IIounshcll stood
ready to chuck him i~to Css'tc Thunder,
where he could no longer plead tho cause
Of his oppressed loyal neishbors.
We have no doubt that tho judge did
the best thing for the cause, ind the
cause Of our suffering brethren there, By
deceiving the rebels as 10 his truc posi-
ton. To do this he was compelled to dc.
ceive ,omc men in the North also, for
the rebel, had spies and sympathizcrs
there.
AS to his loyalty during the rebellion,
we prefer to take the testimony of such
Union men as Col. Chambers md Mr..
Bullard, Of Monroe, aud the hundreds
who have been compelled to come
through our lines, to keep out Of rebel
prisons.
No Union man Of any prominence
can live among those bitter enemies Of
tho Government without enduring the
sevorcst ordeals Of persecution; and We
are sorry to have it to say, that in the
more loyal portions of the State, a num-
Der of Somirebel newspapers take pleas.
ure in spreading before the people mis-.
representations from such unreliable
sourcsS