South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-10-05
SEPT. ;, 1866.
Mo"RErIELp. Sept. 81. 1868.

To tie W"n. .L,nlac W,rriscn
DEAR SIN II have Just learned that rcrnrt
has been pnt i'll circulation, that IN conversation
with you, tsinCc the commencement O: the term o.
this Court in whrh had charged the citizens
Of this town and county with dislo, a!iy, &c. and
that they were not reconstructed vet.
c VIII yon !c kind enough To SAY whether have
h,oen the medium Of any such communication OF
',ny thing else that would bc dcro.atory 10 our
n join ". DrFFEY.
Mr.. DuFFEy made no charge against any of the
.ei!izsns Of this County in my presence nor dill he
say anything calculated Ia cast rciruach urun
thcih, nor 10 MAKE AL nEfavorablc inlprcss ul-
ON my mind III regard 10 them or any one Of
Them do rot rccolicct of his having any con-
vsrsaiion, specially i'll reference 70 them
/. VI. HARRISON
The public mind nj ght well be sensitive
after twelve months conflict with wrong
and calurny committed by men without
merit or qualification, vii" have climbed in
to power at the expense of moral worth and
all that constitutes purity and true great
ness. Then i'll reference to the subject of
the notice above, addressed by me to Judge
hARKiSoN, it WAS prompted by Il rlo,icc
conversation had with the Judge upon the
subject OF his recent decisions in this and
hampshire counties, upon the Registry law
And now any such conclusion could have
been arrived at as reported, or ANYTHING like
1t, am at loss to know, and at which I
must confess my great astonishmcnt. |
certainly was advancing ~ opinions Of nv
own IN reference to the law, the judges
decision, or 10 those who were to be effected
by IT, and can only account for it by pre-
Stunning the party who detailed this reported
conversation to have been mislcd by an over
excited imagination, for ! cannot and do
not believe that the author Of it would will
fully, or willingly do me wrong, or the
slightest injustice; and while | say this,
justice to myself and to him compcls me to
say, that he is altogether mistaken rs to the
PurPort OF the language attributed to me.
| certainly n.adc use Of 10 such language.
The language attributed to me being en-
trcly different from my very often times
expressed opinions upon the same subject,
1t places too where ] received very little
credit for the enumeration of them, never
thclcss they were my honest convictions,
and consequently | have never hcsitatcd to
so express them. ] am sure there was not
i greater revolution when tho citizens of
this county turned themselves over to the
rebellion, than they have made since its
termination, by giving in their adhesion at
once to law and order. This is not strange.
however, when VIC reflect that they were a
good, orderly, and law.abiding citizens be-
fore the war. They very naturally after
the war was over came back in good faith
as an honest and higll-nindcd people, will
ing too to assume their former position un.
der the government they bad forsakcn.
In connection with this subject there is
yet one or two other matters | wish to adj
vert to. | am told that did not do very
much fo- the people during the war.
This, presume, would depend very much
upon what estimate might be fixed on to
determine whether it amounted to much or
title; sometimes little amounts to very
much, while at another great deal might
'lnount to very little, consequently / shall
lot attempt to determine this question. |
10 know, however, that when thc>yar com.
ncnccd there was no one went into it more
rdcntly than | did 10 do all in 10y power
o assuago the tcrrors Of the then pcndinn
trifc, and was doing all | could, which was
mostly for rebels and their friends. wa,