Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-23

In the Gazette OF t day notice that George
G. Round, the appointed Commonwealth Al
forney for this county, has been before the he
construction Committee OF Congress III the
character OF witness against the general rteil-
tuda OF the people OF Prince William. and an
enemy to the immediate restoration oil Virginia
90 her rights in the Union. .,, ..,
Round is of that recently notorious class OF
political agitaors who ''leit his country Tor his
rountry's good" and came here TO virginia
unknown, uuhonorcd and unsung, at time
when the Offices OF our unfortunate common
wealth, made vacant 10y Congressional edict,
were objects of political barter to adventures
Of every sort character, and description. -
Souattine here on the eve OF u vacancy, 1t was
not long before he had his paws on bone. and
from the scauty picking it afforded, he has been
enabled to keep his soul and body IN state OF
comfortable cohesion to the present time
But it is to his indecent and characteristic al
fusion to me in his cross examination before the
Reconstruction Committee that | design here
to allude. llo stated then, as reported, that
he had been sued for sIunder by a coored man.
but he believed the suit was instigated by some
"desrning white men," to cause division in
the Radical PARTY in this county. | was the
attorney who entered the suit in behalf OF the
colorcd man. and hence fall under his denuncia-
ton as "a designing white man. Let 1t DO 50.
| am plite man, and do nothing without
previous design--so plead guilty thus tar;
but that the suit was brought to split up the
Radical party in this county Is utterly false. -
| had no such intention, but God grant that 1t
could attain that blessed contamination, so dc
vouty to be wished.
How could suit against Round for SANDER
of coored man cause division In the kadl.
cal party? Can any one tell? Does Hound
admit he sandered the coored man? lie was
sued for malicious prosecution, arrest and im'
prisonment Of the co0red man, and Tor acting
beyond the pale Of his official authority. lie
has never been sued for SANDER that know OF.
| Certainly no suit Tor SANDER stands here ON the
| court docket against him.
He and Isaac Z. Baldwin are the leading
| evils, in a political light, in our county, and
both arc sued for the same cause. 1t was time
| for the colored man to sue. Baldwin had pro-
cured fire warrants, and Round, in Baldwin 5
name, had substituted two suits at COMMON law
against him, all 10 less than twenty days. The
co.ored man had been arrested 90 false and
malicious charge, the examination adjourned
| five days longer than necessary to enable Bald
win and Round 20 20 to the Radlca. Conven-
| ton III Richmond; the coored man IN the mte
rim confined in Jail, was finally examined before
| two justices of Gen. Candy appointment and
honorably discharged. One Of the examining
magistrates was recently chairman OF the Re
publican County Committee here, and was a
Radical candidate for the Legislature at the
| last general election. Is it strange that the
colored man should take counsel with one who
could aid him in asserting his rights and IN OBJ
| tanning Justice? In bringing the suit could
| have no hope that it would dislntegrate the
great (?) Radical party here, consisting OF Bald
win, Round, aud few others, including the
devil, who is Il silent but working partner. L
| sued without relerence to color or politics, tor
| in either particular there is not HAIR breadth
| OF difference between them. | sued without
reference 10 the possibility OF obtaining DANA
ves Tor don't suppose Round has nine pence
t. save his lite, aud when the State Is admitted,
! and hts Office takes wings and leaves him, he
will have lcss. He knows that, and hence his
strenuous opposition to the States restoration.
| | was no, aware that suits against carpet bag
| gers would be so disastrous to the Radical or
| ganiZliion ia this county. Bat To make short
work of this, | may say | design, when this
| suit for malicious arrest AMI imprisonment
| properly natures, aud comes toa hearing, to
get the jury to teach Round and Baldwin tlIat,
| because the one Is an appointed magistrate and
| the other an appointed PROSECUTOR the people
of Prince William were not bora saddied and
brilled, and these two diguitarlcS, hoeted and
81 llTtl W IluC bIClii.
Accompanied with this will also b. lesson
ucuc,tcd by the jury that vii! show these two
worthless how utterly to be deSpisod and con
| temptible any man IS who will exercise in any
way, much less in an arbitrary, illegal and on
prcs,ive mluuer, the powers and prcrogaIives
of M office over Al unwilling people. would
hesitate "a take pubic notice OF this man
| Round by denying his statements IN ncwip!
| Eer article, il his blows ware not aimed at on"
paop, an,i their best interests in order to per
retuate nj insignificant official bic alnonsS; Us.
| He takes occasion here always to scatter his on
prubfum on those better than himself, only be
tore and in the presence OF the Court, place
where 9cntlemca never give, and seldom resent
in Insult a. it ought to be resented. In the
preliminary examination Of the colorGd man
| before referred to, he made similar aspersions
upon the motives OF Judge Moore and myself,
the c1ofcd mans counsel and We requested Il
| repetition ut the statement alter the adjourn
ment of the Court, but the request was not
granted, ana never will be in the presence OF
either of US 1t is out OF our presence that he
assumes his proper character, that OF the po-
! ltica Upas, and >catters his slanderous atmos
phcr, abroad. Very respectfully:
JAMES f. CLARK.
| BRENTsvILLE, VA, Dec. 20, 1869,