The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-08-26

| Mold 1T To BE the VERY GREATEST
INJUSTICE RELEGl0CsLY, MORALLY, AND
POLITICALLY, FOR ANY GOVERNMENT 10
wITu-uOLD PROM ANY Portion oFns CIT.
HENS OF THE SANE COLOR, LIEEACE,
LANGUAGE AND REMGIGioE AND EMBUED
WITH THE SANE POLITICAL EDUCATION,
THEIR KAUAI RIGHTS. UPoS TUE BARE
SUPERSTITION THAT THEY WILL no WRONG,
IN THE AD,ENcE or ANY DEMnNsTRA,
TroN OR THREAT EylScIEa sucg An H.
CLySATlgN.
Mr.. Register
In my last communication | set forth
in as bold relief as my limited space
and limited powers permitted, the rcig
ious ospCc! of this subject AMI the moral
aspect thereof would seem naturally to
follow. for religion and morality in my
humble opinion ore twin sisters. but my
legal friend having furnished me with
The statutes that work such oppression,
it was his opinion that the view Of he
oppression oug to preceic the mora
aspect of the subject, inasmuch as in bis
opinion the very great ireigiOn and
immortality Of those shacklcs would in
the strong contrast materially aid the
moral argument, when we make it.
On the 2lIh Of January. 1866, the
act Of Congress imposing the Lawyers
oath was passed. See acts Of Congress
1864 5, p 0. This act of Congress was
by the Supreme Court of the United
States in Garland's case 10 December,
1866, declared to be unconstitutional on
the ground: First, becausot was an ec
post. tlcto low. and second. that the Pa7.
don Of the President restored the par
donCd person to all his rights, aud from
that time to this, every lawyer in tho
United Sta'es, whether in the rebellion
or not, practices law 10 the U S, Courts
without lgking any test oath. Nov, il
the law was unconstitutional in any part
of the United States, it is uncOnsiiu-
tional in all parts, as vol in West
Virginia os elsewhere. Yet the Stale
Courts Of West Virginia can not see tim
that lighll!! Again, all the lawyers in
Yves! Virginio can, and many Of them
do, practice in the U. S. Courts hold in
this State. That Government has no
fears either (oiguod or felt Of any danger
to the Union or any port Of it, because
lawyers Of tho rebellion practice in its
Courts, Rnd if am not mistaken, to this
exclusion from the State and admission
into the Federal Courts, is TO be nl,ribu
ted the great influx Of business in the
Federal Courts since the war ended, for
being employed in land ond other suits
by non residents tho only Court they
csn practice in is the Fedora Court,
and for this reason perhaps, defondant'
and witnesses ARE compelled to leave
/ their own counties and to bo at grool
expense in attending The Federal Courts
With the Satc Of West Virginia, the
oath matter began on tho 2GDh Of July,
1861. Tho low directs the Governor Ia
issue proclamation requiring all off
GERS to take tho oath or affirmation spe'
cited in the Ordnance for the ro.Orgau'
iZnDion Of tho State Government On
the 10Th Of Junc, 1861, tho following
oath was directed by an Ordnance to
be taken!
solcmny swear Cor oAiro) lhM |
will support iho Constitution Of tho u,
S, and tic laws mnlc in pursuance there.
of as tho supreme Jaw Of the land; any
thing in ,ho COn.llu,ior or l1ws Of The
Srt5 u Virginia, or iu the OrJi9au.cs
| u the Convention which assembled at