The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-05-19
Thu RSDAY. MAY 10, 1870.

drink, General Dut N mere now, III g
ing to law. You hear me y
Never in all the world, perhaps were
mans feelings 50 outraged as were the Ger
erals. He said he had never heard of sue
high handed conduct in all his life as th
,, Morgans. And he said that there was n
use in going to law-Morgan had no shade
of right to remain where he was--nobody i
the wide world would uphold him in it, an
no judge would listen to it. Sides said ths
right there was where he was mistaken, every
body in Tic town sustained Morgan; Hs
Brapton, very smart lawyer, had taken hi
case the courts being III vacation, it was
be tried before referee, and ex-Goyerne
Roop had already been appointed to that Of
fee, and would open his court in the larges
parlor Of the Ormsby House at two that al
tcrnoon
The innocent General was amazed. II
said he had suspected before that the peopl
Of that Territory were fools, and now h
knew it But he said rest easy rest easy ant
collect the witnesses, for the victory was jus
as certain as if the conflict we're already over
Sides wiped away his tears and left. s''91
At two. in the afternoon Referee Req;
Court opened, and that rcmorseless old joker
appeared throned amonghis sherifs, his wit
nesses and a packed" jury, and wearing
upon his face fraudulent solemnity so awe
inspiring that some Of his fellow conspira-
tors had misgivinss that maybe ne had not
comprehended, after all, this was merely a
joke. An unearthly stiffness prevailed, for
at the least noise the Judge uttered stcrn]y
the command:
"Order in the court p
And the Sherigs promptly echoed it
Presently the General elbowed his way thro'
the crowd Of spectators, with his arms full of
law books, and on his ears fell an order from
the judge which was the first respectful re-
cognition Of his high official dignity that had
ever saluted them. and it saturated his whole
system with pleasure !:
"Way for the United States Attorney"
The witnesses were called-legislators,
high Government officers, ranch men, miners!
Indians, Cinnamon, negroes. Three.fourths
of them were called by the defendant Nor
gan, bat no matter, their testimony lnvaria-
bly, went in favor of the plaintiff Sides
Each rev witness only added new testimony
to the absurdity of q: mans claiming to own
another mans property because his farm had
slid down on top Of it. Then the Morgan
lawyers made their speeches, and seemed to
make singular; weak CUES, they did really
nothing to helm the MORGAN 'eause And
now the General, with great glow of tri-
umph on his face. got up and made mighty
effort; he pounded the table, he banged the
law books, he shouted, aud roared and howl.
Cd ne quoted from every thing and every
BODY, poetry, sarcasm statistics, history, pa
thos ana biasphcmy, ana wound up With a
grand War-whoop Tor free speech, freedom of
the press, Tree schools, the Glorious Bird of
America ana the principles OF eternal justice,
lApplause.j - ~ -.
When the General sat down, he did it with
the comfortable conviction that if there4were
anything IN good strong testimony, a big
speech, and believing and admirins counte
nances all around, Mr.. Morgan's cake was
dough- Ex-GoyetIor Roop leant his head
upon his hand for some minutes, thinking
profoundly, and the still audience waited
breathlessly for decision. Then got mp and
stood erect, with Bonded head, and thought
again. Then he walked the floor with long
oei,Deiaee sefloes, ana MS chln IN MS hand,
auo sun 'ne auoieoce waited AZ last ne re-
s s' q 70 ms enfone ana seated hlmself. Inc
oherlnS connanoeu the attention OF the
oou'' eueso t'oop oiea'eu us 'n'oae anu
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Gentlemen, | feel the great responsibility
that rests upon me this day. This is no ordi-
nary case On the contrary it is plain that
1t is the most solemn and awful that ever man
was called upon TO decide. Gentlemen, have
listened attentlvely to the evidence and the
weight OF it, the overwhelming weight Of it
is IN favor OF the plaintiff Sides. | have also
listened to the remarks Of counsel, with Ligh
interest, and especially will | commend the
mastery and lrrefutabe logic OF the distin-
gulshet gentleman who represents the plain
tiff. But, gentlemen, let US beware how we,
allow human testimony, human ingenuity in,
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manner; ana II, neaVen; unsatlhed with the