Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-06-14
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COMMUNICATED,

has answered my communication, and the
documentary evidence accompanying it con-
] tanned in the paper A, from the foreman of
the grand jury, and in b from Messrs. Holmes,
| Sponseller, and Spangler, three members oftbe
jury, which appeared in your paper of the
week before. From the confident and some>
what presumptuous tone assumed, one might
infer the author feels, in his own conceit,
much self graduation in we'll assured triumph
over two conspirators associated to impeach
an upright able and impartial judge" But
1 say to the public that all who will read his
''labor of love and patriotism" will see that
he has again dealt only in denial and assertion,
without proof, and in his own say of what he
tells us others say, who, if they wish to give
testimony, ought to speak for themselves, upon
their own responsibility, as Chambers, and the
Foreman, and Holmes, Spangler, and Spon>
seller have done. AZ they have not done this,
it was somewhat premature and presumptuous
to cry out-"See how a plain tale puts the
couspirators Chambers and al" down But
before proceed with my comments l will
quote the assertions of "One who Knows"
"Editors of the Spirit when ertremes
are associated for common purpose, startling
events may reasonably be expected. That
your correspondent. 81" should have be-
come in anything the coajutor of Edmund
Chambers, will naturally cause surprise, and
the enquiry will naturally arise, for what
purpose such an association has been formed.
They both avow that they have engaged in a
labor of love and patriotism, and not to SUBJ
serve any Interior purpose. Mr.. Chambers
has been snubbed in his aspirations for office
by his party friends, and III" processes to
bear no ''nalice" towards Judge Chapline,
and eulogizes Edmund Chambers and his pa
triotic efforts to serve his country, by pre-
ferring charges against upright, able and
| impartial Judge Now, ''mark how plain
tale shall put them down." and place the i'm
peachers aud the impeached in the proper
| light before the public so far as any reference
| has been made to the official conduct of Judge
! Chapliue. With the action of the Board of
Registration we have nothing to do, and
nothing to say; the people have rendered
| their verdict in that case"
| / have made this full quotation to place
'Onc who Knows" before the public in the
| light in which he has placed himself, and as
l shall show properly enough.
/ lie says, "With the action of the board of
Registration we have nothing to do, and
nothing to say-the people haYe rendered
their verdict in that case" Now what people
does he mean, and what verdict has been
rendered in that case He has not informed
ferriug to the election which followed the
action Of the Board An election which the
| Registrars themselves proved, under oath, was
made iu part without books, and in part upon
| false books l answer, that election was
! sham-was fraudulent, aud is but false re-
| spouse to the proven charge Of corruption,
| and any honest man must so pronounce Ii
| Conc who Knows" refers to this election, he
refers to fraud as is confessed by the evil
dence of the registrars themselves before the
grand jury, as certified to by the foreman in
paper a., and Holmes, Spangler, and Spon-
seller in paper b., which you have published,
which evidence, while it proves shameful con-
| duct on the part of the Registrars themselves,
proves worse on the part of certain other per-
sons. Is "One who Knows" associated"
with them, and 'coadjutor" in this behalf?
l would hope and believe not, yet do not
deny that such an inference is natural enough
from what he says, for certainly he appears to
vindicate by speaking of ''the peoples verdict"
in the way he does. l might suggest to him,
in this connection. by way of retort, that it
has actually appeared that, when congenial
! spirits 'are associated for a common purpose,
| 'startling events may reasonably be expected"
as is most fully proven by. that very action of
the Board of Registration as to which he says,
1--WE have the peoples verdict, and as to which,
(herefore), we have nothing to do and nothing
to say" 1t was this startling event-this
moustrous outrage on honesty, fairness, JUS
tice, and the freedom of elections, confessed
under oath by the members themselves, and
others, before the grand jury-which al"
considered it 'labor of love and patriotism"
on his part to comment upon, after seeing Mr.
| Chambers communication going the rounds
of the papers, unanswered and uncontradicted
| 1,,k EaI hair fria nd
out comment by the press of the County
This public letter of Mr.. G.. gave me the first
information had on the subject, and wrote
my communication without concert, or con-
sultation, or association with Il. FL. Chambers,
or any one else. had not seen T. II. G. for
several years at that time, and have not seen
him since, and never have had a word with
him, or any correspondence with him during
this whole time on this or any other subject,
directly or indirectly, except 1 received a
short note inclosing the papers A. 3. and G.,
and my last communication was my only re-
sponse to that note. The charge, therefore,
of being ''associated" with L. II. c. and a
coadjutor for a common and ulterior purpose
and impeachment, &C.. is true in this sense,
and to this extent only. Yet we have had''a
common PURPOSE to serve" to wit, the ex-
posure of Infamous frauds and rascality, and
| wish "One who Knows" would associate
himself with US, end become "coadjutor" in
this "labor of love and patriotism, instead of
contenting himself with the task he has as
sumed, and simply telling the public, with
the action of the Board of Registrars we have
nothing to do, and nothing to say the peo.
ple's verdict has been rendered in that case
that is, in that fraudulent election, made under
that action which he leaves it to be inferred
he approves.
But "One who Knows" charges me with
associating with E. H. Chambers to impeach
Judge Chapline, aud, as he has undertaken to
show, without any just grounds. Is this SO