Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-02-23
Thursday Morning, February 80, 1871.


effort to avoid indulging in the lev
ribaldry, billingsgate and unmanly and
andignifed personal abuse which has
ever characterized that indecent gazetteer
of frauds, untrutbs and discourteous re-
factions-the modesty and self
respect are outraged at the larchrymal
wall of its dumbfounded editors in trying
to excite the suspicion of persecution, in
order to draw public attention from their
selfaccusing frauds, untruths and sunman.
ly expressions.
We have never limited of aught but
facts, and the evidence of their truth has
been furnished US through their own per-
fdy. The smoke arouscs the suspicion of
fire, and the cry of he leads US to hurt
down the lar and if we are not greatly
deceived by the accumulated weight of
evidence. DANIEL. ''thou art the man"
Do yon demand the papers impeach-
ing you We gave them in our issue Of
the 9th inst, to the entire satisfaction of
every unbiased mind, and we can recite
them in detail again, and challenge dis
proof.
Weu made oath before Justice of the
Peace that Levi Rinker vas elected Super
visor by the people. You knew better
You can not say that it was an immaterial
matter, for the whole hope of your cause
rested IN thatsstatement, and it was made
the tenor of your entire Bill. You said
to that Magistrate, Gf he discharged his
duty faithfully that you believed that
statement true, to the best Of your kno,o,H
edge and belief, $50 help you God !" You
had every means ofhnouing that it was
untrue, and you had no right to lelieye it
true. Yon may think lightly of the con-
sequences Of this partisan act, and hope
to rid yourself from any future unpleas
antness by profane recitals of holy Scrip
ture, but remember-''an eye for an eye,
toeth for q tooth" will be exacted al
though the great and little mountains fall
about you, in answer to your prayer.
Shades of Noah Webster and Sam
johnson ; the same writer says that the
statement that money was appropriated,
for the purpose designated in the order
of the court, was never made by the
Banner editor, and pronoueces itJalse-
But in the ~ery first paragraph of the same
article, above, he says, "that the amount
was placed toe high; ii. e. in the Ban
ner's first statemen) but that does not
effect tie truth of the statement that such
an Appropriation was made. VIII you
still persist in being condemned out of
your own mouths Oh :. foolish hypocrits;
(to use mild expression
In further examin ation of the papers,
you will find you made oath to the follow
ing:
''public meetings were held in DIFFER
ENT parts of the county, that said meetings
were LARGELY ATTENDED by the qualified
voters and tax payers"
''that said action was prompted By an
honest opinion that the appropriation was
i'll timed and unwise" g. e. would in
terfere with the question of removing the
county seat.)
"a movement was set on foot by
numerous citizens from ALL parts of the
county"
'that certain citizens thoroughly re-
sponsible would erect &C., at their own
expense &C., aud the county relieved of
ANY burden wHArE YER" 1t the same
time you are bypocritically pettioning the
Legislature 70 grant you the right to sell
the present county buildings and appro-
pirate the proceeds from their sale 'l5hy
did not the counsel for the defence,
(Messrs. Bird and Walton. mark this
defect Very plain The Judge dis
missed the Bill before the main question
came up for argument. If it had not
been so, yoa would have heard so much
of the legal terms for Ease swearing that
roa would have thought the hills il
very justice, should have fallen upon you.
LEVI RINKER's name was also signed as
a party plaintiff to this Bill. The
simple act of Judge Turner in bav-
ing the name of Mr.. Rinker stricken
from the Bill, is evidence enough that it
was improperly there and you knew
that be SO required it stricken off. Why
then ,puton such an outraged counte-
nance, and pronounce the statement
false
Read the following letter and see who
has lied in the statement:
NEAR MT JACKSON FEB. I'd 1871.
MARX BIRD ESQ.,
Dear Sir = Yours of Let ms. ;,
TO hand. | never authorized my name to be
used as one of the Supervisors of this County
or in any etfer wsy,tor bringing suit to enjoin
further action bv the board of Supervisors OF
this County in relation to the erection of an
addition TO the court house.
There was certain writing presented to
me for my signature to give such authority.
(which was signed by enc of the Supervisors
OF the county, anu refused so 10 sign IT.
But | made an endorsement thereon some
thing in substance as follows That at the
late meeting of the Board | had on the cues
ton of postponement of any further action
on the subject until the Adjournment of the
Legislature voted in the affirmative That
had done out of Respect for the right of
Petition and that | should vote SO again, on
the same question, under like circumstances
il demanded by a Petition from a respectable
portion Of tbs inhabitants of the county, but
that personally felt no special interest in