South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23


Our Government, as ] understand d, is
based within certain, well defined limits
euch check on The othor--upou ihrco
great Fundamental ideas, an executive,
legislative and Judicial department. IL is
Tie sole prorircc of the latter, 20 define aud
eEpound the laws passed by tho one, and 10
DC carried out and enforced By The other.
What right, then, Mr. Editor, has this
lcdyWg ja legal Tore, and, ~ least Of
E7RtyW a1''riV, 70 come here aud work
the wires, shat worked tho automatic t0dics
cifwo mon, who by tho saccrcst stress Of
c circumstances havo affirmed 20 n position
that rules the dCstinics of q whole county
stops lis Courts-forfeits tho premises
and obligations Of honest aud decent men.
and, Gencral.y, stagnatcs tho business of
whole community. [ know Of my own
knowledge men who have ridden CITY miles
to bo present at this Court, who will have
to return, without transacting the business
fer which they came a law is defined to
be a ruIo Of human conduct, and this def
niiion holds good, both ia private aud pub
me lito. Each ha,b or ought % have is
proper and legitimate penalty Ia private
life be who violates q law Of nature, suffers
tho penalty thereto attached by the iuoxo-
iahic decree Of justice SO ia public iifo-
probably taken from this codo of nature, by
wise provision Of CUR laws-but sadly
neglected IN special cases Men in official
position arc sought 10 be- bold responsible
Tor m9'tcasanco in Office, and now 10 apply
in The case Oc!orc MS, 20 wit: The refusal Of
two oil The legally authorised officers OF Che Coun-
y, 10 count ihc poll of the last election Is 10
not an open and Yalpahlc violation Of the law
Is there no way, Mr. Editor TO compol our Of
hccrs 20 DO their duty Ar. We to he governed
hy set OF stupid, ilitcratc "Reminiscences
40 iact-subjcctcd 60 all they, through mere
spite and caprice may impose or require Of us,
without remedy mt law To whom then are
Wc To- look Tor redress Not TO reason certainly,
Tor you might as well look 90 the rocks so rO-
manuc1lly filing the back ground OF the Tet
Temple ~ Justice az NaySrUe-not 10 tho con
sciences of the Board of Gupcryi5ors-quite as
ccrt0inly-tor man in official position, who
could take Tie public money, and appropriate IL
IN the bull-working and Improving Of his own
private property, we might well presume. had
none. II 10 none of these sources, 10 whom thcu
j. an outraged and oppressed people oppressed
Tor lLc last SIX ycars-tO gO2 Surely we have
ialicu upon sud times, iC this state Of affairs is
70 continue. Officers to rule over US without
ia" OF restraint upon their action irrcspousi-
DIt agents OF achoHS-as you choose No tribu-
nal TO call them 90 0ccount-with n free and un-
FAmmcied license TO Cypress or promote at will
e. none daring 10 modest or mako them afraid
10 "nom then arc we 10 go for redress There
must be some remedy. is it not 20 the Court of
the County Who constitutes the Court as the
Ia" now exists ls 10 not the Judge Of the
Court, all the other Officers being merely minis
It'i4I under him I'm the odcn and I consider
The better times Mr. Editor we used TO have a
County Court presided over by UoacraJk eiti-
=" OF H9Drgfna, that would have brought these
''HHb "Hes i2 office ~ Heir sCnses--if they have
any M all in lc7s time than am taking to writo
DO. mere is remedy know. What has be-
come Of tue oli time h9n1r2 Wrl n NIHd,mus2
Writ as old as the English Constitution itself
enc expressly enacted for just such cases as this
but not for such subjects for England with all
htt tetning millions has never been cursed with
JUST aHcI CilCCr5 as we have and have had for
i've years to Wit To compel mon holding Office
under pfrnity-tO DO their duty. Our Wa,
" pfHaH"hs l5 taken almost vcEbatim from that
aul designed rElrc for the same legitimate
purposes. j repeat the question then, to whom
are "e To look tor redress 10 must BIZ tho Court,
and tao Judge in fact and In truth constitutes
the Court ,he other Officers being merely min
lai.ffi. am .old that nj5 Honor waits for us
ID h''"t en- a'i"l.Alol iCr 81 ''MIt tt Naglt-
mus. am inclined .J thg opinion t.Gt tl.s 3d.
H'.' rImor-c7ur0t Doe true--for the dufics
~. 'HlEa are a1 clearly HHd definitely defined
''..a OF Oh supervisor, an. Do i5 tg pc pre-
..a,l tIat hc uude-.hnl thru better ono Of
H prescribed duties is-tHlt Doc shall b9rI % re
guar Court in each County, embracing his dis
irci 500 many times year. with the plcnary
power OF calling and holding special terms whom
..' public necessity requires H. iIas BE- held
I' regular Count boz tis Douutr' $40. ard for
".'-. r'..'. .Ce1uar. iti7 sgi1, we have no
Dorr,-hpIse. And hy whose nut2 Not tho
people surely % must to Chat of .h. Court cr
iIe Officers OF lUt Court or those only over
NJ. 'Io cgar. ha- rlIeIou Jas 80 como
20 ..'t %. r,,n.o. " petition must apprize