The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-01
Another Partisan County s'Jige'-An
Infamous Decision.

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The Republican and News of thi
.rnorning contain accounts of a persona
difficulty which occurred on yesterda,
between Judge Haythe and Captain Z. w
| Early. The statement of the News is yer,
near correct; The Republican attempts tc
make political capital out of the matter
| Under these circumstances we deem il
proper that the real facts in the premises
should be laid before the public.
In October, 1872, jackson Blair, we'll.
known and highly respectable colored man
obtained transfer from Riverville, Am.
herst, to Kings Precinct, Campbell, and
on the 4th day of November. 1872, handed
in his transfer at Kings and voted on it.
The judges of election failed to enter
Blairs name on the registration books, as
they are by law required to do. During
the recent registration, Blair, learning that
his name was not on the books, applied to
the registrar at Kings and was denied
the right to register. Blair then came
to Lynchburg and informed Captains
Early and Wilson of the action of the
registrar. These gentlemen at once wrote
to W.O. johnson, registrar at Riverville,
for certificate that B.air had obtained a
transfer to Kings, explaining that it had
been mislaid. Captain Early at once drew
an appeal from the decision of the regis
trar at Kings, setting out the facts we
have stated, and forwarded it to Judge
Haythe some days ago.
Judge Haythe informed Blair that he
would decide the question on Tuesday.
Before Tuesday both Captain Wilson and
Early received certificates from the River
vile registrar to the effect that Blair had
obtained a transfer to Kings. These GER
tificates were at opce forwarded to Judge
Haythe, and reached him before he rem
dered his decision. On yesterday Tues
day. Judge Haythe rendered his decision,
and sustained the registrar at Kings,
holding that Blair had no right to register
and vote unless he obtained trans
fer. Blair at once took this paper
to Captain Early, and that gentleman at
once called at Judge Haythe's office and
asked him if, before his decision, he had
received the certificates from Riverville, the
"Jige" replied that he did receive them
before his decision, but did not consider
them part of the RECORD. Captain
EARLY, in language more emphatic than po-
lite, expressed his opinion of the "Jige's"
action. The "Jige'' rose in threatening
manner, and Captain Early, who is
physically disabled by wounds, put
his hand under his coat tail, pos
sibly to draw his handkerchief, possibly
to draw something else; thereupon the
"Jige" subsided, remarklng that he was
unarmed, aud requesting Captain Early to
leave his office and insult him no further
That gentleman replied that he did not
propose to make any further offensive
remarks to an unarmed man, but that the
"Jige" could find him during the course of
the day, or demand satisfaction in the
manner usual among gentlemen. a
I Now, as to our comments on this mat
ter: Judge Haythe decided that Blair
had no right to register and vote, and
handed decision to that effect to Blair to
be delivered to the registrar at Kings.
What did the just "Jige" do with Blair's
certificates, which he did not consider
part of the RECORD, and which were
therefore Blair's private property, having
been applied for over. Blair's signature,
legally attested, and endorsed on the
back Of the applications? Did he hand
them to Blair? Did he not know, that
notwithstanding his decision, the regis
trar would be obliged to register Blair on
these vital papers, which the "Jige" held
not to be part of the RECORD. Oh, no
Our equitable and fair-minded "Jige"
quietly suppressed and pocketed these
papers, and only after his difficulty with
Captain Early, forwarded them to that
gentleman. Why did he not give them to
Blair? Because he hoped that Blair,
being so much bedeviled about his vote,
would quietly submit, and thereby one
ballot be lost.
Now we always knew that 'Jigeo Haythe
was q narrow-minded, conceited little fell
low, man of limited education ard intel
ligence, and judge Of no legal ability.
natural or acquired. Looking at him in
the light of his Blair election decision, we
are at loss to determine whether he is
wholly fool or knave, and are forced to
conclude that he is in brains fool, in
character knave, in about equal compo-
nent parts.
ADDENDUM.
The joke remains to be told. Blalr's
transfer has been found in the registration
books. where it had been put by the judges
on election. day. We wonder if Judge
Haythe will still refuse to allow him to be
There is no telling. -LynchbaUg
Press.
ONE of the marked results of the COM
mercial panic which grew out of excessive
railroad enterprise. is the disenchantment of
of the public mind respecting Vanderbilt
and his roads. The Commodore" as he is
called, was regarded prior to that event,
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