South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-09-04

court to court, attended with loss of time
and an expenditure of money, which must
have crushed the defendants, but for the
encouragement of your pledges, and the
lberality which you have displayed-ne
find in the Constitution and laws of our
State n provision setting forth the proces
by which final disposition is to be made of
all these cases.
The process Of law through which each
OF these suits is required TO pass (unless
dismissed by the plaintiff is necessarily
slow, and may consume much time and mo-
ney yet. But one stage of the cases is
past, and the counsel (who have worked in
our service for those long years so earnestly,
SO increasingly, and so successfully, that
not one dollar has been recovered by pro-
cess Of law. in this section of our State
should now be paid fair mpensation for
past services, and thereby be encouraged to
continue faithful to the end.
The triumph of law and order, over an.
archy and discord. is matter in which ev.
cry law abiding citizen is duly interested,
and the expense ofbrioging it about should
have been shared by all but if all do not
thus feel those who do feel thus, and man
Tested their feelings, by subscribing for
this purpose, should pay, without. delay the
tho amount so subscribed.
l have already paid, in defence of
these suits near two thousaud dollars
exclusive of largo portion of my travel
ing expenses, to say nothing of tho loss of
much valuable time,) over and above the
amount which has como into my hands, of
money subscribed, and buta few days since,
received call from one of tho counsel
for moro OF his fees; not because | have
not paid much more than my full share
but because | was the ono who requested
him to appear as counsel, and, uotwith-
standing he had learned there was fund
subscribed for paying expenses, he said he
knew of none other TO whom he should make
application for payment.
Some If the counsel have received the
full amount Of their fees, some not over
half, aud others comparatively little.
hope, therefore, tho Subscribers to this fund
will feel i. duty to raise the amount sub
scribed and pay it over to me-, that the ac-
counts Of counsel may be paid, as far as it
will go, at least, aud it nay DO that the
sums recovered hereafter, as cost, will pay
the remainder.
am aware that some have given as a
reason for not paying over the amount sub.
scribed, tina, with my consent ell these
suits could have been compromised by each
party paying his own cost.-There is no.
one word of truth 10 this statement. But
just the reverse is true.
Acting at the suggestion, and on behalf
of those associated with mo, l proposed
this compromise myself, and received In re.
ply from the party to whom il was made,
and who held several judgments against
mo a. that time, that lie had nothing to do
with any but bis own suit, abiding to the
only suit he had still pending, and which
prompted by the most contemplate selfish.
Dess-he bad proposed to compromise in
that way. Judgments already obtained bo
did not propose to compromise at all.
But, gentlemen, | do no propose to 90
into further explanation Of my course in the
progress of these suits So far as [ am
concerned, shall regard this subscription
as a debt of honor. If any one who is a
party thereto, will contemplate for mo.
ment the prolonged struggle, in which my
self and others have been engaged, the bur.
thens we have borne, tho anxiety of mind,
which |, at least, experienced at seeing
those whom | regarded, and still regsrd,
az my best friends, pursuing a course, the
tendency OF which Gas | belioved) was to
sacrifice the only measure Of permanent re.
lief which had been provided by State au-
thority for the prosecuted within her bor-
ders since the war.
10 short, II any one who ever protested
to be friend to our cause, whether sub.
soribor to this fund or otherwise, will con-
template all these things, and will further
contemplate the benefits which be will de-
rive from tho triumph Of law giving him
full protection, when ho had mono Before,
can, after all this, fnd il in bis heart to say,
I tons not mtcreste3 / ,cas not sRcd,-I
will say amen to his proposition, and will
not only, Cas- far as / CAM release bin frcm
all obligation to pay, but | will claim that
he is entitled to a premium for the encour-
agement he has given 10 those by whom
VIC have been prosecuted.
As / stated before, the counsel in these
cases are looking 70 mo for payment-I was
authorized by you 10 employ thom--eact
subscriber pledged himself to the extent Of
certain specified sum, for the defence Of
these suite. Most Of you have paid por-
ton, and tho remainder aud more is necos-
sary TO complete payment.
Before you pay ovor 10 me this remain
der, ] desire you to DO fully satisfied that |
have acted honestly 10 the discharge Of the
duty imposed upon Dse, add for this pur-
pose have asked you 10 appoint this com
mittco. ] hope you will do it without, de-
Jag, aud ;hus relieve both myself and 9th
ers from the embarrassment under which
We are laborinR,& when you shall baYa been