The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-18
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In tho hope OF bolstefipg up the totter'
ipr house Of Boutboniam in West Virginia
Tho Bourbon newspapers sud e!umpers aie
CRYING "proecriptior! prescription" srd
pointing TO Maxwell and Brown on the Re.
publican ticket. 1t grievss them tick and
s,,e to recall that there ever WIS a day
when Democrat in West Virginia wac de-
privsd Of s,me Of good citizens righta
because he had taken up armH aSains! his
country or given aid and comfort to the
enemy. Ls. US admit that Ell this was
wrong and ought not to have been.
Ga the Bourbon State administration
ticket, and psrt OF tho Bourbon outfit
which hrs disgreced West Virginia, is
Samuel Woods, otBs,baur county, judge
OF tho now notorious Supreme Court Of
Appeals. Judge Woods hopes TO. retain his
p,eeent place; Judge Brown has been
named csairs. him. Judge Woods ia very
unhappy when no thipks Of tho days Of
"prcscription" on thin side OF the Union
lines. Let US see whether he had any views
on that subject CT tho other side Of the line.
Elm the Journal Of the Secession Convex
ton held at Richmond--s very interesting
volume by the way-we find that Judge
Woods hsd some We've, end radical ones
they were even for that time and place.
In the Journal Of June is, 1861, it 10 re-
corded thst
"Alr< Woods submitted tho following re.
solution, which wss ordered to be referred
10 the Committee to Provide ior the Pun.
iehment Of DisloYalty":
Resoired, This. all Gales, contrac.e, and coz
veyances, absolutely or in trust, all encum-
brancss or liens created or suffered to be
created, upon or in respect to any real
estate, or any iuterestor share. therein held
or owned by any pergon who has committed
treason against the Stats Of Virginia or the
Confederate Etatss or any OF them, or who
thall bHye committed any Cfense mentioned
In tho first section Of an ordinance passsd by
rhia Convention on the first day OF May,
1851, entitled IAN ordinance for The proven
ton and punishment Of ctientts against the
COMMONWEALTH Euhll W iIuIl SNu NUlJ, cIu
any psyson making such sRles, contracts and
conyeysucss, dseue Of trust, encumburance,
and hens, and oil persons who shall know
ingly old or ssA:st any such pereon therein
shall be guilty u the lpIcsry of such suns
ofmoney or articles OF value as may have
been received therefore.
Judge Woods wanted 10 make loyalty to
The Union felony punishable with con-
fscation and imprisonment "Tresson
against tho S;ato Of Virginia or the Con-
federato S,ates" meant loyalty to the
Union. A loyal man could not make
conveyance o. real property in the State Of
Virginia; and the seller, mortgsSor, at
tornsy, real estate agent, nolarJ-"all per
sons having any part in auch transsnction"
were guilty Of larceny. This applied 10
Wheeling sa well as TO Richmond, for the
Secession Convention waa legislasing for the
whole Of the territory of the old State.
There was this difference, however, that in
Wheeling and a considerable part OF Vir-
ginia Judge Woods and his friends, owing
to circumstances over which they had no
control, were NOT teco2nizso % govern
ment and had no way to entorcs their pro.
,o,, pr, ,his wos ono NJ Jrdoe wo,do,
sess' DIV 'A'' - '1bo "o'u'
ways TO make treason cdlous' deseems
to have been mad about something and
mad through and though.
.Judre Woods continued TO be- il, state
OF mind. Noyembe, q, 1861, amendments
to tho Constitution being tho order Of the
day, Mr.. Haynond-our own Alpheus
F., tincs a Judge CT tho Supreme Cour.
and lately candidate for Governor-had
an amendment to offer TO Article
Third. concerning tho qualification OF
voters In addition to being a citizen OF
tbs Commonwealth, Judge Haymond
,a.,.os - .dd .ond vbo l. = c;,;zan :, az
San.cu " auu' anu "Ao 40 ~, 1'''Isn VI tne
Confederate States" Judge Woods follow.
ed Judge Raymond with an amendment
n ,be second section TO disfranchiss env
~ 'uo ae.'no ~ 60 =, .,.A, an'
and all lerSoUH IN tEo Stnto Oh SlrglQla-