The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-08-01
MR.. DEBERRY AND DIR. MONT.
GOMERY.

MIR. DEBERRY AND DIR. MONT.
GoMERY.
We copy from the Fayetteville Obser.
yer Of last week. the following commu.
nication from the Hon. Edmund Deber.
ny. The facts in relation to the matter
are sufficiently explained in the letter,
and the article which follows.
LawreneevilIe. July rs, 1889.
Dear Sir: You have no doubt noticed
the efforts recently made by my political
enemies 10 nIislesd and deceive the
people IN relation to my votes on the
appropriation bills passed for the year
1898. al the first aud second sessions Of
the last Congress. My competitor. in
his speech delivered on the ID day Of
June. at your County Court in Fsye,ls.
vile, charged me with having voted for
nearly all the appropriations for 1888,
which amounted 10 more than Ihirly-eighi
millions Of dollars. and with Inconsistency
in doing so after had so often exclaimed
agsins, the prodigal expenditures Of the
administration.
These charges were repeated and urged
in his speeches at Montgomery Court,
and also a, Arson Court, during The last
two weeks. To these charges. 50 often
repeated, ! replied tina, il had voted for
all The appropriations. | might s,ll have
been blamelrss. as the administration had
no. only called for that sum. but for a
much larger amount Than was actually
granted; but promptly denounced these
charges % utterly untrue, knowing that |
had voted against many OF the sppropria.
ton bills. Nv competitor attempted at
all those places to support the charge by
stating that he had letters IN his possess
sion from member Of Congress OF This
State. stating that he had The Journals Of
Congress before hi'-. and that il did not
appear ,ha, I had voted against any of the
appropriation bills except one of about
million and half Of dollars. and convey.
ing the idea ,ha, had voted for all the
rest except that and one other on which
he said | had not voted; referring also 10
pages on the Journal. for pruof Of my
having so voted. aud | was challenged to
produce the Journal, that reference nigh,
be had 10 il,
These letters from the member Of
Congress TO which he referred. were
called for at Arson and Richmond Courts.
and were reluctantly produced. and pub
licly read. They proved to have been
written and ranked by the Hon. Wm.
Montgomery Of the Raleigh District. one
Of them addressed TO Mr.. Holmes. Editor
Of the North Csrolinian, and the other 10
Walter F. Leak, Esq. Of Richmond
county. both Of which we're placed in
the hands oi my competitor, and their
contents widely disseminated. Though
| had the Journal OF Congress referred 10,
delivered,o me last winter at Washington,
il had not yet come to hand. and did not
obtain possession Of i. until Monday
evening last, at Richmond Court. f.
| gave the Journal a critical exsmina.
tion in the course Of tina, evening and
mex, morning, in reference to The appro-
priation bills, aud found that a number Of
them, making appropriations TO the a.
mount Of ,weniy-six millions one hundred
aud eighty eigh, thousand two hundred
and thirly.one dollars, had passed the
House wilhou, the yeas aud nays being
taken on their passage. That on the
passage Of the bills for which | did vote,
the yeas and nays we're taken on only
one Of them. Of one million Of dollars 10
suppress Indian hostli.ies. The yeas
and nays were taken on FIVE others. which
| voted against. including the appropria-
tons made in The two bills for issuing
Treasury notes Of 100000 each. at the
firs, and second sessions, 10 pay expense
Of their issue. s..-. -5
i There were two other bills. on the
passage Of which the yeas and nays were
taken and on which did no, vote, being
absent on account Of indisposit,on, a.
mounting TO eight million and fortv'siS
thousand four hundred aud twenty dollars,
These make an aggregate Of upwards
Of thirty.seven millions oil dollars. OlheI
small bills tot noticed. with private claims
allowed. will make up The SO millions fol
that wear.