The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-05-25

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fsfasrd % repeat This foul charge. i -
asssrisd Thar the Whig Gsseraar I'D dis
placed al ths Demncrass ffom Ehs Boards
= srlsr thaG Ne might secaFe . himself
nnaPpessA ne c0rraps paironsge of hes
fawing i .slnans o. fsForsaes aad panisans
sbat shs nonsy was hadly sscnrsds aas
lAsfthe people mighlpErpaFssh themselves i
Bear q hesFy lossrs- These inkinnasi0ns
AMI charges lost noshing d the yisuiencl
aad boldness. wilh whirh they wrre ~
Tered. ID every part 81 the Stale. ~ ~
snswei. that N Investigation was nsade
by Democratic e0mmittse II 1870, sad
fhs report By : Democrats chairman. lhal
az pas aesA. Il VS. said. IN reply. thai
the examination was defective. thai lie
committee was restrained ia lis powers,
and. therefore. The repnrt could moi be
trusted. =, i tie lrasl degrsr. satisfarlo-
~.
Daring lie past session. another inves-
tsszlion Was ordered. npon The basis oI
lae most enlarged anihorily Of inquiry
enlarged too, Al the instance of Whigs
and We refer "a The report Of the COM
nsliiee, whose chairman was Asa Biggs.
esq. for the most eomplrle relnlaiion Of
fhe scandal impnied 10 the Governor end
the Wings. The ehairman reported. on
behalf Of N unanimous eommiilee, slhas
tiisy had i. carefully examined The books,
which have been regularly kept by The
GovcrnoFs and each and every bond spe-
cihealty, and find them 10 correspond
with the statement heretofore furnished
BY the Governor and printed" .And
npcn his David w. S,nne'sl evidence,
and oihers which was perfectly salisfac-
tory, the committee have no doubt thai
all the bonds now due 10 both boards ere
well secured; and sltough some OF The
rriucirals are doubtful, yet. the securities
place bonds beyond doubt; AMI nothing
has been lnst By either of said Boards,
since their Organization. in 1897" The
committee proceed further 10 repsrs a. 10
lhe members who compose the Boards
from their Organization, % The time being.
by which iiappears that from the 10Th or
February, to the 30ih of May 1897, the
members were, Of the Literary Board,
Ehenezer Peliigrew. David W. Stone and
Charles Manly, esqrs. From The sO,h
Of May 1887, 70 the 10Th Of Feb. lsai,
Messrs. Blonul. Stone and Manly were
the members, two Democrats and one
Whig.1 In 1871, Mr.. Blount declined.
and Gov. Dudley was appointed in his
place. In June fs4l. Mr.. Stone resign
ed, and Dir. Gales was appointed.
The Internal Improvement Beard, in
1887 and 1888, consisted Of The Cover.
nor, lDudiey.) Messrs. Cad. Zones, sr.
and WIN. d. Mosely. In 1911, of The Co
vernon, (Morehead, Cad. Jones. ESQ andl
Gov. Dudley. In 1912, Of The Cover
nor. Messrs. Cad. Jones and Jesse Har-
per.
.Alhthe changes in both Of the Boards, |
were by reagnafions ard none by re.
morGi; and. during The period when the
sum Of money to be loaned was consider
able enough to beget patronage. the men,
bsrs Of the Boards were equally divided
IN politics. These facts have often been
asserted though The Wing press, and as
often denied: we hope that The party will
now believe their own Legislative organ.
How singularIy praisewarihy, is tia con-
duct Of the Wing Governors--Dudley
and Morehead,--whes con,rasied with
the illlberality Of the Legislature, in its
prescription Of Wings, and in refusing 10
the Governor, even a single Wing a.
mongst The seven Councillors Of State!
The committee further report" The
committee in conclusion taking pleasure
u stating that the Governor afforded to
tle committee every facility and aid me- :
cessary, and in his power, for The salts /
Tory discharge Of The du'y%imposed on :
fou will be surprised to Learn, that .
iear ely had this very favorable report /,
'een made 10 the house, when the i'm /,
preston was sought to be made through a
The Sknslard." that there had been the .
srossest Partially, in the management d
of The Boards, BY lending nearly all their b
unds 10 Wings, to the exclusion of De- a
nocraiic applicants, This charge was Il
openly on The foor Of the House of Com o
mons, refuted BIZ one or US, who was a d
member Of the committee OF inves,iga- cI
ION, and challenge directly given to any oil
member 10 meet the issue. The chal- II
enge was declined by The whole House 10
ELECTION OF SENATOR. n,
Much Of the valuable time Of the SEES IA
ION was coasuned in filling The seat of VI
" ezcellent and distinguished young III
epstoF. DIR. Graham. The pickering. 10
aucussing. and eleciioneering Of the two III
ings of the Democracy. brought the On
ave business of legislaion 10 a dead IN
and for weeks; and how long this I'M oil
ardonable neglect Of the high duties of .ol
u Assembly would have continued, no "