The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-25
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10 the Editor o. fAf Stqndurdss
STA: Ao,aupnymons writer in yovsspapeto Of the
llth inst, writing from this county, has ,ihoughl
Pfonet e assall my character m by the fol-
Please say in the nest slanda. that the hs1 ,ue
Of war is over In old Caswell. The battle was
fought yesterday, aud the following is the official
result For Abraham w. Venable, 1851, for John
Ketr 29sr Venable's majority IS 7S3 The votes
at the Precincts were taken under great excitement
and every inch of ground was contested. Even
10 the town Of Milton great struggle ensued and.
the Editor of the Milton Chronicle left no Stone
unturnedg He went so far as to offer second
vote: % Yes, Charles Napoleon Bonaparte Evans,
the Editor Of the Milton Chronicle, offer ed and put
into the hand of one of the Judges second vote
for John Kerr; but thanks to the vigilance of the
Judges, the vote was rejected and thrown aside"
Thus, Sir, il seems that am held up 70 the gaze
of the world as both fool and knave-a fool for
thinking the intelligent managers os the Election
so y green that could give second vote without
being detected and incurring the severe penalty of
the law-and a knaye for attempting IT,. Now,
do not profess to be the one and 4 kRoac that am
not the other, for 5@7n9 osea 9qea EF554 .a9iav
&. Ne'r yet did base dishonor blur my name,' ~ "a
and proudly can look back upon my past life and
challenge your correspondent "the world, the hesb.
and the DEVIL" 10 point 10 a single dark spot in
my character. That was anxious that Mr.. KERR
should be elected admit-that did all could do,
honoraby, TO elect him. / also admit and that /
would have given him ten Thousand votes, could
have done so EaicfutLy, | will not deny. But Sir,
with all my anxiety TO elect him, protest that
was not quite green'' as to for him twice,
knowingly, and run the risk of the law, " to the
tune Of s 500! Wouldn't i, be the ''greenest
case on record had supposed that if l succeeded
even in imposing the second vote on the managersa
the Milton precinct that the Inspectors of the polls
al the Courthouse, the next day, would not per
ceive it on record, and make me" walk Spanish %
Now, i do not deny that In moment Of great
political and spiritual excitement, l voted, aud
| n mo TN aoIan
Is it something remarkable in the annals of the
world that man should forget-an act TOO done
In moment OF great confusion and excitement?
Why, Sir, IL seems that l have company" even
in the county of Caswell and democratic company
at that-with this difference, he was sober, and
in mesmeTic state. / wonde. that your cores
Pondent did not proclaim il 10 the world, in the
same paragraph in which he "haus me over the
Goals, F" that good democrat at BIowns Store, in
Casweh, not only offered the second vote, but actu
ally voted the second time. Fur be il from me
10 intimate, even, that he did il Intentionally, knOto
ingiy--if he had any sense am sure he did not.)
But why did not your correspondent take him 10
task, as well me? i happen, Sir, TO recognize
your correspondent as a very tOrgetfM man, in
more instances than one, and just here l could
skin him little worse than the heeces ever hew
from coon" but decent respect for grey hairs
bids me TO temper the point Of my pen with mercy
Let him however beware! or "forbearance may
cease 10 be virtue, aud he may have 10 " call
upon the rocks and the mountains TO hide him from
(
Bat hear the circumstances connected with my
offering two votes, and judge ye how far have
sinned, aud the extent Of my crime When the
{" ball was opened " / entered the contest with
spirit that dared TO "contes every inch OF ground
went out among the B'hoys to see f could find
any one undecided as to how he should vote. In
the course of time l. found myself not only highly
excited from political discussions, but AT least six
sheets in the wind n--whether oceasioned from
looking at people who had been taking "leelie,
TOO much of the critter, {" whether | far lost
sight of my uniform abstemous habits as TO taste
a "Ieetle too much of the critter" myself leave
to temperance folks 10 guess. Thus excited, Il
seems that voted. although set out with the de-
termination not TO yoie until the polls were about
10 be closed aad so expressed myself TO the mama
gers aud Others in the early stages OF the Election
The vote i gave was O. painted ticket-pGtRted
expressly for myseif-and this ticket had been pre-
viousy handled and examined BY The managers
and many others, whose curiosity II excited and
am informed that when voted with il, II was
not waGded up into the liile point OF nothing, but
that il handed in open bold and fearless, the
way always vote. But time passed 0H. Late sn
the evening proclamation was made that the polls
were about to be closed. Having partially returned
to my 4" sober second thought" and not remember
ing that had once voted fell into my pockets for
the painted ticket-it was gone! remarked to a
democratic friend at my elbow that had lost ii,
but approaching the polls informed the managers
had voed-I requested him to examine the record
he did so, and my name appeared recorded
Yielded, and thus ended the voting.
Now, the question is who, with half thim-
BILE full of goose brains in his SKULL believes,
f6f moment, that I knowingly offered the second
vote ? Do you Mr.. Editor Then, Sir, you don't
know me-this, however, is apparent, or you never
would have published the article rejecting upon
my character. repeat, who believes 1t? Not a
single gentleman OF the democratic party, who
knows ure-and am AUTHORIZED by JOHN WILSON,
CARTER POWELL, and N. M. LEWIS E>qrs, the
managers Of the Election the two first named
gentlemen are democrats, to assure you aud all
the world BESIDES that they have not the least idea
that had any knowledge whatever oi the nrst
vote when l applied the second time 10 vote. In
addition, might adduce certificates from more
than one hundred democratic genttemen--not rap
scaIlions and political scullions, but gentLen'en-
endorsing the opinion of the judges OF The election
But fallen! fallen !! fallen =. +! indeed must be,
when it becomes necessary for me to resort TO GER
tiicates to repel the malicious assaults OF one who
would find his hands full 10 take care oi his own
character, if he has any 10 take care or .esrr'r
Having given publicity to the article that repre-
sents me eDdeayOring to perpetrate fraud ON
the ballot box, trust, Sir, that you will do me the
justice to publish this, my defence. ! demand It
Of you as no than an act of justice due from
you to me. appeal to your columns because il is
all important that your readers who have read the
attack should read the defence. And am sure
you know too well how to appreciate the worth of
character to hesitate to do an injured man JUSTICE
~r..ar7 lam, Sir, withrespect, Sc.
Ea &c, N. B. EVANS.
MILTON. N. c., Angus, %, 1s47.
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