The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-08

GuaFd the Bahot-box1 ~ This reo1eSt wac mshe
70 The friends Of Mr.. Kerr, this Dis
no admoniiion Of the kind" They were told 10
watch with an eagle eye and see that illegal yot-
ing was prevented" This appeared to me rather
one-sided matter, .emanating from suspicious
source, and therefore thought i. proper TO keep
my eye upon its author or the day of election and
" guard little for our own folks; and not intend
ing to take any part in the strife and excitement
saw brewing early in the day, took stand at the
taoie wheTe The votes were cast and there remain
&c during the herce contest watching, If not with
an eagle eye," with my own eye, the mannvres
aud movements Of voters and Judges and behold.
the Editor of the Milton Chronicle, the author of
the above request to "guard the ballo,-box, and
see that illegal voting was prev euted: was the first
aud only man thar offered a second aud 1" illegal /"
vote He says too that had the right 10 tell the
world that he tried 10 vote the second timen And
for having this "illegal' vote published in the
Standard | am now published abused and viified
In the Chronicle, and that TOO by him who COM
mltted the base aci, the foul deed Of Offering and
putting into the hands Of the judges second vote,
all he could do to vote twice for his friend Mr. Kerr
In publishing this vote in the STANDARD favored
the perpetratoT Of the black crime all could, for
withheld the particulars under which the two votes
were offered. omitted to say that on being told
by the judges he had voted once he positively de-
MED it, accompanying the denial with many bitter
oaths, and loudly offered 10 forfeit His scul Gas he
has his honor, if he had any if they could show
his name on the list Of vnters. Do this, said he,
and take my scull or else by Cd I'll take yours,
judges. The list was examined, his name found,
and his first vote, unlike all Others was shown him.
And then the loud cry of take his scul take his
scull II Is not worth having, the reply of many
that stood by. AT this the aforesaid Editor walked
Spanish towards his office, with few friends al
his heelsK who soon returned and reported him
drunk. Of this pretended drunkenness should not
say one word but for the fact that his own friends
started IT, and he has since endorsed and published
II in the Chronicle as an apology for the commits
rF Nh1F FA,,i - NIsV
membered that in getting out of the dirty scrape
in this way he brings down upon his own guilty
head al least two more black deeds, hard 10 wipe
of He is guilty Of the sin of Drunkenness and the
forfeiture of that honor which he pledged aud put
in stake when he joined the temperance society
mark that will you2 If The election had passed off
as usual without guilt or crime the part of the
Editor, grosser insult could not have been offered
him and his whig friends than the charge that he
was drunk il would have been looked upon a
base SANDER and falsehood. A confession of
this drunkenness is not only made by the aforesaid
Editoebut that of attempting 10 vote twice is also
made in the Chronicle of 2lst August, in the fol-
lowing language: Now we do not deny that in
a moment of great political excitement, we voted,
and afterwards forgetting II, applied at the polls
TO vote again." Now reader here is acknowl-
edgement of the ck nr;e published against the Edi
tor of the Chronicle with additional confession
that he was leete over six sheets in the wind,
meaning drunk, I suppose. Now then let this
drunken Editor tell :or what he so abuses me in
the Chronicle 2 Did he wish his black and foul
deed kept under bushel, concealed from the pub
lie eye 3' 1t appears so. for he published three
numbers of the Chronicle before he dared TO touch
the subject and then undertakes by his great abuse
of me and heaPing upon his own guilty head other
crimes, 10 wipe cut the ndelible spot he has i'm
moveabIy fixed in blazing colors upon his own
name and character. Thus you see it is the
drunken Editor and not me, as he reports in The
Chronicle, that brings disgrace upon himself in the
eyes of the world by committing, mol by publishing,
Hcri fOul hS0p
Why does this drunken voter, double voter, and
Editor, sloop and bend so low as to seek into my
private character and humble walk in life for caP-
tai out of which to abuse me, and then empty the
base and foul contents of his filthy SOUL black as
as his own face, which never bushes at "crime so
foul and and corrupt" upon my head None bn:
one base and sunk so low could resort TO means
so far beneath what gentleman would do. he
tells you that I am ga bankrupt in fortune" Is
that misfortune crime equal TO that OF casting
two votes that il will be Offset for the Editor
of The little blanket If not, why use it? Ii bank
ruptcv is cloak under which to hide black crimes
the Editor may safely use it 10 his own case for
unless labor under a great mistake (belng forget
full as he says) saw his name once published IN
ne wspaper applicant for the benefit OF the
late bankrupt law If am incorrect in this slate
ment let the Editor correct i; without abuse. But
he says am bankrupt in reputation. 1t that
be Ihe fact, il is an enjoyment which presume
viii never overlake him, for the reputation and in-
ramy he acquired in his double vote never will be-
restricted down TO a single vote.
After abusing and sandering me so severely the
Editor of the Chronicle as if he was stranger to
MS readers blows his own horn Of self-praise in
his wise ''Ne'er did base dishonor blur name;"
and then challenges .'the Standards correspondent,
he world the esh and the devil, TO point to SIN
gle dark spot in his character" With that charac-
Ter he should have been satisfied, aud not blurred
by his own Infamous and deed at the balot-box.
and fix and fasten upon il p" single dark spot -
That the combined forces Of himself, the world
aesh and the devil" can never obliterate.
The Editor Of the Chronicle speaks freely of my
forgelfuness and says forgot 10 Inform the world
thai democrat voted twice al Browns Store the
same day he attempted It at Milton. He seems 10
draw great comfort from the fact that he has COM
pany, and that the democrat actually voted sec
ond fine and he did not. Now let US point out
the difference in the two cases.. The vote at Mil
ton was received by the judges and thrown aside,
while that at Browns Store was also received Dy |
the Judges and put in the box, If the report be true
So the difference is in the course pursued by the
Judges and not in the voters and the Editor OF the
can avail himself of no consolation from
that source-he went Just as far the democrat
dId in the dirty deed. Neither did forget TO pub
sh the democratic vote, for knew nothing or 1t
until nv munication was on the way TO the +
Nor do yet know the, truth OF Il. haV-
ing heard it told in divers ways. Nor did forget
and vote twice as he attempted 10 do. -
The drunken Editor of the Chronicle busters, |
swelis and brags that he could skin the Standards
man." SO he can, with falsehoCd and siander' his
favorite knife. Butiskn away and welcome, blanket
stretcher we are both known, and you cant hurt
you vote twice. ..;-I- &. .-.a-9
He saws commenced the controversy. deny
it, only published his attempt to vote the second
time without comment and he admits, IN the last