The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-11

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rIsmiuul trsrrfxiil,gsE IIss Le ~ Erirn.ls
raanrrifi uiih li'r r.uEis. ar wiih il.e
rlrIks e ~ rsuEts. FINN whom &c misl,I
hare asIisrsl lbs inlarmalinng
Thrr sri rrn,sins - L. noiirrd. tl,e
mosl EensEkahie pan & Mr. Rerry's rom
nunirAIion; Il : Illal IN xlirh ~ snBs-
piaias lissl slirr Ilir rnnr Al Iisilfs lvCas
iisrnseFrI. and hrfoFe Inc ShrEilT had de-
liVeErd ne the srui6r.ir. he rsllrd an that
ailirrE alsd drmanssrsl II for HIMSELF and
Illrn axis. . why haze mn Ieerired il 20
Surh = question. eaming IRON surh a
SQUIRE. rSriiss surprise in m aHlinaty de-
gnr. The question il - put - 10 leave
the impression IlhaI Mr.. Brny IhonghI The
Sheriff ruslld comply with his drmand;
hll curly il ran nerd na argument 20
shaw that lhe sheriff j. merely niinisie-
rial "lIirer under tire sIaIHlr ALREADY cited;
his Wilde duty ran>isis ~ adding up The
nunher II E"lrs rrrriTe,l BY him from Il,e
different PrTrineis. and drrlaring the re.
suit. arr"EIilng 10 tie sworn returns, aud in
rasr af tie a. give the rasiing Enie. tie
cannot. A. We have slreatly shown. cor
Tert any eITars IN he returns. for this
wnulah 90 rnnInniI Ia thai Office a must
dangerous POW eE. hy which. if corrupt. ne
might slcfraG the will af The people haw-
ever sirnagly aud slrarly expressed. q
would. in short. render al the anxious
cate af nmr laihrrs To pr,ircI the sanriiiy
of the Ballot Box. in, iIrcnal and raIn.
Thus il il plain that the Sheriff could nof.
without committing PeIiury. have c"mpli-
ed with Mr.. Berry's demand 10 deliver
lin The eerIifira'e And had We noI read
the statement IN Mr.. Berry's address. we
could mai have believed that surh request
could have hcrn Afsionsly made.
We have now replied To Mr.. BeIry's
first question. AID pro"eed 10 the SECOND.
va: {" 10 n hal arIi"le ii the Constitution:
under Whist Law 81 tie State, ran authority
he lHund for giving Ia the candidate who
recciSrs minnriiy Of the whites. rerIili-
cate of eIrciinn!'' To this inieroraiory
We frankly reply, In NJ article Of the
Constitutions; under eco law az tho Stale:
aud hrnre il is that Mr.. Berry was dem.
Ell the erriifrai'; fm tie pr"per officers
dbl solemnly rriurn under ihrir os,h-.
tia, he received only surh a number oi
,0ies as Was equal ln that receired By me.
aud the Tasting rnie being given in nv "a.
vuur. Mr.. Berry was " The Candidate wlo
received the mi, orily Of The votes" II ID
vain for any one TO pretend that the error,
II error there VAS, could bc corrected by
Sheriff, Inspectors or any oIler person,
and for This reason il was, as gh Ell i'm my
Gard. that resigned the seat and referred
the question hack 10 YOU. the Frerlol,leI.
al the couny, who alone could determine
/ it Ia The Satisfaction of all parties.
This paper is already extended so (ai
beyond what was an,iclnaied when il W.:
commenced, that we shall he obliged IA
close it wilhon. nolring some remarks ia
/ the address To which we were anx'
Ious To reply. In conclusion then. wha
il Mr.. Bcrry's cause Of compllin,' lie
SAYS he is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Il his jud righis-if so, he certainly ha
no right tn complain "f my cnurse. I'll
is indeed the rh"ice Of the Freeholhers "
Orange. as he very confidently asserts.
have given him the only opportunity II
establish il, wilhuu, long. vexarious an,
expensive contest htlnre the Senate. A
the election is tn he held some time heior
The meeting nf the Legislature. he will no
he delayed in taking his seat, as woul
have happened had not resigned. for
large part of the session. most probably
lie mugh, not 10 fear the contest. us ia
de he says he dues nri, for he is conf
dat that he. is your choice. Il shout
therefore he ma'leruf pride to him /" hav
his wrongs redressed by his " naiirs com
~" Too plain man, then. i, is some
what surprising that Mr.. Berry shoul
make such gricvous complaints. Is il nc
almo,t enough to induce one to suppns,
after all. thai there may possibly be som
small d"uht lurking in The bottom OF hi
, mind, whether he he in truth entitled
the distinction he sn confidently clam,
Men seldom appeal t" the sympalhies I
, Others, when their rights are clear 10 VIII;
!, they claim.
Fellow citizens. | make no appeals =
the confidence you have heretofore fepo'
+ I'd in me was never acquired by any Sue
means. The readiness with which hay
. resigned a dO"btf"i position that yO
, might remove the doubt, was due In th
confidence. aud furnishes some evident
a Of the value place upon il. Whether
, shall longer be continued to me rests vii
, YOU. HUGH WADDEl.L.
4 HrGH WAnpELL, ESQ.
Z SIu:-. was one Of the clerks part Of I
b.. time at John Il. Hoh's, and kept enc Of the boo
: when counting out, and Alexander Clark Ike
:, the other; and when We got through, coun,
y out the number II votes, with several others loo
" ing Oh, and made the number Is for you. VIII
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