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


Arriving \, hnnle on ,esierdsy. Ire Re-.
rnnler oi the 9Th inst. e"nIai..ing m adj.
I,rss To sau hy Capt. Jim Berry. Was
put int my hands. This paper sern.s
Inlendrtl b. the NTi'eI a. reply 20 the
/. card' pn,lrr NV name " hlrh appeanh
IN the ResnI,leT Of he 2slh ulIinla. anl in
lis language and spirit dsmantls notice Al
nv hands. Before ! proceed 10 examine
il. yau will pardon a nfrrenre 20 the
'' Gard IN whirh ! gave ile rrasnns for
The course taken hy inc. To any ane ar.
quain,rd with the law nGeieriians 10 North
Carolina. il j. well kRuwn thar lhe IN
sp ei"rs at each precinct are appoinIrd by
the County Court, and are ar0rn "I0
conduct The election fairly aud impartial.
~. according io the Consultation and Laws
ol the state" The 9Th seriian Of SD
rhapler Of Revised Statutes j. in The fol-
lowing words: .
: Immediately aacr he clo~e Of The Polls al
each and every placc u circlisn. corrcf Hai,-
,aslf II the RnasLsr given fov each Candidate.
made out and signed ~ the Inspectors. aud thrn
GARD and directed 10 the sheriff. which shall Ic
handed hy some one nf tie InsE~clnrs appointed
Cor the purpose Ia the Shrfi d the county. ai the
Court Housc Of said county, On The next day 10
twern 10 o'clock A. VI. and o'clock y. NJ; and
on the rturns bring made 10 tie Sheriff Or his
Deputy. he shall. in the presrncc q the Inspcc-
tors. who carried their Respective Polls. procrsd
10 add the RumheT II rof,s 10 him returned. and
the persons having the creates, number 81 vo,rs
shall h. deemed duly elected; should any two
persons have an equal numher % votes. the Shr-
riff shdH decide by his casting vote the person du-
" elected"
From this section il appears than the
c0rrtcf sfdiemrni" al the nUmhes nj
rofss given To earh candidate. Is the srorn
return nf niIisars appointed Ear l.ai pur-
pose and is concinsirs upon the Sheriff.
lie j. not NJ THIRTY 10 compare the liz, af
the names uf the yo,ers. with the returns
furnished hy the Inspectors Ia correct any
mistakes even of arithmetic whirh they
may have made. fnr this would he To give
him porfr 10 ai'sr a return made un-
der the sanction nf an oath, hy the In
spsef"rs. Ilenre, il The lnspe' inrs should
make mistake. there is M method uf
correcting il even by the Inspectors them.
srlre'. after they have signed and sealed
and sent mp the IeIurn Ia the Sheriff. for
this were 10 open the door To frauds in
such returns.
Having now shown. I trust. beyond The
reach Of doubt. that the rorreri state
men,' under oath al the Inspectors. could
neither he altered hy The Sheriff. or the
inspectors themselves .ftrr ihr return was
made. il is apparrn, that no other rourse
could have heen taken by the Sheriff but
that which was adopted. even If any error
had been suggested at the time he gave
the casting vote; hu, this was not the
ease. n"r was theIe such suggestion for
several days afterwards. For the reas' rs
assigned in my Gard" of the 9Th ulii-
mo. /, did then. and does nov appear To
me that there was no nfher mnde in my
power Of correcting the rIIor, if error
there was in said return. exc pr Iha, which
| have taken nf resigning and referring the
question hack 10 you.
And haViug nov stated the Law and
IN" plain consiructInn at IL which induced
me 10 the course takcn, | sh plnrced I"
examine re I'D ire<s signeI John Berry"
lie commences in he following manner:
propose TO show tia. my opponent in re-
signing what he is pleased To consider his scat,
has resigned that which property belonged not Ia
him that which majority OF the electors had
conferred on me-"
Passing by lie mralled for sheer. in
this seniencr. il is difficult To discover
how could consider The scat in any other
light than ~ niue, seeing was entitled
10 ii b. The only test known in North Ca
rollna. in the certificate ol the Sheriff, and
it is yet more difficult to perceive how
could have resigned it, unless i, was mine:
but ii lies beyond the ingenuity of all ex-
repl the writer To explain how I could re-
sign what was co"tfrrea upon another.
The address next proceeds To an array
81 larts and arguments To establish, what
the Gard frankly admits. nam"Iy. that tie
lists of voters. (ralcd The Books did nat
correspond with the return o the Inspec.
tors, and >uperadds. " The Inspectors Them
selves. the Deputy Sheriff who received
HE votes, aud the f7r,ks who kept the
Books, all agree. as Inn Informed. that
there is Az error in the return Of i've votes"
Such is the frce Of this evidence, in the
Judgment of Mr.. Berry. that he seems I"
think | should not have listened ID the
"'arinus statements" ~ circulation. going
10 account for The error. Thr concurrent
testimony Of the inspectors, Icpurv She
uIl and clerks, to The existence at the or.
r"rIS stated as upon 'Aj"rmu'i""; "r"r 'hc o