The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-18
To The Citizens OF Orange
County.

| have hcen for many years your She.
riil. and trust have established some cha
racicr among my fellow ciIizrns G"r up
rirhlness IN the discharge of the. duties Of
.n, ,Ii;ee. Macy complaints have been
made against me. This iooked for. aud
generally ! have allowed my character
alone, To- answer them. now reluctant.
IL appear before you in another form.
Captain John Berry, in printed adj
dress which has been extensively circula-
ted and probably read ~ most Of you,
has made charges seriously affecting my
integrity in the discharge Of my official
duty in connexinn with the last election
of Senator. aud he is now engaged in re-
p, aling the same charges, substantially. in
his public speeches to the people. am
lherrfare compelled. fellow cilizens. by
respect for myself. aud my high regard
for YOU, who have so often honored me
with your confidence. 10 appeal from this
condemnation Of Captain Berry, TO an Ell.
| lighlened Public. In the address, refer
red to Capt. Berry says: .-
! ut will probably he remembered that the
Sheriff at the last election declared that Mr. Wad.
dell and myself had received an equal number Of
votes and gave his casting vote for my oppnnent
! This ,ras according 10 the truth as then under
stood. but few days after the election 1t was as
ccr,ained, Gas had supposed to the satisfaction
of every person,) that an error had hcen made in
the return from Ho.t's precinct, by which mistake
FIR
than had been cast for him."
Again he says:
! "Tho Inspectors, (at Hollis precinct,) in max
ing out their return, certified that MIR. Naddel
had received As and Ia votes, being evidcntl,
five votes more than had been cast for him, ant
five votes more than had been pollcd.'
Then, according To the admission o
} Captain Berry himself, | did rlghi in pro
claiming Mr.. Waddell TO he eleced o'
the day after the election. by my cas'in!
v"te. according In The truth as then I'M
: ders,ond," and according 10 the return
Of the Inspectors. certified by them; yes
. certified under oath by them. The She
: riff. therefore, did his duty according Il
{ the lights before him. The Inspector:
, Captain Berry says, committed the err"'
not the Sheriff. But where does Cap
Berry make the blame to fall ? Upon tn
I Inspectors! No, hut upon the sheriff
D For he says, blu, | consider that hay
r been injured, wronged, deprived of m
d Just rights" applying this s'ong languag
$ impuung corruption, not TO the Inspector
!, but TO me. lie adds:
j. "When it was ascertaincd, by the error in Il
y return from Hollis precinct, that had received
a majority of the votes, called upon the Sheri
q after his attention had been called to the retu
!. aud before he had given my opponent sertllica'
!, and demanded a certificate of my election. WI
IL have not received il! In what article of 4
II Constitution, under what law Of the state, G
y authority he found for giving to the candid'
}. who receives minority of votes, certificate
u. election!"
ID Now | do moi profess to he learned /"
#. the constitution and the laws of the state
Il. but il does seem 10 me, that it would la
I'd been more to the purpose, il Capt. Der
id had produced 10 me any article Of I
oil constitution, or law Of The state, viii