The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-28

sbpssd. Three onsn rrpsalrd dlsrlslm.
ers ioo. d vii bs observed. were made IL
q par u he Stale WhPre he doctrine =
understood 70 Be popular aud where il
might might hare bern rereiFed wilh
srrsI issar by those slsom | addressed.
On The I7lh al JULY. whcn on llsr eve
OF ieaslng Marganias. | rrerised infsrma-
iIan. for the FMS lime. that Circulars and
Hsnd-blils had been ssni into the Eastern
part al The Stale. whrfe this change in the
Constitution - very unpopular. stating
llIal was advocating This doclrine in The
West The Information riren me Was
quite indr6niie; had seen mo newspapers;
mn Time n"r plsre was p.riicnlsrized where
such sentiments bad been expressed By
me. ban The general idea merriy was ron.
reyrd 10 my mind by The intelligence. Than
q was eel forth and eirrulssed in the East
"n The ere nf The Election. hen bui lIiIle
lime was allowed faf explanation there.
That | was conducting The rampssgn ON
this issue; that in other words | had come
oni iar il aud Was usrelling through tho
West urging il btiore The People. Under
The impulse arising fran lhls gross injus-
ilcs. wnie short notes 10 the Editor OF
the Register and oIlrr Wing Papers IN The
State denouncing The charge MS false. Hav-
ing No time TO wnie explanations. I con- /
tented myself with simple denial, and
requested friend who had heard me q,
Wilkesborough. Lenoir and Morsanlon,
10 write To The Register and explain the
matter. This he did no Tie 18Th of July,
and u was published on the 9Th. in The
Register. and fully susiains what | here
stale. ! know that was advocating no
such doctrine and pronounced the charge
10 he false. Every respectable man Of both
parties among the thousands who heard
me in the West. from Salem 10 Cherokee,
knows il TO he false. They all know that
moi only did moi advocate the duclrine.
but that on all occasions. when brought
TO my notice. expressly iepudialed and
disavowed Il.
In my communications 10 the Presses,
! had no reference 10 the Certificate Of
Messrs. T.. RufIin. j.. and others. adj
dressed TO the Standard. Nv commune
cation was written and dated l7lh July.
al Mnrgsnion. Mr.. Rnflin's cerlifraie is
dated 10Th July at Wentworth, the places
being $50 miles apart. and appears for the
first time in the Standard on The 20lh-l
three days after the date Of my Comma
nicafion, and which in fari 1 never saw
until after the close Of The Campaign on
my return from Cherokee. or course. 1
could have known nothing about j, when
! wrots and could moi have referred 10 il.
Whence then arises This question of rera-
city, and. whence the necessity Of Mr..
Rufiin's Gard TO the Public" TO vindi-
cate bis certificate which had no public
existence at the time I wro,ei
That Messrs. Ruflin and others may
have understood me as taking the ground
set forth in their Certificate, | have alrea-
dy admitted. But say they were mis-
taken. Whether that was their fault or
mine, | will not say.
One word in conclusion. Their Ger
iificate is dated the 10Th July. Ny disclai-
mer Of the doctrines therein imputed TO
me was made on the 3rd OF July, and con.
iinuaIly up TO The 10th. lf a, the date Of
their Certificate on the 10Th, they were
apprized ofmy disclaimer and explanation.
! leave tito their own sense Of justice and
fairness to decide, their purpose in SET
ting forth the certificate, being. as MI.
Rt42fn says, IN his Gard TO The Public,
10 " meet and correct the misrepresmfa-
fions Of a portion ofkhe Whig Press,")
whether ought nal TO have received al
their hands, while volunteering 10 "set
things to rights" the benefit Of my dis
explanation.
CHARLES MANLY.
Raleigh August %, 1880.