The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-07-19

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DEAR Sra R:-0n my return from the
Supreme Court. I received yours Of
the a9th Of June. enclosing a copy Of a
letter purporting to have been written
by Gen. B. NJ. Edaey to President
Fillmore. on the Sd day Of February.
1855.
should conceive it scarcely neces-
sary to have noticed This, after the re-
publication Of his card TO the Register,
of which the following is a copy:
A CARD.
Washington. August Q. 1882.
TO The Editor Of the Regisfer.-SIR: |
am informed. that il is stated in the
Standard" J" or in an extra isued from
the "Standarsl" office, that an offer has
been made me in this city, by Subor-
dinate in the Navy Department, and
by certain whig members of Congress.
from the State of North Carolina, of
one thousand dollars. to 20 home and
take the stump tor Kerr and the Scott
ticket.
1 ask the favor Of you to say that the
above statement Is totally destitute Of
truth. Very Respectfully,
B. NJ. EDNEY.
Thought Gen. Edney would be good
authority against himself.
After the nomination Of Scott and
Graham at Baltimore, | found no one
from North Carolina, at Washington.
seemingly more jealous and anxious
for their election than Gen. Edney,
who had been in the Convention.
He was an ardent Wing and pro-
fessed to have great influence in the
mountain counties. He talked with
me often and much about what he con-
ceived he could do were he at home.
The replies made by myself and Gen.
Dockery to his assumed powers in aid
Of and his repeated expressions Of
anxiety and concern for the success
OF the Wing ticket, were that we would
be pleased to see him at home doing
what he thought he could do. In short,
such conversations passed as usually
take place between political friends,
during political campaign.
We all felt great anxiety in the re-
suit Of the elections, Gen. Edney, in
cluded. But it is untrue, SO far as |
know or believe, that there was any
offer to bribe Gen. Edney. or that any
thing was said or done inconsistent
with the strictest propriety.
As tn any conversations alleged to
to have taken place between Gen. Ed
ney and Messrs. Stanly and Warren
about draft or check, know nothing,
nor do | recollect to have heard Of
any such conversations. This, how>
ever, | do recollect, that | heard Gen.
Edney propose to Gen. Dockery that
if he. Edney. could get four hundred
dollars, he would go home and embark
in the campaign to which Gen. Dock
cry replied, "your tavern bills could
not be any thing like that amount"
Gen. Edney then jocosely said, che
wanted some money to treat the damned
Baptists WITH" knowing that General
Dockery was a member Of the Baptist
Church; and considering the remark as
loosely made, | threw in some playful
remark which turned the conversation,
and, after this, have no recollection
OF hearing anything about Gen. Ed
ney's going home or treating the Bap.
fists.
1t is true, | wrote and signed let
ter to the President, recommending
Gen. Edney to his favorable conside>
ration. This would have done from
personal and other considerations had
there been no elections pending. And
after he received the appointment no
one could have been more mortified
than myself to find charges OF serious
character preferred against him.
The Fagg letter had no weight with
me in writing my second letter to Mr.,
Fillmore. When | returned to Wash>
ington in December, A. D. 1852, find
ing clamor against him, | inquired
particularly into the nature and foun-
dation of the charges-found that the
Secretary Of the Department Of the In
terror, has caused an inquiry to be
made in North Carolina, in relation
to some alleged frauds on the Pension
Ofiice,-that K. Harper, ESQ.,, the A.
gent, appointed for this purpose, had
submitted his official report and the
evidence and circumstances on which
he founded the same. In this repor,
Mr.. Harper. after setting forth the eyi.
dence against certain individuals in
the western part Of the State, taking
which to be true made out case o
guilt, concluded his report as follows
tO-wit:
"On calling upon Mr.. Hustled, Dis
trict Attorney Of the United States a
Raleigh, to have prosecutions enteret
against Woodfin, Johnson and West
fall, learned from him that he ha,
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