The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-10
For the Standard.
CORRUPTION, FRAUD AND DISHONESTY OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY In CURRITUCK

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY In CURRITUCk
COUNTY. R
MEssRs. ED1ToRs: Il trust that you will
give me small space in your columns to
show to the public, that theabove allegations
are true. 1t was a said by the Rebels that
North Carolina could not be reconstruc-
ted without their aid, and Consequently some
of the WORTHLESS had to be appointed to aid
in the registration in this County. Now let
us see how this class of men have acted.
In the first place, the Democratic Conserva-
tive candidate was brought before the peo-
pie by IL set of DISTINGUISHED Rebels, and
they did not fail in their Convention to give
vent to their spleen and hatred towards the
government and Union men, viz: Butfaloe's
and negroes One of the so-called children
of God, IL Methodist minister, wanted all the
Republicans hung. This very pious minis
ter, presume, thinks he might have recelv-
ed from his father-inlaw (whose daughter
he stole) one poor pitiful "nigger." We
would like to remind the Rev. gentleman OF
the words of John Wesley, the founder
of his church." American slavery is the
riest that ever saw the sun, it constitutes
the sum of all villainies."
Men buyers are exactly on level with
men-stealers" hope the Rev. so-called will
First get the beam out of thine own eye,"
and likely the Republicans will not all have
to be hung The Democratic candidate was
requested to meet the Republican candidate
at every precinct in the County, but he feared
to show his face, and like the old style, he
slipped around them through the woods
and by-paths, and if he had been elected,
we suppose he would have taken the same
course to have found Raleigh.
This County being so intercepted by
streams OF water there were two Boards OF
Registrars appointed. The southern Board
have fully discharged their duty, and every
thing passed off quietly, giving our candi-
date one hundred and fifteen (115) majority.
There was two or three would-be grept mo.
guLs on Roanoke Island and North Banks,
diT3dRchiScd, who used considerable lut1u-
ence by threats and abuse to the poor pco'
pie. 1t is quite likely these gentlemen, (who
have very huge abdomens from hugginga
man named Dummy" whose sir name is
john will want their disabilities removed,
and then we will try and remind them OF
their past conduct.
There is quite a contention in regard to
the Megal votes poled in the northern dis
trict-one of the WORTHLESS is Chairman OF
that Board. Nearly all the votes polIed are
Megai, not having the proper inscription
upon the ballot. At Indian Ridge precinct,
on the first day of the election, was written
on one ballot the name OF the candidate, and
on another ballot " No Convention" The
words Convention and Delegate" were not
inscribed as directed.
At Tull's Creek precinct, the ballots were
not written with the christian name in full,
neither were the polls forwarded to the
Board 10 be corrected, as directed i'll the Re-
construction acts of Congress.
At MOyock, the home of the rebel candl-
date, the votes were inscribed as follows:
For Constitutional Convention.
THOMAS SANDERLIN,
No Convention.
No Convention and Delegates.
This is perfect contradiction.
Again, the word No" instead of''A gainst7
! as prescribed in the Reconstruction acts do
not mean the same thing, but our worthy
! Rebel Democratic Conservative candidate
! who stood over the polls the entire days of
| the election, could not see these contradic-
| tons; we would advise him to study his
spelling book awhile longer before he leaves
tor Raleigh to frame a Constitution for the
loyal people of North Carolina.
! At Knots Island precinct, nothing but the
surname of the delegate was inscribed on
! u
ballot. The words " Convention and Dele
gate" were not inscribed as directed; the
polls here were not returned to the Board to
! be corrected; the inspections said they had
no instructions to send the polls to the Board,
and the Worthite Registrar said he had never
seen any such instructions. when they have
been published in every newspaper through
out the United States since Congress passed
the Reconstruction acts.
| At Gibbs Woods precinct, the ballots
were written" No Convention" It. Sander
lin, and the voters name under the candi-
datc;, and when the voter could not write he
would make his mark. The inspectors at
this precinct were accused of being Adolf
tionists by the Worth Conservatives, and the
voters would not allow them Gnspectorsl to
give them any instructions, saying no man
should know how they voted, yet they put
their name to every ballot. All the inteIl:-
gence and brain are in the Conservative
ranks, and of course the loyal men of North
! Carolina have not the capacity to reconstruct
| the State.
| At Currituck Courthouse, the inspector
who is a Worthte and Postmaster found
that there were thirty-nine illegal votes
poiled on the first day not having the proper
inscription, so he opened the box ard took
theretrom thirty-nine votes and put other
tnlrtv-nlne Ill. the Salu inspector was In
terrogated upon their change and after some
quibbling acknowledged the truth of the
charge, for we had the halter drawn and
there was no way to baeh. This is nothing
strange in this section, for am credibly
informed that few years ago, a gentleman
by the name of Hatfield died, and he was
carried by this precinct to the burial ground
on the day of election, and this same Demo-
cratic party would have one more vote placed
to tins gentleman, as a token of respect as
they said. SO his name was written once
more upon the poll lists. This, of course,
pardoned his sins and thy servant departs
in peace.
Now when the votes from four precincts
came to be counted by the Board, the Chair
man refused to throw out the illegal votes
There were three or four Republicans together
with our candidate who were on the alert,
and would not consent for these ballots who
counted against us, so the entire Board with
the votes will appear at Plyn outh, n c., be-
fore Col. Benzoni, for decision, if these IL
| legal votes are counted against US we intend
to refer to Gen. Candy, and continue to fight,
them. But we have no fear of I'M Justice being