Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-05-08
Frauds and FaIseh0Ot O.

l 1auRuISE VI
Frauds and FaIseh0Ots.
| The evidence of frauds in the late elec
ton are SO many and so glarlng that Il
| seems almost an useless task TO specify any
particular ones And we would no' relel
tn the subject again had not one b. -
| Morrill,. a man OF no envlable reputation
| who vas Chairman of one OF the Boards O.
| Registration in Brunswick county, ane
used his position to secure his election b.
fraud, attempted to cover them by false
| hoods, and our honest effort to expose
them, which is commended by all homes
men, been charged as laboring to cause
hatred between the two political parties.
In a previous article from Information
entirely reliable, we stated that this mar
Morrill, had opened the books for reg1stra
ton at his own house. and registered abou
seventy persons, previous to the 7th o.
April. the day ordered for the books to be
opened. To this charge this man replies
1.-THE Registration books We're not opened
nor a name entered, until the meeting Of
the Board on the 18th. -
We propose now to make good oul
charge that the said Morrill, was guilty Of
frand and falsehood. And we begin by
publishing the following statement from
Col JOHN D. TAYLOR, as to the confessions
of Morrill, :
WILMINGTON n c., May l, 1863.
Moj j. A, E,sgelhard
DEAR NAL In reply to yours OF Yesterday, ask-
ing for such information as L could give OF the
registration of persons at Northwest, IN n[uns
wick county, before and after the time allowed
by law submit the following statement.
nv Dublic notice the books OF Registration Tor
the three precincts of Northwest, lo"n ofeek
and T,ockWOod's Folly were opened at Town
Greek On Tuesday the 7th ult., and kept open un-
I'll saturday the 18th. At Northwest on the 9th L
Learned that B. D. Morrill, had registered certain
persons st his own house, on SATURDAY the 4t !,
and Monday the 9Th, On my way TO Lockwood S
Folly I stopped at Town Greek, on Friday the
10th. and inquired of Mr.. Morrill, the proportion
of black and white registered there. ! then
asked him the number ana Pr4 3Pmalt h OF
fore he came down. His reply was seventy
t701, of whom about thirty 800 We're whites
formed bv solomon Smith, the negro member
of the Board of Registration, that he had gone to
Morrills house with him, on Monday after the
registration at Town Creek, and registered hVe or
I expect to be able to furnish you the afidavits
of persons who were registered outside OF the
time allowed by law.
JNo. D. TAYLOR.
7 WAS present and heard the conversation be-
tween Col. Taylor and B. D. Morrill,, and certify
to the correctness Of the above statement. also
heard Solomon Smith state that he was present
with Morrill, after the time prescribed for Regis
tration, when Morrill, registered humber OF
voters at his own house. D. y. ALLEN.
To this note from Col. TAYLOR we append
the following extract from letter from
Mai. D. G.. ALLEN:
BLACK RoCK, May 1st, 1868.
DEAR Sir lean prove by numerous
witnesses that Morrill, registered voters both be
fore and after the time prescribed by law. John
Afford, living ut Bolton, registered after the time
appointed by law, together with numoer OF he,
grOes who registered at the same time. Shepard
Ellis registered after the time with number OF
others at Mr. Morrill's house. Thomas Roberts
white man, registered after the time. Any
nu Der OF witnesses can be produced to show
frauds committed by Morrill,. Among them DR..
Lucas, Bruce King, and others Will show that
Morrill, was very offcious and allowed negroes to
vote for him on the day of election at Northwest,
contrary to the consent and wishes of the inspec-
tors, requiring the Inspectors to enter the names
of the voters Oh the registration books even on
the day of the election.
Yours truly, D. G. ALLEN.
DIR. Lucas, above referred to, was one of
the poll-holders at Northwest, and became
so indignant at the dishonest conduct and
illegal authority assumed by Morrill,, that
be retired after the first day, when Morrill,
filed his place by an appointment
To these conclusive statements We ap-
pend the following affidavit (others can be
obtained), to prove the lie direct upon the
fellow, by a gentleman who did register
before the appointed day and at the house
of said Morrill,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
BRUNSWICK Co., May LIST, 1868
Personally appeared before me, D. s. COWan,
an acting Justice of Peace in and tor above writ
ten County. J. NJ. Vause, who, being duly sworn,
deposed, that he registered at the house of B. d.
Morrill,, Chairman of Board of Registrars, ir
North West District. on Monday morning, the 9th
day of April, A D. 1868, and that said Morrill, did
administer the oath of registration and enroll
my name on book kept for the purpose.
[ signed the oath and Morrill, enrolled my name
on the Book.
Witness, j. hi. VAUSE.
G. w. LEWIS.
Sworn, subscribed to, and witnessed before me
this LIST day of May, 4. D, 1868.
d. S. CowAN, J. T. CsEAL
AmOAS VIII ISSlSLt1Su dltSI Guo
five days had expired, are Messrs. Archi-
bald Rushing. J. 81. Afford and Thos. E.
of Bolton. Their afidavits can
be procured if necessary.
We have now submitted our case. We
have charged B. D. Morrill, of having pro-
cured his election by fraud, and defended
it by falsehood @. E. D.
Men who have characters to establish,
and are known only to our people by the
favor in which they are held by ignorant
and deceived negroes, cannot injure us or
benefit themselves. by upholding and de-
Tending such frauds and falsehoods.
We desire to call the attention of Col.
FRANK to this case. He can we'll signalize
his departure from our midst, by having
the frauds of Morrill, investigated, and the
culprit properly dealt with.
The Railroad Convention at Augusta.
The Railroad Convention which met at
Augusta on Friday last was very largely at
tended. President BRDGERs and Superin-
tendent FREMONT of the Wilmington &
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