A Ca&did 1 Candidate. —A Carolinian newspaper a few years ago contained the following genuine address of-an honest gentleman who was a candidate for the office of sheriff:—" Gentlemen I offer myself as candidate for sheriff; I have been a revolutionary officer ; fought many bloody battles; suffered hunger', toil, and heat j got honorable scars, but little pay. I will tell you plainly how I shall discharge my duty, should I be so happy as to obtain a majority of your suffrage.' If writs are put into my hands against any of you, I will take y<>u if 1 can, and, unless yotf can get bail, I will deliver you over to the keeper b< the jail, 2nd. If Judgments are found against you, and executions directed to me, 1 will sell your property as the law directs without favour or affection, and if there should be any surplus money,' I will punctually remit it 3rd. If any of you should comrai a crime (which God forbid) that requires capital punishment, according to the law, I wilt hang you up by the neck til) you are dead."'
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Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 66, 30 May 1846, Page 3
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