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Mr.. EDIroR:-Will you suffer me
through the columns of your paper to urge
= EARNEST reqnest upon my fellow citizens
of Marshall county, to call at the Court
House, and see, from tie vouchers tha.
hold, that | am fully prepared TO balance my
accounts with the State. and that | am in no
sense a defaultei2 Since ! have been tax
collector, upwards of Fifty thousand dollars
have been collected by me and paid over in
to the Stale Treasury. | have at all times
been and am yet willing to show to any
and ali persons how | have disposed Of the
Public monies. If am indebted 10 the
Estate, why am not called to account for
| that indebtedness2 | have ever been will
ling and ready to pay to the uttermost far
thing any claim that the State has against
me. But in fact. and in truth, am not in
debted, of which fact all may be satisfied
who will examine for themselves. My re-
ceipts from the Auditor of Public Accounts.
as we'll as the Assessors books. showing
the amount received by me, can, at any
tine be seen. know that every kiLd o.
charge Is usually made against men who
are candidates for public favor, and | should
have forgotten this truth had | asked Of my
Fellow citizens responsible office, willis
the charge could be truthfwlly urged a,
gainst me that had been unfanhful to ,ht
one now fill. My Old and esteemed friend:
inMarshall, know me too well to suppose
this, and earnestly request them to ask
those who do not know me, to call and ex'
anime for themselves before they pass q
harsh Judgment. l do not blame those who
have been active in this matter. for it is Ger
lainly the privilege and duty of all to watch
the conduct of their public officers. but
do ask of them to examine the facts fol
themselves, and feel no doubt of being
ACQUITTED in the minds of all. Should they
not be satisfied after this examination. le
them then treat me as an "unfaithfu Stew
ard" JOHN r. McCARROLL.


Holly Springs. Oct IL. 1s45.