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Since October, 1863, though I was born and raised in the county, and lived here until I was of age; have been a voter in Princess Anne district for two years; resided in 1865 in Princess Anne district. 2d. To the second, I did so apply, was notified of no charge, confronted with. no witness, took the oath; after I had taken the oath the first question asked me was which I had voted for Mr. Crisfield or Mr. Henry, at the time they ran for Con- gress; I said I was not. in the State at all at the election; I was then asked how long I had been in the State, I answered since October, 1863, and had resided in Princess Anne; there may have been other questions which I don't recollect, but, none created any difficulty until I was asked which party I sympathized with or which party I would rather have won the battle of Bull's Run? My answer was that I had no desire to see any battle, Bull Run or any vvhere else, that my whole efforts bad been and whole desire was that the difficulty between the North and South should have been settled on the Crittenden compromise or some such similar arrangement; the examining officer of Regisration after hesitating .some time over my answer, but putting no other question, told me that that would do; I found some time later my name not on the published list of qualified voters; when they sat here for review of cases, I called upon them and stated that I was not registered, as a voter, and. asked, if there was really any testi- mony before them in my case that would, disqualify me as a voter under the law and Constitution of the State; the answer was Mr. Duer had appeared against me; I then asked if I was not entitled to have been present when they were exam- ining evidence, the tendency of wliich was to disqualify me as a voter; they said I was entitled to lie present; I asked if it was yet too late to have Mr. Duer bofore them so that I could ask him some questions in my case, they assented to it and I hunted up Mr. Duer, when to my astonishment Mr. Duer stated that he had never been summond before them nor given any testimony in my case; that he recollected that Mr. Levin P. Hayman had once asked him if there were not a good many voters who would not apply for registration, and he stated he thought there wore and gave my name to him as one that he thought would not apply; I asked Mr. Hayman, (the same one,) how it happened that Mr. Duer was placed as having given testimony upon which I was dis- qualified, when he really had given no such testimony; Mr. Hayman answered that if I would recollect that one of the hoard had been taken suddenly sick and that another had "been seriously injured, so that they had to pass over one of the regular registration days, and he thought that some con- fusion arising from these circumstances had occasioned it; he |
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
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