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N E W B E R N, January 7. In the A S S E M B L Y, Dectmltr 18, 1773. The Bill, for eflabliftiing Supciior Courts in tins Province, was read the third time, pti/Ied, and lent up to the Council; on which they lent down to the Houfe the following MelFage. A/r. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the ^Jfemhlj, “ Ti'is Houfe upon the third reading of the Bill for eftablilhing a Superior Court, arc much concern ed that the amendments they inferted upon the fc- cond reading of that Bill are not nppoved by your Houfe. Tl.ey now acejuaint you, that they mud Itill adhere to thofc Amendments, and defire with Can dour and Moderation to jullify their Cond itl by fuch Reafons as they truft will be fatiifaflory to the good People cf this Province. “ Your houfe are requcllcd to rail to MinJ, that an Aft for tflablihiing Supcrioi Couits, containing the fume Claufes now iulilled upon relative to At tachments, and limiting liie fuiifJidtioii of the Sa- pnicr Court', palled hill Stllion of Alfeinbly, with a ropj i.dii.g Cl.tufe. and vvas tranf.uiiud i y liis LIx- cf !!i-r.cy tiie VjCvcj.ioi 10 n.i f,y i^r ins Alient. Your M'ufe has this Seliion been fully in- foimed cf his Majedy’s Difalli wance of that Aft; a Dilr.ilowance exprclsly grounded up^^n tiiole very Claufes for which you now fo caineitly erntend. Under thefe Circumdaiices, we cenfefs curfelvis at a Lois to know what henilicial End or Parpofe can be anfivercd by either H..ufe perliding to puls a Bill, cemaining Claufes which the Governor has li) re cently and folemnly dt.c.iaied to us in General Af- fe.Tibiy he cannot pafs. “ 'I'he Bill, .as amended by this Iloufe, is con formable to the Plan propof-d by his Majedy, and w-e are perfuaded cont. ias ample Provihon for liic Ad- mii.illtation o'Juli.ee v.itliin il.is Province. Two legal Braaches of the Legiflaiuie thus far approve tl e Bill : but if unhappilv your Houfe fliall final'y withhold its A.Tent, ue lliall fet'O ftiJ, by lad Ex pel icrcc, that the Wretchednefs rf this Country is sot yet lialf ct n'pktc. “ The Ntceliity of a Court Law is nckmnvledg- kd by all; without one, this Province mull loon be Itferted by its inha'oitants, and an End put to ita Jame and political Lxidente. 'I’his Iloufe therc- bre are grieved to fmd (o ineftimahle a Good as the ill now cdeii to the People, rrjefted and icl'ufed by their Reprefetiiaiives, for the Sake only of a fcmpa- raiively ffiiall Advantage fuppoled to lie in a Mode of prt teeriing by Attatlinicnts ; a Proceeding un known be ih to the common ai.d Statute Law of tli.* Mother Coiiniry, relative only to ilie private Deal ings between Suljeft and Sul jcft, and if te.'tailv ex- litignidied cannot in the remeteft Mar.mr be laid to / “ Whh Rcj^.atd lo iht* Section granting an AN lowaiice to the Chief Judice and Attorney General, 'jiis Houfe iiilcrted it btcaufe it was Pait ol the la.e Vvi ired Law ; net with a View cf niLltij 'ying tb.c Nufcf whieh at prefent fo iinforiunately divide the tlilicnnt Blanches of the Legiilaiure. Y/e ihall 'therefore not embaiT-ifs the prelent Bill by retaining ('that Seftion, but will fubmit a fuitable IVovtlion /for thofe Ofiicers to ihe Equity and Ji'llice of the General Aliembly. Bet this Hot fe eannoi cunfent to a Repeal of the Fee Bill pafiA; in ly.pA liH an equally lure and permanent Allowance is othervvife provided for the Chief Judice. “ Such are the Teims upem which akne this Iloufe can confent to pafs the important Bill now before them ; and if acceded to by your Houle, ihe Alterations will be made in the •Prertnee of fuch of your Members which you will be pleab.d to fend for that Purpofe.” T'he lionjt, in Aijiver to tie faid Mfi?e, returned the follo'^uing : Geniltmcn cf his Majefy's lloncutalde CouMe ii , I N anfwer to your inellage of the i8th indanf, upon the third reading in your Imuleof the bill leir edablilhing a fuj.erior court, Ac. this houfe, ever attentive to the faithful dil,.h..rge; ( f tli'j impor tant trud re I o fed in tlwni by the inhabitants of this province, have in tlie ct luluft of every public mea- i'ure, whicli during this I'elfiori hath been fubjcctid to our deliberations, had in view the intend and haj.'piiufs of our corllituentr, as the ^'rand obieft that oucht to govern all our detcrnmialu ns. Aji- pointed"by llic peopb; to wi tdi over their ligl’ts and privileges, and to guaid tin in from every encroach- incut of a private .niid p.ul'die nature, it becomes our r'utv, ami will be our coullaiit endeavour, to pre- ferv'e lluin fecure and inviolate to the picfent age, and to trauf.nit iheiii unimpaired lo pollciity. We liave given to the i ill, lor tdablifiiing a fnperior court, the attention it merits; and without fullering private intered, pallion, cr preiiuliee, to intrude llicmhlvcs upon 01:1 enquiries; toiiieious Iroin our l.ate mclai.-.holy e.x, ericnce, cf the unhappy confe- qucnccs that attend the exiinguifhment of the civil and criminal juiifdiction in the [ rovincc. Y e diead the contir.i'.ance cf the calar.iit; , and lubmit dill to fliftrr, only to avoiu a greater luitfortun.e. ^VL• look back upon pall grievance.', wi’lu.ut reproaching our- felvti tor being the caufe cf them j lir an impartial world will do us the judice to cwn that we contend icr nothing mere than vil.at we have, till lately, cn- -'r P','7 " ' 1,1, . joyed, in cfrr.m'm with the red of bis Malc.dy’s lubjefts in A.mciic.i. 'i'hc right of ti nign attachments is cxcrrifc'd by our filler colonies, with eu ry latitude requKi 1’ ir pio.note their conii.n lei.ii i lU'icd, and t'.) ie.u.e i ; property ol tlicir iiil to'.it i,iis. it is a rignt ciibiiti.i! to ever)' well regulated Ijlivin o.‘ police, niio' is a f’- curity ind parable from tialhc. In a pn.vince fitu- ated as this is, where trade is the vital piiii ciplc of its conditution, every circuindance that places us on a more unfavourable footing than our neighbours is to enrich them at our cxpence, and build the increafe cf their trade upon the ruin of our own. You arc well aware that we need but k.ok to the C'.donies next adjoining us to difeover the invidious didinfti- on, and to find caule to regr-1, liiu with equal merit, we have been lefs the favourites of govcrnr.r-nu \Vc arc fully feidible that the application to his M.sjedy, that an aft palfed at tie lall lilli.in rd' .J- I’emblv, Idr cdablifniiig fu['e)ior and iiileri r c.oims in this province, with a furpend.ng claule till his Majedy’s pleafure was known, Vvitli ci'U right of at tachment referved to this provinctf in its tiue ext.-ut, has failed to obtii'n Iris M.ijelly’s coucunci.i'e. Wo- l.ainrnt the ill fuccefs of oiu '..•'•Lavonrs; but lliil ri.4t.Ci UUir.'j .t j .n.ii. 4,ur f)Vc7cigri h nut incxoi and that he will ever lend an ear to the juil coin- plainis of his faithl'ul fubjefts. To defpair of ob taining redrefs from the grievances we now c >mplain ol, would be to impeach the judice of tin Biitilli go- veriiment, and to dilliud the virtues of our King and fatlier. 'I'o fit paiiently down in an bumble ac- quicfccncc under this denial of a fccurity by attaeli- inent, would render us unworthy hi.s royaliiuerpoli- tion ; It would be an iinplieil relignaiion of the rights cf fuhjeCts, and a violation of the duty we owe to him as the proteftor of them. We fliall in the mod humble manner, a idrefs his Mij.lly upon this inte.-eding ocralicn ; and doubt n^'t but ih.it )ou, equally zealous for th-e happinefsof this colony, will heartily concur with us in a ineafure that pro- miles the greated pr ibability of being accomraiiitd vvitli fuecefr, aitlnmgh your opinions are dilferent from what tliis houfe maintain. We fliall be li.ipoy to fi.ad th.it no palli-n, nor priiate motives, iniiu- ence yt ur confuhnticns; but thtit with candour and moderation you puifuc the fame objeft, tho’ by dif- feret.t means. We dcitbt rot but that in altering the hill for a fopc-rior court, &c. a mod faithful and drift attciui- cn has been paid to the plan pitspofed by his Majedy to his Governor; hut this houfe, the mod import.vuC branch of the Icgilkiture, cannot conceive that the attachment claule, as propofeJ by the Council, give a remedy equal to the evils they are intended to obvi ate. 'I'lie limits within which an attachment fo rcdraiiied can only operate, are too contined no ren- __.,h-r that^procefs beneficial ; the Path_p;.efcribed as a tainalile by every one who is not a llranger to the pl'.aiing influence cf truth, and horror cf peiju- ly. '1 o fwear that a man abfeonds C'J avoid pay- iiicnt of his debt, is to pry into the feciet inoieinenis r.'i the human licart, and to alfumea province not flioit if infpiiaticn. That you approve the bill is by no means obligatory upon cur alient; and whatever may enfue Ircm tliis difft/rence of opinion, it will not be difficult to decide wlictiicr the c.damity is to be charged rm this houfe, contending for a right which ih'j inhabitants of this province have for a long time e.xeieificd beneficially, cr to ihofe who urge :,n innovation in the conditution of this province, w hich iirud deprive its iniiabitaiiis cf what it has I'o long ei'ioied unimpcachcd. '1 his lioulc, for themfcivcs and their conflituents, heaitily acknosvledge the necellity of court I.nvs ; .and vvithcu'. anticipating the lurrersofa deferticn of the if.hafiitants of this colony, and the cxtii.giiifli- inrnt of its name and pol.iical exidcncc, tie;)' tx- peiici'.ce in the prefenr uidiappy date of this proi ince fufiicient to induce them to wilh a change upon legal confii ufienal principdes. 'Ihe rules of tight at..! V,ong, the liiniis ol tlie prerogative of the crown, and ( I the piivilcges of the people, aic in the pre- Ltu refined age well known and afeertained : To ex. eied liilier of them is highly ur jiiflifiablc. \\ i to the attachtrent law, as formerly enjoyed I'y u.s, as Ii'ihII an advantage compared with that of having ti urt laws as you contend it is, the right vve poflfts to that is iqutil to the tight to a more importatit ob- j'.'ft. In the frnailed, it is bartering the rights of a would be the lame crime, aggravaicdonly by ita ctr- tiimdanccs. We obferve, with furprize, that a doctrine maintained by a former Houfe of AflVmbly, is now tidopicd by you ; and that you dilclofe as your opinion, th.it attachments are not known to the cenirnon i r ilaiute laws of England. W'hat then eiid goveniinerit tender to this people, in lieu of their former mode, when it prcfleied to the lad affeinbly A Moot OK A r '1 A C H M t N T A C, R. t C A C L E TO T H E L A W S O 1- li N C L A N 1). This lioule, upon all occ.-’fions, will avow the m’cellity.of attaeliinents, in the manner we lately enjoyed it, in point of expedience as well as right, and viewed upon the fcale ct relation to the piivatc dealings between iubj/dt and lubjtft, it lus every advantage that can be rtafoi-ably fought, as the trade of this colony anil its neighbours is princip.dly confined to that private mutual ii.tcrtourfe which you mentior. With rtlpcft to the allowance to the Chief Juflii.e ' ^ ' 4. t an. I A-tor-. y.Gancril, i;.fAtv 1 by y-j . in i';. 1,;,, C'.iiitit...'Ujr, ..,ri i -f'.-i,, I t , n y. air iuv.i.igc*, 'we a.i.,.‘'ir, in..* it a il.a ii.,il'.»ob{.-o 1,^^. viivgc of rn pvjpl , ;u 1 ...} t.h.ir ivpi., i tu mvi... a it-Ci ni e 1 tin.-ji ow.'. *,i ,,11., !i.- mt i*>j- li.i-'t'-f the Coii.i', .), with 1.; o.'r t j i'li'itii > .tj-.j;. is an J.iin 1 g'.iifiit U|>.)n f>. : ■ gv's tl, p op. , a.-.,! ..ii op.n , i,.a4,ci .'.I 1,4 a .o.i-.lriii:..at.); p mtiii.j oox C4,i,ituu(i.m. ociill.r v "ifi t!:. inig,ri l ui i.; t -'i,li ft il chui'fter, .in l 'k-tiroi;. r j‘pro/i tv t.ic t’.v,i'j to whom "toverainenf iiriy t!n.,ik nt loiot.u'^ tu-t (f-ntit- rnent, in a 111 inner w.ji i.iy ilie ou.-ii. ui; of nun of integriry tiiid eminence'^we c,.ii.\iv' • ti’c ;,i,' f.ir rei>u- l.itiiig the lues of tho 'J“fl:fi Ja....e, to oe a m ..h.'^of provilio.i not adauted i., t''c mubi.Kei oi ;!;.i T-.ru- vinee, q.- to the digniry v fthit 'idi.e. A .h 'und'.n c tiiHMi tile pifcarious iitia'-:'.i'' or dimnaiii',;] m ) ;j|, and tlie ti.icrr: a ity whicli alt',-.. 1 th ■ collefticn of th.j fees accri'ing fV.an t'l-n, tijiv an iiu. .iu nien : which thir. Ivi.ii'-- aie , I, ohvi.it ■. .lad wIkm his .M lii’.hy ifie.d '>le • 1 t , .t in .in-[l,f j,, j pj,.. log good lu'h ivia'i,--, w • 'fti! fii.'i.- the nt iir n.iL.'ec 'p.i- til it ie icr Inca a.I a g lilnm.'!. li c.h i.i ,n;- in ,n ,ii'd piau'-'gle ; and ,11 ;',.i e a ;un il l.il.iry to ibcli ofiaecf, ti: It will a . iim •i;-t j tiie :;,>p . t.ifa ■ni. Ill the ni-'.i. ti.nc,^ t.i,. !;■ 4 !e w:.i, .’y a te.np r.i.-y i.i.,-, ni;ik.o Ih.h piMvi l >n Ihr t'.- i h' 1 Jiilii;..- yft.ori i- ludgec. a.i.: A:iv.a.,_Cio ..I, ... I.,..;; oc iui.abk i: tl.. . this ]>i Oiiii,.. . 'I'.iclc arc tli.e inutives vvliidi li ive rule.l the coudn-.i of this ho'i!;;. 'I'liey are liibiiiilied to you .as eircum- ft inces which, it they do not imloce y./U to alter yoiif deteri'.iiiiatioiis, will to y.iu and tlie vvoild a.rord the fiilh'lf convierlon, that we are linceie and detcr- minrd in ‘.he luealitres we have adopted; .aiaf ihit vve are curi'vinctd, tint we ciiiinet in thv f.iiall-ft dvrree (Icpirt from them, without a breach of fait.i to the public, aii'l wiiliont debifiiig our hgillafive tirarachr. Of c.mrle we c'lmi'jt coiillat tj the alterali.ms you pio- pol'e in the bill. JOHN ILAl-lVEYh Speaker. 7'o tbe FRCEIIOLDERS ^ Crave." County. Gen'lemrn, E fend for your perufil, the Affembly’s re- y ply to the Governor’s fj eech, and anfwer t'>. the Council’s m-fihge riTjiefting conit laws, W'lierei.T the reafons for not adniitiing any material alterations in thofe laws are cxprtflld, and will per haps meet yoiir approbati.^'n. Your advice to direrl out future conduft on this moll imporiant fubj^Ct, will be highly agreeable. With .an account of the principal bills prepared in the vVifembly, and prevented from pafliog into l aws by .a prorogation, wc fend lifls ol hallanccs due tiMiii the Slieriffi of the Southern diiliiitt, as they fland dated in the Treafurers books for ilic year 1772, exclufive of all other arrears for public and paiilh taxes; the Northern Treafurer not coming to liie .Afl'embly, has prevented fending tlie baiiaiitcs lrom_tf^fjl«arter. ^ ...J .. onr lait eleftion, accept the tribute of cur grateful th.u.ks; and be affured, Geriilemen, that to merit a continuance of th >fe favours, by obfvrving your dirtcliuns, and flriilUy adhe.iring to the rights and libci-cies of the province in general, and of this coun ty ill particular, fhall be our con..ant care. Ne-ivLrn, "Jan. 3, \ LE.MUEL HATCH, 1774. 3 JAMES COOR. A.ii ,\cc.)unt of the pi incip.il Bills jsrepared in the Ir.fl .Aficmbly, and prcventeil from palling into Laws by a prorogation. A Bill for eflablifliing fix Superior ('ourts. A h 11 f-ir dhibliliuug Inferior Courts. A B ll for eltablilliiiig tiicnnial Afieniblies. A Bill to prevent counterfeiting in uiiy. A f ill to prevent liiinliiig by li t light. A Idll to (irevcnt liorl'e Iteuling. A Bill toprevei’.t inaliftous and li ivofi.’us profcculions. A Bill to prevent the wiiliill killing b ois. A Bill to prevent liivriii, c ilhiiing iiuoiveiit ta.xahles. A Bill to continiie the nve pinmd act. A Bill to coiitinin. the vcliry aft. A Bill to coi.tiiuie the niiliti:i :i',t. A Bill to diieoiuinue tiie one lliiiiinj tax. A Lid of bailancc.s due fi'oin tlie Sheriffi in tb.c Sou thern L'llliift fur tlie ear 1-7?, cxeliili.e cl ail other aneais for Bublic and I'aiilli J axe,. Jh iinl’wiek County, - - 10 s umbv! h’liii Count-t-, - - 5'ft i 6 J5 T f lb,. Cc.i.it), ; o.S •i -9 ViTinrf.'it! t'ollnty, 1 .>J iS! 4 jvlvel'.lenbuigh County, - - 61c 1 6 a ('■n .ow Cciinty, 2“’7 iS 4 I'iit Count)-, 3 4 S'lriy I 'ou.iry, 4;> 3 4 'J'lyun (.’oiinty, s-s C> it W'akc County, 47-^ > i li Rowan Connrv, 3 36+ 1 I X Craven Ccu.i'.y, M ftS J I s /. SiCJ ' 4.1 On Satuvd vy fiifl was i". iri i-d here, L.'XNCT I OT (iKA v'.B l5i'.i\lv^', r. b; I'ei'i ti r ct tins J^. 11, an I c.ily Son cf the late Hon. Oiiarli:s B' RRV, id-v, ( liief liiliice of tlii rrovir.cc, to \2ils tb\Ll.V t'J'i - ];.'l>RjDC;K, evdy H.mgiitei ol the i.ite L'apt. Ift- rr*- (11,nor, ef this Town; 'em It ’.iini I'le young Lsny, ot gnat good Nature, an i ple HHv; Ali'il'inty ; wlio'c liappy Li(|)jfiiiim an.i Kijuaniniity of '1 cnniei' will evvv b:if out thole-hide h.illles of In.ini.tii.h: lliat to-o oti-en bi.-d. iii upon, and i.;:eirii]it H -ni... ...n r'ehc.ty.
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