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Tarborough, Edgecombe County, JV. L Saturday, Januaty 13, 1811.
Ffcl. XX JYb. 9.
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Br 1 eohge Howard. Jr.
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THK DEMOCRATS RHUUKK.
You stoop to conquer! cursed the thought
The lip that spoke the hand that peund it
Our country never shall be bought.
Nor conquered, while we can defend iti
A braves the storm the mountain rock.
As cleaves the clou I the eagle's pinion.
We'll meet oppression's battle shock.
And triumph o'er corruption's minion.
Vou utoop to conquer!" Who are you!
That from your mountain height descending,
Break fashion's cobweb harriers through.
And with the sons of freemen blending.
Wiih golden bribe and treacherous s itiles,
Now the vile seeds of rank pollution,
And with your reptile slime defile.
The temple of our Constitution!
Vou stoop to conquer" stoop from what.
High pinnacles r lofty stations!
What proud preeminence is that,
Whence ye descend lo conquer nations!
Poor nurslings of the Federal stye.
Fed on the husks of aristocracy,
ye quail in fear, beneath the eye,
t)t nature's true and tried democracy.
You stoop to conquer whom! the free
Inheritors of glory's banner.
Who never yet nave bow'd the knee.
Nor sung oppression's loud hosauuah
Chiliien of sires whose valor tore
From tyrant brows the diadem.
And in the march of nations bore
The first proud trophy won from them!
We stoop to conquer," may the name
' Of him who bore that banner, linger
Foicver on the roll ot shame,
A mark for scorns unmoving finger!
May they who hailed that banner wiien
Its dark folds to the air were given,
Traitors alike to (iod and men,
From freedom's home iu scorn be driven!
Back to your dens, poor drivelling fools
Born in corruption's darkest regions,
Fit only for the servile tools.
Of tyranny's accursed legions,
The hearts of fremen while they keep them
Watch o'er the rights their sires bequeath
them
Shall blast with curses, loud and deep.
The words you've breath'd & lips that breath d
them.
H.B.
HROTHER JONATHAN AND HIS
SONS.
Once upon a time there lived, we need
not tell where, a uch, pioud, saucy, indus
trious, fat old gentleman, named John
Hull a manufacturer by trade, who in the
course of time accumulated such a stock of
dry goods, haberdashery, cutlery, crocke
ry and hardware, that he w s obliged to
send his sons abroad as supercargoes to all
pjits of the world, in order to get cle-r of.
hi9 surplus manutactures. aome wpmi u
North America, some to ihe West Indies,
some to Sou'h An. erica, some to the East
Indies, some lo China, i and some to every
hole and corner that could be found on the!
face of ihe whole earth, but as far as we
have learnt, none of them wenl into Capt
Symmes' great aperture at the north pole,
although it wnuhJUeem that greal exertions
have been a long lime making by John to
find it.
Among thrsesons there was a chap na
med Jonathan, who by way of familiarity
wn commonly called by iherest of the fam
ily, 'brother Jonathan ? He was one of
your clever, lank, shrewd, cute, calculating
lads, that had a great turn for money ma
king He was also industrious, and like
his father, a brave, enternrisiuir fellow.
and having a sort of univeis.l genius that
qualified him for a diversity of pursuits, he
wm equally capable of ploughing ihe laud
or sea, of fighting against difficulties or
against Indians, and of making notions or
long speeches. He was in fact a sort of
mixture of farmer, merchant, sailor, chris
tian, soldier, mechanic and politician and
was accordingly filled for a country w here
there was room for the exercise of all thee
occupations. Upon looking about him for
a snot to settle on, he found one ex-
aetly suited to his mind, situated on
the west side of a wide river opposite to the
residence of his father. It wasawild un-
cultivated territory, never inhabited but by
savages and wild beasts, covered with
woods, but possessing an excellent soil and
a pretty salubrious climate. This territory
was said to belong to his fa'. her, and not to
the savages who occupied it, because some
of his father's servants having landed upon
certain points, the old man insisted upon it;
that ihe very act of landii.g made it his, be
cause the people who pretended to own it,
weieof a copper color, and not white.
Without undertaking, however, lo settle
ihe right of ownership. Jonalhm entered
on the premises as a tenant of his father.
aml having cleared a considerable body of
the land, began to build houses and boats,
plant orchards, raise cattle, and provide
himself with a good sh re of comforts but
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16 W3S n' P'Prous as he might have
heen- vV,,,S lo a "pnnon whwh the old
man ha I taken into his head, th it it was
not g iod for Jonathan to deal wiih am
body but himself Accordingly, when
Jonathan had any thing to sell, he was obli
ged to sell it to his father, and when he
wanted any thing he was obliged to buy it
of his father, although there were in his
j neighborhood a number of Frenchmen,
Spaniards and others who were willing to
give him much better oargains. Howev
er. Jonathan submitted lo ibis, because he
could not help it, and as he thought it was
taking an unfair advantage of him, he de
termined, as sjoii as his family should be
come large and strong enough, not only I"
insist upon the tight of trading with whom
he pleased, hut even to take hi- father's
land away from him. lo the mean time he
said nothing about it. but went on in hi
us.ial industrious way, ploug' ing, mT- !
chandizii'g, navigating, nreaehion. h lr in -i
inventing, and talking politics, and with
all, increasing and multiplying both in
wealth and children.
At length his descendants became nume
rous. He had thirteen sons, to each of
hom he gave a valuable plantation, some
differing from others in the quality of ihe
articles which they were capable of produ
cing. Some produced In in d. r for exporta
lion and timber for ship building, others
again were best adapted fir raising wheat.
r e, ami corn. S one were fitted only for
tobacco, and others for nothing but rice or
cotton. But the who e together raised an
excellent assortment of products, not onlv
rendering interchanges among-l the diffr
enl members of the family exceedingly
profitable and advantageous, but adapting
them admirably for a tree trade with all
the world. A sense of the importance of
h iving their hands loosened from the cords
twisted aiound them by the old man, ad
ded to sundry grievances which will be
found detailed in a document issued on the
4th of July, 1776. finally induced Jonathan
to quarrel with his parent, to deny his au
thority, and to declare that he intended to
set up for himself. This prisumptuous
language the old gentleman did not like,
and by way of punishment for what he cal
led Jonathan's rebellion, he ordered his
servants, wherever they could catch any ot
Jonathan's boats on the river to seize them,
with every thing ihey had on board. This
seizure of his rice, tobacco, flour, potatoes,
onions and pine coffins, in all which com
modities Jonathan vas a cousidetable tra
der, he did not relish, and he soon made up
his mind, that, if the old man continued to
plunder him, h-'d plunder the old man.
So at it they went, trving who could do
ihe other th most harm for about seven
lyears, when John, romingto his sober sen-
ses concluded thai as Jonathan was a chip
of ihe old block, and might be a much more
profit ible customer than he was an enemy,
agreed to settle the dispute, and Jonathan
was allowed to have a fee simple in the es
tate he occupied, and to buy cheap and sell
dear of and to whom he pleased.
The settlement, howt-ver. with the old
gentleman, did not terminate Jonathan's
troubles. His thirteen sons now beginning
to wax in strength, and having large fami
lies about them, had interests somewhat
distinct from each other, and each was de
sirous of preserving his own, as far as that
could be accomplished, consistently with
the rights of the rest. They accordingly
held a meeting to deliberate on the subject,
and there entered into a written agiee
ment, expressly dt fining certain powers,
which .hey were willing should be exerci
sed for the general good, by tlv ir common
parent, who was allowed to choose as a
special agent, for superintending the gene
ral concerns of the family, one of their rel
atives well known to them all, by the name
jof "Uncle Sam." They then returned
home to ther respective farms, and repo
sing under the fullest confidence, that the
compact which had been mutually entered
into, was calculated to preserve their jusi
rights, they fell to work, each one in his
own way, endeavoring by the exercise ol
industry, enterprize and economy, to ren
der himself comfortable the world.
Soon after this p- riod, the old man.
John, who was constantly quarrelling with
a Frenchman in his viciniiy, contrived to
-set ihe whole neighborhood on ine east
side of the river at loggermads, ihe conse-
quence of which was, that those ol Jona
Mian's ons who carried on boat building,
and grain growing, mat'e great profits on
commerce, ihev being employed to carry
Ihe produce of some of the parlies in thi
strife, from one farm lo another, whilst the
owners were rutting one another's thoais
and there being besides a considerable de
mand for flour and salted provisions, to
supply the men employed by the combat
ants to fight for them. The prosperity
therefore of this portion of the family, was
greater than that of the others," owing to
the greater demand there was for the pro
ducts of their particular industry at that
moment. Now and then, it is true, these
members of the family experienced sul
misfortunes. John would sometimes seize
their property, and roi. fixate ' alleging
that it belonged to his enemies, or that it
was contraband, or that Jonathan had no
right to trade with the people that were at
outs with their neighbors Others of the
parties who were quarreling with John,
and particularly the aforesaid Frenchman,
finding that Jonathan was a peaceable sort
of a fellow, imitated John in his injustice,
and laid hold upon Jonathan's boats ami
cargoes wherever they could be found,
plundering some, sinking others, and burn
ing others. To all these aggressions Jona
th tn for a long time submitted, until find
ing that he must absolutely take sides in
the general quarrel, and no longer remain
neutral, he at length resolved to take up
the cudgels, but he was for a time confoun
dedly puzzled which sidelo choose. -Both
he Frenchman and his father had done
him serious injury, but as he could only
fight one at a time, he thought it prudent
to attack the old man first, because, in ad
i! ion to spoliations upon his propertv,
John h id been in the practice of impressing
Jonathan's grandsons, and compelling
them to fight his battles. Accordingly,
upon a consultation with his sons, who by
this time had increased in number to sev
enteen, the opinion of each was taken upon
the propriety of a blow up with the old
gentleman. Some were in favor of it, and
"ome against it. Some said, thai the fa mi
ly pioperly had been unjustly plundered,
others that the family' honor had been in
sulted. Some said that the rights of the
family had been trampled upon, and some
said that it was immoral and irreligious to
fight. Amongst the sons, however, who
were most strenuous in favor of fighting
ihe old gentleman, upon the ground that
the honor of the family had been stained.
were those wno cultivated tobacco, rice,
and cotton. Their trade was almost en
lirel) carried on with John, but as they
considered that the honor of the family was
to be regarded'm preference to their pn
vale interests, they made no hesitation in
making a sacrifice which they considered
to be demanded for the good of all. The
rupture was finally determined upon, and
on the 18th of June, 1812, it was announ
ced by Jonathan, that the family mul pre
pare for another round with the old gentle
man, in support of Free Trade and Sail
ors' Rights.0
VV shall not trouble the reader with
detail of the circumstances connected with
this second quarrel between the lather and
the son. Suffice it to say, that irany
bloody noses and black eyes were received
on both sides, that many a brave & gallant
fellow was laid low, and alter ihe termina
tion of the dispute in less than three years,
the parlies were much poorer in purse
'than when they began, and besides a good
ideal more in debt. Jonathan, however,
thought he got the worth of his money in
glory, and that il was very certain that his
sons displayed more skilll in the manage
ment of boats, than enher John or Jonathan
himself before, tho't they possessed.
But ihe effects of this quarrel did not ter
minate with the shaking of hands between
ihe parties. Seeds were sown during its
continuance for a domestic misunderstan
ding between the diff rent branches of the
fimilv which even at the present day have
not quite ripened into fruit, and which, it is
apprehended by many, may have a tenden
cy 10 weaken those bontls of fraternity
which if permanently maintained, must
ever render Jonathan a powerful and influ
ential man amongst his neighbors. These
seeds were sown in the following manner.
During ihe continuance of the quarrel, all
commercial intercourse between the par
ties was suspended, and as Jonathan had
been in the habit of buying of hi father a
arrxt nart of his clothim. iron, hardware, i
and sundry other commodities, in exchange
for his various productionsof agriculture, he
suffered some inconvenience iiom this in
leiruption. The prices of many of those ar
ticles rose twenty, fifty, and an hundred
p'-r cent, and this high price induced some
of Jonathan's i-ons, who had b.en before
engaged in boating and in trading with the
man, to undertake to manufacture them at
home. Now, as this home manufacture
could only be profitable so long as the pri
ces continued very high, it so happened
that alter the dispute was terminated be
tween John and Jonathan, and prices were
likely to fall again to the old rates, owing
to the restoration of trade across the river,
ihe sons of the latter, who had converted
their property into buildings, and machine
ry, cried out, they should be ruined unless
Jonathan wonld prohibit the introduction
from abroad, of all articles similar to those
manufactured by them. To this proposi
tion, ihe tobacco, rice and cotton growers,
and boat owners, all objected, upon the
ground that it was betler for the family
as a whole, that a few individuals who had
risked their property in a speculative en
terprise, should lose it, than the whole fam
ily should impose upon themselves for ev-
er the necessity of paying double price for
their clothing & other necessaries. To this
it was replied, that the motives which in
duced these otifortunale individuals to em-;
bark in manufactures, were purely frater
nal, that they had rendered services to the
family in time of need, by enabling iht m to
procure clothing which otherwise they
would have had to do without, and thai
something wa? due to them on this score at
least as an act of generosity. This argu
ment had its weight with many of thoe
wno had opposed the claims of the maim
facturers; & in ihe year 18t 6, an agreement
was entered into by which certain articles
should be prohibited under the penalty of
paying high dunes, in order th at those who
h id aiie.niy invested their capitals in build
ings and machinery, or had bought out
those who had heen already ruined, might
be able to carry on a profitable business a
ttie expense of the rest of th family. It
was. however, understood pretty getter I-
ly, that tins prohibitory policy was not to
be extended any further, and this console
lalion reconciled it to many who would not
otherwise have acceded lo it.
Alter the lape, however, of a few years
it was discovered, that the relief afforded
lo the manuf .cluiers, who had laid oit then
capitals dining the aforesaid quarrel, indu
ced hundreds of others to embark in similar j
invttmeuis, and that what with a fall in
the price of raw materials, a change from
paper money lo coin, and above all, gn at
improvements in labor saving machinery .
so great a fall had taken place in the price
ol many articles, that notwithstanding the
nigh dunes, John could afford to send his
manufactures acioss the river, pay the
boat hire, and all other expenses, and sell
them cheaper than they could be made b
Jonathan's s jus. I his, John was enabled
to do, on account of his superior wealth,
which enabled him to lend capital at three
per ceat. per annum, whilst Jonathan could
not supply his family at less than six, and
also on account of the lownes of the wa
ges at which he could gel his work done,
whilst Jonathan had to pay nearly double
ptice, because most of his sons and grand
sons, being a pirited set of fellows preler-
led lo lead the life of independent farmeis,
relymg lor their bread upon Heaven and
their own labor iu ihe most manly and hon
orable pursuits, lather than be cooped up
in a confined apartment, injurious to health
and in i a Is, and to be dependent lor their
daily food upon the arbitiar) will of a mas
ter. We say, that on these accounts John
was able to sell goods cheaper than Jona
than could make them at home, and the
consequence was, that Jonathan's sons,
who were thus undersold, applied to their
father to extend the prohibition against
John a fabrics still tbi titer, lielore stgiee
ing to this, however, Jonathan consulted
wnh his other sous. The cotton, rice, & to
baceo growers, I lie boat owners, & thetra
dei s, opposed the project as they had done
beloie. 1 he) urged tnat the leisons assign
ed in 1M6, kr special lavouis lo the man
ufactures who hai tendeied services when
ihe family was in trouble no longer exist
ed, or were not applicable lo those who
had embarked in late enterprises; and that
any further prohibition, intended to n.ie
the pi ices ol manufactured goods, was not
oul) compelling ihem to pay dearer for the
nect ssaiies ol life, but diminishing ihe mar
ket lor Ihe only products which they could
raise to advantage; lor that if the family
wtrs to dimmish its pin chases of John
Bull, John would be obliged to diminish
his purchases of them. i hey further urg
ed, that aii) measure compelling them lo
buy dear and sell cheap, was nol only a vi
olation ol the principles of common sense,
but of one ot the vei) principns in support
ol which they had spiil their blood, and
made great sacrifices during the two quar
rels with their graudtather, and that bendes
this, it was a direct and poi'ive violation
of me spoil and letter ol the instrument
which, in the year 17b9, they had all siu-
;edas bo,lU ol their union.
l o all tins ii wasrepdud, ihat certain pol
iticians and wise-acres had lately discover
ed, tnat theie was no sort of indusu) which
could make a iialtuu rich but spinning and
weaving that noo.hr kind of industry
was domestic industiy' that the way to
grow rich, was lo buy dear and sell cheap
thai lodiviuuals w tie not as good judges
ot the best direction logive to iheir capital
ami labor as governments thai ihe way to
have an abuiioaul stippl) of elolhing, was
lo prohibit its impoi lauon ihat the more
lor.igu commerce was dtstioved, and ihe
moie a nation lived within list It, the rich-
el it would gtow that high duties were
not a tax upou consumers that the prohi
bition of loieign goods did not diminish
commerce and thai no man could pretend
to the chaiacter of a patriot, who did not'niin.is since from ti eir master. Mr. Buh-
btlievethis whole cieed. As lo the viola- rod Tavlor, of Whichever, Va. by an in
non of the terms ol the original copartner- dividual nan. ed Chailes T Torrey. Tha
ship, it was urged thai there was no viola-1 negrots were last seen in Philadelphia,
lion of the lelier or ihe spiritthat the To? ley, Ihe abductor, passes himself off at
power lo regulate tiade enibii.ces"the pow- a minister of the gospel Hal. Keg."
er to destroy it thai ihe power to promote j
ihe public good confers the right ol, build-1 (JThe Utica C onvention of Abolition
ing up one branch of industry upon the isis have denounced J. Q. Adams a ra
rums of the other two that the consaut of cieant lo th caus of human Jibariy.',
some of the cotton growers and their par-
uzans, to the prohibition of 1816. was
proof ihat there was no such violation,
and that at all events, as a majority of the
family have a right to govern, it is very
clear, that a mino'ity has no right to com
plain. 1 hese and various other arguments
were employed pro and con, and ihe result
was, that a majmity being in favor of fur
ther prohibition, an increase of duties was
in the year 1824 resolved upon. A short
time, however, produced a repetition of the
evils above described. 'I he calculation of
high prices enticed many new capitalists
imo m mufactures. New impr ovements in
machinery, and increased cheapness in the
economy of manufactures, enabled John
Bull to regain ihe ground lost by the new
duties. Fresh supplies were sent across
the river. Jonathan's spinners and weav
ers made a fresh outcry. They insisted
ihat John would fill the country with his
manufactures, even though there was noth
ing he would lake in payment for them,
unle.-s he was shut out entirely, and that
it was bad policy to have the goods of for
eigner brought into the country, even if
they could be bought for next lo nothing.
Thi latter argument did not appear to be
so clear to some of Jonathan's family who
were occupied in farming. They had ta
ken it into their heads, that if the effect of
increased duties was lo oblige ihem lo give
two b.urels ol flour for a coat, which with
out such duties they could buy for one, it
was iojuiious to ihem to increase the duties,
and they therefore demurred against the
extension of the prohibitory system.
Their objections, however, were soon re
moved, by an ingenious expedient, which
was to persuade ihem, thai if hih duties
made ihem pay two prices for a coat, they
could gel two prices lor their wool, and
th d therefore ihe system would not ope
rate against them at all. This specious
doctrine accomplished the desired end, and
the whole sheep-rai-ing body of the family
became convinced that tt vas good policy
to buy dear clothes for themselves and fam
ilies. By this means a majority of Jona
than's sons was secured in favor of a fur
ther shutting out of John BulTj cheap
goods from their market, and the minority
finding tnat they could not prevent this
mischievous pioceediu, put their la-id
together, to see if- they could not devise
somemotleof div iding the majority, and
making them quarrel amongst themselves.
They knew ihat some of their brethren
were amazingly fond of molasses, and that
they cairied on a powerful trade with the
U est Indies in lumber, fih, and notions,
which they exchanged for that article,
partly lo be eaten with their hasty pud
ding, and partly lo be distilled into Jamaica
i urn.
It was therefore foreseen that if an addi
tional duty upon molasses could be also
made to appear as advisable, it would have
the effect ot inducing the molasses eaters to
v ote againt ihe whole scheme. But how
was .hi lo be effected? The converting
of molasses into rum, was an advantageous
branch of mannfarture, and to impose a
high duty on ihe former, would break up
the latter. This was a dilemma but it was
soon obviated in 'he following manner. -- It
was contended by some of the parties, that
rye whiskey made out of Indian corn, was
a more wholesome and a more patriotic li
quor, than rum that just in the degree
that the distillation of rum was diminish
ed that of whiskey would be increased
and thai ev en if one man in one part of the
coun ry, as made poor, by breaking up
his business, another would be made rich,
in another pari, by this operation, and that
tin refute it would be all the same thing.
I o render, however, this measure still
more palaieable, it was agreed, that, as a
part ol Jonathan's family were sugar grow
ers, who onl) had a protection of about fif
ty or sev ntv-five per cent, and did not
reap fiom their capitals more lhan twenty
or thiity per cent, per annum, it was right,
thai they should come in for a share of tha
bent fits ot the system.
This ingenious contrivance, however,
only partly succeeded. Several similar
ones weie tried, but without effecting the
object of defeating the proposed scheme.
A lorlhei increase.of duties was resolved
upon, and although the whole project met
with the approbation of no one of the fami
ly, yet a majority ol the twenty four, the
actual number of Jonathan's sons, were
found to give it their sanction. This hap
pened early in the year 28 and since that
period theie has bien more ill nature and
dissatisfaction exhibited in Jonathan's fam-
1), thau was evei before display ed. (Ra-
gukt.
ftTSix negroes were decoyed a few