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credits the cortctufions of thofe who have
fuppofid it to be by iea,;beoauic no anci
ent author has made mention of the com?
pifs :. and conclude, that it muft be
cither by the north of Afia and Europe,
which adjoin to each other, or by tho e
regions that lie to the fouthward of the
ftreijhts of Magellan. He alio rejects
the aifcrtions of inch as have advanced
that it was peopled by the Hebrews.
JohnDe Laet, a Flemiih writer, has
controverted the opinions of thefe Spa
nish fathers, and of many others who
have written on the fame fubje&. The
hypothetic he endeavours to eftablilli, is,
that America was certainly peopled by
tha Scythians or Tartars ; and that the
tranfmigration of thefe people happened
feon after the difperfion of Noah's grand
fons. He undertakes to (hew, that the
xxioft northern Ame ricans have a greater
rcfemblance, not only in the. features of
- their countenances, but alfo in their com
plexion and manner of living, to the Scy
thyans, Tartars, and Samoidcs, than to
any other nations.
In anfvrcr to Grottus, who- had auerted
thatfonse of the Norwegians paffed . into
America by way of Greenland, and over
a vail continent, he fays, that, it is well
known, that GreenlandjWasnot difcover
ed till the .year 964, arid both Gomera
and Herrcra inform us that the Chichi--rocques
were fettled orUhelake of Mexi
co in 72 r. He adds, that thefe favages,
according tr the uniform tradition of the.
Mexicans, who difpolTeireI them, came
from the country fince called New Mexi
co, and from the neighbourhood of -California
j confequentlyj North-America,
111 aft have been inhabited many age be- -fore
it could receive aayjirihabiants from ,
Norway by way .of Greenland.
It is nolefs certain, he obferves, that
the real Mexicans founded their empire
in 902, after having fubtlSed the Chichi
meques, the Ot;mia.c, and other barba
rous nations, wh had taken poffeffion of
the country round the lake of Mexico,
and each of whom fpoke a language pe
culiar to thercOlves. The real Mexi
cans arelikewife fuppofed to come from
fame of the countries that lie near Cali-ioni-a,
and that they performed their -journey.
for the rnoft part by land; ot?
courie they could net come from Nor
way. 1
De Laet fu ther add;, that though
fune of the inhabitants of North Ameri
ca may have rntered it from the north---weft,
yet, as it is reined by Pliny and
fone other writers, that on many of the
ifl--inds near the r?? fterrt Icoaft of Africa,
particularly on the Canaries, feme anci-
r
ent edifices were fcen, it is highly; Jr; ,
bable from their being now defertell, that
the inhabitants may have palled over to
America, the paiTage being neither long
nor difficult. This migration, according .
to the calculation of thofe authors, muft
have happened more than two thoufand
years ago, at a time when the Spaniards
were much troubled by. the Carthagini
ans, from whom having .obtained a know
ledge of navigation, and the conftructron
of i hips, they might hive retiree to the
Antilles, by the way of tne wefterrifles, .
whieh were exactly half-way on their
voyage. He thinks alio that Great Britain,
Ireland, and the Orcades were extremely
proper to admit of ar fimilar conjecture.
As a proof, he inferts the-followmg paf-
fage from the hiftory of Wales, written
by Dr David EoweJr in the year 1 1 yd;
1 his hiftorian fays, that Madoc, one of
the fons of-Prince Owen Gwynnith, being-
difgufted at the civit wars which
broke out between hi brothers after ths-
death of their father, fitted outj feveral
rebels, and having provided them with
every thing: neceflary for along voyage, ,
went-ia queft- of new lands' to the weft
ward of Ireland ; there he difcovcred ve
ry fertile countries, but- deftitute of in
habitants" ; when landing part of jiis'peo-'-pie
he returned to Britain, wherejhe raif-
ed new lev ies,and afterwards transported
them to hit colony. j
this Hate, on havmgthe fames condemn ce
uali have the liheity to remove ; and dff-
pofe of it wheiefoever he. p cafes.
Jin aft to prevent any pgr fin who nenv dcetr
or who may beretfttr hol4 any tffitc ap
pointment 1 or. authority unhet the fJcra1
government J ram bctngeli$bk- !r Je'at
prevent fry. per fin from ttUing o't exer
cijikg any cjjice or appointment, lunger the
author. ty of the faijfiatefi ing. tiyy
contviue to mtQ or exerctje x?iy cfiict
pointjment unfer the austerity 0 tfa
e4 o fates - '
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Lr.U.
Paifed Nov. 1 8, 1 790.
1HER EAS in confequener bf tKe
aaopt.ion 01 ine ccnhitnticn dr
form of government of the United States
by this Ktstte, found' policy dictates the
meafure of keeping feparate Ian ci did ii;dt
the officers afling under the author ity pf
the United States frfcjn airg im! any le
giflative executive, judiciary, pr other
iituatioa under the authority J of this
ftare : - i " i
Be it therefore enacted by the! gereral
aflembly of the flate of North Carrlina,
nd it is hereby enacted by the aurfUpty
of the - fame, thxt from and after the
pafRug of this a no perfon whatbever
Laws, of N or t h -Carolin a.
Am act to- repeal all I aVs:
M. !
claules, and parts of aft s of
the general aflembly of this
ltate as relate to clafii
tobacco;-
ns: of
.PalTed Nov.' 2d; 1 7a 3
V r T 7 T? n -T" a O ; 1 r- t -
a cianmg oi tobacco is
V Vv found by. expeiicnec to be inju
rious : - v
Be if enafteid by the general ajfembty of the '
fate of North Cmrotinx , and it is hereby en
acted by the authority oj the fame That all
alts, claufes, orp;irt: of ac,' s lb far as tl e
fame relate to claffing of tebac, be, .
and theiame are hereby repealed
Au4 be it further enaftei that-
fhall ro have clT-A or be in force until.
thefirftday of July rext, any law to the
con'rar n ''twirhflardng. .
jin4 be ir further enaftefy that the per-
foa carrying tobacco to any warehWe in
his SL$
Ihall be eligiblfff to a feat in the a (Trrr Hv
of tmYftate, who at the time bf eleclicri
to fuch feat, or at the time of taking th!e
fame, (hall have or hold any Office of
truft, profit, emolument under, or by
the appomtmenf of the United States, dr
any officer thereof.
And whereas it is neceflary to iret p ft
pirate and diflinft the offices of the fede
ral government from thole of the ft ate
government : :
Be it further enale4 by the authority efors'
faU; that no citizen of this ftate ihali
hoMat one and the lame time, any of
fice f truft, profit or ernolument under
the authority of the United States,; and
any ofBce or anvhority eithir civil, mili
tary, judiciary or otherwile under the au
thor it y of ihis fiateand any perfon ac
eep' ing ant fuch appcirifmeiit under the
authoriry of the United State, and hold
ing any ofiice" or' appointment under; the
authoiity of this ftate' the faid fta?e ap
pointment is hereby declared to be va-
cant- - -. ;
Ar:4be it.furtherenafte4by the aut hority afirtr
fai4,- that the fena ors of this ftate to; the
United Statec, and the reprefenf atives of
this ftat to the United S'ates, ;flalf bp
confldered a? coming within the mean
ing and perv:ew of this law, and fha.II-
be excluded from all ftate ofhees as aferef
faid.