MIJTERS* & FAR9IERIS’ JOrRNAli.
-PRIWTBD AWII PlJPIJMlIiy |^|VHIIT WATUKDAV, MY ’niOMAH J. 110L.TOfl....CHARLO’l’TK, MFCKLKNBURG COUNTY, NORTII-CAROLIHaT
I WUA WCH tw TO rit«ct TMli or thk tAnrw ano ■kinu out kkom the cavehw. or rnri^'i^rliSSr^'iI^r
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NATL'KOAY, J|;NU 2‘* 1833.
. Mlr^WII-L Givr 8TKENUTH TO OlfK HAHDJ AND SUBJEOT ALL NATURE TO OUR tlBE AN6 M.EASfRE. DR. JOHNSON. '
NO. 143.
iHjnfr«’ ^ Farmem’ Joarnal
printed and publ.»h*l every 8*turd#y moriiinp
it Deo Wt«ri p«r annnm, if p»id id «dv*nec;
jy, DaiUrt Cent* if not p«id in ad-
^cf; Thrtt Dollan at th* end gf the year.
^PVEBTIBEMEN'I'S will be in*?rud it F{fly
cfoU per •)**•'* ("®* exceedir.g 20 line*,) for thu
4r»i jD»rrti®n. and Si ccntu fer each succreding
|l for thrre wctka, for ono aquare.—
liberal diacount will b« made to thoae who
g^rti*»bylh«y*r IT >o all adTrrtiaeraenla
KHnmuiueaWd for poblicAtion, the number of
mKnmoa mu»t be noted on the margin of the
sunaKripl, or they will be rontinucd untiJ
fcibxi, and charged accordingly.
> • All roioina«irattofM to the Editor mutt camc
'fttr offottafT, or they may not be attmd«MJ tr>.
Frtm dU Cmroltmm W«tckmmn.
AI>I>KRSN
On emtiuhn^ tke Slat*' Cotulitutioit.
• Thf peopla have a right to aMerable together,
je«o»ult for the common good, fe iuitruct thnr
Krsitftn:tlw* ^ lAr LtgnUttyrt for
IJrtu if fTUtmm-t."
|lt^ UUl of RighU of N. Carolina ]
Tathe i'lBFMr!! OF Nortu-Caiolika :
flijpily we live in ■ cwntry where no «
^ovemmenls (including none but such as
are neceswry) being uUmt 80,000 dollare
per year and the State being divided into
84 Counties, the proportion of each county
posBihle that this majority in a State shall popularity among the niernbera of the As-
oppreiH the minority of the people by tRxa*; sonibiy. We do not aflirm that it is al-
tion. II iinpote a burden of lUO , ways so, but it has that tendency ; for he
dollars on tlie minority, it will |je a tax on , must be more or less than a patriot, who is
in tnis^expenditure is Slvn). he»e same | thcmsQlves at the saino time of Two hun-' not afraid to incur public disgrace. Is the
> ..... .1 1 dollars. And a reform of our consti- j office of Governor, oftener coveted for its
tution must diniiniMh the exiKinses of the own honor’s sake or an a stepping stone to
government and of necestity reduce the pub- other stations of preferment, in the gift of
lie burdens of the |>eople. j the f^^gislaturel Does it comport with
V\e wish an intelligent people to mark the dignity of the office, that the incumbent
•hese facts: tbat for 25 years, our General shall forced to win it by personal elec-
taxes aufficient to pay their oirn members j Assembly has rost 640,000 per year.— ■ tioneering, among the members of Assem*
of the A»*cmbly ! Uhat?a iimjority of Here is an ex|*enditure of one million, when bly? Our fathers have wisely thought,
thirty-three Counties—this ruling minority
—therefore do not contribute their own ex
penses to the g(ivernin«Dt unless their tax
es amount to ill ,250! ami how is the fact 7
'I’boy pay no more tlian '.24,000 dollars! und
nearly one half of them do not contribute
tiro>/Airc/j of the people taxed by one-tiird half (he amount might have been saved ;—| that the “ executive and legislative depart- and properly of a majority 1 If indccdt
come, the satne exhausting operation, must
be experienced, and yet endured T 1« it no
practical evil that a majority of the People
are disaflected towards the Constitution—
that they are complaininK, and will contin
ue to oppose a system, v^ich is ruinous to
the whole state, and obliges Uoo^thirdt of
the people to submit to a taxation imposed
by one-third? Is it no practi«:al evil that
those taxes are and must continue to be ex
pended, not for the common good, but
mostly in paying the delegates *f a minori
ty for exercising this control over the rights
to pay the nainority lor exercising this con
trol? Incredible a* it might seem to be—
It ig true. There are 40 counties in the
• hat for 525 jearn to come, this expenditure ' ments of the government, should be kept
rnuat again be incurred; and yet, a prudent separate and distinct,” and what evil can a
foresight will enable us to diminish it one-' rise, from not observing this fundamental
State which do not contain an average pop- half; that the 'I’lcasurer of the State in his principle, that has not been felt in our own
ulation, and mor« than 40 whosi* [>c«ple do : last annual rofiort, states, “ that for many ; Slate ? Moreover, the time of the Legis-
not pay taxes equal to their average share | years, tl»e ordinary public revenue of the , lature is unnecessarily consumed, in can-
of public necessary rxpuiiditureN while they ! State, haa not Ijeen adequate to the purpose | vassing for the office, and the harmony of
elect nearly two thirds of the General As- I of defraying the mrc»mry exptnstx of the ' our councils is disturbed by the frequency
Mmbly! One of the least counties in this | government, but this deticit has varied from of this contest. And rrhy may not the
PeojAe elect their own 0\>vcrnorf lie is
these are not practical evils, it will be diffi
cult to find them in any free government.
They are those evils which have mainly
contributed towards keeping u» back in de
veloping the internal resources of the state*
and shall we put forth no efforts to cure
thenn? They are those evils which have
destroyed the harmony of the state, and if
not remedied by liberal concessions of pow.
er to the just demands of right, must proba-
I. I.. ^ ^ a—A ^ • 1 •
State cootairia awhile population of 2,700 I 12,000 to 17,000 Dollars per year; that
—the largest contains 17,GOO, and while the Itlie sources, which have supplied this dcfi-
former pays a tax of fiOO dollars, the latter jcieiKy, have l»een fluctuating and tempora
ls required to pay litlOO dollars! yet U>tb ry in their nature, and of late, are nearly
these arealike rrpreneiited. Another Coun-| discontinued.” What Statesman, what in-
f . J ty with ■ population of and an annual telligent man will sav, that this ran t>e pru>
rvquire*! (br sddi^inff « free wtly 430 dollars, elects the dently allowed, or safely continued in a with power, the independent discharge of' sister states to revise and reform their Con-
upon aubiecls connected their ^ Hut it has l»een allowed, and must which can be, in any way, incompatible,: stitution, and do we find that we are more
3-eovemmenl. It i« an office which anv ' * “ f*iurth ounty whf»e lie continued, unlc-ss the expenses of the w ith their right to pass u{>on his course. j happy, more prosperous, more free than
.* milv M»um« without lust reproerh of ‘ p‘>|»ol;itiK) is 16,000 and who)»e taies l/egislattue, are decreas'd, or the taxes of In obedience to the real or supposed 1 they are? Alas! it is but too melancholy
■ ff*n»ure. A rrcurrfnce to the oroct'ed ■*-\!>07 dollars annually. .\ud another the I’eople increased. NN e may leave it wishesof the |x;ople, they have been allow-1 a truth, and but too evident to the senses or
irtofa mocting brld in Raleich dunne 'for you to dctprinine which course is to be ed to nssiinie the right of electing their j us all, that we ake ?roT.
their servant, and should fje dircctJy ac- j bly, rend the peace of North Carolina
countable to them for the faithful execution j And will not moderate men, in all sections,
of his trust. They have not clotiied him come forward in a spirit of amity and con*
with patronage, that he can use to corrupt j ciliation, and help to remove them T They
their election?)—they have not invested him ^ are evils similar to those which induced our
lug .3,000 who pay no more than 300 dol- preferred. I’nless the People slmll do tho Sheriffs and Clerks, and why should they I 'fhev are evils which a majority of the
lar« for l.ues in aliowfMl to neiKl th«* sa»i*‘, one, their Ueprem ntatives, muf^t do the i be refused the power to elect their Gover- j pec-.ple ha\e a right to bemove.
weight into our couiicil.4 with a sixth ciun-' other. I’olicy may induce tiKin, to out nor'* No good reason can be assigned! , ... • i. -
ty wh.« • h.te populalKH. i. 13,000 and ,l.„ burden oii the jiople, ... some di.guiLd for it. ^ I , nn^rinlf of
whi»e t«\r» exceed VOOtl dollars. Com-1 form, and to conceal the application of/Afir It io further proposed, TO ABOLISH ' i* r t in th^front
' Ol'GH UFrRE'^EN'l'ATlON i governments. It is retained in the troin
bd •inter will exempt im from the iniputa-
I of vanity in addrMamg you, and ex-
)j!Q the character m whtch we appear be-
voQ. A large portion, we beliete a
jjii-ntv, of the People of Nortb-Carolina , . . . ..
' diMti*fied with the Con^tuHofx of the ' c.«»nlic» together what will
only remedy for the dis?ase that bus l>een BOUOl'
rank of our own Declaration of Rights,
refill I
Forty fix thcuxand tiz i hi()«1en for t*o many years, but that il must
F«t«ti»es, d«-lerminrd to rail
loo of th** public Will upon their conipl
. —.. I 4- , . . I J- - » . • ■ • o , They can alter their government j
foranexrre*- commum y, who ,my met by her ordinary rrvrm.e. A i-^ople ben. fit. And it is grossly unjust that a ; pj^aw, whenever indeed the happiness and
■ir coniplaum.! " * »“• ■mallot who are profK?rly vigilai.l o» their rights, hundred people, because of the circumstance, ; prosperity of the larger number imperious-
imperious-
th«
hda
vhich
shall
voJunUrv decUra-■' 1 counirv. i^ommcrciai ciues may nave a exercise it in Justice and Equity. This
of opinion kv the Pe,t4e or «i ' Ihi. ; dinarj-re\rnue, $.4(Ml,000, in the ncce.«ary j„.,Mi!ation, that would, when taken in con- „,av be denounced—but it is the doctrine of
,,iuf « eUnit ef the Conj#i>uhon ” will' "*we tb*n-'000 .Wlar»! TlK**ecoun- exponsrs uf the guveri.mciit. lind we a n»-xion with their i>eculiar interest, justify American Institution*. It is the doc-
^ receiieJ as inttrucHons and must in- i f*rt»ke equally w.th Mher. of all the ;dopted this reform '2i, yrars ago, ti.e funds ,hls exclusive right. But in -iome of the j ,„ne of the Revolution—It is the Rcpub-
S^nce ibeGvneni! AHeinbly to accom- C *"1 they Hert ' of otir .State '1 rcasury would now exceed Borough towns there are not many niore doctrine of this country. Whene\er
r iiM in »om* way, the unhaTOv divisions inbly. ; a niiUion of dullart’ I) fer it 25 years ,han 100 roters, and as they enjoy no com- i ,be People shall consent to repudiate it they
f the State, and provid* a rerwMly for the 11 twt litlle more than K.e j l;>np r, and the end ot that period w ill nierce, they cannot lay any claim to its pe- , vi jH cast away the great chsck they have
I retained against the usurpation of their ru
lers. Let us not be misunderatood or mis-
i represented. Whilst we earnestly main-
' tain this “fundamental principle,” we hcarti-
! ly deprecate licentiousness, we would rath-
- . - . - All w ill agree fhai this shouFJ be roadcjeV invoke a speedy co-operation of all par-
‘dured f'lrever with no Ix-ttit re.ifcoii for it, tho people ma\ le liotter done, and much certain, and economical, and few w ill dis- ties in our beloved State to settle the causes
=0, the changeiT which are demanil*-d.,
II. t.Jijeri could claim thut attentton J
an that ihrv ate rvils uhich a |*atient niore rcononm a
the propriety of &o modellmg it, of agitation which alone can produce it
■h importance tnerits and no feeling*
K ir*v aniin>‘ity were
' ‘ ''ration, there
C!.nioo.
Ev the present c>n*lilution
• » ii ('ui.nly eky:
jH - of ('oniinoiM ami one Senator—aixl
I 11* roo^h toli’iM ar^ permitlei to ih ih]
p lone mcmUif to the  General A wmbly.
pWf^earh t'Aiiity of equal population and
F; l it people of each, contribute a lik»' to
F *rip(».rl ot'government, thi^ imdo of e.
r '2 the Ak-^mlily wimiM br fuir and jtiit.
p*ef« thrre any i>o3r approarh to cqiiali-
'of P"(«i!ation and taxes in the w.Mral
;'ti'*«, thrre would nf*t l>e ao mucfi room
iin.l her i;ecest.inc3 demand reform in otir i rompiaims, mai «ur iu«:.arv i*anctioned by two thirds of both lished, and shall that great leading princi-
I^ stinlature. fliK tnatmg, that our (leneial .Asaeiijbiv sets i,ouses of the General Assembly, and sub- pie of the Revolution that “ representation
n n m. .* . .•it *. ... i «%• iti
The li'rr.fnl .\ssrniliK !•* U und
present cou«tiliitu'n to riiP''t annua/
IVrdl^'ld i f , i^or defective. ' ment of the Protective tariff system, becau:>e
««!. flu idcO into .10 cc unias anil uie iienc I |j,ose w ho ««*rve th«)in.
1 •»« long, and our public cx|>onses are in- ^quently ratified by a majority of the Peo- and taxation shall go together,” be e.xcludeil
j crfa.'e«l ? These evils e.vist, and have been Other Slates have adopted it, and it from the charter of our own government ?
e State ■ ottrihutcd to a want of virtue in the |,gjj found to be, neither mistbicvioua , We have demanded of Congress an abandon-
■ ? jutl complaint.—.‘^urely a decent rr9
While few men, Fkllom-Citizens, can . it infringes the great principles ol political^
be found w ho have the temerity to «leny yiia/icf, and shall we be deaf to the calls ot
1 ' . I r u r I that our representation is unequal, and tho a majority of our people for Justicc ct
n I brrx Ol the VwiMnllv to 1 '•!>. The annual rrprcs. ntutivc«, eslublishing a fair l«- extra\.igant and un- home? We triumphed at the advancement
-1;ni;lf the V1 mbK lilone i, ^ SIO,- ^ ^ 't'"’ wfcolesome, yet, some will see*k a retreat of free principles when the question of Re-
• - *• A^s.mlllK^. lesj> frtquei.t. behind the position, that it is impossible to fornnn the hnglish parliament—of a n/tvm
1 A*en.bly was ctn|K.«d of no morr hesitation, in s«Mng that thev
than U5 ineinU rv, hot ll.t- nun.U-r i.f coun- | dimim.-l.ing the numl«r
•les If now increaM^H to ft I rtii! the mem- • » .
t I for tb« ** fuiHjnmrntal principles''of all | (KM) and thi^ «nin falls vor\ littl** bh irt ol , . , t. i" ' t ,■ r
[■T«ilar |r>«rrnment» will not allow u-4 !• mIibI the wholo g^v.Tiiinent of the St.ite In the 32d Article of cur Constitution, arrive at perfection in any goveniment. 1 ol the rfprjtt/iaion of trie p.e,
Iktat oir-rAtn/of a romintinity w ho | once ro**t the iVi ple. Hv the pri p»s«-d a-j thi rr is an odious ; I his is a ptisition, that we do not deny. It was sanction aii sustaine ^ ^ .
’ no more ,h«n cr thtrd of the tnxo,,, mendmei.t, to the ron.titut.on .t ,h CoN^cirM E exertions ol human creatures ; ot England against his ^
b n.^htfolly make law, and .xernte them, t. d th.n the assembly shall net be n quir. .1 i im e governments, | and can a demand for c^.aZ ^
- ta,.. and expen^-l them, for the oth- to in^rt oftm.-r than on.e in t,ro year., ..nd ^y excluding from public trust all j^r- ,hat they cannot attain ,«rlection. But m yorth-Corohna
hfTo-fW,. Yet wH’h „ the real ron- that th-ir number shall 1.5 uduced from ‘‘‘V,?h ® shall this prevent them from coming us near land had won a
ilKfl of this '1'h.w «Kotn It i-nrru ' 1 In 1'»7 pn.testants, and therefore we can ha\e ,o „ as they can? It may very satisfac-1 rights by the removal of an odious restric
a»> choose todenv if \\i> rorfiiletiiK ' In the'earlv t>erifxl of rur inderv'iidence |HTftonal lntere^t m the abrogation of account for the gross inequality in tion upon her Catholic people, we witnes-
hff.rm thXt ..SrLi ihem i tx f,^ Iirstutrs of Vmrricr ha^ IbmS ' this restriction. But . .11 it be ex,.ected of „.e goven.ment, which I,as ar Jn from a j sed a flow of generous gratulation from the
U‘t)!v. and caiMlid mve«ti^»ion of thf mib’ the I'r •• more Dcrflit I nion”—Ix'fore the peo- «»^punients in favor of change of circumstances that it could not  hearts ot Xorth-Carolimans , and will the>
h'^WeTamnml.onof the In., and the annual,...etingoitlK. L.- ,„„„vfeo neoole , ' f ; Zr the
h'..-‘M,-er,ml of,he R,venue hM nude Jislalure « as Nth «i«e and mcessary ; but a disgrace to "'’X “> ol a majority, but .cannot i
E -i! fci ^ a I a ' ! vrantiize nvt*r the ooiiacienccji Ol others.— nr (red as a reason for its contmiiance. Is tioneo un tiic >crN cuariertu mtir iii«rii>
ir'i'f’v .l»lf'*^^v^!e \ I* *0^^’ ih T **'* Il^* 1 umMi '(Tnc!iis'TbM^ , It is gross oppression, ami an undeserved he regarded with approbation by good men, I I’nloss we choose to indulge a degree ol
l e ‘ ^ U.riat,o^ for the •n.putation against the patriotism and pub- who uithholds the acknowledgVd rights of suspicion that is alike dishonorable to our-
I of tlw State alone lieing taken
I »• a haati of calculation, onr-third govern
[J •* ^*^* third$. Awxiine the Land tax
I 'f > bai» and it will bring ii» to the name
A Iwmn the;n/fc/ir taxes
I ‘ jri'K/ignd tho conclusion im not more
■ •»'on»l(|e to our predcnt nystem. Let all
l^anyof thrm, Ikj cotnhme| audit will
1cminty representation the
I rl^ of inrquahty and injuMice.
I,, "hite (lopulation of tl»e State is
472,000. Thirty.three C’oiinties
I 1 iin 150,000 and lh> other thirty one
I ,1'““'? •’>«/»>’. and yet these
I Cfiiimir* pny annually a land
I t'. dollars only, while they exact
I ihirty-oiie a similar tax of
uollnrs ' Theae same thirty thre«*
>infir!i this nibng miiioiity—imy for
'^’1 of all vi.miO dollars only, and
I 01# I'***' laxes from the other thirty'
{ ''uiitipn to the amount of 4«,000 dol
* ftimuully! Tho expcusci of vur Smie
••'i (Hill .loMar^'lnmilllv'"' A clear'savmL' of unalienable ri^iht, to worship Almighty ^ „pon the pretext, that no system of human
»5iK!o is cqua^.oa^e!,C^.«^. according to the dictate, of iheir can L perfect ? Are all government.
A I’tmn f Ilir talcB one third and vet siniie consciences. tc bt; abolishisl because men cannot frame
d.i« tion of tlie tax. s om third, and >cl s-mie j reform, here also propos-! one without a fault ?
havo put their resistance o a re orm o 1 n.nmiHmcnt to the Constitution, which n..i .t hue said, that the objections
determination upon the question
a change is neidid in the Constitution"—
that expression of your will being sent to
your Repieeentatives, they will be bound 10
provide a remedy, or to pass a law by w Inch
Kovenuncnl, is sacrificed to a U«»irc for ■ lUaa liulfiUo sum—and that fov ul* time
while Its exercise is suiiversive of the rights
of nvo-thmls of the |)«oplo and costs that
minority infinitely more tlian it is worth.—
I'lidcr tho intlueiice of siino cabalistic
l»arty phrase they are decened into appre
hensions that this majority are demanding
their rights for the mere puri>ose of prac-
tiiin^j oppre».siyu 00 olhcr*. But it is itu-