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: " -V- 'T v 1 x- rr ' XLQIBd. IGNORANT AND DEGRADED OF EVERY NA TION OK JUL ., "WM ;-W !fltl 4 I -v ! lTUXJfcJVWvNJ -T..-B JL-L -AJL I J JL-La-L-J- VLLX . Li ;0 4 or h MUST BE ENLIGHTENED, BEFORE OUR EARTH CAN HAVE HONORjy TIIE UNJFEFSJLy' jy CKVSmploiC N. C. SVTURD VY, MAY 8.0, 1829. " NUMPRf7 THE GUEENdBOROUGH PATRIOT, s pi liitd and published every Saturday morning, by WILLIAM SWAM, At Two Dollars per annum, payable within three months from the elate of Ue first number, or Three Dollars after the expiration of that period. Efh subscriber will be at liberty to discontinue at any time within the first three months, by p iving for the numbers receiv ed, according" to the above terms ; but no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages air paid, and a failure to order discontinuance will he considered a new engage ment. Tlv se who may become responsible for Ten copies shall re ceive the llih gr.ttis. An allowance of ten percent will also he made to authorized agents f v procuring sub-rubers ind warranting their solvency or mutting the cash. A 1) V KKT ISfc'.M EN Vh, Not exceeding 12 lines, will be neatly inserted three times for one dolhr and twenty-live ccuts for cch succeeding pub lication those of greater length in the same proportion. All letter and communications to the Editor, on business re lativetothe paper, must be ostpaii, or they will not be attended to. COIVIMUNICATIONS. "But htill remember, if you vri: tv fu'ease. ToriheCremshofougltP.Uruit. ,., .Mr. Editor : 1 have not lei'tnv seat since I per- vtod the first, number, of' your paper I like its iim?- i;ljarical appearance very .well; -awl -should you keep up, ar.d improve that appearahc-;, 1 have no doubt but the liberality and pride of the citizens of Guilford and the adjoining counties, and of the surrounding country generally, will amply sustain you in vour praise-worthy, hut precarious undertaking. ( in") our "Prospectus," and "Address to yur lotions,11 1 iiavc bestowed particular attention ; )nd as 1 am actuated by no other motives than those of anxiety for yout success, you will excuse the lihqrty f am about to take in suesting to your consideration a few thoughts which presented themselves dtring my examination of your hrst sheet. V , In the fu st place, I observed several, typographical fyfcrrois in different parts ofyour paper. Against errors rWthif kind vou should most watchfully and vigilent ,y guard. 1 admit the probability of their having 'grown out of the " hurried cilcutnstances,, und r " vhich you made your first ippearanct before the public in the new and untricdcharaHer of an editor; hut people iiv eiwal-are nioie af.it to. attribute srjrh things to rarefetittesi, than to tiicir proper cause, and iff he notion should eiice gtt abroad, that ou are careless, or inattentive toyouibustiu. it will dtatroy the confidence which your patrons have reposed in you, and create a kind of cocutei Viilii, c"areltn-iits on their part. Another objection, though not ir i ;()rs otic, ;- the hnglh of your articles, both original :ini clin ted, I api devotedly attached to fiat long es;; .;,;lt j'n, that it is always bet torhe shorl,'' ;uh Ifsnnot well see how you ton Id Lie rod thin Mliziblv, with fewer wojtW than vou have emi.L.vi , yet f. think it would he vli to guard against a inw' gome prolixity. Superacid readers will not dive in to a long train of moral K-usonin, hat thev iniht and frequently would, pickup wluieoo,e icilectiuns from short and disconnect paragraphs The principles avowtJ iii your cornmenciii' nd flress, prospectus, vc. trictt witli my entire approba- . hul 'tin the na l cotii!aint, U'hatc'er ivc write, we brtngtrth n&tng new. WORTH CAIPLIN kt true, The following letter, purporti some other section of the Unfap, we copy from the last number onic Ywl, Journal. V lie sumect to whiclitaavei consideration of every citizen. Dp An Sir, Passing thr Nortli-Cyarohna, I stoppel were holding a Countv (' to be nm a resident in h his frigid in this State, i and Catawba demands the persons collected near ihe (iu rt-Nousdftnd hearing one of them talking loudlv, the subject of hi address, A sheriff of the count v, and .j h the Witorn part of a village where thev t: there! were many Mil. wuiketi uito ascerinin boon founlbe wus the oHt ring foUale sundry tracts of land, levied on, asie faid, to elisfy execu tions A againstU C agiist D, kc. v remained iiear until he haJ'cn'ed "Cfi'.veral tracts If improved land f from '50 to 20taef, t from Sa $50 per tract :--thcy were-- hothh hv -persons tyio, from their appearance'Ttook tbe of your bit claps of citizens, I mean your ib f. rnonied class I recol- lecftd to have beca in kh r State in theVinter of 18?f, ntd among tnosr h itl whom I at hat time had business, heard fere. complaint agavt a law iidiidithciai4,;b sgentbtYTTTaimni-ralutn nt lanof art slaves made by executmgonicei to he at the CounHoust. 1 do not remember theiif 'ti'ticular objectioi to tile aforesaid law ; hot thev jj'okc of it as an inivatiof) vvhidLthey coiux'ived i.tiit operate unfavokbly to their individual interestlessen the number if free Ilold, and give more, iaetical elftct to thebVt;- 'raUc.il feature, which hex thciight had leenrttty strong! v marked in 111 siate con-titutio.!. ome- . i :. . . I ri . a . . I : i . . i . . i i i iiiii i re irieci v,i f-o s.iiii wuii ic.iaru ioycur s oroviri'' a s.rt ft wiiirliiool, that woulfulti- education, which might in time render intelligence more diffusive among your industrious and hospitable citizen ; I should wish, devoutly wish, again to be the proprietoi of my patrimony in the country that holds the tjraves of my ancestors, and is still the resi dence of that friend who is entitled to much of my respect and all my affectioni Haul CHRONICLES The following chapters are copied from the Raleigh Star. We ask for them an attentive perusal. Their length howe er, will prevent us from inserting more thjui one chapter in each, number of our paper. The noveltv of their st j le would ren der them interesting, even if they "were destitute of suhbt.ince; but we think those who may read them will know Ik w to make the application. , . The Chronicles of the Tribe of JT, C. Cliaptcr 1. 1. Now it came to pass in tho.e day, when the people of the thirteen tribes of America were held in . iMindageunto the oppiess.or, who dwelt the other side )( the great : waters, that the oppressoi porely vexed Ufem even) past all endurance and they cried unto the LJord against ttte bjprcpor, and girded on their armour amlwent forth to battle, and fought vnliant ly.; and after a long and grievious war, the Lord gave unto them a full deliverance. , i y2. Then there was great rejoicing in the land ; and tbc-people apiinU. . rulers and judges- over llem Sid over the tribesV aiid cntefeifito'aitoveiiaiit tliatt they would suffer no man to oppress them, neither would they oppress' one another; and when they had confirmed the covenant with a ifreat oath, each man returned to his own home to till his inheritance. 3. Ilowbeit all of the tribes have not since that time been content to dwell in humility, and exercise towards their brethren that chanty which csteeincth others better than themselves: but certain scribes 'have stood up in some of the tribes and been content ; to write (heir chronicles and ma:nif the wisdom and mateU draw manv fit have since observed iiolds within their vorla. 1 last General Asemhi tions ; but more vf t! turned to my lodging ot toe l eace, a .latrok discovered on his shefe lets containing " Act- there called. 1 re exninmo'i inenuonevat ..uje i t of5 the proceedings ofVour in rclalion to thoe initiu : in mv next. When re- miric host" bring a JuWe valour of their kinnien, and the might v doings of their own tribe, insomuch, that they get unto themselves a great name afar oil ; even as the tribes of the east have magnified themselves as the wisest and most enlight ened people under be sun ; and are counted to ex- cci i niL :.ii.i i .. i Ji- i.i r ir something of that so I TV1 a:: o u""'"""'8 n,mu ung anu ne ma- u:.d!e of imtv panili-1 u,m Cl,d" ' ctTUm Ir(;c0u """gs tailed no- I I I tlOIiS. 4. But North-Carolina, mine own tribe, hath had I." - .1. n I .I .1 .1 no ;ari nor lor in an sucn mauers ; nm nam s.u iter kct-bt the Assenib'y,' as they ire ad he lnws which authorised e mev'at ..lije ( 'on; t-l huise, with'lit to ai.v Iijlr ii as to the policy of the l;jv in question; but" I I'l into ;i lt;rn i ! it i'ec:'.i iris ri the legislation and yl r.il joiicv of tint St.itc, wlu il H''c Hi V them f they wish to buy any of your wares; they tell you no, I cannot see but that you..iii their opinion instead of giving yours on their No such thing, said the pedlar; people never what they want till they either 6ee it or hear ticularly described. Thin is a principle in hums ture, ana it is true in more trades man mine, often do we see people sending for a phvsician would never have dreamed of beinc; sick, if sr careful friend had not told them so? Everybi knows how thirsty it makes men to see others drin so true is it in this case, that temperate people a persuaded that when children do not fee their paieif and neighbors swallowing intoxicating liquors, aid when they are not met at every corner by a grog-shop, the evils of intemperance will cease in our land. Iht intemperance has not much to do with tin pedling, I acknowledge, so I will relate an anecdofe in point, and leave you to judge of the truth of my remarks. A few days since, in travels, I called at a house where I supposed the family had money; and I determined before leaving it, to obtain some of it in an honest way in exchance for mv wares.. Upon inquiring of the good lady, if fhe wanted any thing in my line, 1 met J with an indignant frown and an emphatic no ! But I knew better, I replied, my ware is very superior, I will bring in some of it and you shall judge for your elf. Nothing daunted by her exclamations that she, would not buy any, and that 1 might snare mvsclf a- cart and tilled my nrms'withan assortment of articles ....Ink ...... rV.(l. ....('.. .I,..,.f!l..l V. (..nm . . f I J i house. Then taking them one by one, explained their J uses, their beauty their chca pi is, aod. lle la-dy'sab- J solute want of them. In the course of half ah hour, j .-I... .aiAa .11. -.....,.n-...l . t . . t.iflyl 1..4 .l. l ,0 1 VY (1 IIIIIJ t IIIIV IHIl II lllttl ?H LUItlll 111-! v nii- out certnin articles, and actually rnid me thirtten dollars in rah ; Iwsides all the paper, ras, old pcw-4 ter, vvc. she had on hail' . Depend upon if, if you show people your wares )ou seldom fail of convincing them their are in pres sing need of them. Yes, yes, 1 know thatV the M ay, said a merchant who sat near him, you pedlars are going a! over the country, showing your wares and telling your stories ; and although you pay no tat, trade more in proportion to your capital than the hon est merchant who keeps an assortment of articles to acconodate the public. I wish the law would put a stopro your unjust traffic. I have no means f lowing my wares to all the neighborhood, for I can coining :!f down in such !.rvellous humility and nurekness, lu)t l'"1 Inv corn undo s hrtve not been written unto this 1 ,1 I T I . ' - .!;,. ..-..I. ! rh 1 . 1,1 several iiesnoii h'c 10 inv mum. 1 jeel o'( epl interesttd in the pr.t nty 01 aNoi th-l.,jroiii.a ; in only becauv you, ii friend, rei:e in the country 01 my nativiiN, t.n cause uis ri :h -robcr 01, milit sn-t;! i a I i rrik in lio 1 .0.-. . s m.(i "Oiiit tiuu-f. Ii;ie l. li, and ju 1 ;om f c I!m1 into ii r I' u'i-lat.ne, I h;-ii !. ke ihe hiicrjv to s jiiph'i i.tii' ol'the ijuesfips which occvi'ied in the oi:ie of 1 j 1 V rejections ;.t'e ckfn o' - I. Ait fmI iIh' ( I M.ttt1 inorr urowvt in Ic with the in- IT" won, but whether pnulcno.' wnj justiiy y on in placing ''no restraint upon their dscusMoir' admits of doubt. T discover no impropritr, however, in dicussim ?fairly and freely," all tht subjects which you have ennumerated, except thai of stavtry ;lbut tlie people are so sensitive upon evi the mo.t distant allusion to the subject, that it night, and probably would, chfckthe circulation of yur paper, and thus operate' against it usefulness, to riddle with it at all. As to thif, however, I cannot to very certain, I merely an enemy to the principle ff slavery myself. I regard it as the sorest calumny tint ever Divine Providence permitted to visit our potion ol the world ;. but how we shall ever be able to rjmove the evil, and thu a. vert the lowering judgements of heaven, 1 am unable to determine. Its di.'iiljikies and Deroleitie before us like the "Eve lasting Hills," and bid defi apce to the powers of piny man, and every effort to rvmovt- iiieni seems du to increase tlieir i A (.pal the hearts of the moa resolute. UDOn the I think it would be bctte) (or your individual interesf. and perhaps nearly; as jvell or the coummunity, if yuu wouiu e.iose your coumns aosoiutely; against all no. -.uciciice wiuiH, or ,a(y pi its concomitants. You will, liowever, of cotirt. exercise your own direrr tion: 1 merely throw vu hese disultory remarks as mey occur jo me. J10.MT0li. If our readers can m .ke inv r.-e -r application of the fol- mc v do so W'rt coti- -. h Patriot. ng will be of any sfer ALfHA. "V ly that have, this- sea- "est, visited the (Sold .near Turll", who re nt; North-CaioliLians; z-4'mg upon his back his :oi iplete dcliri'u'n. Uvh1fnr.?- eollecti'Mi ( ii.terc-t of an :iri Iffl.-h is the that s-y.ti m of ; rci nut, has long b. er iHiitv of the Sr.ilt I .3. In even linnu ii! v I'N, ; in n i.. c ( ) i 1 1 a i i r.t! cciMimriiiv ' f'e, 'o they not tend to nromote i Mr I. ii i - I ';;: r i n' ilie p'hiu! pi'Oi,- . L . 1: . . . 1 I . I ' I I w nose hi si ana (;rjo ;i:-' . ! o u i i :-t and epeci;uly in ojn- io i..u r tli cul tivator, should liijthe laws prod a tiie tenant in the permanent possesion of the oii ! 4. V ns the laf whtch givts the rrcdifor thepow- 1 1 i i i i i i ii 1 uniamKed oy vour own er to sell his i ! ijr-d. or d es it depend on ui old enable lhui.-h meir hauls lowing cornniunicutinn t) fess we cannot. For the G Mr. EniTon :-- Ii vice, you are at hbei Who next ' Arnr Son, through curio? region may be rer .c gardlessof the hos tali' was seen wending V own bouse, no dou r, ir. . :.u, euliuh'ened state ineu ! English Statute, inade t to collect their nIcIks in the colonic, while )tur state was one i( tliem and which Uw never could have been eiiforfed even in f cor.imerCial roun 5. lie it wfiitfi it may, does it riot Und rij i lly to create in a Reufcblic the unnatural rciutioijof land lord and ienany. , 6. H'erc it pot for the single check giveji to this powerful tenancy by your Act of 1784, jvhich, I tliitik, you call the law of distribution, and w hich is truly-republiciii in its character, how JotigVvould it take for the duise above alluded to, to bringorth as complete a Jractical aristocracy as ever imexisted for the oppression of the many? - -1 l 1 j-:,. ". . -Yuu ; rati ?r buaktisd of iia v ing; in the year 1 abolished ,ii iprisonnient for debt : in my ftjxt, if I .majrhave o much leisure, I shall iliake me re marks on tl it object, drawn from a reviewer your law of 1822 as found in pamphlets afmesaidJas well as from what I have witnessed of ts apjiicatioiij whilCj pasfing through the middle canities (of your state. At jprrscnt I ran only teil yiti, thai if the tardy progress of improvements, an! the ('eropuln ting limitation from M. Carolina, of whiih you complain, pre pot attributable, at past in part, to some of the causes above alluel to, I pi unable to ncconnt lop it. Yott havc a count ry extending from Haw riveito the mountains, which combines more variety am beauty of natural scenerv, with f ntural advantages, end susceptibility pf higli iniprovnyc.nt, than any I haVe passed through in my late touand the least likely, from natural causes, to spue tut its inhabitants in the floods of emigration you sptk of. Indeed, my dear friend, "were your legislature to cease whittling on the turfacc, and give to agricul ture that efficient encouragement which the iivvrest of that state peculiarly demands ; and tatd you sme- thing that deserved- llie rtajti?e f a system i-fpblic i , that h-i da . 5. Albeit f r this ?ilnt wisdom, certain vr;n men have iiined af her, saving tins is ;t Und which produ ceth no proj het r.(r cunning wiiter nor marvellous I thing wIktcoI to bo.T-t : ami where the wise men care not i r tue wniingoi crirotiicies. and only woke from their slumber to get nontv and slumber again! I V.. Indeed things be not so : form times past, a nan among us wrote a book and magnified himsels itinu, I have written the chronicles of this people; lot the spirit of understanding w as not in him, and h- ou!d not fain to write them correctly. 7. Then another mvn, wise and precious in Ar. sight of Cod and beloved of his brethren, stood ,l- ici.!. .... i i.ku I .. :n .i i.. t OU will 1 !- I ,l ' ,,,u '"""i ' UIK lIHUIIICJCg oi tu people in wisuom aim verity! ' Hut certain sons of Helial sent forth their U9U ie, noteshavers and extortioners upon him, and vex- led nd oppresseil him, insomuch that he fainted, and i.i.i rvnii u.i u "iiiiiu nun. - ,. ( - "., 9 Then, said I, must tbe wise mart, ' and the good man hold his peace at another's bidding f and must he tie, and no man Iny it to heart f Behold, will writi the chronicles of this people and let forfli some of th doings of these sons of iyJa!,"wLd, eoeti n v to thi covenant and the oath which the piNts in t the pi-ople sware unto one ahoihbr, havegotlongn it poweand now lord it over thi goodly land, ii.-omnch that it has become desolate and the people, n bi-cth-ren, a: made weary of their lives by rtiisoii of tin bondage and vexations they suffer! f t), ycrily th& time has come w hen the wicked have nde, anil our gold and silver is turned into filthy rags! and the daughtef of this people, despoiled of lier previous ornametiW Vandereth in strange and desolate places, bewailing the loss of her beauty and comeliness ! fa. 1 1. Aid as 1 have a table, a cnndlesti k, a pib her of wateri a porie of bread and a little barren field, whicK tjpll, is'it not for a Fgn that il l do a good tiling and also &!1 into the hands of these sons of 15eli.il or priests and ruler?, who favor (hem, that (tod will end unto me a safe deliverance? Verily I will not herefots" ft-.ir them. store in a cart and draw if round frori ace to niaee. i no not iixe tne nian oi civing peu i i . Ill irs ucii an advantage over a retuiar aeaier. There you are wrong, said the pedlar, I hayejni j advantage over you whatever. 'Tis true you do no put vour ooiis in a can ai d tumble them over even time ou wish to sell au ait'uU, wearing tbem out oi spoilin-' their b( aut : but vou can, for a triflinj: eiJ pense, 'how thorn to the wfiole neighborhood with! out. You can show the m, not to oi.e or two in a fanw ilv, as 1 do mine ; but to all, he.tltwomen and child' ren. And after ou have she wrV "them, (tothe.mind'f eye, I niean,) they know exactly where tofihdieu, ami will buy oi you ot course; wrnie ve, poor peu -lars, would starve. The merchant appeared dovt ful. How is it, said he, that I have.Jiiea.HJoiig ai 4 have not yet found out this secretin trade? 1 -.-h ..ot imagine what you mean V'hy, said ihe pedlar, oh veriise in the Nwrpapers ; every decent fm ily 'al . t one; and you may be absolutely certain, if y ou.spc -fy Certain artK-les, that the children when fhrvYead it, will ptrsiiade the i parents to buy o mucii of,wl ;it tliey''? would, not otherwise dunk of, tiuit your extra firofit for a i mo uh in consequence of advertising iil ,C greater than the expense would be for n yur. At th's the i ountenance ofthe merchant ' ri.htci d with that peculiar expression which sr t ins to sv, 'see if I do not make more money next yei.r thai' 1 did the last !" The company were well salic'.ed with the pedlar's reasoning, and we retired in the full per- . 1 ,1 I . 1 . Ml li" suasion iii ii.u v.iut nave anv lnine io sen snoij.u inv - w mrdia'.eiy p.oiit by his wholesome ad if e. Ah 1 1 1 lean Adv vca'r. SIXJ1LJS IN TUADF.. 5o( lon, -ince we chanced to hi- in mixed com pany, everal of w hem related some anecdote con nected with his ind-v.idmrl f alling. Among the rest wasa 'J'in l ,i!er, w ho had all Ihe .craft and shrew d nessfor w hich that clnss of society are so much cele brated. How is it, irupvired one, when there are so many pedlc.rs tmvi iling, in all din tions, who'hardly make a living, that you contrive to make pedling pro fitable ; why do not other? of your craft sirtcccd as well asyoiw (), replied he, the do not understand the serrots Of trade. What secret, in the name of wonder, except cheating, said the first, can there be in tin pedling? 1 do not gain my living by knavcrv, I assure you, said the pedlar, I intend always to deal honestlv : but the secrets of which I snoke. are simnlv those of making people know and feel their wants. Why. s',ud f!i fust, .when vou call at a house and ask NEWSPAPERS, late w-riter in Scotland remarks, "It is almost su pcr'fluous to sneak ofthe value of newspapers as me- . dmms of commercial information. Thev are, in the most strict and proper sense, instruments ol trai. livery man, from the highest tp the lowest, has ore a riion either.to-buy or -sell, and will see something in the advertisements, the notice of markets, or the gen eral information about all sorts of things, which it is his interest to attend to. Setting apart eiv tbinf; connected wi!h news or litei ature, it may be trety aid, that fo all chi-ses a newspaper is useful, and to many it is imhsjiei.al)lc. It is not enough in any country that human indii try producer of imports every commodity which the moral and physical wants of man call for. Am h; -pa rat us is miuned to n.iike it universally kr-owij where, and on w bat tt rms, commodities are to he found, fo bring thofce who have and those who want, the buyers and the sellers, together -and tlhis n -aratus is the advertising press. W hat a iai"ge,f.hcv window is toasingleretail shop, the adveiiisu'g j s is to a whole city or a twhoIe country ; it eh!lt th contents of its stores and warehouses at the fue ' of every private citizen. It supplies- h'.T tliousand fads which he could not retain v. it infoi niH of new inventions new arrahgemt of a thousand accommodations in no"t,. .5 his happiness, or aid him in his bu&iVess ,ol 1 A 1 L' 1 -l. . I .... iiiiiii uiuci vi r.t; nv n uioi a- , ..Ups , was too Lie. and, At the v'ii;;'e of :u'.r 1 4 - . ... . - A iiclir 1 v -1 II IV . ; 'i ' :. r
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