North Carolina Newspapers

J VU vV"1 ' 4 - * ' ??v C * HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER. . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? J? _ - : % . Yol.l. WEDNESDAY, M ARCH 22, 1820. Jfo.T HILLSBOR ) Uf? H, N. C. PUBLISH KD WEEKLY BY DENNIS HEARTT, AT THRKE DOLLAKS A YEAR, PAY AIM. E UAI.t' YEARLY IV ADVANCE. Those who do sot *ive notice of their wish to have their paper discontinued at the expi ration of their year, will be presumed as de siring its continuance until countermanded. Whoever will guarantee the payment of nine papers, shall receive a tenth fcratis. \dver(isements not exceeding fourteen lines wHi be inserted throe times for one dollar, and twenty -five cents for each continuance. Subscriptions received by the printer, and most of the post-masters in the state. All le'ters upon business relative to the pa yer must be post-paid. Gentlemen of leisure, who possess a taste for literary pursuits, are invited to favour us with communications. FOR SALK, Trro elegant Fianos Forte. T1CF.Y arc both new, and will b?* sold cheap for cash. A Negro Gir. of an %?e from twelve to fifie?*n years. would be taken in part payment. Application must be made immediately. Inq lire of l lie Primer. MucA is. fit f T\\fc ce\eV>ra\e*V \loT?t llS'lillll, "1171I.L stand the ensuing season, to com * ? mence the fitst da\ of Apr. I and end 'lie first day ot* Aucust; ? n Monday ami Tues day of each week .tt .l.imes viorr^w's, ??n C:ine civ- k; on Wi-d<'isdav ;n ? arh wt-rk a< .l.ims H tc! II son's, esq: and oil Thttisdav, Frid-v ?<iid Saturday at Mason liall, all in tin* coumy of Orange; w II co\ir mar s at t lie reduced price of lour dollars the leap, the cash to be paid at the tune of ser\ice; six dollars the sea son, if paid at anv time within the season, otherwise eight dollars will be charged lor the season; and ten dollars to insure a marc \* ill foal, which iitoii?*y will becomr due as soon a* it ca . be ascertained the mate is .vith foal, or the property changed. All possible care will he taken to prevent accidents, but the subscriber Mill not be: liable tor any that may happen. PEDIGRKB. Os'r ch, a beautiful bay, black leg*, mane ar.d tail, five feet four inches high, was thir teen years old last July, was bred by Alleti Young, of the county of Meckhnbur,*, in the state of Virginia; was gotten bv ihe imported ^S?^rt5W?4fflBSiB22 Joliu jiusoiT. N' B. Gentlemen living at a distance, who think proper to send their mares to the sub scriber at Mason II ill, are informed that their marcs shall b- well fed, and pastured gratis March 2, lb2(J. 5 ? 3m Mason Half Eagle Hotel . A. MASON, WISHES to inform his former cnst< mrrs and tin- public ^iriicrullv, that li- ha* nearlv finished Ins house, so tti:tt In- -s now able to accommr>date as ni my as may lioiiour him with their company. His home i% lirge, having M'Vi-n comfortable rooms wli ? h lia\< fire places in them, suitable for families or travelling gentlemen wishing such. lie lt;is pro vided good heds, h(|viors, Ccc and will 1> as good a table as the neighbourhood w ill all. .id, lie is also provided with good stables, ami Will always keep the best proicndc" The situation of the p!a?*?! n ph., -taut, and \ ? i y healthy. fU*nil? men w slinig to visit him witii their families, during the summer season, can be a f ?mmodated or? m alerate terms. 'I he keeper of this establishment pledges himself to the public to do all in Ins power to please and give en ..re sat st.uti.m. ntleiin n who call ca.i amuse th< uisel.es in reading the newspapers in hi* iitfll-rooir, where lie keep*, files of papers from almost e\.-r) pan of the United States. Mason Hall, Orange conntv, N (;. f Ft h J^t 1H20. ' i' 4 NOTICE. ' f MIR attention of the public is rcques'cd ' A t!?r following statement On the evening ( of Sa'ur.'.ty the l<Hu instant, the house of tin- J subscrib< r, on Swift creek, ? ?s entered during I h> r ahisr.ee, by John Bryan, and a free nuila* ? I toe nirl named Ifcccy .If .ore, the /laughter ..I I f.vdia ,1/oor e, v;?s forcibly tak'-n and carried ? awav m a chair by the said llrvan It i? b? heved that he lias ;< K.rged bill of sale for diu girl, purporting to have oren executed bv h< r mother, and it is feared thai he b:.s Carried the girl to ti c vudi, witii the intention of selling her. Diccv .Mbore has !?* < ?l with t!ie subscri ber ever since she w as fifteen months old, and the fact of her freedom can be pr?vcd beyond th?.' possibility of a doubt. She is now about s< venteen \ears old, five feet high, with a yellowish complexion, tnick bitchy hair, and w ears rings in her cars. H-ya:t is about six feet high h?s blue eyes, is a little round shouldered, and has a long nose. The editors of southern papers are request ed to give the foregoing an insertion in their respective papers. as prts?ibly it m<y savt from t s'fiV of slavery 'his girl, who has an nwpies ' j-jiublu right to her freedom C;iHiurinc Fito. .Swif* Treek, Craven (Imni'y, I February 25, IK 20. ' | A 5t? ??? yatiuns kiuAs, for sale at this nllicc. To the Public . WHEREAS come years ago it was my un fortunate l?t to be married to a Mrs. Nancy Oonnagan, and notwithstanding even effort has uniformly been made on my part to preserve harmony and peace between us, yet it has been all in vain. She has now abscond ed from my bed and board, and betaken her self 1 know not where. I hereb\ give notice that I am resolved to pay no debts which she has contracted since her elopement, or may hereafter contract. William Hannah. Orange, Feb. 24, 1820. 4 ? 3 w CASH STORE. THE subscriber has lately opened a store in Hillsborough, in t,.e house tormerly occupied b\ him, where he oflers tor saltan very low tt rms for ca>h, a very considerable assortment of 3^31311 among which are. \ large assortment of superfine, tine, and coarse br< jd cloths, sitpeTliiie ami fi ?- casst meres, bed, duple and l)u cli blank- tt, coat ings, vest ni gs, wuite and coloured plains, fftnfiels and Omses cassi nere and (anon crap shawls, coll.c >s, bombazctu-s, co'ton host , black silk h.uidkerch els an assortment of gun?, some ot wnirli hh- of a very superior quality; tr^ce ch.. n?, weeding noes, truo'; puns, anvils, vices, sh dge and ' ?nd itammers, bellows itipt-s and bands, c> wle> and bust- r ed s? ?-cl, carpemer's planes, .mpurteil waggon box s, patent cuting knives and scy he blade*, :.nd a very large assoitmcnt of Hardware adn tj.tticy . Ku fcland, Webb 8c C o have always on hand a eons derabic q iantity of .skirting, br.d'e, l?a,-, upper and sual I'tather. I wish t<* employ a sober, steady young man, who can come wed recommended, .nd who has been brought op *n ttie mercatude business, and is a good accountai t. Win. Kirklund. Hillsborough, Feb. 23- ' 3? 3w r?. HE A KIT proposes publishing by subscription THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE Convention oj North Carolina On the adoption of the Constitution of the United States; S ? to which is mcruio The Constitution ol the United States. THF former edition of this work having become so scarce as to rentier it difficult to procure a copy, it has been su^'g^U'd to tile publisher that a new edition would he acceptable to the public; he has accordingly submitted 'he proposal for their patronage, and w ill commence, 'lie publication as soon as tne number of subscribers shall be such a^ to justify t tic undertaking. The debates ol the North Carolina convention on the adoption of the constitution ot" the United Mates, must certa nly excite sulficien' interi st to prevent their becoming extinct; it is therefore pre sumed that the proposed ed<tio? w ill be ex tensively patronised throughout the state. CONDI riovs. The work w ill be comprised .n a duodecimo volume of about three hundred pages, neatly printed on fine paper. The price to subscribers will !*? one dollar and titty cents, handsomely bound and let tered |t will he put to prcs* as soon as three hun dred subscr Ik rs are obtained. Subsc ? pimns received a' this office, and at mo.it of tin: post-ollie.' s in the state. JAMKS VNIHIKWP, r \H/)|{ .? vn i.j dies' / muss m.ikeh, (T l( n I Kri I. lor past t;i\ ours, tits the plrfc ? J nirc of iiiiiuiinciog to ilio ii'lics and pen tleni n of Hillsborough and it* vicinity, ? liitt he has determined to offer tlicin Ins prnfrunmal services, and heinf* possessed of a perfect k' owledgc ???' lliat la?c discovery, the art ot ciittin? to fit the human shape, lie earnestly solicits their patronage, ami assures 'hem that a!' onlers will he executed in the first *>t\le. Uniform* of every description made in a su perior manner. Ladies' dresses made with taste and ele gance lie will be repnhrlv supplied from Vcw York with the newest London and American fashions Feb 10. 1 tl" WANTKI), VHWKI.I.INd IIOUVB. soitxhle for a small laimiy, situated within a conve nient distance trom the Court -house, in Mills bfii- iii/Ii. Possession would be required in March inq.nrr of the I'rimer. Dink \ M) J o it 'JUiJ'iT'Xmft Promptly .? >d ? ? ctly execute i it the ofHcc of the ilillsboio j^h Kecordcr. Fur the Recorder. TO DUNCAN CAMERON, ESQ. SlR, I take the liberty, without your per mission, (permission Wing necessary only among nobility) to dedicate this, imperfect sketch of my opinions on a convention to you. I do it because, at the last session of the legislature, youjrote tht first to agi taie the question, by tht introduction of resolutions the policy of which you ' maintained by a powerful and vigorous vloquence. Such a course was not ex pected by me; in expiation therefore of my sin of hrird thought* as to the course you would pursue. 1 ,-ave nothing bet ter just no-*/ than the following desulto ry remarks to of? r up on the altar of public opinion. THOUGHTS ON A CONVEN i 1?}N. When political inventions fail in ope rating tl?e ends vt which they were designed, or whv. t piv become partly inoperative* from i^'hts whtcn could not have bet a toivsCvn a the time of I their adoption; it ma\ be, out <j( a cr.angt- both i;i tl?? physical and mo ra i condition ??f rt;.? pe.ipie; if they con tain wiunn tlicm^>es tht wise provi sions ?il b.'ing ?lte efi ??r modified as the cjicu.iisian. es of tl* times may require, '.tr: power sh'>ui<l V cautiously exercis ? not nc vert itd *.*s ex< rci?ec? when ever the great bmti oft!i<* community i'ijv r? ?'?ive on !(?< ? ?:p.-die??rv In the Unit d S..?tes of A j.tica, ;ri (.ov-iei . i pr -log'f.ve it s ?'?* ;< a :?.?ii?i y; m ou.er v. .jidi, in * I pe:,;>u acting in a collectivr cafiacity. This prerogative ti never deb gated 6S' to those ui.oare selected by -he pt<jp? foi the especial purpose ol forming, ^lien .g, or modify ing the constiiutu ? of the state. The sovereign powei legitimately ex ercised must be ; t .^p-.Wv delegated; it is not, therefore, tiv- 1 ~um?r*ted amon< the legisl^C4M^3j>^-!lcif rcp? r?? n Ujives. Pmhat^y^sc^n^y and per - f/iiumi*. y between civil and political legislation is thus distinctly marked and accurately defined. li ought not to be contended, in this frail condition of human existence, that any positive institutions ever can so nearly approximate perfection as com pletely to answer, in all respects, the ends and purposes for which govern ment is founded. The improvements which have been made and incorporated into the American systems, and that di vine impress of freedom stamped upon them, is justly the pride and boast of an American, and quite sufficient to excite tl.e envy and admiration of other na tions; but the o1*servation "hat the works of human improvement are slow and progressive applies as justly to our inrmsof ^ovei nmcnt aa to those of other nations. The scicnce of political jurispru dence is l)Ut the accumulated series of gradual improvements, drawn from the experience of ages. Few opportunities have been given to the human mind of indulging itself m easy and unrestrained investigation; snll fewer opportunities have ofli red of verifying and correcting investigation by experiment. An age? a succession ol ages? elapses before a system of jurisprudence rises from i'S first rude beginnings. ? Hut if the disco veries iu government are slow and dif ficult, how mnch more arduous must it be to obtain the benefits of those dis coveries in practice? ? While some have bi en founded in force, & others in fraud, how feu , on tin lung the page of history, do wc find to have been founded with view# to the happiness and well-being <?1 those for whom they were designed. 1 1 is not surprising^ therefore, that while governments in the main have been, in heir commencement, so inauspicious to the principles of freedom and the means n| happiness, they should have been likewise so unfavourable to advances in virtue and excellence. It is impossible that the discoveries which have been made, from time to time, in the science of political juris prudence, and the benefits and advanta ges thence resulting to the world, ever should be realised excepi by the con troling power of constitutional authori ty. When I speak of a constitution, 1 ?peak of a written compact, made by the people acting in a sovereign capa city; ? an instrument which defines and assigns to each department ol govern ment its proper powers, functions and duties. To my mind hn^land ha", no constitution, though it is a word 'which figures as a sort of hobby horse 111 the pages ot all her political writers. ? I*ng ind, it is tiue, possesses a government which may be satd. in some degree, to be founded on immemorial usage and I custom;? but I never yet have been able I to discover one fixed or immutable prin- J ciple in the whole fabric; no inherent agency to operate a recurrence to fun damental principles; no well understood barrier between the rights of the citizen and the prerogative of the king; and, in fine, no provision for the vigoious exer cise of the salutary principle of change and modification, whereby the most sickly and disordered systems arc some times renovated. If England really had a constitution, so many opinions would not exist about its vague und undefined nature. The princ.pies and features and characteris tics of American constitutions are clear ly stated, solemnly sanctioned, and ac curately portrayed; but about the ex tint of the limits and powers of the English constitution, Boi ngbroke has one opinion, De Lome a second, and Pulc> a third. By he term constitution, as understood b> u* Americans, is ineai<t t .at tuptcnie law of the land, made and ratifi' d i>y those in whom the sovereign power resides; its object and purpose is to prescribe the manner according to which tiie state wills mat the govern ment should he instituted From the constitution the government derives its power, and by its agency the energy of government is dirertcd and controlled. To nive to any government the power of altering or changing the constitution, would be to subvert the foundations of it* own authority. The case is widely different with the people. It is with them the constitution originates; the work of their own hands, and established for their preservation and safety, they have the right to mould, to refine or im prove it in any way they please, and at what ti*2 'hcjr please. Can it then be <U-aMed tha: they have the right to changr it whenever, upon fair experi ment, v. nt vnity shill convinced t?iM .t is insufficient for the purposes of its adoption? To this resolution of the majority, the minority of the population are hound to submit. It the act of original association be infringed, or the intention of those who first united under it be violated, yet the minority are obliged to suffer the ma jority to do as they think proper. The .fajnorrty havw ti.e' right to retire, to sell " 1 ? i ? ? S <r..-nqii ?? - ? ft modified government'. These are iirat and t lie genuine principles of civil li berty, and require no minute explana tion or detailed illustration; but men and manners change with times and cir cumstances, and the generations which succeed each other ought to have them brought at least once in vi view before them. I thought it proper to state them, lest in this cavilling age it might even be objected that what one has a right to make, !te has likewise the right to alter. Nor arc the apprehensions of those well founded, who suppose that the intro duction of this pi inciple of change and improvement into our political system is likely to produce the effect ol levity and unsteadiness in our establishments. If the uninterrupted power to * hange , be fully .admitted, and well understood by tjie people, the exercise of this pow er will not be lightly or wantonly abus ed. Against this restive spirit in public bodies, there Is to bfc found a security in the influence of habit and custom; we most reluctantly give up that chain ol thought and association ol ideas to which the existence of any thing has long ac customed us. And this principle in human nature will always operate as re tarding machinery in the transit from one political condition to another. II we have said enough to convince our readers that the power of change resides in the people; we will in the next place proceed to say something abo.it the occasions and inducements to a change. It may safely be admitted as an axiom in political jurisprudence, that a change of government is necessa ry whenever it becomes either partial in its operation upon the interests and fortunes of those for the preservation of which it was intended, or when it ope rates contrary to the spirit of its 01 iginal design. I ask myself this question, what is a state? I answer hy saying, that a state is an entire asso< iation of free persons, united for their common benrfit, in or der to enjoy peaceably, and under the authority of laws, what istneirown; and 2ndly, for the purpose of doing justice toothers. A state is an artificial person. As such it has its rules, obligations and rights. It may incur debts to be dis charged out of tnc public stock, and it may acquire property distinct from that ol its members. This association may he supposed to be formed in the following way.? -If a number of people, who have hitherto lived indept ndcmly of each other, re solve to form a civil society, it would be necessary to enter into some engage' mcnt to unite in one body, and to regu late, with one common consent, what' ever rriHit regard thfir preservation, I security and happiness. In the comp: ct formed, each individual tunics wit'i the whole collectively, and the whole collectively with each individual. 1 Uci-e engagements are o'.Ii^atory, because they are mutual.-? An obligation is rais ed on the individual, to pay obcduine to the will of the whole; and in conside ration of a surrender on the part ovt-\e individual of a portion of his r.atu; af li berty, an obligation of protection toul.e individual is raised on the part 01 .the whole. Among the many benefits re\ suiting from modem improvements mi political jurisprudence is the further stipulation, that the individual is only to be bound by such laws to which he h given his consent. From which it woui-l obviously appear, that the sense ol eve. ? one of the community should be lair :v obtained and honestly expressed in t? e adoption of all laws; otherwise tin / must be supposed to have an unequal operation. ? But all into are equal with respect, to rights, and therefore laws should never operate unequally. 1 wouht not apply the principle of equality to their virtues, tnlents, dispositions or acquire ments; in this, perhaps, it is ncce--ia:y tuat th re should be some inequality*' The Romans supposed true freedom U? be exptessv d by the words ju* xijunm. The natural lights of all the members of a society are equal; and as in ci\il socieiy'the abridgenn nt ol the rights of one operates as an abridgement of the rights of all, when any law is adopted to that effect, it follows as being quite in consistent with the terms and conditions of the social compact, that any ol the members should be bound by any ordi nance to which his sense, pro or t >n, has not been taken. Having both an in dividual interest and a common interest, and possessed of equal rights, hi* h:?s a just claim to ihe full expression of iiii free will. Again, whether the senti ments of the members in the adoption of any measure are unanimous or ii.it, the voice of the majority should be deemed the voice of the whole, and therefore obligatory on al^r but how, or with what propriety, can the will ?-t the majority bind those whose opinions ate never known or ascertained?? -No uitn, in the common transactions ot lilOj is willing to be bound by the act ol ai to iler which he has not given ?>:s as mat^^friT^meiiiber ' conseUts that t is purpose shall be carried oil, and that in fact every ihii>g necessary to the car y ing it on shall be done; but the political rights of mankind arc not to be sacri ficed to this purpose. These remarks have not been mane without a design; they have been made with a view to the present political con dition of North Carolina. The time nas arrived when our constitution should t>e amended. Local circumstances re quire it; the importance and character ol the state need it, and the harmony and union of its citizens, to be perpetuated, absolutely call aloud for it. The pre sent is perhaps the most propitious sea son which has occurred for many yeais, for an undertaking of this nature. Tim body politic is no longer convulsed and agitated by party feuds and jealousies; this great republic is at peace with the world; and we have to steer us in sued a woik the example of many of the sis ter states, in altering and new modelling i heir constitutions. Il the reasons lor altering and amending our state consti tution be good and suftieienf* I consider the present as the accepted time. 1 tiese reasons for the most part, are nothing more than a plain statement of Lets, to an enumeration ol which I shall now confine inysell. By the statistical account I here sub mi', it "ill be seen now unequal is tnc representation of North Carolina at time. Counties. Free person!). Anson, 6506 Ashe, 3 5 -17 Beaufort, 46.55 B'-rtie, 5 158 Buncombe, 5882 Burke, 9574 llrunswick, V524 Bladen, 3686 Cabal ras, 49<J4 Currituck, 5354 Columbus, 2319 Craven, 7626 Camden, 3936 Carteret, 3651 Chatham, 93 1 3 Cumberland, 6586 Caswell, 7458 Chowan, 2508 Duplin, 54*7 Kd^? combe, 7JI6 Franklin, 4836 (1 milord, 9953 (sates, 3175 Ci recur, 3025 (iranvillc, 78 >o May Wood, 2609 Hertford* 3 2 47 Hyde, 4177 Halifax, 8996 Counties. Fr<"? pen in*. Johnston, 44;< 7 Jours, S.syj Iredell, 85 40 Lincoln, 1 3870 Lenoir, .'>132 Moore, 54 2.? Montgomery, 67.54 M;irtm, 3 63o Mccklcuburg, 1 < >7 7 3 N.isli, 4371 Northampton 5 83 i Nc\vIIanoverS023 Onslow, 4370 Orange, 15434 Person, 4u6i) Pasquotank, 547 > Pi rtjuiinons, 4. >3. 5 Pat, 55so Randolph, 9 * | Kuthcrlord, 12333 Rockinj?liani,8 0 J Robeson, 61^8 Kit lnnond, 5 i<> 1 Rowan, I778r? Stokes, 9890 Sampson, 4571 Surry, 8897 Tyrrell, *4j0 Warren, 47 v.