Newspapers / The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, … / July 8, 1800, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
-W7-'" F I- ?-- 0 M From the Virginia, Federalljl. J. Russell, of toit,,u, ha pubuihed propofals for-printing an elegant and cheap edition of Mr. Ad aval' DEFENCE OF t H E AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS- e manyV who are in the habit of betraying mous, others obfeure ; that fome will prioYthfrnfclvi on bifth, others on taleuts j that to chtck iheic natu ral tendencies to ariflorracy, out governments arc wifely iixxutti-iiVL-chtch mid bjlances, by the aelion-of which, no otic nun nor any of thofe who are rich, or defcended from gnat men, as a body, .nor the general aula of t itifcoi a.aJdTu.(hU.jbci:iiVeaitnule; each nttVi's lights, as they invariably have dne in ail re- v tlnrif ignorance by profctEng an acquaintance with, publics and other eovernmcius, where thofe nut ural and c udemni.1g an Author they hate never read to che.ks aitd balances of powct did not exid. The En ...... th fe whj mutilate and mifquotC'him, with indent to j gnih "i'ditutioi, in theory, has certain checks, which ot inc. Union'; and tothofe, mho by tbefe, and other. rnca.ii of iniheprefentation, have imbibed prtjudices agam't nun a peralal of the following accurate and concifc view of, 'lis ,work (if the Fedcrahlt ever falls intu the han is of fuch) will afford an tx jeditioijU rrt'diod of ll umiing thtmfclves on the one hand aid I dtling .the .arts -jjT jJcfiuing.men On the ot wr OurinofrTDMS-Deftner : fluutions. -. ' 4 THERE never was, perhaps, a literary oik fo rnuch laiktd rf, and fo little known in this riart of the union," as Mr, Adams's Defence of our Conflitutions : Let candid and enlightened men judge of its merits and ita.der'e& by a temperate perulal. ' Let every man of honor paufc hrfoe, he paffes fentence. Is it not to try and coi dcrih wiiliont the common forms of julticc, if .ai.y Tianfhall, without having even feen it. hazard a condemnation of thi work, -andof courfe of the charatltr of one of the earlielt and mod oonipicucus men of "our redution ? Let the man of charity "refume his iueitt .m.-i'leinciple;: and before he condemns fuch a cha xj-eadiliujorjt is far'as I am-capablc of jlgirg, the following appears to my mind a'fhort out line i f his main doc trine, in th; " Defence of our couftitutions " Ht cd hU ' )fk a defence of our free governments and h isio. -Thcfe governments were cenlured by a M. IV got, of France, beeaufe they had a legislature of tw branch es. ai l an indt-peiidcnt executive. He chdiged, upon ttwfe who fonptd them, too fervile an imitatiori of the" E'n'ifh conflitution, Mr. Add'rw had heard of the m t-emte--iewvtf-aacnn monjjrur 1 moot's theoiy there to aboldh their hp rate executive md,thtir ftnate ; and wrote his bo k, vol. I to prevent thii anarchy. Before he finiflu'd his voiu me an infurrf cVoft'had adualjy Xzkm, phre in Mjfra huftt s, (17S6) the objeft of which was to e ftaSliOi one fuf u lie ho ly to govern the date. -The esnircjjifls '.vere t hen, as they, bave fince been" thfcugh put t" e union (cfcjtcd In otd.fr to - vrndhat! the e: 'jiprhktenn immrtrtimirmc&ni-' ia'ch branch" hcv. ing a nciriVt-. Mr. 'A dams 'wjs led to review the fveral nQvemmtn s in Eurooe, wherein the ntnnle 1 & 1 r - fire in Euiore. But its chtcks and balances, viz. a king .ind hereditary iiobits, Mr. Adams docs not wi(h to ce adopted here ;;orr "in" '"'pag'r7 i7''Vol;."lT"Tie''tay8, fpeakini; of Americans, 44 they have ,nt made their "firfl' m gijlrotes hereditary, nir the fenulors ; here tbty aifer J'vn the tnpijh conflitution, And with C&iat rnoriii -t j-Y-A- CrtH-langHdge-be -moTe exptrciT-f 7ilc iTnrrks" a ny- go v eT nmen t wi tl rou t vur-ThxxfcT-x-drfpvtifnrrxt hc1 ther called mon archy , o r artfi ocrecyicsifmpls dtmocrncy. He is for compounding the better feature ot ah and each thef? ; three, to make one free repuh'ic. Or General, into n many lots ro"e Tiirrec? acrea each, at the quantity fuch quarter townjhip or fracljoQ is -.ft j ted tu contain will ad ntt, in the mniicr-.p-jiute J u; ad rcq ared'hy the above reciird ct, 4', The plats divi.icH as afo f i 1 iiT-o Jots of one hu.i.jicd acrts, are dipofiud in ilic ffi e of the Re g liter oi f he Treafii y where 1 tie t. rat i os t r e to lie madr j and upon funcndcriiii; tike 'wairants which fhvl be thus located, patents wili br ilbitil n, ihc u.mr and upon the condiw.ns prefer if e'1 hv Lw t,vcn .un,cr!.,nX a.!,, at . t 1 lal ci h j .ibf d4y a4 Oliver woLcorr, x5 l1 . : : Secretary of toe rrrhfury. SHERIFF'S SALE. Bladen coil r.ty, fr tlic tax- VV U" K 20- h day next, " " 1 "i oct "to y n i, -T " es tnrreon '3,'?3.r.acrPrtIjndnymj? n II aden conty, tke" propet ty ef j hn launders, j-i-i. of Jones county ; it being part of telte trails that is not lifted 1101 given in by ihejjroprietor or any other pd (on for tlic veaf , larthy he- Woul ! i7gq it was fit ft Vrai.Vi-ri r,..iwfi,4;,U!l-'...j. popularize (if fuch a word may: be uf.d) jn fl fIbtA.ivia . J .... . U 1 t a 1 i - . " . oy jonuiLm to laid-aundeis. ' - - lilaJen, June 6, iS'oo., magiflraie,' like a prcfident of the Unittd States, with a veto but obferve, he would have him eleflive And tiiat he is a friend to frtqutnt and populareirclio's ee page 96 and 369'; to .this mag'niaic he v ouid rive the executive power. Thus it is given in our unri vailed federal tonjltiution. Again, he would check this 1 tii it magillrate, the monarchy feature or quality, and h e rep refentatives, the d e macrat i c f a rt, by the arifto ciatic, quality of .focie: yt Jn enaulijt re-hgjAtgcia fion ills B'titiHi eulogid, becaufc he tutuld not have this feiiate a hereditary oody. " 44 Agin he woultl have the third branch "of govern ment a ' houfe of delegates, imwtdiatcly cho!en by the people, to check rhe natural rillocracy, nd 'hr xe cutive Ht dejends ihc free govtrnmtnt of his countiy 111 lo do!i:'g , and proinil) - exults in tlie Juperiori y of hr -forms ovrr 1 hufe of every country,' iiit'iUciiiig" ilic CuiitlriiitKH'. ol Eoland. of hi work. rh fc amour my young country men, . E.a M0RSE.r. c IS hereby gl'veti.that a general' m-cf ti.ccm. berscompofi.ig.the'Dr'ep an t H.. f-'VieV'toivt4iio co.nj.any, will tike place at the hn&fMfcfQttc'in Haywoofifb:)rouh, on the ArMop-. uX. n cjr a t J ijc n e all p'irfons having ay tfe-.mnd aain;tTn?6nipari A number jif lots in ft'd Ioah wi!l he . ff red. A falo. -on tfiVt and :he udi.i-i ijr das The icims of laic will be 'Tiadc k -own 1 n t h'-'.p'e'i:ifeft. ' - ' , J HJ-NUl'KOV Vrefdent. Chd'ham Court , Ho fc, June I co '- NU 11 C L. GRoEViL . ) 11 oCi o. tii?"la;t Mrv court. A fcrrjer's land, (it natcd o1( the oad leading 'ro-n Fayv etteviile to llilifb rfo .igh, near She'r.jd' f ird, on wfiole education dcftines them to learned iefleftin. and probabJv 10 public' d.ttioH, will find. in this wotk a the Upper L:ttl; River The .'aid, Fa.r ill commence clue to nAWcboth t'o p ditical k .0 edge, and to the j on-the la ft Monday 111 next 'October, -; and aho-ou tU praet .ee ' t virtuous fenttment . they will hndrTrr,ait iVlonflay-iu utxi. .-vpiu. that ihis'icained and able Itaiefman, no where fnblii tutes an i a.)dic;o.is pbiofophy iii thr pb.ee . f religion." NEILL M'LEOLX Mosre county, Jamc t, iSoo . 31 p ty ' hid any (hiic.Uc and every, man in Amenc-i knew taat we not trwy -.imitated the parts of the Englifh go veuiin nt w'l'ch were p ?pir to be adopred here,, to wi', t f'jr-i at; n of the )iffcrent powersif government Into thiei In anches 'he complete indepirderic e .f .he j'.i-vciary ; a hi"; I of r ights ; the oteas corpus, and the inedinbie trial. bfjur.?..; but alfo continued hi force the Eojrlith di ut s that haJ bt'en heretofore adopted. an;,! the tfommon law ot Lnglacd. A. hefe principles ot public policy were adopted at the fame tunc that we mliiy rtjftt 1 a 1 5 ft . 9 3 ft kii'14 ; ahcTeditaiy fenate or nobility ? and a bench bifhops. The - Erg lift government was. at that time and had been tor ayes, the only one in Euiopc wheie in the people had a fharc, ar.d in which'.'-was to bt found the principle that 'we had adudtty adopted to-wit the diviiujn 0 the poerB of (veriitie;it into she $nr ; . an executive ; the few a . feint e"; and the many, : hoyjc of..djtJcgatc9,iofenJaunediw.ely--hy--thepeo;' j"t, viu ut licjaiiyc 0.1 cawii. ii ' s v. orfe vvas parti cuiariy a.tletence (.t the prmnpa outlines of the gyx c.vtrnme'nt'- of this date (Maryland) where we have a governor ; a lenate, elected for-five years by electors ; and a houic ot delegates, choftn by the people irnme "- diateiy. ' ' :" ,' ' '.- " In bc vindication of fuch a political form and of r l . . y - 1 r . . xucn imita::ons ana acoprions from tlie Jinghfh go vemnritn' and civil, f ftem, Mr. Adams nndej cef ilty of -indicating the En 3 lift governmcr.f, as far as it ' borea cemparifon ,with any t that time in Europe ' Aerevrf his ciomparifon t kes place bet ween that and thofe emfitutiens which he was then defending:, we al ways, m every inllance, find that he is . exultingly in - favor of the free conditti'tionVof Ameiica, and ai.judg cs the palm of glory to them : not becaufc thev are called republics, a namegiveti to fomeofjht moll tv- .rst r-r-rrr- rrr-t -rf'-''i'"' " "' . . . riiiiiocai govcrnmenis at mis tay in r u opr ; but be cauTe-the. people w.ete- aft naAjrfovereign ittftfrefjrftcr Cau e they chofe ihtW own governors, fendtors and re pref-ntatiyes annually ; and beeaufe" theie were no here , dhiry honors, tiles, offices or diJindJions ; and the 'powers of government were carefully JW Vid i vol, 95, 6 No vhere does he. even 'iufinuate; that we owghrtTradopt hetediiary "jSrft magilrates, a king; or nobijity. - His whole book was written for. the pur paCe('ft!irding aga'tiffiz rHatc of things, which might give birth to fuch charaBers- in 4our free dates. He ; ii lciefottr c n tc r k in ro t he - hid o r v o f go vei ' n m 7 r s and develope t.he. enndiruent qua,i(ies ol every civtlize& and wealthy fo'ciety. 'He lh ws the danger of a free goyernnicnt becoming arijlocralicdt, by pointing bu' this tni'h, that in every focicty,.'v. hich is highly -cf ' T. zl fy. 5-ti1"c arc and aU-ays will be me qua town.fhip before defcribtd', have been divided upon htm 0 conditwn-onc.wK fome indigent, fome fa-J the itfpcaive plats thereof, as returned by the Suivey TREASURY DEPARTMKNT, -i - - - VK 1 1 2 I 1 8 JO. PUBLIC KOTICE is he-e y 'ivn., in pvolnahce o.t th't adt o.' Cotigu , pafTed-'ntr tbt full day of .Njarch, unv thuuimd eight hundred, intituled An act in addition o an act., iiuinilcd, an adi regul iug the grants of Und approp. ratal lor military fm.ces, md for the Society of the United liicthren for priipa- paling the (jrqipri am'ng the Hea.nen, as iolloViS ; lit All the fractional parts of the .qu" rter town hips jdioinine to ihe Indian boundary line of. the traei t bind rcfericd to in la'd ac, txcept . the fi actional uMertownfliips' number lour in townlhip number fe- ven ot r"ge ninibei' twenty ; 1 AlTo, all the ti actional irs of the qiiutcr townihips adj lining to the river Scioto except t'ie, quarter towi thips number one And. .our, in tuvvnihlp riutnber cm of range nu nber nineteen ; he qjarter townflrps number t'wo ana three, of town lhip uumbei three, in range number ninek en ; and the 'u.rtei towidhip3 number one and jour in tou nfhip number jfof range number twenty ; -together witli the fifty quutcr tdwnfhips hereafter dcfcit)ed, are re ft ryeUfcTnc located, for the original holders o.f war rants granted for military fervices, or their htiis, in lots of one hundred kacrcs, purfuaut to the ac above recited. -'., ad. The following is a defcript ion of the fifty quar ter ;own(hips referred to in the. preeeding articles and which werr de'lgnat cd by lot in the prefence of tbc Secretary of W tr, purfuant to the, act tboCrecit6d ; - - IT- .IT" Iii t. luolcribcr re'pvct-uhy ilfuiini ui. 111, ih t he od'ju hi i fervices a 'an lii.e'cltor, yfTiiing ;h-m, .jf el.'rte'-.t) 'that 'he wi I endeavodr to be wtb'-ii, formed'; and havi g the in trell of -u co.nm n. count y it be r-, will give fii vole iCC r ling'y. - J EP-.tfrcj. Fiv.' ' " '"e . 'v 10 X- 9 Oi'.i Oti FH sy .. i s t; ' lllMS3 HOUCI DltTRTi ) Clerk anJ Af tjrr rifc'fyAtat' t$co. x'Rrjt.it hivoig ttCii ircii;a-ed iiy lo-ue".'c.o- or nber, u k . ti r.i,- that . the bull itf't -f ' Ma ter in E puty fur the (.dtiicl ;afuctad cant:ct he law fully Jo'k, and t htt ny pwer aie lutperulci in tbrefprt, which may prove t-i y !ttn .ntii ..I to thy furtor?Nt this Cuirt, a'i I pr duiiie of coalequeuc'S pernicious to my xixn inJrreit : t tlKrefove think t xf duty ,t inform all perfons co'iccrited', that the re part.,, is rit ti ue ; and that they titke notice, that rry oinee is open, and prooer attention giv-n fr the dilp'itch'ef all bulincfs relatire to the (a re as iifual. -,, if") it. ROGER T BELL, C'k & M. E. , A 1 1 I 3 6 2 1. 1 I ioTp 10 1 8 2 ' 1 r 6 i... 1 J2U 2'- - 3 :-r S - - -8- tt-Itt t 3... ,4 , 7 '4 -t n ;:8 4 1 I 6 1 5 Mi - . 5 3 1 J 7 ' 2 - -2- '2:. '''. 3 ,i ' I- 8 2 1 7 3 : -7 1 2 3 7 : i ' 7 2 4.3 1624 8 4 ; ?pt . 5 -1 . :' '4;" ,4 4 .,. 3 -7- 2 - 61 - o 3 w ". ;9.; 3 . ? 2 5 I -3 '-3: I D zt' :;3" :"'" : 7 -4 7. 1 1 7,1 4 7 7 4 : 9 I 3 9 . 4 ' . , 3d. AH the lands in each of th aoove .-fifty qttar-'. TENT 1) )LL.VHS REWARD.. AN avvjy bora ..e 01 iloiiOJr tn tiobef n CMtlnty, the' io'h of Mirch iit, r nefto wench jiamed. Winny ; fhe 13 about 2.6 years of age, vety ftout, fquinta with one eye, was bjirn Hid raiftd i Wayne cOuuty i this date7-Selong"d once-' to. R bcrt Belt of tfiat place douwhenih erwen ta w rra d rip ed hone f pun-" wrapper and petticoat, and carried, with her feeial other articles ofcloafhing and two pair Scptchtblankets. 1 think it probable that (lie may have made towards Turtle River in Georgia, as her huhVand laas been ta ken, there. Tiie above reward and all reafonable char ges will be pid to anxJjeifoD. that. wilt. dtvrJ nr in anygal lo ti irr nrrigiiu. JOHN M'FttiVl L..- me or -Rob rfo n con tit y :Mayk TO TlCSrirtertbf gtvtn, tliat on TIFTeTh day. of Augud 1797, 1 executed a bond to I homas Chu chwell, lac of Riieighj for fix hundred pounds ;r bin underneafh my fipnature, oti the famc.paperfwas written a condition lo the bond, to coqveyto the faid Thamas Chuichwell, a lat. in the Cit y of Raleigh, up or bis paying me the coiilideiatiot) nip.nir.- The terms of 'he cormadi ;ve not, on hi part been complied v ith, and 1 he h nd ij no longet binding on mdbut he has abfcbiided. and imy pofiibly tear off the con d it ion and erdeavtiur topuHhe4ofd4H-cwculation,-- ,"t thmkit iny (luty to prevent any iiopofition, by de- tlaring that I will not pay the bond nr any part thete f.' ff'tike cotnv-Ttfi" 1 f) . l '0 VVri LLI JEFFER1ES. DUrjA.s u'i Ktiius twi 1 :c ... iuc UiUcc ot luc Miucr-
The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 8, 1800, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75