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Volume V.") POSTED ASO TOMISIKD WSEKM, BY Vasteur &l Watson, - . . aT$3R 8ALF rATABLE III AVAC. Domestic. iWated i theii! Application to the Legiila . e the citizens of the Western counties are frtexaiaed td appeal to the people for a redress of Jnd to form a Convention i , . r , , . , L e - fthereeaMorthe State ed. However opposed our .,.;r Tievances. and to form a Convention a majority o ,;J be represented ftaJers may be to the contemplated change of tfce State Constitution, they cannot but desire to be informed of the measures wiiich ne agitated in regard to this subject, and with the f affording such information, w e pub the folio winj article, expressive no doubt ot tlic scntiincats of our western brethren, FROM THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN. HIE GRAND JURY; OF ROWAN TO THEIR FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE COUNT V, Felloe-Citizens: Impelled by evpry consideration ot light and justice, tve feel it our duty to bring before you an oppres iivtf grievance uudei which the people of lljwan, in common with a large majority oi their fellow-citizens of the state, have fjr a numbrr of years labored. This griev a i:e uises from the great inequality in he operation of our present constitution, par ticularly that part of it which prescribes l:irnn'-e oi eiecimg inemoers to me nen eril Aiseinb'y. It is one of the fundamental rj!c of a republican government, th-it all the free people living under it should have ejjil privileges one with another, and e qu.illy bear the expenses and burdens of i ivern neiit. This is very far from bein tie case in North-Caioliua Under the t.rvseiu coUdliiunn our state govern- Lieut has ceased be republican, and has 1 bconie a complete aristocracy. So fai ! from the majority governing, as it ought Pdl? ot lhe cunty, do most earnestly sjre Mdi. it ii an incontestible fact, that a mi- Ci.raniend lo )uu to meet at your respect- rarity of less than one third of the free peo. pie of lhe state, controul and make laws for the rest. .This follows from the' mode oi C!nSllli members to the legislature Licb count v elects the same number of r-o- I . r enutives, witiiout any regard either to I Ce amount of population, or" extent of ler- ' ,... --ii-.;.i In tli rniiniv Tluie utary contained in the county. Thus our c uitty of Itowan, with a free population of n .re than 20,000 souls, sciid t( the leis- ! hture only three members, while the small Cjunty bf Greene, with a free population of , n.Jv i'lQ nilM. 14 Plllltletl tit llio v.imo I cumber. So that, in fact, three citizens in many of the small counties in Nie eastern pari of the state, have moiv weight in raa- i;o4tlie laws than 2( ot the free in habi- Ui.isof Rowan. So, likewise, as to bear in the burdens of government. It is a fact published by the books of the comptrol ler, lint there is a number of the small r-u nits in the state which do not furnish a liflkient amount of taxes to pay the wages cit ieit own members; whilst Kowan sends to the public treasury every year, over and liivethe pay of her own members, upwards oi',(X)0 dollars. And yet, year alter year, hen itowan applies, in a respectful .man- i-?r.tothe legislature to have her unwieldy ritory divided, and her local gnevances ft liesied, she is treated with siu-ers, and peeled vith scorn. Fellow-citizens, is it tot time for the people to awaken to a sense ;heir degraded situation ? Shall we con- tii.ue to have the laws made for us by the frnmty, and pay them tor domineering er us ? So. There is a point of for irance, beyond which it is criminal to go. Kir is it the representative feature of the fmtitution alone, that requires amend Sent ; there are many other pans 'which l()erience proves can be altered-for the mier. Une oi winch, in our opinion, is, fnt the leyilature meets too ofin. We oink. that to convene every tru vean. ) .Id be frequent enough. Ii is now a fact, ttt. be denied, that the Jaws of one ses- : have scarcely. time to become kiown liie ;eople, until they are either repealed ti!iVrrii hf l!l iirrnuilin(T IxiTivl.itm p m are laws this year, cease to be law3 next ; and so constantly are our acts of assembly changing, that few oliiers than lawyers know which. are in force ..rid icli are not- This is a ereat defect in rcoriMitution. and a serious grievance to peoj.Ie. But there is another objection fc tht? legislature meeting as often ai it does; iflv, the meat extense mcuned by it. 13- lc itnro uno v:ir tTith anotiipi. lhe people 'little short of 40,000 dol- n Now if it were convened only once very two years, then this large sum of 000 dollars, ot nearly that, would every W year he saved to the public ; and either not b collected at all, or, if Jetted, applied to purposes of general Rainess. 1 N fellow-cit".zens,our object is not now "Ssch to expose the defects of the pres- stem, as to ca II vour attention to a tverv reflecting t see, and sensiblv to fifions of ihe present constitution Jul, uojiL,t, aQd anti-republican iu th t MM"''l'''''l'B'B''IB'f'",w'w,l,,"M fxtteme that they are every day gVowing worse anu unless ineremeav isspeeauyau ia neHrfifv plied, will soon become too grievoui U tolerated. What is this remedy, we would edv. We Would ask ? Every tongue will at once answer- a Convention of the free .people of,?lorU, Carolina ! But how is this most desirable end to be brought about ? Not by apply ing to the legislature, lor the MINORITV tlierehold the power; and sad experience sliows os, that feeling power, they forget i ! " hoP fr0ni gislature ; and after the treatment we have . received from that quartelj it would be hu. miliatin? lo apply to them again. Thank God, in this land, where our fathers fought for freedom, there is another mode of ob taining redress, of our sufferings; this is, to apply to the source of all political power, i-to the people the'mselvep. The power lies in the hands of the pe ople, and a ma jority have an incoi.testable right to exer- cise that power in altering or ntnv-inodify- ingthe constitution whenever they please, l ne mam consideration is, lunv to produce such n concert, as to bii;g by their'delegates a majority of the people together. I o ac- conip'ish tins most aesirable object, Wfc, bejieve that il)e best plan is, for, the free men of each county to meet at the place of mastering in each Captaiirs district, and choose one or more delegates. .The del- egates of each county so chosen, to con- vruc rti ineir rr'sjietiive voun nouses, on some certain dav, to take the subject of our grievance un 'er their most serious consid-. eration ; and, amoiiK other measures, to ap- point a committee for the purpose of open ing ami carrying on a correspondence ith like comuiittees in other counties ; and in jliis niajiner produce a ,concert of feeling and measures, which cannot fail in a short time, of bringing about a convention of the free people of onh Carolina. Ceiieviuj, as we do, that this is the only method by which we can obtain redress, Wti tirand-jury, Jomt-suIJerers w,th yourselves, collected together from evy ve;umster grounds on some day betwteri this and Saturday, the 19th of October, aiJ choice of two delegates. That the delegates so chosen, do meet at the Court ' . . . . Huiiseoi the county, on 1 hursday, the 24ih October, to delibeiateon the giietances we sufler, and to devise such measures of relief , as liiav be deemed most orudent and effect- ' as deemed most prudent anu eilect ua'' . ,m Uie tist ardent wishes tor success in vYls ".ecessary undertaking.' we promise ou flh'w-citizeiis, our zealous co-opera- HOtl. Signed, NV. Bodenhamer, as Foreman, Johx Lastburv, Bkummell Sapp, Henry VV'orkma, Adam Caspkk, Henry StirewAlt, John Good.man, ! Samuel Ferringtok, j JOSIAH 7UMBLESON, JNllCHAEL BAEAj i John Cooe, j Levi Smith, John V vlser. August 25th, 182 2. I CIVIL WAR. A scene has taken place in Georgia, (says the Kichmond Compiler) which has excded no hide slir among the good peo ple of the state. The constitution declares that j" when any office shall be:ome va cant iby death, resignation, or otherwine, the (iovemor shall hae power to fill such vacancy." The Secretary of State Color nel Hammond, did not vacate nisolhce by dr uth or resignation but because be was absent on the seaboard for about 30 days for die benefit of his health, the Governor chose to cdr.sider his office vacant, and ap pointed a successor. It seems that Cd. II. was in ill health ; he! left his residence adjoining M MiMedge ville for the purpose ol leciuiting hh health he purpied to stay only a few days but nrevioiis to his derai lure, he left sigr.ed as inaiiV blanks as he supposed would be--ri wan liln g in his oiSce and still fuither to obviate every inco.veniei:ce, lie left with his principal clerk, Thos. II Ciawford, the following power of attorney : I " Secretary of Statts Office, Milltdgtville, Georgia. Mr. Thomas II. Crawlord is hereby fully authorised and empowered to sign tor me, and in my name and stead, any official pnperjoi papers that may necessarily De is- sued irom this office during my aDsence therefroih." It does not appear that there is any ; law to justify such a transfer of pow er; without some "such provision, the in strument appears sufficiently extraordinary. This paper w as regularly signed, &c. and bears date the 9t!i July. Matters went on smoothly enough until Cuverner being acquainted with tte matter, chizea must the 12th Vuust, when the signed blanks, l Hunting seat qi v,nanes in. lucuun , ---....r. ;.v rjX ! o land drawo is . mlllur, oce, find ;e eround,, o, s ar- inthel last land lottery, gave put. I be rounded by great vau, tne acces:Oc.,gi i0 1 declared die Pof Tatiomey VUd - ,BnXibe nn,!.. tW- iK,w .i.!f ';"-'7'f TO-we iDsi.ana .l - ! under me aoove recited fa.ic " a oDointtki Pinion- WJiitakr th 6 - woo.Htf pipefiaLiHe wfj n deliver up to Mi - Whitaker the bocVecords, kevs &c ' acting under the advice of feral r.I , Then caie the war to extremUie After borne time (adds the JMHledgville Re?orT?) f, ??5erf tpthe office j again, artd told the Cfcrk, that ifhe did not giVe up ekeymldLvebimJk I out of the hpuselTbe 'Clerk refused. tie was repeatedly threatened With a war- ' milt Qr'wl otf nfton filL-o.l ! -.1 onice Mri WhitakerWent and applied to i a Justice jof the;Eeace for a warrant against Mr . Lrawioiiiyteit Mbe JMagistrate could flnrl no law to authorise it, and therefore declined giving one. A carpenter was ; then sent to the office to take the lock off the j door and put on a new one . Mr. Crawford i toid him not, to touch the lock, and he re- "j tired. He tyas again called and ordered to proceed, and was ordered by Air. Crawford not to touch it, and he desisted. Mr. f Whitakerlthen went to the ExecutivejOffice and returned with Mr Burch, one of the ijovernorfs Secretaries, and the carpenter, Mr. liurch took, hold of the door for the : carpenter 'to proceed, when a battle ensued - i t-cu upui' iiu iir. riiora, in wnicn, it seems, fMr. Whitakei took a hand. -r- fcome persons in the passag ran in andvbe above all praise. I: was expected that parted them. Air. Burch alone was inju- reu in a siigni uegree, irom whom some blood wasjdawp.. Immediately alter they were sepai;ated, the Governor cam? in, and in a violent passion, ordered the carpenter to uil off the lock and put on another, that he had the controul there, and was res- pousible for the const quences. The car- penter obeyed, and thus was Col. Ham- mond Aficibly depiive! of his office. iei- tner ine Lxecutue order ior vacating the office, or a copy of it was shewn to Mr. Craw ton , Jill after every effort to intiuii- date him had been tried in vain. Col. Hammond returned on the 17th, de- manded the possession of his office, which was refused. Ue called at the Executive office and inade a similar demand.--biih I k wros ensnea, and here the matter rests. FoveiSH VuleU'liienCC Q & 'J&ston, August 29: ' LATEST FROM ENGLAND. Our London dates, by the Herald, are to July jg.i Their principal contents, of an interesting nature, reJate to Spanish af fairs; in which it will be seen ihat a bloody contest has taken place between the Royal Guards andj constitutional militia of Mad rid. The Particulars in the different Snan- ish papers, are contradictory ; but the fol lowing, copied from the London Morning Chronicle, appears to embrace the leading facts, and to be written with candour and impartiality. . Insurrection and Massacre in Madrid. 1 ; London j July 16. An express arrived yesterday from Madrid, bringing advices to the 8th justant inclusive, which in the course ofi the day served for considerable speculations! on the Stock Exchange. '1 hey furnish some interesting particulars respecting aj battle which took place be tween the revolting guards and the national militia on the 7lhj as well as to the events w hich gave rise to it. The following is a faithful outline of them. The unfortunate affray that occured at the close of the Sittings of the , Cortes on the 30th ult... left a degree of anxiety and distrust in the public mind, and it became necessary, to call out the militia, - it being evident that; no great reliance could be placed on jHe King's Guards; 'This be came, as i were, the signal of revolt, or rather the party of lhe Serviles, who .ex pect to use the 4,uatds as the instruments of their-iniquitous plans against tiie Con stitution, . c iisideifcd that their plans' were discovered, and that it was necessary to act immediately on the general plan they had devisedlwnh the; French Uhra. .The ffiiriC iit Kii o ri n. in Fji i ii.. ' ' l ij . .-.r ii. en, aou generally eouuiianueu uy yjmctfs b longing to the r.oh'e families, had a!was given umbrage to the constitutional party, and tiny excepted to be disbanded as soou as a favourable opportunity t ffered. When they suw the rnililia calltd out, they thought the moment for disbanding them had come, and they bryke out in open mutiny, and collected onj their usual parade ground. Here they had a conference with Gen. Aiorillo, i:i the terms we stated in our pa per of yesterday which ended in their posi tive refusal t4 disperse or lay down their amsy 'Finding themjleves on the parade ground liable! to an attack, they marched off to the Pardo, an old Palace situated on a hi1 on lhe other side of the river Man- zanares, two leagues .from tiie capital, oa the Scunal load. Known as me lavonie : trough ao iroa ga?. llxe About : jepuiseaia aiaust vigotuus aioin. - - ' -. ' '' ...! I j : tt'T". rvm"? oy, a wessae was sent were pu.weq fry a. 4 - v, u.ct.i vi t:(,u(iug- uiujcr. Untbe 7th til? (iliank Qrltnnoirl l.tnrarif i! Kl Il'STZL r'T' ne town, with the intention to seize bn r uebcarral and foZOarates. The militia and aed inhabitants, heaOd by General Ballasteros. ' Hiepo. A lava. . ZaverK rahd ItlDrl i 111 ornnt yint ...Knnl desperate action took place, in which the; guards lost 400 men. .Eventually ihfy were compel!, d to lay down their arms, he triumph being complete on the part the Constitutionalists.. The nnnnlare the capital remained perfectly neutral dur- ing the contest, ana as It were silent spec- ' lators of the whole. These events have given rise to a variety of niraours, injurious to the reputation of several individuals '"'of high rank in Madrid, among whom is one foreign, Ambassador; but we decline re peating them till we receive more authentic accounts. W e may mention, however; that it is said of the Duke del Inlantado particular, that he was heard exciting the populace to call out " Long live the A b solute King i77- In the mean time, we think i hut justice to state, that the patriotic cont -duct and cordiality that reigned among th wk-ih auuve iidintu, ana ineir exertion duringthe whole of the mutinyj is stated to thisjoverthrow of the revolted Guards would. restore tranquility, ana teach the servile Prty the folly of their criminal plots against the Constitution. ' ; ' It is also rumoured that a sum of money, intended to promote the criminal project' of the Andalusian revolters, had been seizedj on the way to Seville. " i LONDON, JULY 17. ! The arrivals from the Continent of yes-i teruay, luinisned nothing new with regard; to the affairs of Spain y but the variety ofj papers we have receive since our last pub- lication, enables us to give a more connect- ed view of the whole events which ibUowed j the revolt of the King's Guards, than the general reader perhaps would be able to form from the perusal of so many, antdSnl some instances, such contradictory accounts The position of the Pardo, (the old pal ace on tne other side of the Manzanares, and not the Prado, public wajk, as stated in ; some of the daily papers) to which the four battalions oi the guards had fled, was to isolated for the realization of auy plan formed by the servile party, and these bat talions were besides separated from the ojhertwo, which still remained at the Pal ace, under pretext of guarding the person of the King. All negociations for a surren der having proved fruitless, the fcur battal ions of revolted guards, pressed, probaidy, by the waqt of provisions, from which they were cut off, the moment they shut them selves up in the Pardo, formed the project of attacking the city on the morning of the 7jh, at an early hour -conceiving that the' jnilitia and armed inhabitants, who had been on duty for several days and nights successively, might easily be surprised and overcome. With this view, they left their position in the night, and advanced to the square of the Constitution, where they found four companies of militia, and a detach-'."j ment of cavalry, supported by two pieces of artillery. The guards entered the avenues, leading j to the square at daylight, calling oqt' Long ) live the absolute King," and immediately commenced a brisk fire on their antagonists. By the time they had discharged their pie- ! ces four times, they had reached the line occupied by the militia, when two grena- ' dier companies of the latter, and a company of Chasseurs, commanded by Brigadier- General Palar.e.a,-at tacked .them, flora seve- , ral of the streets leading in:o the square, and considei able loss was expeiienceifecn both, sides. ' At six in the morning, . peneral Morillo ord'eied a piece of artillery id be .placed in tiie . main street, t prevVn't the tetreat of tiie guards in thai direction, f n lhe mean time, the militia continued to fne ujjon, theiii Ufin the street Lus Currttaj, which compelled the mutineers to relimt by the adjacent stie,ets;oii the o;;pUite side. The guards retreated in to ihi Actions, part to- wards the Palate no doubt to join their comrades ported there, and the others, to- for the maintenance of public ;rder ; the . wards jhe squaieof St. Doiningo both be- fvrce destined to carrs into tfli'fVtnV xe- ihg success Viily charged"by the regiment .of cutjou o the laws, has thrown off-they t'kev " the Prince, crying out f Lunj ;live Liberty. ,r of Subordination, and the nilitary e;irfecdf f The King's Stabjes, where -the-. .guards'; Witjlr'the! sacred tiust of th- K'ng's ptrnt had collected arid ptsted themselves, were! have t?t.t only hbandoned it, but fixed the" V next attacked by General Morillo the in- general' attention on ihe paiace of his Ma stunt he couid Dringup the militia,ai d for- jesty, w(:ic coniinued to be occupied by ced with fixed bayonets, llepulsed on all their companions in arms. Under fuel) . sides, the mutineers withdrew towards the cirenmstfo ces, the government has directed Palace, where they were received, among its tuwards two hject.v first, to other pefsonsol rank, by the Duke del In- fantado, and the Matquis de las Amarilias'. They then offered toenteriuto negociations, and despatched one of their own paity to amnci; imuu iv ' '.' "" v - - , r.J ,W iaUllSiV. U j our waning jot ;or - ,ied. furntally into eflec,, Ihipg 3 7i i-1 . mutineers eiiectea,tnrir ,ff treat. rrt)m. me ,pajr hi cuyuiiv, acconipariiea ovvvjetn r ill Mnrill.. or.l k t . I.- . I. --""r, $urrenamu, jaiui tiiQ remaining mutineers surrendered, pod the Ot the triunioh fraim..! ; r. 4.-, militia, ; 1 1 , 1 TrnVxV. i n Maria nn.. . r - iroui Madrid. The ConstiUionncj stattf, on the ; authority uf inters (tmJonne, lhat the bands of General Quesad U. exist no jbf .more, aiw that it is believed he rofc thedit ':V nf rection of (uinuscxa. in llm dt i ' j ; ; turning to France. , J i. lurious. The crjel ii)diuererca Csas Q"olidienuu) ol.the men vl thf ) The "turn which aflairs I j.ivo taken Jv I Madrid ha made the k-retic)n Ultra uWrs vi ; ! age cans put leave to ve. people 4he ' pare of arranging their ovn nffairs;' 'but.lhe! hon.or of crow lis is no) tp be satisfied vitli this reason, at, once puerile and murderou. which tends to lull the conciences o King .' 1 ' his is intelligible laiiuaue. i i : x j ; - The Contliiutiunnel has, an inteiestiitg) letier from -Madrid, lecei.ted by thy Tostj which, however, only ome -down to iUe 5th. An enuWratitni is gtven ofawjie of ' the piiiiciple ipeasuies adopted hi the Cir- tes in theii last.iitiihs, aud among ('after. I that relative to the distribution of com'tWoi) and waste lands, wljich wil. bevmjde g: tditously to the .inhabitants of jhe countw by meariyof drawing lots. KverV lof h inv' represent a value Suihcient foMlje subaUu ' an,ce of a 'family composed of, five !erso.irsvt i and the adoption for the geu th! p'u for the enuwment oi ihe Clergy pf all classes. r Ifom the Cardinal Atchbisln.p pf 'J'iihini V down to the Curates of small vilhipes , . II i these measures, u is aid, when tan in execution in the, I'roviiices, ouht. io,o-n- ' tribute very j owerlully to attach tin4 na tional inass, to the riew pi.liiical 5teui : v- whic.'i governs Spain, aiidrdrsinrV liieVre- judic s which offered arms lo malet olM ce."- pea-fing ot the conspirncy, the w rier Iv. serves, - those who wr-ie fo nl;v ih flilt parts, hesitated at the decisive" 'tntw'?ih. ' and (onducttd themseUs withucJi a di gVee of iimcirdite, that they therrhv prov ed iheftiselve uu worthy ol'rhe di.eciiwii of ' , pakis, jtn.v 15. A meeiing of the Foteit n Miniytris h;:s been h id at Madrid sit-u a tiethnaiioii relative to the eventsiii ihbt ( ripif;!!' AJr. FoMY-Jii, tile Anuncan AiiniKier. ie-u.n to sin i: as totally uuirue ; asei ting .ti.dt ' theloyhj adheients h FrBii.Nn uea his,'' great;t ent niies, and ihai the ( oi n s, f; u io, were his l fninls It i addvd,. that tventujfJIy all the Foreign Miiiierj ex'cep the Ausliian, agreed ith Mr oi stii. ' ' i oasiiti.lu.xi.ei,. LONDON, Jt'l-T 5. The following infelli; er.ee i contained in i. private i; tier, dated "j " Madrid, July VI. V K The choice of tjie new Mrnistrv ,n not yet definitively ariangfd. '. I he grt ai b jct appears to be to effect a union of thu umdtiaie and iniWntial men in the Corte. . " It. is. very remarkable ihtt the exec tador has opened a subcrittioiriu iamr ol the wid(u i and chihfren of the lUd Guards who pel iihed in tiie conflict o ihe seventh; , ' k - . , 1 f.r I.S I open my letter to annex to it the note of ii. Munipvz de la Kiwi, in aur swer to .thai of the Foirigu 'AiiitiasMidnrs. This imporiant uim r.t would sheu f.i4 Jhe point 6 view in which ihe old .MinUiry sWisjied . event- to be considered ; it w iij probably lUo be the language of the new Ministry.77 . - , ; " " (St ulli ;nvn You are uflirientlv ac9 quainled widi ihe deplorahle' events which ljiov occurred within these few dajs, sncc a! respectable corps, d siined for lhe srvitc tjtf'hts Sacrd Majrs.ty, left lln-ir qtiaiteis Without oiders, abandoned the capital, imI eklabli-died themvelves in the Koyal re-u-tjiencV at the Pardo. at the distance ol.two leavues from Madrid. Thii junexpecfed t veiit has placed the cbVerrrnent in a situ- aiion as onmuit as it is sint'ular. it h$ benj deprived of one t( lis cKief support pteeve the tranquility of lh capital ; Bind setonOh, to btiempt every neanf of cn cili.:tion to' bring hack this misguided corps to a sense ef dify, without rrsoTirc to force, or to tiie pui'nful necesvity ol shed ding .Spanish blood. : : ' i With respect to the first object, the measuie? of covermiipnt have been so effi cacious! that the state cf the Uital at litis art v I 7 . i J V : . i .
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