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NORTH - CAROLINA
FAYETTILLE ADVERTISER,
F dTETTEVILLR : Publisiif.d Evzfo SATURDAY by HODGE and BOYLAN.
Vol. Ill
..SATURDAY, tiECEMSiiR 15, 1798.
Numb. 143-
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JLxtrafts from ihe MESSAGE of hi r FrtelUncy
CHARLES FJNCKNEl toil Ugilature
ef S. Carolia noiv in Seffnn at Crfumbta
' In the prcfent fituation of things, it is efTential
to your peace and fecmity, that the laws refpc&ing
the government ef flaves mould be carehilly reviled,
and any means m your power uted to enforce more
ftriUy the performance of patroles, for- the purpofe
f preferving order ;and other regulations, eltablifbed
. . to. prevent their being chndellinely carried off. Every
xertion in my power has been ufed ; and hithertt)I
have been tolerably fuccefsful in anfwering the ends
intended by the law. There arc, however, addi
tional regulations, " which appear -,tj- me indifpenfiblc,
for affording to the owners of this fpecies of property,
the fecurity they have a right to expect: Thefe are
to oblige' aiLveStls to flop at the foFt, and produce a
. pafs from the executive that no pals for a flare leav
ing the ftate fhould be legal, unlcfsfigned by his own
er, in the pretence f fome notary or magiftrate ; and
to preveat owners from concealing the offences of
Riall, on oath, fix the real valut ok thole who Ire
" .hviaeJrvi'hfcU ftaH'be paid by the ftate. i ;
-U, " It. mail bcwel, known to you, that during your
Tecefs, many atteenjits have been made bythe inhabit
j "ants of l'otnc of theV!: India fflands, who afferted
tHey. were ignorant of yjrwsr4'tlS introduce their
. .flares -into this ftate. VylpWBd ftiagrceable
etrcuW (lance attended the 'extcutioe4he law in
inany-bf thcfe imlances ; Wit it wa3 Itriclly carried
into effect. The rfanger of fuffieiihgon. arny pre
tence, cither tree perfori of colour, or Hayes, to be
.introduced frajytf' thcfe, lAnnis, is f extremely great,
that I lVour fe'corumepd it to you immediately' ta
pafs a law, nuking it a capital effence ' for any owirer or
xcailer. of a vs.ffel,;1i$r,eaftr to import any (live or
perton of colour from any iiland in. which an infurrec
ti'on ha t;;ken place, and to frame your laws upon
" As mofi of you an planters, anddtcply concerned in
giving all the lecunty and pmt'e&ioa in )our power
to this fpecic9 of proper tyl am J ure ylSiFwi1tlcruTe
- h aaxiety I ftel in recommtbdiiig tht fiibjei to your
,arly and C3rneft' attention. As they are the inftru
meats of otir cultivation, and of the firtViinportartce
to ourweahb-andomfneFCial caafequenceuLihe
ptcfent' uncertain and eventful (late of "things, there
ifn-be-no fubjeil-whieh-ca'drniore-weiil!yo;tTD'cr
for attention, "rior none to which I think you will
more promptly apply. .
ce to tlie many applications I have re-.
In
eeived, or to myfelf, ,1 canrjot omit again rccam
.me,nding to you, as a facredjluiythjch otignt, in.
trtyjujgment,, long fince' to have claimed the atten
tion of the legiflature, th- eitabiirnment .. public,
fptroofs in the difFcrent counties and di!lrit i in this
ftate. '"', " .
' The education of the'peoplein aYre? ftate requires
more the attention of the public'j than in any other.
Your government is, as it ought to be, wholly tilcdtivif,
aad fprihg3 from the choice , cf ha citizens., The elec-
-tFSf-yoyjril-jnagilim
national and ftate Icgiffa'ttVri'sj urc clioCcn immediatery
Tty them' ; tbay compofe your juries, and are the great
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. : and- natural defence of the country On ineir goo
our rulers. Tli; decifion? in ronr courts or
bility ofy
jnffiov and the fafety of die flate: Ihr cflcntral is it
then, i that they' Ihould be fufHciently rtTightened to
Td e"t erirn nt U'iT th e la n j;ipn it th'enFi4iV-a ndi a
" letits of thelmen tKey are to chbjfe, and the great du
ties they are to perform. By thcfe means, not only
yrf'.ir elections, but every lcgl affem'blage of the pe6
Z pIei;-forvlh e purpofe x. of -e prelH ng their opiniottS-bff.i
important national queflio'rii .will be condudeJ with
the moderation, .which Ja.ever.the. refult. of informa
tioh and good manners. '4'Ji.e faction? v1rrch-7rrve-r
too frequency. been tW bane of republican "fyftcms
wi'il befi voided, and the people impreffe 1 with a pro-
per fenle-' Ft: the-bleiliiis -1 hey enjy, rilt ever be
on:y
jeRuV to defend and p'rote them
Be a.Tured that general information is th
,.' folTd foundation ' upon which true republicanifn cm
ever reft. It is a.Kvays the- charafteriilic of a free
people, whil; a' deplorable ignorance too frcqucnlly
prevails in the drriiiiibns of the defp6t. . In a lartd of
-;- fi-etfdomIlik.lhig.T wue.re no di ttiiictioits are renown;"
-hut thofeofnerit-and talents; -where -individiuls are
5aily promoted in co:ifequencc of their own . qaalifi-
citiansr snd without re i aid tuf the merit of , thek an
'""6r'sft;is certainly the duty of the date to Hid. "frit
will
the
prornumg wtizens, in wnatever
iituatiorts th'ey: may -
generally among the people ''tbofe manners which can
alone prefcrve the republican form. Then ought al
ways to be antention to the manners- fuited to the
nature of our governoiient, by education and early dif
cipline. 'Without them all the "exterior of civil cftab.
ffih nTeTiTspalt TheTaWwrmTyll
for any length of time,, to kaep our citizens in order.
Experience has fliewn, t'i'at manners, as they progrefs,
wil ultimately prevail, a?iin(l them. To render a
government pe
houM know
in their expeftations of an ho nourablc and ar.iicabl
adju!iment of dnTercncys ; ajrid warm in ""their hopis
that jiillice and moderation would govern ti?e Ficuch
republic in their ncgociatidn with our envoys, they
made no provifion for war, esccpt in an order 16
purcha-fgfrjme-iimtnunition, and to direoi-thttffr-gfta
tion of a few tljojfand Hand of arms
' In this i;f u.'.a .ki, .and fupportedby a prcre lent,
a few vufs ii ic-, whon there exited : a great danger
ermaneut, Jt is 28 nccefTiry the cit-.zens to the :tate, not fo pre fling indeed a the'pref-:':n;b'u; r
now to obey the laws, as their rujerj to itili io c t irio
execute them; for the laws mull depend upon, and
Be lubiervieat to, the. raan.ws of the peopk ; and
thcfe will not degenerate while education and early
"difcipline hold them fixed and permanent.
You will, no doubt, at the prefent fcflion, cora
pTelely provide for funding the remainder of your
public 3eb"t," on:"priuS.iple calculated to.d i,(lu:c to
all yoar creditors ; all bemg equally Entitled to your
attention, and to the fame provifion fqp,their juft.
claims. Many of thefe, which ftill remTinuaroid-
ed for, have exited, dnce your revoiutioiry wijj
and it is tucu.-nteat on Uje honor and iuTtu-t 'of the
legiliature, they mould n tonger continue 'in thUne-
glecleu Sate. Oil the fubjeclt of taxes, it will become
you,., to oe paiticuLuly attentive. At nt tme, per-
nps, nas it more lenouuy claimed your tendernels
and care. Your cit izens- have , now ....rtat-o-niy to . pro
vide for the ufual exp'en5itures of their Rate govern.
Jtient, but are called upon, in confequence of the ex
igencies of the union, to pay, in addition, a conli
derable'rdirecl tax ; an 1 this at the time, when, from
the uncertain Itate ot t.ipigs abroad, and at home, the
prices of freight, iniurancc, and irmrmed articles,
are aioniflily increafed f. ,-while, .one of the principle
(holes of your (vm-itry i, from thefe reafons, Ixco.ne
oflittle value, and confeqaeatly a great part of your
agricultural intvreft involved in dititefs.
" Thefe are always the, inevitable, inconveniences of
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ev?ry war, ho w ve r n ecetla; y ; - and to your wildi) n it . I
iu rcfe'rved to devife the belt means of alleviating them.
have direfleJ ci y particular flatements to be.made
bTTrrrtTe3fTiTer,--of everraceuntfoeaiW-hisHd--
partment, - indddiug tle ma.'raisi.iie guards,, and all the-'
contingent espencca of government, and the contir.
gent fund ; all the vouches of which ac in thilcea?:
&rerproflfeffionf ; audofwliich he is dii ecled by me
to make a fpecial (latcmeur. : "There is a fmafl fum
expences, which will be regularly accounted for.-
" It now becomes niy duty to fl.ate'"tc you, that hav
Tntf in.-themoath bfaYTeeived 'official i(teH?cT4CC"
that there " would be no accord o:Iat ion .-with" - France,
and that fro n oreparati'ins in fame of their iflaiit'.3.
hiilile'dcSgni ;w,re conceived to exiiVaaihft the Soui
tliein flates, I'imme'iiiti'ly ordered the; brigade's on
the fea coa'l, to hold themielves in readinefsto acVar
a" moments warni"g, and proceeded to the rcfidcnce
of col. Senf, who had been f r fone yeais appointed
by the legilliture engineer of the ftate, whom I. took
into aual fcrvice, and gave him fnch direftions as
the alarming ftate" of thirds appeared to requir?.
Fmrn tbi-BceJLJia
"and ifTucd to th :m.ijor ge ieral arid brigadiers of the
mpper diyifion,.. and the remaining 'brigadier of the
lower diyifion, orders to hold the whole -of their ca
yalryZ3td!kry,;;'and, flnei: half of thertnftrnryfiirr:
treiTTTfiefs to move - when t!i7eted,. accornpinf ing -'the3
order t , the "major general,1 and brigadiers with a con
fidential letter explaining the reafons.
Frgm the accounts I har"received, fiich defenfiye
preparations appeared to me" as indifpenfihle. The
conduct of the . French-. republic was very." different
from vvliut. "we' hoped it would have been at thejait
fcfil'xn ;. they' had nei:lier received,' or taken any no
tice of ..the fo!er-i:i cmbally which TiacTbeen font Dy"
our governmer
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inclement fe.afon, when it wpu!' have been .. fo Janer??.
oua to the health, and inconvenient to the interefts of
the members to attend when it would be tlie mcaus-
T)"f remc'vittg-foirat
commands, . and as they were to meet fo fooi: ?s No
vemberit would be highly unneceffary-and im proper,
to fiinimon the legiflature, even it war was dec! d :
That if thev were to aifemble it would onlv K'. to
ttrengthen the executive, and enable him to hirke
rf u ch p roviflotr' as "would be-'fufli cren t to rn ee t a 1 1 he, , -
exigencies that would probably occur before their re-
Our -rmmpr."
nt, but dill continued their.depicdationf
frn'j. The repeated application of our
envoys fa? a negocladon, ori terms vvliich, have, on
dic-ir pabb"c'atio;i, appeared. to be the mod jiift and rea
fonable, remaiTiTg uoatteuded to, and no hope ap-
:prrririg of avoiding a w.r- Gfwyrefs-'pFoeeetled-tofenat-for
pafs' acts for equippin t a rvaval armament, and raifing
a confiderable permanent army Jn addition to the exift
iti? force for authorifing the prefident, of his fole au-J
jthority, whenever,, in his opinion danger 'of war op
toraaiaValion was imminent to raife an additional ar
my 1 aiAhoiife the capture of French privateers
on -our oiva-x-oautrxrllirolvcallihe treaties-of com;,
mercc and alliance, and confular. conventions, which
in. :e I7?8, exhted between France and theU-
oeUors.it.is certainly tnc fluty or tne itate to aia, 1
affording to all tin. '1j?neiis of education, You wi
" th'uS not only He enabled to 'acquire for the public, tl
ferviccs of its moll prornifmg "w'tizens, in vhatevi
nited Star.es,'"cotice'tningliensVi aaJ ontheTui&jecl "of""
fedition.- " ' ' i - . ' - V-
f Tim was 1 the ftate of. things in thc'clofe of July,
laft ; a ftate not at all contemplated by our legiflature
atithiiflaftXdjoarnmcat.'.".. They Mct.c till; C co n fi J ji t
r tbie as t o require immediate exertions ,
a limilar :neithgya8 recommended to one of my
predecelfors, Hot to endanger' the , fafety of the ftate
by delay, but to take inftaulf meafures for jt.a 1 defence ; :
and whofe proceedings were ananimoufly coniiriritd
by the legiflature. -1 found it my duty to convene
fuch genllemen of the legiflature, as could be a;Tem
bled, to deliberate with them, upon the fneifnre ne
ceflary to be taken, and how fir it would have been
proper, at that feafon, and circvxmftarioed as we were,
to have called the legiflature, even in the event of war
peing declared, -
l"h ey we re u na n i rao s fl of" opinion, that at that
rrnlnr fpfRr in tint mnM f li -
" That the members alTembled, amounting to near
ly forty, would take upon themfelves, as had beea
done upon a former occafion, and in inftance ;ibove
mentioned, to recommend fuch nveafure3 of defence
AJ?'ght immcdiatelyjbe gone into, 'for placing. us in
the beft polfible ftate of preparation, and fon-furiiiflvT"
ing bur quota of the 8o,qoo militia, drafted by 1 r-
Miir.m-.conffrei8wu:a-.vmljJLLnff regiiiute to eiv.b e
theiatQtaktLheJkld. .... That thwywouLipls.d;L rid
bind themfelves to the treafurer, to indemnify him,
t hat the money -advanced for thefe prefling and necef
fary.fervicff j,whi,;ladrhitted, of no .delay ; your eu vovi :
havirig applied for ..""'their 'paflports, : anrj - -war "l!ng,V-a1t:r'"r
that time, every mdmenLexpeificdiiV9uld,J ,
vided for by the legiflatureV be paid by them.
' Convinced, that it is the duty of the "goverment
"of the UinteStateB,---fon
bonrs, it was determined that the fum of feven thou
fand pounds fhould be advanced for the purpofe of ,
complying with fuch acts and reiohition of tne le
giflature, as authorifed advances for" the o'ljecls herein
fter mentioned," and tor thole fipniics to the militia " '
in every part rjftbe (late, which the alarrrrfug. fitua
tion of our public affairs rendered inevitable. -There
are, -afi'this moment, 3500 of our .'-militia drafted by
order of congrefsj from every part of the ftate, and
vh-) are ordered to hold themfdyas in - rcadintfs to
m'arch at a moments warning. To prova'de q-ur-citi .-'
rze n s w itK "ten 1 1 i t o ffieltcr Uiem . ffoin' llift Inckment'ie'f'-'
of the feafon." With .ammunition waggons, camp
ujenfils and medicines for their fiOmfort and, afSihince
whtleitr theraScldi -are :theiadi
vernmenT7wh7fe'Heft
and con ven iencies of allits citizens ; and-particulat ly
of thofe, who are to become its defenders. -
" By refolution of the, legiflature, of thcQth of
December 1794, founded on the governors, mcflugc,
yefpecling Fort Mechanic inCharlefton, it . vvas pro
vided that a houfc flioMd be built, within the fort; f)r
tjic perfoh refiding there, and'that a labQratoryihouMl
alfo-.'ljerth.ere- -builto'f thefeHf thtJ2fefWfei?;-artil
Tery, arid that our fenatorsendTreprefentat.Tves .bsre-
qneited to apply to congrefsTto rcimbmrnhf pypynfg
of conftrufting and compleating th fame : a part oF
the above fum haS beem-expended to comply with this
refolution, aud another to repair and rprovide an ar-
ported at the laft fcflion, and fuch as the United States
have'. Tent, or may hereafter think proper to fend for
the ufe of this fta'te ; the building before ufed for'
this purpofe, being totally uirfit until repaired, which '
has fince been done under the infiieclion of the ftate
engineer. The repair of our arfenal for 'the recep-1 '
tion of our ftate arms, you muft at once perceive was
indifpenfiblc ; as until that . jvas; done, there wag
place to lodge or fecvJre them.
" " ." There is one . additibnarchaigc for the 'purchaTe
otunpotvder for the ufc of the .ftate, which' wis re- ' :
commended to me by the gentlemen wlroT aflemblrd, ' w
andwHicli wasto;take.place yheneyer thei appear-,
antes oT war grew ftremger, or there was any problf '