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; :- . . , -i.M V.Ji,., mt TIE ..'.""s- O R K E WBER N : Printed, by H ODGE (jj B X. A N CHA'R D, Printer to the Sr ate, in Hancock- 4 " . Street, 'between Pollock and Water Streets, where Subfcriptions are tatoen in atsper annum, y : - J l 1 Lt Vol. III. T H U R S D A Y, November 29 r 4 w 9 xy Numb. '1 07 1M Edcnton, Nov. )2, ijfy 1 TrE, the Grand Jury for the diftrict of.' VV Edenton, confidering the prefent as a Very important crifis in the affairs of America, and being deeply fenfible? of the neceffity of a firm and lading union among the American fhtes, to enfure the common fafety and liberty of all, hope' it will not bejdeemed prefuiiiing in us, that we take this occafion to exprefs dur Sentiments on the fubjeel of the new conffitu tion, propofed by the late refpectable Conven tion. We. believe none can be fo ignorant as not to know, and we hope few are fo unfeeling as not to regret, the difordered and diftrafted flate in which the affairs of' the union have been for a lonj time part. No fooner was the danger of a common enemy removed, than the ftates iminediatelyiletacliedthemfelvesfrom the general concerns or the whole, as it our future fate was out of the power of fortune. 'The confequence has been, our public debts unpaid, the treaty or peace unttilhlled on both fides, our commerce at the very verge of iuin "and all private induftry at a ftandr for want of ran "united vigorous government. - Quotaj de manded which we'ean neveV pay, and Cngrefs treferving merely the fhadow of ., authority without poffeffing one fubftantial property of J power 1 neie evus dictated tne necemxy pi a - thangeV and iheTiame Lte companied with uftful checks to guard againft pofTiWc abufes. It is alfo a part pf.theconlti-, ttioh that we obfenre with particular pleafure, that nine ftatcs may at any time make altera tions,- fo that any changes which experience , may poinfc.out can be made without the daiiger of fuch calamities as are incident upon changes of government in all .other, countries, where they can be only brought about by a civil war. Nor can we avoid dwelling with deligbt upon thofe many pVovifions, calculated to make us as much one peopk as poflsble, and, to impi cfs ipon the minds of all that ufeful afid impor tant truth, that our ftrength confilts in union, and nothing can hurt us but divifion. May this great trtith, fo inaportant for us. So for midable to otir enemies, reft upone minds of all well-wifhci s to their 7 countryr-as the watch -word of American liberty aud fafety! 1 lie various attemius that were made to divide us during the wai, and 'the danger or fimilar efforts being ufed on the prefen't occafion to make us diftrult"our beftantl ableft characters, ought to put us Upon bur guard, that we may not fuffer ourfclves to be the dupes of an infi sdious policy working fop our deftru&ion. But we trull in God, that the fame all-power-ful providence vvlnch has hitherto fo wotider fully pefcrved tis, will ftill continue to protect us from the machinations of al 1 our enemies,'"' itttCfnaj: and iextefiialV Shu mthaV by wiTe' uleot the '.vaft advantages in our pbfleffion, anion of comuls which formed the cpntcdeV ration, "xias adopted to. remedyvfit?dects. Xxperience had pomted' thefe outanf be it feems defined Jieve it wouHbeuUfflcJj ' Vhmf irtlvxmrtmWim perfoiis appointed on this . important occsupn. Thev were not only able men, but, entitled to the; htgheft confidence which can be bettowed 1)y any people-upron-iUuftrious ful leaders ; and tne , lame parnotiun or tu racter which tonnerTyo:iftinguimed fo many of- them in tbe melt ..trying fcenes, was vi f lbie m the anxious and deep attention they employ- on this momentous :fubiect.. .' A. woik, coming from fuch . men r after fuch long ddi beration, is1 entitled to the utmoft refpea; eipe--y-fr "fclally as all the dates affembled -were nani ' m?us, a circumftance that ftrongly mews the - purity of their intentions, their i'ehfe of the ; abfolute npceflity that a new conftitution fliould bemmediately formed, and that little fubor dinati attentions tolbcal intcrefts ought tp give . wav to .the rea object of .the general good. There is nothing we Ihold" in greater diidain, jor is mere any uung mwc iin,uiiimciu wim common prudence, as well as the moft ordina, -...-.-j..., thluthiat we mould" Tavlr about trifles" when burall is at" ftake ZXthatwr fhould - flight : the - prefent1 iavoufable opportunity, which may- be the only one we -.nay ever enjoy to eftabi i lh. .afree and en erge tic government, when we now lie at the mercy of the moft iftconfiderable enemy , and have an union in nothing bit m name. W,e admire, in nvonftuti jinienaming tneie ienqments, wnicn the warmth of our feelings hath carried to a grcat eiTength than we intended, we moft earneftly wifh that the General AfTembly'may appoint That the benefits derived from union" were molt remarkably and providentially difplayed by the glcaious and fuccefsful termination of a' war, in which we were for a long time very unequally engaged, and have been no lefs ap parent froni the ftatt of anarchy, diftrefs and diflioirbrj to which we have been expoftd fin ce the peace for want of a continental govern ment of funicient energy to anfwer all the nurpofes. for which our Confederation can' be of any real vfe to us. Thwt in ourprefent fituation, 'Congrels be ing without either money, credit or rtfoiucesi (for the voluntary and unanimous concurrence of thirteen ftates in any one meafure, we arc now convinced, rs a, futile dependence), it ii full time, if we mean to be a united people, to eftabliftr iuchra government as can keep us to- gether, btherwife that independence which we -have obtained fo hardly, and prize fo much will paf away like a fhadow, and we mall be numbered among tbe vifionary and unhappy ofL mankind,- ' . : " TbaOfuch being otir fltuatioji, and When we had ilmoft, defpaired of any material and honorable' change, we view, with admiration ami gratitude, a fyftem formed by the; unani- ' mous - concurrence of twelve ftates, ' which :'tmiaiiaibufly;.Waming' .petty competition . or iocai pnapiivarc inteieitsy-emoraced with r patrioaMowe great objea of an united elleitwoMsJ b3abtim the meeting of'ConyenTio'n on at early a'iday as ppluble, that no reproach or : unneceliary, delay may'lie on us, when, in all, human pro-., bability, upon our fpeedy adoption 01 rejection of this conn" 1 union it may depend, vvhethcr we fh'all be truly a nation, happy in ourfehes, and rcfp.cctid by the .reft of mankind ; or ah incon fiderable fcattei ed people, perpetually driving to and fro, in learch of a perfection which ne ver can be found, amaGng ourfelves with vifi-- onaiy' ideas when we ; might be enjoying re? 1 blellings, and at length doomed to reel the curie of aW human difconterit, the confeioufnefs that by rejeftmg the Tneans providence had put into our poycr, wc had become both wretched' and contemptible; : -" . :; . " Wm. Bennet. Fcrat, ' John Brocket. James Rafcoe. ,:J- - ty mixed with adue regard to the ncceffity of a; ftrone authoritative irovernment. Suh a one is as requlfite for a' confederated, as for a fin- -3rgTe igover,nmeutJ ; firice it would not be mojfe i-j.-' - pend for a fanction to its laws on an unanimous :etmeurreneoT: 'all ..theounfiei.tiA ..the.-.AiteT! than for Congrefs to'depend for any ncceffary H7xeVtbn of power on the unanimous" cbncui r? v. rence of all theftates in the union. One weak, Torropted or principlea fiafe mlght in ftich -Tt cift" deftroy the whoievrrThis evil , the effect ot wnicn wc Hjvc auctiuy lcii, is,4 in our opi- :n,bn happily remedied bythe conftitution pro- Chris r Clark. Tho. Taylor, - . Xuhe Lezvis, Jonathan FriZelfJaMes Woalr Abraham Fojler Toms, Jofepk Home, Roger-Boyd, Robert Grayv t Edtvard Moore,: .JofehFtrrjr Henryim, -Benjamin Cook. ; At a meeting of a refpeclable number of Inhabi tants for the county of; Choyjan, and thefToiun : Tof) Edentm, at .the Court -Hcufe in Benton, on'the:th day of November, 1787, furfuant ZahadvHtpmettifiUeit Keprefeniat.i'ves THOMAS BENBUKY,:Efq. Chairman. , Tht:fol!eiv:hg :;refoluthns .;.;'.: . greed to. :. J t. .. ' Kefohed, ' . :V . 7irH AT:in : the opinion - of , this ..'Mcctingi," -JL jbis ftate can have no. prbfpect-cither of Security toFonr fieri ty That amidft other c.ircumftanccs which- flii ' ourliearts with tovon this imnortant nrr"?7trtf vveicannot.confider with indifference thg difti'n- euiflied pau which our immortal General ha. takea in this ieatwork,i calculated to com pleat the happinefs' of which he laid the fouu ;.datMn7'ande;cbifider't z$ an act of Provi dence fo which we . ought to be particularly thankful that he extended to.. fo late a period the yaluablel -life-of Ithatvenerable-iman, Dr , FraBkiin, whofe wifdom, ritude ad perft- jerance had ft, great a fliare inxe(lablifbing:ltn peace and independt nee of our country, V -That it irr vam for us to expectfQr any a bier "alliftance than that given by thofe and o ,ther jllulliious "characters in the late Conven. tion. vvhofe deliberations appear to have hrn conducted with a degree vt temper and afH . duity,-nuited to the dimcult talk they were en gaged, in, arid theref ore ve think xveryjiotir "of " delancarrying the vectisuhecefra by continuing taepment evils ot imbecillity anarchy and natio-naldiflibnor, may endanger tne .10.1s pru uioieBJeii.ingsrjorj:heiaki ot" which any government can be of.the leaftufe -1 t-it1--!- 'A wfelitan advantageous-addition of-ap!s polar repreicniauy? i e iiiq pcopic urge, ; ac Refilled therefore, That tins meeting do earnettly delire that their members.,for this town and county, do ufe their - utmoft efforts 1 to obtain a refolution of the , General AfTem bly, appointing the choice and meeting of re 'prefehtativelibf 'tlie pebple, in Cbhventioul -puwuanutp -tnexecjQnimjuatLoj .Convention, held athiladelphiaJnorder to deyberate on the newUonititution 'propofed. ana inai uic imteoi-noiqing ineiaia Vonven "tion be appointed cn as eady a day as pofli -hlr. -.'r -. 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