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i "JV A' wfcin AM W - r ft W 4 R n ? rv : . , VV t L U V N I U W A K U 5 , f ' ' .. ' -9ro His constituents" Tte Freemen of Warren: County. ft reading, I natebeenraigned at the bap of Tublw opinion tor aiBioyaiiywinopruiwpiwwj. ay t ,ir me, cuuroa a uwuitu i p , Bar. to bcar ia muld tnm tna measure enureij ; Bue.as Speaker of the Senate,' . injthe last Uem property m an ingredient In the " adjust- . ' r etal Assembly, in regard to the 'Tree Suffrage J t and that persona constitute exclusively. its Ktii' in n 1 nrifkifiiiiir in t -ruin iiiii inuu. ta uui 1 v. t - . v - .. -1 V p ;f f)enocracy and the.' most ubsparing yitupera- f "'r"tion has 4een aeait out to mo naymnnjr wouw .4'otW'ath-.-bIc1cDcl demnd;ntjlio-, Vr: Wii tical Iifef alittlealue as it isas an atonr v :nicntorhatJthey arrogantW denounce as an -J..- onenoe ngames . yt vr!,r,i 1. r v I am an offonder to. this extent will appear in v h- ,.1.. sut , . tit will rvn RBn3 tn&c the sequel of this paper, -atwiltbe, seen that, 1 x lfor my- political principlesI have looked to ln -'i. ;I..examDle and precepts of the" sages anaxatnersi. i. . v ii i ri . JW' : I r - " r - - - 1 -r; rieht to prescribe new articlesof faith as teats l foi Orthpdoiyf-and, as by wthontfr to piwcribe 'X'VCto v .-V ;;"J-:S--to them:,Tl"-Ai- V: VAo uvmj vrro"'V:- i T 4M Vt4 of conduct torconyictiobr hortes the intiuir'atHl eenseieiMJet of.toeo.tw'dj wiWnot, be swayed, this way, and haVM. J :-.tiddfnir.if;-U .wrc-tnok.l.'o-rwwn l . most abject instead of. rirtuous tndepeiuiatee, woma tecom ine my- ppwt W rv,l ' ", anu public nonur aim uuit iuvvj " .-- : ,in tbcsloug of party bondage. But let this passer my purposoisflf'show , the; nature.: and 'character fltte- proposed change, in vconta-ast T with the strikinradvantage of that provision in . ).i I,- .Unut' : - vi j vv:f v r The great and good men,ho formed oul fl t '-t 'comparable eicellent Constitution ia5,177C, had " ,-" . T . ' wM-asioii - to Ronsuit old theories, nor to in- : ,.Tn-';n nli-A nRulations. to fiiid out by what ;xf'. been 'invaded and disregarded.-tTh- reality ; Jr,, Hi 'i'u- k.a ..on ni fi.lt th s.7 Pore jubu...u,. Ur'7"Z- Ik! Wtti yciurc -------- - - . . . Vbt nun. thrown off ; tne I , - vpurvwui iw"t- -v , . j f i iinjustico and cruelty of unchecked . ICTr 1 ' sponsible power,- and -in Jraming, the -govern- :entbey'jrer-ftbQo to estahnsn,:tney provi- y-.' f ded such sateeaaras as w preveu vu tfi-of the calamities they had so successtutiy 'm ted. -The condition it and circumstances 01 ..nutrr' at that tiertod. and the causes which led m -r.tothe strujrjcie torinaepenaence, pui.j m. tls f ' - .- -A rl.ntr tiail . m ; vifiw the srOtCCIIOn I out the enas tney naa.;iniow k "" i s-:f r or persons, na' uw rjr- ' : ? iwo orea and eiemetas oj j ocy. "-.i a,i I' thinks they effectually accomplish- r"f ' ; k rK. vliatribntion and classification of o-5n.th workwhich came from Aheir i4 hands, lis I will now proceed to show; - ; . ' C : According to . the' American theory, Govern 4ment is a system of mere agencies, created by. and responsible to, we people, anu, wr luoir benefit, nste rJ andjweU defined.,, T fS?"""" 1 - ;nfn i-hrAA' iiADarate and" distinct departments, k the Executive, the Judicial, and the Legislative t" . . ,-'7 7 i i tA j- i t i -with the latter,enly we have now tq deal. Iu ortuaroip.a,.u. t Ka :M wo. branches, so constituted as to present the two great intenste .of. Persons J? 'i one, if you choose, the majority, the pother, the f ;mor iAtercst : -Each tAuk formed a check ; ; upon the lother, and .was 'f081 J"! ' v:Vnron w . r 1?- il . 'MnM. ' ai -AiiKrtitifiaii tntn 1 rrom oppressing .e , - -HI all th. nmtmAt, and necessuy ot some otner power 10 prtv ' aouse oecame oovmua, , j.uc uouaw .. i as that other power, and it is submitted, that ' so safe ia depository, selected as it is, could not ;. hxvA ln found. - " ' ' - It is an admitted' troth, that power can only 4 . : -.l.J U-..lu.l;ul (fiat r.e resisted by wwer-?' Ad it i believed that ;":J. no instance can be found ui the AmertMA Con sti u t'wsns of all Leiislaiiye bower beine exer 5 cised by theif umerical majority.-wbere another agent or functionary' has cot been established. t and endowed wuu as mucn power a mnjmuc : j' n.eik-rl for the nerformance of. its ailoted fun v lion : which is - to watch over that other, and 1 uard acaio8tmal-admmistration. Thk ia what is denominated the Veto power -the power f revision and correction. In some States, it is given to a single head, as to the - .Oorernor ; in others. to many, as to lhi Governor - and Council, variously chosen, according to the - curreni Opinion wuicu iirwiM a different localities. All admitted its necessity, .and the only difficulty seemed to be-as to the mode of its selectaon."- in North Carolina, it is moro ; wi8lyJntnjsttd to the- Senate'. I : say more visfT, beoause it gives' to our system ; more simplicity, and less complication, by a division of , the legislative powers into but two ' branches, instead of three, or more,-which pre- - vail in most of the" States, and thereby affords a safer guarantee against abuse and ' combina tion. And while, in the mode of its ' selection by Freeholders, is ensured, greater security to property, without eudangering,.by any possi- fcility, other Interests, it produces a spirit of compromise, which cannot fail to result in har- monious and healthy action. ." ' -j . In regard to the alleged inequality, or the distinction arising out of this arrangement, the charge may with equal propriety be preferred against any other public functionary or agent against the Governor, the Judges, and other high officers of State. They, like the Senate, are need fol and necessary in the administration of public Affairs, and the honors and powers conferred up- on them ire in consideration of public services. The choice of that body could not have been placed in better or safer hands than with the Freeholders. They certainly aro as respectable and as, patriotic as any other class; I do not say more so. They are not confined to any par ' ticular locality or section, but are diffused, with surprising equality, throughout the whole State. ""They are connected by alljhe ties 6t kindred, interest and good neighborhood with the' most numerous class, and it is not too much to sup- pose that they feel a common sympathy for . ' -i i..l i.i -i !jr i them, and take a doefi and abiding interest in their welfare, and happiness. It is idle to call the Senate an aristocratic body. It is not endowed with a single attri bute of ! aristocracy.. It possesses neither 'the means of perpetuating its own powers, nor the . capacity of gratifying the cravings of ambition or avarice, by increasing iu honors or augment- iog its wealth. It is purely electee, and clearly , responsible. The only function assigned to it, is to approve or disapprove the acts of the House of Commons, with the single exception that it may originate bills, which, though nothing more than the humble right to implore favors, I should have been pleased to see omitted r, only, however,' because it affords greater scope for ..the, complaints of ligolted prejudice. Its powers are' purely defensive, not aggressiv preventive and conservative, not destructive. The most fruitful imagination cannot suggest a case ia which it could, if it would, perpetrate harm ; but numberless instances, actual and suppoeable, readily occur to the simplest minds, iu which it is, and may be, the instrument of the greatest pnblio good. Such is the tn na ture and jueit character ot the Senate of North Carolina. It is not that despicable thing It is represented to be, but the most important, and, . at die same time, the most harmless organ in the whole scheme of Government Its office is -to impart health and stability to the tytiem, to promote Vie peace and happiness of the people, and advance the general prosperity. With these yiews, it should not excite surprise, nor pro voke censure, that I am unwilling to exchange its most valuable features, for: what is proposed to be substituted by the "Free Suffrage " bill, which I will next examine. . ' " V " This measara proposes to abolish the Free hold qualification for voters for the Senate, and to allow all who vote for members of the Com Imvns, to vote also for members of tho Senate, and does no more: Its advocates -olaiag for it tfce merit ef equalizing suffrage, and refer to prectdenijbr the policy, t. It .yrill t found, upon inquiry. tht it conform oeither to tho precedent, cor'.to the : principlea q( .equality , whose requiroments are profeosed to be com plied -with. In making Ihw inquiry, it u necee- hfrjfagi u the expedient by which' the citi-; zett participates in goTernmentwith a Tiew to the oontrol of that covaroment.as well as to his own nratactian and security.- It is the lever by which ArwiH contributes to tl the political machine. In plai is 4hf meaM Uan e and Ju , the movements 01 ainer language, it value .is always nronortionedi to tnat; extent to wnicn mese meant mar be emnloved for OUMtt. m. iu emnloved far the atUinment of that Takewav itsemciencv. in this rs- gnect. and it is worth nothine.; If it did not k t'me ulterior obieetto be accomohshed tt . . . . , ana TfCTUCT W l UV tUV A W trS V wwt v rliA wan n ATI Wlhl hJ'nk ;t0 .mDiOT jf That this is the troo principle and just ofcrf of Suffrage cannot be controverted. ,And, if it be proper .to ap- porfloa it m in theinstanoe before ns, accord- inS Pr'w merely, wunoui rsgaru w it is surely just and necessary to institute scneme wnicn snau. as neany as praeu approximate equality in the distribution benefits;, Does the measure under ex- tomMvn wvAaArt- K A iKAmA 7 V Will nir-innii. j ' I i ThrState is divided into fifty Senatorial Di- frr each, elects ono member of the Senate, ftnd je t0 each i given an equal voice or weieht in that body. ; In the number ot voters, and of icAas. inhabitants, they range, taking the two extremes of each, from 60G to 3,873 of the former, and from 3,553 to 27,509 of the lat ter. There are . ten Districts with less than 1,200 voters ; 20 ranging from 1.200 to 2,000 ; 15 between 2,000 and 3,000 ; and 5 exceeding 3,000 and nearly as high as 4,000. It will thus be seen that the large and the small Districts ; the less populous and the more populous; have the same share of political power. In 20 Districts 31,833 voters, 179,015 white inhabitants, 284,703 Federal population ; and A . . r r o m. TO AK.fl 1-? J m2i IMSITICIA W,000 TOtem, oi,wj nuiw . onn n. j 1 i : .1 naouantS. W.o0 inucru nuuumnuu un- tBC that the whole 'nower of the Senate maybe ided by 26 Districts, containing very little mon thgn .ti,!, Df tjj8 wtiartt not one-half 0f the white inhabitants, and a small frao- t;00 ahoTe one-third of the Federal population. A train -..there 'are in 17 Districts 47,132 voters, 308.717 white inhabitant. 364.739 Federal n . , A 3, T)i,tricts 45.184 voters. J. ,1, - . oor o-.o r J i population the result being, that 17 JJistrtcts, with more than half of the voters, and with a large fraction more than half of the white in habitants, and nearly one-half of the Jederal population, are allowed but one-third of Ui6 power of the Senate. It is difficult to imagine to many divisions of any community, made professedly by rule, in And how the disproportions ' exhibited i foregoing tables can be reconciled wit wnicn sucn vast inequalities would be tound. And how the disproportions ' exhibited in the-" foregoing tables can be reconciled with the principle, upon which the Free Suffrage bill un- a -i -1 t iv r: i i ueriaK.es w esuiousu suarsge, is lnconceivaoic. , -,.ofe88e!l to dUn4ins(, ri-lA a(,eorlin(, son, rejecting property m an element in the dis- 5. j&T then being i. each Aould receive, in all fairnes. an equal quota of w ' H 1 . Tha't this effectedt to a particul and par. tial extent,!, admitted. Voter, in the same District, individually, exercise equal political C " 1 ' i power, but. relaUvely. they are much more high ly favored than their fellow-citizens in other I , y. Wh; . . Fed. Pop. 6,656 10,366 7,040 Hertford Warr, ' 1q 006 875 861 3,553 4.604 5,005 Each of these districts have equal political power with . voters. White Inhab. 14,177 25,302 25,970 10,296 Fed. Pop. 21,123 27.289 Wake, 2,663 Buncombe da 3 804 Wilkes dis., 3,618 29,727 ' .Granville, . 2,068 17,303 rvT'2e lntences are put merely for illustra- ptjon. mamt sucn might be stated, if it were necessary 'Thcy are sufficient to prove that the value of Suffrage, under this new scheme. depends upon its locality, and that it takaf four or five voters in some Districts to make one in others. And this is the banquet to which we j are told more than fifty thousand freemen are I l o " um, it true, u y 111 j same card, but they will certainly not all feast at the same ta. To soma will bo given a whole loaf, to others not half a loaf, while some, perchance, may be allowed the poor privilege of picking up the crumbs. The favor which this schpmo finds with the classes who lire to become the recipients of its benefits, is tojtraced not so much to its own merits as to another cause of universal opera tion. Man is ever animated by a restless and ever active desire to attain a condition of equal- 'a. -. 1 VII . 1 1 . I ity with his fellow man, and whenever an 'op portunity oners ot satisfying that desire, to however small an extent, and in whatever the least particular,' he is ready, though not always wisely, to avail himself of it Whim, there- fore, he learns that a measure will make him equal at the. bailot box and in the Legislative hall with his" neighbor residing in the same district he cheerfully gives it, his support, while, at the same tinio, he utterly repudiates the idea, that another of equal intelligence and qualifications, -entitled to tho same richts. and I committed to the same destiny, shall be admit- ted to equal honors and equal powers with him self because, forsooth, though equally his neighbor, being separated only by an ideal county line, it is his lot to live in another and different District. Ilence, we find the voter in l-Vaiiiwi, with her 1,100 totes and 5,685 white inhabitants, unwilling to concede equal govern mental powers to his neighbor in Wake, with her 2,663 votes and 14,177 white inhabitants; and he in Kash, with her 1,114 rofcand 5,972 white maauuanis, 10 nis neigbbor m Edgecombe with I ber 1,700 votes and 8,365 while inhabitantf and i. Tir m . lie in Warren witn her 87o cotes and 4.604 white inhabitants to bis neighbor in Granville with her 2,068 wles and 10,296 white inhabi tants. What utter disregard of the golden rule, which commands, that " What whatsoever ye would dMU mttjjHildjdai0 you, do ou even so to them !" And how strongly is developed the individual over the social feeling ! From the foregoing exhibits. I think I have shown the greatest disparity betweenlhe different Senatorial fistricts, be they in the JSast or the West, in regard tothe value of the rightof suffrage to each, as well as in regard to the means of pro tection and securityderived to each from itsexar eise. I will now briefly notice results in their application to the two threat divisions of the State. In the Western, 45 eounties and 22 dis tricts, 52, 707 voters. 336,720 white inhabitants 411,533. Eastern, 37 counties and 28 districts, 39,609 votes, 215,754 yrhito inhabitants, 343 -068. To the West then, with . a large excess in all these elements, are given but 22 mem bers, while the East, with vastly diminished numbers, is allowed 28 members, whereas s common ratio, adjusted upon persons alone would just reverse the scale, and the West would receive 28 and (be East 22 members. ' Suffrage is a cause merely j its substance is to be found in its effects. It can thereore only be said to be equal, when each elector exercises Suat or nearly eguoTpoIitical power. That is is what is meant Tby the phrase equal," m this connection, is proved by the authorities furnished in the constitutions of nearly all the States, which! will next examine, In the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, M i ouru Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis, ana, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Maryland. Illinois. Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Maine, Massachu setts, xmsw xorc ana Pennsylvania, Suffrage is unlimited, and is exercised by all maleeUueus' in some, male inUbitaoto; abovs 21 years-of age, and in the .same States, representation, in both branches of the Legislature, is apportion- ea Dy tOTimief ana xwrtrjew, may beV according to persons;'though in shapes somewhat modified J some adopting the basis of, white inhabitants," some of "qualified voters," some of " white male citizens,' some Of "taxable inhabitant.' and some of "Federal population?' ht result in each being not materially variant JSo one can consult tnese autnonues mwwui at once seeingbovr distinctly the principle of equality is recognised in each. They look to both suffragend representation, and by an im partial role, make equal partition of the powers of government. ' 'A Another great principle of ublican Gov ernment may be deduced from these authori ties. , They all recognize the necessity of some defensive f over for the protection of persons and property, wherever suffrage ij unrestricted and representation equal, in ail, except uiose 01 Tennessee, and Ohio, the veto power is granted to the Governor, or to the Governor and Coun cil. We also find in almost all,. strong and ex nlicit Guaranties on the subject of debt, loans. the tax-laying and appropriating powersggnd upon the subject of slavery, in States where Tliat institution exists-all obviously employed for the purpose of restricting and limiting the legislative power. And why ? because power in the hands of mere numbers, is always view ed with distrust, and deemed unsafe, without sufficient checks thrown around it 'to guard against the hangers of mal-adniinistration. In the States of Georgia, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Connecticut and New Jersey, though representation is unequal, the veto power, and most of the guard above referred to, form a part of the organic law. All the authorities adduced, establish, be yond dispute, two great principles. First Where suffrage is distributed to persons with out regard to property qualifications, represen tation is also distributed according to persons or numbers, which is the same thing, upon principles of equality, giving to every voterj as nearly as may be, an equal amount of political power. Secondly That, where the legislative Eower, in both branches, is given to the whole ody of voters, whether in equal proportions or not constitutional limitations of that power are deemed essential and invariably employed. Now the proposition contained in the Jb ree Suffrage " bill, embraces neither of these prin ciples. While it designs to: bestow suffrage upon all voters for both branches, without re gard to property qualification, it taxes no con cern in representation, but creates the greatest inequalities in the quota of power allotted to each, and is entirely silent in regard to all those constitutional guards deemed so indispen sable by our sister States. We must bear in mind that, in the Constitution of North Caro lina, there is no one man ower, as the veto power is called, nor acy limitations upon the power of taxation and disbursement, nor in re gard to slavery, except in the third section, fourth Article, which partially restricts the capi tr.'don tax upon slaves. In our neighboring State, Virginia, where representation is distrib uted by an arbitrary rule, according to certain geographical divisions, and suffrage is univer sal, so great was the jealousy of power in the bands ot mere numbers, that these limitations would, of themselves almost, constitute an en tire code. I submit, that I may now be allowed to in sist, that Free Suffrago does not carry out the principle of equality, nor follow the prece dents relied upon by its advocates, but utterly fails in both respects : and that, if it bo incor porated in our organic law, it will constitute an anomaly in republican government, and prove the boldest experiment upon popular sovereign ty ever made by American statesmen. So bold? that it requires a moro intrepid man than my self to assent to it, or to venture upon its untried results. , And is it for such a scheme, that the bugle of party Is ta be soundod, and all are to be un churched who do not hearken to the summons, and fall into the ranks, be the cost of submis sion what it may f Thank God i there are many yet left, who prefer to obey a .summons to duty, rather than to the work of party; and who, though denied the honors of membership. cannot be deprived of he grateful privilege uf Unnr. nn " Fn. lU!. .. If. . .1 the happiness and prosperity pf their fellow men. Lamentable, indeed, will be the day, should it ever come, when tsie making or re forming of constitutions shall be considered' a party job, and not the work of a whole people or nation, and of all parties. But, it is asked, will the . advocates of this new plan carry out their principle of equality, by correspondent reforms in representation arid constitutional guaranties? They answer no. Jiut can they prevent them r Will not their E resent scheme, if consummated, make a reach through which a host of invaders will enter? They will have opened the question of the distribution of political power, and made it one of mere numbers, by discarding property as an element. They will have uncaged the lion, with the vain hope of arresting him in the too much confidence on their means of resis tance, but remember that there are many now co-operating with them in behalf of Free Suff rage. only because they regard it as tending certainly and inevitably to their favorite mea sure, the adjustment of representation on the white basis, or some equivalent basis of per sons. .It is at this point the subject assumes its gravest aspect, and whatever may be the measure of conservatism-remaining with those engaged in the present wojk of reform, it will be forced to yield to the pressure of which they themselves are the authors. They cannot sav. so tar shalt tliou go and no farther Thev will in vain attempt to blink the powerful array of precedents to oe tound in our sister tates, all of which, with hflrfi itnil t.rur nnlir .a. militin-v ... ,, . J. , ;j cAucpnoii, recognize, in meir orgauic laws, too principle of equality. Nor will they be permit-; ted to elude the force of the precedent estab lished by our own convention in 1835. At that 1 time unrestricted suffrage prevailed in regard to the House of Commons ; and that conven tion, with the view of making it of equal value, and alike available to every voters based reprer sen tat ion upon persons. No we cannot escape, the issue it will come. It ia kDown that a feverish restlessness is already manifested in the great West on the subject of the white basis. Not only politicians, but the' masses have taken hold of it. These will be animated by brighter hopes, and stimulated to greater exertions, when Free Suffrago shall lay the foundation upon which they may claim the right to plead these authorities iu favor of their own fondly cherished scheme. Under tho old constitution of 1776. rerjresen- tation was according to counties; each had the same weight or voice in tho Legislature, not withstanding they were marked by the greatest disproportion in area, population and wealth. These disproportions were to be found not only between the two great divisions of the State, but also between the different counties in either division. Such unequal allotment of power engendered in tha publio mind the most fcar fuldiscontent, and a restless agitation was felt in every portion, of tho State. Many of the friends of reform seized upon the occasion, and by a' committeo of distinguished gentlemen, duly appointed, issued an elaborate sddrest " lo the Freemen of North Carolina," in Juyae, 1833 ia which, after arguing" that there was not "even a plausible appearance of equality ia oar representation," and that-"the right of representation, of a fair and equal representa tion of tha People, had become, in our day, but another name ; for civil freedom," earnestly urged them, "by their votes at, the elections in August, to announce their determination apon the question, whether a change is needed in the Constitution," and added, that "that expression being sent to your representatiirei, they will be bound to provide a remedy, or to pass a law by which you will be enabled to effect it your ebeajr And aow prophetically was this spo ken! The3 people did respond at the polls, as volunteers, by a tote of 29,505 ; and the Legis lature, unwilW that the oonnlar khould be farther aggravated by a continuance 1 MI, Mmu t.uk J J J- - -an... . pass a law, under which the Convention of 1835 assembled. ; ? , "v-' " ' -. ihat suffrage for the Cpmtuona was universal Jind unrestricted t by property qualification, it adjusted representation in that body accordin to numbers, upon principles of equality ; but reaffirming the Freehold qualification of voters for the Senate; it gave to property an influence in that branch, by basing representation on taxation. Now we cannot fail to perceive, that, if Free Suffrage shall become a part of our or ganic law, the 6ame marked disproportions in the population of Districts the same manifest inequalities in the allotment of power, will be found to exist in regard to the Senate, as exis ted in regard, to the Commons before the reform of 1835. And is it a rash conclusion to sup pose that tho same wide spread agitation, the same fearful strife and discord, and the same vehement appeals to the popular mind, will be visited upon us, with all tneir maaaening et fects ? and will not, must not, the same result irresistibly follow by a similar reform in repre sentation? Should it not, then experience furnishes no tests .of human action, and the $ast no .clue to the future. The following table exhibits the difference in the population of the East and West in 1830, compared with that difference in 1850, showing the greatest excess of difference nt the latter period. Free Pop. Fed. Pop. In the East in 1830, 210,150 304,232 ' In the West, do 283,231 336,430 In the East, in 1850, 235,033 343,068 In the West, do r 345,475 411,533 : Excess in free population in 1830, in favor of the Westj 34 per cent, and of Federal popula tion, 11 per cent. Excess in free population in 1850, in favor of the West, 47 per cent, and in Federal population in 1850, in favor of the West 20 per cent. ? For this statement, and ethers before made, see pamphlet copy. - j And are the peoplo of North Carolina prer pared to take a scheme of government like this? A scheme which lodges unlimited power in the hands of mere numbers, without any check or guard to control it ; a schetrie condemned by the practice and example ot every other State. a scheme, in which, by the showing of every State, property is without safeguard, denied all influence at the ballot box, and without ahy de fense in the organic law-for we find in tho Constitutions of all of them, limitations and re straints upon the. Legislative power a scheme, in fine, that olfers no guaranties to the rights of Slave owners, and interposes no barrier be tween the citizen and oppressive taxation, and unjust and wasteful expenditures. Jo I am persuaded that neither the people of the East por the West, of this county, nor of that coun ty, of whatever political complexion, will ever, apon mature consideration, consent to give un bridled power an open field in which to gratify its lusts. ; What then are we to expect ? Search Amer ican History, and it will tell you what our sis ter States have done. They have made unlimi ted suffrage, and, with three or four exceptions only, 'equal representation the b.ue3 of their Governments. Individual equality at the Bal lot Box, and Individual equality iu legislative balls, are the principles they promulgate. But were they content'wjth this ? Far from it they have solemnly warned you, that power so distri buted is subject to abuse, and should not be frusted, by having subjected it to constitutional limitations and restrictions. Wo cannot do less t-we dare not do less an uncontrollable neces - aiity will force vs also to the use of means to subject legislative power to restraints and checks. Your legislature, from year to year, and for a period, tho end of which no one can predict, will be harrasscd with plans of amendment designed to liinit -and restrict the tax-laying, debt-creating, and disbursing powers ou the subject, too, of loans, and for the protection of slave interests. Then strife, jealousy and dis cord will rule the hour theu all the currents of public service will become turbid from agi tation, and wholesome and essential legislation be either forgotten or neglected. ' It is the part of wisdom to avoid this sea of troubles by arresting, at once, the wave of com motion, at this time propelling us onward and forward. This is truly the lit and proper season now is the time to decide the grave and solemn question is it better to provide these safeguards by specific enactments in the Consti- j tution, or to leave them to result from the organ ism of .the Senate? Aro they more safe cer tain and effectual resting upon the unstable a;nd fluctuating foundations of law, or upon the sanctions of the eternal and ever enduring prin ciples which regulate and control the actions of men which unite tho dictates of duty, with the promptings of interest a union, iu which, I venture to say, there is far more safety than in the wisest provisions of man Paper guaranties endure only as long as the provisions that contain them. They arc in the keeping of those who control the IJallut Box and the Legislature who hold all the powers of government. The history of other governments sjiow that devices to throw them off, or to change them will be used whenever a motive to do so arises. l?riven from our moorings by Free Suf frage the public mind will be incessantly toss ed and fretted by struggles for other amend ments change! change! will become the order of the day and limb after limb of your funda- tl '111 1 im . . r . t I 1... 1 I -IT ... .-1 -.1 . iUBivuj t..iv uin; an irrcjicaiaulo oonu OI fate, which will last, in all thn fn-i!iiios nf j j . i . .... . youth, as long as man's nature. Who is it that I uuu raiucr trust mo veto l lie one-man power with the Governor, than with a body of men selected from amonr the neonle. bv fatlmr !"-.., , . nrouiers, sons, neighbors ? Who is it that doiiliU ; the security of property, against the dangers of oppressive taxation and wasteful disbursement -r-when its protection is confided to the Senate, 1 chosen by and responsible to voters, who pay at ! least two-thirds of the revenue raised upon pro- i pcrty? Owners of two-thirds of tho aggregate wealth of the Stato you hold ample 'security for their good behavior. To enlist interest in ! ths management of human affairs is no new principle. You demand it as a guaranty from i al public servants and privato agents it is ftjund in your orjranic law it nervades vrmr legislation it lies at tha foundation of man's confidence. xui rcTt-rao mis picture taKe trom property 1.. . At. " " . . 1 all influence at the ballot box deprive it of a voice at the fountain of power even in the m;odified and stinted form in which it uow pos- sesses it aad commit uncontrolled power to the majority of numbers or persons whether in equal quotas or not, is immaterial niay-thcre noi oe cause men to iear insecurity to proprie tary interest ? May nSt excessive taxation be too readily 'resorted to, upon the instigation of interest or passion when the tax-layiii" and disbursing powers are in the hands of those who befar an inconsiderable portion of the burdens? and this whether the taxation be for public schools, plans of colonization, emancipation, or wild schemes of internal improvement, or to favor what is called free labort But I will not venture upon the ungracious task of examining this branch of the subject I have already o copied too! much space. In all power there is a certain tendency to abuse and oppression and unwise is that Government which abandons the defenses of property to the ingenious, and not urifrequently corrupting expedients of silf imrEKEST. It is the sure road to ruin. If my humble voice could be heaftf, if my poor council cotild avail, I would I say to all the people of North Carolina' take .heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these" things. ; And why is the Senate made the jct of complaint and attack I j It surely eannot oe joo account of any distinction conferred upon treeuuiucn. 4 nave siiown mat tnat aistinction wait bestowed upon the highest considerations of publio policy,; and that their powers were purely negative and eminently conservative, put whatever their .power may be to the voters of the House of Commons is riven more than an equivalent,, They ' elect , the Governortheir share in this Legislature Is In the proportion of 12Q to 50 their control the election of JUI1-a and all other officers chosen by the Legislature; ujeuiin iAVi ju uu nqijjuu ou, uuiu- its ucauty ; any usher. and harmony are transformed into a buudLo of j Acdept my grateful acknowledgments for your deformities. J gieat kindness and goodness to me my best j Aot so with the oenate constdiilcd,as it noiv wishes for your prosperity and happiness in is. Leavs your guaranties and checks in their ' dividiiallv. ami .illrivnU .i i;L and dius command the Executive department the J udicial department, and ail the honors ana emoluments of publio place.; 'Moreover, ther wield! the entire quota of power allotted to North Carolina in tho vFederal 'Government- pJ eon' trolling the choice of Senators, by electing the members of the House of Representatives,, and by casting the vote of the .State 'for President' and Vice President. What a vast preponder ance of political power is thus secured to theta ! They shave indeed the lion's share. . After all that I have said, I need not tell you I would not trust freeholders nor,non-f reeholders, the rich nor the poor, the exalted nor the hum ble, with political power, without subjecting it to all the guards, compatible with its proper ex ercisev which the utmost jealousy of power could suggest. I am not so infected with the modern isms if the age, as to believe in the perfection or tha perfectibility of man. On the contrary, I look upon him as "compassed with infirmity," and bieset by temptations which are scattered broadcast in his path. Hence, I am for checks and guards, and for defending all the avenues to thej evil moral principles of our nature. "Besfcj safety lies in fear." In creating deposi tories of power, I would "trust no character confide in no integrity." If this be excess of distrust be it so. If I distrust man 1 cite the authority of man himself. What are all consti tutions? . What are the limitations they con tain ?; What the great divisions of the powers of Government ? but so many evidences of dis trust,! restrictions upon the popular will, . im posedj by man himself. But I cite the highest authority known to man, that which tells us, that eiven he, who is adorned in all the beauty of holiness, should watch, and not only watch, but pray, that he may not bo lad into temptation. r ! . i . c c . .11 . w ji jne capacity or man ior seit-'ro'ernmenf, i entertjain no distrust. No man with an Ameri:" can heart can doubt it. It is sustained by too many1 proofs, fortified by too many experiments, and is chief and Lest vindication is to be found in tha number and character of limitations im posed! by the peoplo on themselves, and on the exercise of every power to whomsoever com mitted. Entertaining, then, these views views em braced not hastily, but upon tlfe fullest and most mature consideration it would have been passing strange had I voted for the Free Suffrage Bill, j I knew the high interests suspended on its fae I knew the weight of responsibility that attached to my position but the path of duty was a plaiu one I fearlessly pursued it. I knelw full well that it was not one of ease nor one in which I could expect to gather lau rels, or hope to win honors and preferment. But the post of duty was not, in this instance, a post of dagger iiud, I thank God, that higher con siderations than mere personal consequences nerveid me to the task. The foregoing exposition of my course, as your representative in the last Legislature, I have deemed it my duty to make and regret that fit could not be condensed in narrower limits but whilst I desired to be brief, I still more idesired to be perspicuous. Mjf political life has been marked by a steady adherence to tho great principles of the Demo cratic faith and among tlieni I recognise as one of thju highest and holiest the obligation of the Heprtseutaiite to do the will of the constituent boili.i To that I have ever conformed, and never j morojrigialy than during tue recent session of the Legislature. I had been twice elected on 1 the sine issue, (Free Suffrage,) and the last j time by a largely increased majority although I I hail at the preceding session precisely under the same circumstances as at the last withheld my vote from the same measure and could not and would nol Up you the gross injustice to beliee that you did not comprehend a question so long agitated aud so fully discussed. It woul i be a reflection upon the intelligence of the people of Warren, which will never origiuate with.ror be endorsed by, me. How far I may succeed in satisfying you of the impolicy of the change sought by the friends of Free Suffrage, is not for me to determine. This, however, I may say, that I have employed no sophistry, but honestly labored byfairargu mentiand illustrations, to present the subject in such Ja manner as to give tho clearest idea of my positions. If right, they will, I trust, be ap prove ; if wrong, let them, as they should, be discarded. You arehe just judges of questions involving your own interests, and I shall never be foind presumptuous or vain enough to com plain! that you refuse to follow uiy lead. Anjd now, my good friends, and no man ever had bettor, 1 have another and painful task to perform ; painful, because it will sever long subsisting ties. The heavy hand of time, and waninir health, admonish me of the nronrintv j of retiring from publio life, and I respectfully make, known my purpose to do so at the end of my present service. I have been honored with your confidence for nearly 40 years, and through out ttyat lo:i period, am unconscious of having, in ant instance, ne-lected vour interests. IfT hare Committed errors, and who has not? thev I were errors of judgment, over which your kind- ness will, I am sure, throw the mantle of chari ty. I, have never made your confidence and favor the stepping stone to office for myself, nor aouseu Dy leuuing them to tho promotion of uuwuriijjr men. in no instance nave 1 ever sought or desired to exchange- your service for 1- - I I w : . " - -' ' wuwgig li-iVJ IU j DC ! mast cordially. I Your obliged fellow citizen, W. N. EDWARDS. FortAit Mount, 4th March, 1S33. Men aspiring to be popular leaders have small title tu bo expounders of what is, or ought to be, the true policy of the country, because their ambitjon impose,, on each of them, the necessity of adopting a set of principles peculiar to him self, aiid unappropriated by others. When. a man then thinks himself too great to be a fol lowersuch are becoming numerous in our country and wishes' to figure as a leader, he ceases: to represent any body but himself, and all hiawords and actions are to be scrutinized with qautiuii "by that standard, and never to be implicitly received. Let' us not bo too skepti cal, however: A trreat proDortion of such men ; have 04 host of diffienltics to encounter, and, in i tne nature of things, as our population is aun- i we nature oi tilings, as our pop i nienting, these must constantly accumulate. To borjrow au illustration from the laws of "a j sumo of hazard is always allowed. We would j therefore say of such characters, that, when they 1 do not follow suit, if they are not trumDS thev ! are nothing, and consequently are sure to lose the trick, and finally the name, for which thev aro pliying. Theji'oreign press, therefore, which extracts their information of tha rian, nf n.. ! mcnt from the speeches of aspiring members of congress, even of the same party nominally with the Executive, will be very likely to be "uuiuti niiu : lucre is even aaner in taking the speeches of a gentleman when out of Office as infallible exponents of conduct when he has the good fortune to get in. The responsibilities of a gravo trust naturally and properly produco increased sobriety of thought and prudence in action. . Thisjissufficient, without any imputation upon motives, to account for modifications of conduct and opinions which wo frequently observe; in men when advanced in power. i Newark Daily Advertiser. Avoir thb J uu. The jug is a singular utensil! "'A pailf tumbler, or decanter- can be rinsed,;and you may satisfy yourself by optical proof that it is clean ; but the jug; has but a lit tle hole in the top and the interior is all dark ness.' INo eye penetrates it, no hand moves over the surface. "You eon clean it only by ppt- tiDgju waier anu anaKing is op ana pouring it out.. -If th" water comes out clean, you may judge jou fcave succeeded in cleaning the ne - a w.... it., i ii .i i o I and vicf versa. Henee the iug is like the human r heart.' iNo mortal eye can look into its recesses uiu vt uciiua we jug is use tne numan heart. No mortal eye can look into its recesses, and yo can odge only,pf its jrarity by what comes out of it. ' f t- : hr hn a Ko-bjr tobacco: ,'The Richmond Enquirerv;publisbeslthe fol lowing fetter,gjving some interesting particulars bf-the rising pf beavy .crops of tobacco by the. applicafion f Jgoano t.T- - J.. - ' " ' I" ' CcuBiatAMD, Feb 8, 1853. - My Dear Sir Yours of the 10th ultr-did not reach me till last Saturday,' in consequence of having fbeen directed to Farmville, instead of Stone Ppint Mills ; and I take the earliest op portunity to reply to it. . - - .. My experiment in growing such a heavy crop of tobacco last (year, lias attracted a geat deal of attention and I take pleasure in detailing it for tho benefit jof the planting interest of the State. The ground was pretty liberally dressed with home-made manures, from my stables, farm pens and pits, as I think ought always to be done if we j would grow tobacco profitably. When IS was going to bed the land for hilling, or rubbwig down, which I prefer, I sowed on each acik the following mixture : 2 bushels sif ted Peruvian guano weighing, I judge, about one hundred pounds, intimately mixeti with one bushel ground alum salt. I then mixed 2J bushels Mexican guano weighing, I suppose, one hundred and sixty or one hundred and seventy pounds and 1$ bushels of Kettl swell's mixture? of Potash and Plaster, or about one hundred and fifty or one hundred and sixty pounds, and shovelled them all well together, and sowed the 'mjxturo broadcast. The cost of tho whole was about $0 25 per acre. The crop that wagi planted in good time I was scarce of plants, And the seasons very difficult I am sure, gava me two thousand pounds per acre. The tobacco j was topped from eighteen to twenty-five leaves, and ripened remarkably well to the top leaf,! without firing. The tobacco was i-cujtivatad for the manufacturers, is ot very hne j quality, 'and remarkably sweet. My reasons tor j this mode of cultivation are few and simple. Our old landk in tiiis region, and, I doubt not gen- i erally in middle Virginia, are more deficient in phosphates and potash than any other of the mineral;manures j and the tobacco plant must have these elements in order to open well. The Peruvian Guano has but a small part of its val ue in phosphates only about one-sixth, and five-sixths of its money value, or near $40 to the ton, in dmmonia, which powerfully stimulates the growth of tobacco, without causing it to ri pen, or without giving it thj healthy growth which will secure it against firing. The Mexi can Guano is the richest that has been brought to the country in phosphates, containing 57 to 60 per cent, and only ono or two per cent of ammonia. Consequently about five sixths of its money talue is in the ammonia. This suggested the idea of mixing the two. The salt was put with the Peruvian to fix the ammonia, and to furnish the muriates and the soda. But thq tobacco plant specially needs potash, bspecially in its ripening process the outer cdat of the stalk and the stems being formed principally of silicate of potash. Thus you seoiat a glance what I aimed to accomplish by my mixture. The success was beyond my expectations. It was the heaviest crop of to bacco I ver saw and so said every one who saw it. ' The Mexican Guano can be had at Baltimore, at'$25 per ton "of 2240 pouuds. Stirling & Ahrens ideal in it. The Potash and Plaster, i Mr. Keftlewelt, of Baltimore, prepares and sells at v2 50 per barrel, of about 31:0 pounds. . I lost I may say, no tobacco by fire, while every oM of my neighbors had to cut their crops for fire. With high regard, yours verv trulv, J. S. ARMISTEAD.- NORTH CAROLINA. The North Carolina editors re congratula ting the! citizens of their State on the eminent mon noiv occupying minor judicial positions. The late1 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court cf North Carolina, Thomas Ituffin, is now chair man of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses sions of his County, a simple magistrate's Court. Hon. Jas. J. McKay, of Bladen, an influential member; of Corigress for years, former chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, (the most important of all the Committees) acts in a similar cfapacity for his County. Hon. Calvin Graves lias assumed recently a liko post in Cas well. Win, AJ Wright, Esq., of New Hanover, accepted a year or two ago the appointment of Justice Of the Peace, and regularly bring3 at each County Court the weight of his legal learn ing and acquirements to the assistance of the bench irt the trial of causes. Examples like these strike us as worthy of commendation. ? PhUadd. Daily Xeics. I New Coach Shop. THE Subscriber respectfully informs the Pub lic that he has occupied the well known Utand ot" Kir. Willie V. Johnson, on Wilmington St, about orte huivlred yards South of the Capitol Square, Where be is prepared to execute every thing in his line vt business. Huskies & Coaches, i &c., madb of thelKvt materials and iu the .most fash- I iual Ijlc ahd durable style. He wotil l sav to those who may wish to purchase Buggies, tor any tiling iu his line, that they would do well t& call upon him bct'rre purchnsiu"; else- I " r,, "".,."' 1" with their custom. He is determined to sell at i prices to Jsuit the times. Also, repairing done elicnp at tho shortest notice. : JAMES UASilFOItD. August 9th, 1B-: 1. wly '! i William S. Mason, ATTORNEY; & COUNSELLOR AT LAV, ILL practice in the Courts of Chatham and Wake. He may he found at his oSice, at the cornel- cf tho square upon which Mr. McKiji- aox's residence is situated. Raleiglj , Tan. 25, ISu.'S. Ginos 0 CLAUDIUS B. SANDERS, ! ATTORNEY AT LAW, SMITUFlEI.D, NORTH CAROLINA, attend the Courts of Johnston, Wayne aud Nash. Jan. 14', l&M. 6 Ed. Graham Haywood, ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALEIGH, N. C. 'TTILl practice in the Courts of Fleas and y y Qaartep Sessions for the Counties of Wake, j office latuly occupied by lion. Win. II. Haywood, I jP uVrp-iktvl 1 i Johnston find Jr., deceased. Jan- 4,a8o3. Gmos 4 N. Gi Supreme Court Reports- "TN' sets, )ot parts of sets, with a !ier N. C. Law 1 Hooks, and Law Book; generally, iold on the most favorable terms, by t E. J. HALE & SON. Also, a large stock Medical, Historical, Miscel laueous, and School Books, Blank Books, Paper, &c. at wholesale and retail, at the Book Store, Fy- etteville, JS. C. April If, 1853J 3t-32 STATE? OF NORTH CAROLINA, Chatham CocxtV, Superior Court of Law, March Term. 1853, ? Mary WilUams v. David Williams, Petition for , I Alimony.,' It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that David Williams is a non resident of this State : It is therefore ordered by the Court, that publication be made for sir weeks, successively, in the Raleigh Register, a newspaper published in the City of Ra leigh, for laid David Williams to appear at the next Term of aiid Superior Court, to be holden for the County of Chatham, atthe Court House in Pitts borough, n the hird Monday in September next, then and there to -plead answer or demur to said petition,' the. Same will be heard ex parte, and proceedings taken thereon pro confesso. Witness, William S.lG outer. Clerk of our said Court, at office, in Pittsborough, ths 8rd Monday in March A, D. 1853, and! in the 177th year of American Indepen dence. - tVf. S. QUNTKR, C. S. C. Apru ld 1853.j Pr. AdT. $5,621. 32-6w. -t- r offer Tor, sale my house and lot near Wake Jfprest scouege. Ihe house is a commodious bnck building, and the lots attached to it consist Of five or six acreg. I will sell on reasonable terms for cash or upon credit. j JOHN KERR. March 14, 1853. 5t-23 Marble Yard, Raleigh, N c TOMB STOXES. MONUMENTS nr. STONES &C. K THE Subscriber having boon North and t I and Hearth, paint stones, slabs for So,l foimut Slabs, and Nova Scotia grindstones, solicit!! tronage of the citizens of Raleigh nw the SJ; inffCountrv. He invites ihp. r.itiin,, ... . O V I'i his monuments, tomb and heid. stones and d n i i :i i , i iiiu auusci'ioer uao peeii id. ou.sin.ess in thjj j cju-3, uuu vou cull rv;i'r toaiiViiFtl r .,!.. ..i. r- ' T ' ' liis .Martie-iaru is ten minutes walk State House, atthe South-East;Coruer ofihefj 1 he subscriber has examined the Northern J d has no hesitation in sayinir be can do wi.i l am reasonable terms as any. - v, WILLIAM STlto-J Raleigh, Sept. 13, 1852. The Road to Health. . HOLLOWAY'S PILLS i j oi a aisoraereci livcr and Bad J j tion. Copy of a LeUer from Mr. R. fy. Itirk'u, cj 7 Prescoit St., Liverpool, dated Glh JUL kS t t ir,. ' 13il Sir: Your Pills and Ointment have ul highest on our sale list of Proprietary MeiJ ior any enquiries, uesires me to let you 1 particulars oi .her case. She! had been trod for years with a disordered liver, ami bad tion. Ou the last occasion, however the ra, J of the attack was so alarming, and thekjj uou sei iu so severely, mat uoubta irere i L 1 C 1 i. 1 " .LI. ... umuuu. oi iier not iremg auie to Dear up ml ioriuuateij' ssu was muixceu to; try your PiBil sue iruoruis me mat alter the ftrst, anj eadj to take them, and although sLe use.J onh Doxes, sue is now m the enjoymeut of J health. I could have sent you many more j Dut. tne aDove, rrom tne seventy of tin ua'wl the speedy cure, I think, speaks much in fid your astoiusnmg J'llls. (Signed) K. W. KIRo An Extraordinary Case of Rheumatic fel t an JJ tenia n s Laud. Copy of a Letter inserted in the HuOart Tan d er of the 1st March, 18ol, by Major J. f Margaret McConnigan, 19 years of age, m at New Town, had been suH'ering frouiiit Rheumatic Fever for upwards of two ma which had entirely deprived her of the usei'I limbs. During this period she was under tiai of the most eminent medical men in Hoknli and by them her case was considered Lr.pde A frieud prevailed upon her to trv Ho'.Wsrt ebrated Pills, which she. consented to uo, an incredibly short space of time they cffeel perfect cure. Cure of a ram and Tightness in tki Ciatl Stomach of a Person i years ufage. I-rom Messrs. j nets Jr Son, i ffiftaninl laucrtuer, tc.to can vouch Jur the jv'.luictay i'MiM Aug. -la ISol. To Professor Hoi.loway : Sir 1 desire to bear testimony to the g fects of Ilolloway's Pills. For some yeanl fered severely from a pain and tightness a stomach, which was also accompanied by c ness of breath, that prevented 1110 from bout. I am Si years of age, and uotwithsi: my advanced st.it t of life, these iPiib hmi lieved me, that 1 am desirous tltat others tt .be made acquainted with their virturs. lie! rendered by their means, coiupiratively actiisj cmu take exercise without nwouwiuence ot i which I could uot do before. - '. (Signed) HENRY COE, North st , Lynn, Xi T'nese Celebrated . PUU are Wonderfulbj l ClOUS 111 the foUOlC!ll'.t''ii!Auli(U: Ague, Asthma, Bilious Complaint.--, Diottia the skin. Bowel Complaints, C-jiit-s, CuLstiJ f the Bowels, Consumption, liebiilty. fcj Dysentery, Erysipelas, Fem.de Irreguiantia vers of all kinds, Fits, Gout, Headache, fc tion, ' Inflammation, Jiunilice, Liver Coup Secondary Symptoms, Lumbago, Piles, Bis tism, Retention of Uriue, ScrofuLi or King! Sore Throats. Stone and Gravel, Tic Duuios Tumors Ulcers, Venereal 'Affections, WVnai kinds. Weakness from whatever caue, &c. Sold at the establishment of Proics.;r II way, 24-1. Strand, fncar Temple Kjr.i hi and by all respectablo Druggists Uir.J 'ieid Medicines throughout the British Empire, i those of the United States, in poU aud bfll 37.J ccnt, 87 cents, and $1 50 each, wholesa the principal l)ni! houses in the L'uion, 1 Messrs. A. B. & 1. SANDS, NeW.York;.S HORSEY, 84 Maiden Lane. New Vorl Aiid by Messrs. S. B. & J. A. EVANS, 3 ton; and by P.P. PESCUD. Raleigh. There is a considerable savins; hy tatajj larger sizes. N. B. Directions for the guidance ofpl iu every disorder arc afiizeJ to each boi. March. 11, 1853; , O TATE OF TENNESSEE. Lv CiuxaCl 3 Luesdss, November Ten. Ki. Bill for Division cf Land. John A. Gardner, ComiLnnauf'!- GJorc kerville, John W. Baskcrvilla,- Diiiisi P. lJasJn Roberta P. Basker villei . C-eorce V. Bo! Lucy C. Baskertille, Isabella H. BarkerviEM L. Dakc, Mary R. Dake, Albcri C. Jines m Ann Jones, Dcfendnnts. Ou motion of coinnlainant's Soiicivr. itef ed by the Court, tho Hon. Calvin Joaes & lor.'&c. presiding And it appearing w & isfaction of the Court tliat all of the "defend non residents of the State of Tcnucssee ; the Defendants, Roberta P Gejrge D. Le! and Isabella H. Bkskervillc and Mary k- and Mary Ann Jones, are minors, under & of 21 years ; that pubUcation-r made pon-resident Defendants, in tho "Raleigh ter " in tha CRrnalv nfVb and State ot Carolina, for-three weeks successively. thirtv diiVH hp.fhre tlm 4th Mr.ndnv in M''.T1 notifyinir them to appear iu our Chancer; .1 at Dresden, on the 4th Monday in Ma; 1 within the three first dsys of said Torui, l mar, answer or plead to said suit, or the s be taken as to them "pro confesso ' aua sci i in IT accordiufrlv A true copy from the Records of the CooJ W. F. HAMPTON, Cl March 8th, 1853. MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STAlJ'1 NORTH CAROLINA. miTT? nTl anniirTl Mftotin.r nf the Mixlics'i I tT of the RttA of North Carolina hatA in tta town P...lt.r;i!o 1,11 Tue.' day of May, 1853. The Society will eonvene at 4 o'clock i ternooa of -that day. Delegates, Members', and Members are 1 to attend. W. Cor. and Ree April 5, 1843. cLANE'S PiLts and Vivirn:E. supply and for ssile, by