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.mtnt?"n . 't PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY- WILLIiin W. IIOfipEWv EDITOR AJVD PROPRIETOR. THE COKSTITtJTION AND THE VNION OPTHR STATES THEY "MUST BE PRESERVED." f- if - Volume , ix, number 46i. . .; ': S . K ' RAiuGnrfV'CM"'WE 30,1813. -6 ft'-" BMB .--- 1 i"iiiiiiithm-- iMiiiiiirTriniOT , ... i TERMS. ; THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT j- , .. , j THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN AD VANCE f Those persons who remit by Mail (postage, paid) Five Dollars, will be entitled to a receipt for Six Dollars, or two years' subscription to the Standard one eopy two years, or two copies one year, For" ur copies, : ' . ten " : ; twenty" ' ' $10 00 , 20 00 35 00 The anie rate for six months. nj-Any person procuring and forwarding five subscribers, with the cash ($15), will be entitled to the Standard oueycarVree of charge. Advertisements, not exceeding fourteen lines, will be inserted one time for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion ; those of greater length, in proportion. Court Orders and Judicial Ad visements will be charged!- twenty-five per cent higher than (he above rarest A deduction 5T 33 1-3 per cent will be made to those who advertise by the vcar. 3" If tne number of insertions be not marked on them, they will be continued until ordered out. Lexers to the Editor must come free of postage, or they mav not be attended to. TH E S TtlwVH It &. HON. LEVI WOODBURY. ITo p lblic man in this country has been more svstemaucally villificd and traduced than this dis tinguished patriot and statesman. But public jus- lice. i : n if slow at times, is nevertneiess always cer and we entertain the belief that the Ameri can people have still higher honors in reserve for Mr. Woodbury. It is therefore with great pleas ure that we give a hearing in our columns to a voice speaking in his behalf. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. As a lover of Fatherland, as a free-born citizen of the United States, and thertfore as one deeply interested in the future fortunes of my country, iksiined from her vast extent, the multiplicity of her n itur.il resources, the soundness of her con s:itutional principles, and the spirit of enterprize which characterises her inhabitants, to become the srreatcst power in the world. I hail with feel ings of unbounded pride and joy, as an event cal ciiliud to promote the prosperity of this great Re- 1" ihlic. the announcement ot t:ie Honorable ulu v l WOODBURY'S intention to come forward as a Cail-llCiaiC nl ine II M nrtlUUl iui i.n: iiiilii aim in: nnrtnnt office of VICE-PRES 1 DENT for the United States, subject to the cnitic National Convention decision of a Dt mo to be heieaftt-r lu ld. 1 n joice at this, not from fu lings of respect and mbni ration for the many noble qualities which atom the private character of the Hon. Mr. Wood- LiiliV. but liom a review oi uis hiui.x ii-mas. fVorn a consideration of the many hiirh and impnr- J tint offices he has filled; ofiiea s n quiring intellect of the- highest order, judgment to advise and de termine on questions of national importance, fre fjrienily arising in the internal government of this v-mno" recublic. aifd reelUiiTill? t"oofn ss and di. crimination to exercise wr.n necessary caution and finnriiss that trust and power vcstul in him in his! various situ itions by the unanimous votes of his' f-liow citizens ; solely then fiom approbation of j the taint, wisdom, and patriotism displayed by! J-i:!! in each department of the many offices he hold in theiovernmpnt, and duly appreciating the marked Democratic principles which have bt'en the distinguishing characteristics of his long and prosperous career, 1 hail the probability of his acquisition (by the voice of the States Union at the ensuing election) to the councils of my coun try, in the capacity of Vice President, as a sure indication of the progressive march of those great principles which have the constitution, and con sequently the prosperity of States for their basis. In considering the claims of Mr. Woodbury on the people of the United States, I can with perfect f.;fety state, without descending to flattery, but solely on the broad principle of giving sterling merit its due, that few countries can boast of a statesman rising through a successive gradation of offices, each embracing duties of the highest im portance to the State, continuing for a number of V'-ars amid all the turmoil and agitation conse quent upon a series of important events, but par ticularly upon the panic prod.ieed on the com merce of the Union by the imprudent advances and will speculations created by the United States 13ink, to preserve throughout this unexampled crisis in the monetary system of the Republic the pare principles of democracy uncontuminated by the influences of power or office, and undismayed by all the attacks which the malignity and relent- l?ss fury of his political opponents the Whigs I could devise. It then, we take a short review of j Mr. Woodbury's interesting and successful ca- roer we will find him commencing life as a Law yer, distinguishing himself in that profession by a depth of learning, solidity of reasoning, and pow ers of argument which soon raised him to that position for which his professional acquirements so well qualified him, viz. Judge of his native State, the State of New-Hampshire. If the pow; er which is vested in a Judge in this country be considered in counteracting and resisting the ef fects of laws, which he may conceive are incon sistent with the spirit and meaning of the Consti tution, it must be conceded, independent of the strict exercise of his iegal functions, that such an extra judicial power can, with safety to the Re public be only entrusted in the keeping of a man, not alone eminent for profundity of learning, but also for comprehensiveness of mind and solidity of judgment; tnai inese nrgn quatincations were ex ercised with wisdom and discrimination is proved by his having been 'subsequently elected to be Governor of the State, in which he presided as Judge. We next find Mr. "Woodbury engaged in the arena of politics, we find hiin in the senate, exer cising his powerful talents in support of the pure principles of democracy, which bave been the dar ling objects of his political existence. And here gain we find his services so highly valued, and the importance of having him in an office so ap preciated, that he was solicited by President Jack son to become secretary to the navy, an office which he filled until 1834, when he was chosen secretary of the Treasury. In none of the many offices Mr. Woodbury held, were his talents more severely tried, than wnen secretary oi me i reasury ; whether we consider hisjabilities as a financier, tested by the astounding fact of his having met all . demands on the Treasury during the never-to-be forgotten mo nev Danic which preceded . and succeeded the j - downfall of tha United States'j Bank, ojr the un compromising fortitude, 'untiring industry,. and in finite tact he displayed in holding this important office through snch-a "critical period,5 itp until the ejection oi .uenerai tiarrison in . ii34ij, wnen ne was solicited to become Chief Justice of his native State the State of New Hampshire, in a manner so complimentaryj'as to remunerate him In some slight measure for hisserrices to his country, and which must haveberri most gratifying to his feel ings, as giving the stamp of approval to his form er public life ; this last honor he declined. At this critical moment, however, when questions of the greatest importance to the cofumercial inter ests of the Union were about to be debated in Congress, particularly the propriety of granting a new Charter to the TJank- ot the United States, Mr. Woodbury was elected sehalor ; and in the extra session of Congress, opposed the grant in a masterly speech, wherein he showed its manifold evils,, a exceeding the, bpujads, spirjt, and princi ples' cf the Constitution, its corruptive inflqenpe on the elective franchise and liberties of the coun try ; its enormity as a political engine, used for party purposes by the few, who,- acting on its mo nied influence, sought through this medium to buy up and sacrifice the rights and interests of the ma ny at the shrine of this their golden Deity. He opposed the re-organization of this mischievous political machine, as not alone violating the sacred bounds of the Consfitution, but as wholly unfit to comply with even the powers allowed by the national Charter, viz: the regulation of the ex changes of the country, and in exposing its des tructive effects on the character, trade, and com merce of the Union, by its alternate contractions and expansions; occasionally extending credit to feed the most wild and daring speculations. And again when means were required to sustain such entcrprizes cnterprizes which have materially injured, in the eyes of foreigners, the-character, as they have its prosperity, of the States, at such moments, when the offspring of its improvident ci cation required its assistance and care, it allowed it to perish-y denying relief; and thus has the country been made and declared bankrupt. Again do we find him the opponent of monopo ly, in supporting the doctrine of free trade oh the question of reducing the duties on tea and sugar. Here, he showed himself the fearless assailant of mononolw the unbending opponent to the aggran dizement of the few, at the expense and ruin of the many; and in carrvinp; out the reduction oi du ties on those necessaries of life. He exposed the destructivp rffi cts of a high tariff, by reference to I her commerce, opposed it alss on the ground? of its workings in other countries, in a sp(ech of such its unconstitutionality, and ahhoug.Munsuccessful, varied knowledge and power, rs would do honor j his talented opposition gained for him fresh lau tu the most eloquent advocate oi free trad; even yds frorn, the Democratic paity of the Union, in England, where its operations have crippled I He also opposed the distribution of the proceeds trade, destrovd manufactures, beo-o-nred tne arti-of the public lands, on thegrounds of State cxpe- zan. rtnd reduced that country, heretofore supreme in Europe, the acknowledged mistress of the seas, cxtendianr her .conquests, her influmce and her commerce to every country yet discovered, to such a state of conune rcial distress, as must force thro' ; the influence and crying wants of tbe people, eith- jsaries ot lite, to oelray tne puuic ex puiuuu re, er the repeal of all laws which restrict the free j which should be met with the most natural and exercise of trade, the unfetteud interchange of the j legitimate means, viz: the proceeds of the public commodities of life, and the opining of all her lands. ports to every product, nar.ftftiiU6H -tmtyution, H Thftdrr?ifand inv-r$twuot;o tho public jno which may prove a useful lessen to future agis, ! nies under the Sub-Treasury Laws nceivedhis of the dreadful i-filcis of monopedv, monopoly i most strenuous support, as the only safe and con-ao-ainst which the people of the mother countiy j stiiuiional mode for securing the revi nuis of the have arisen as it were en masse, and among whom j United Stat s. instead of placing them in a nation are to be- found manv elociucnt advocates for free al bank 'to be speculated and traded upon by that trade particularly Dr. Bowring. M. P.. for Bol- ton, who, in descanting on the subject, states, that free trade is practical Christianity. It is. the rep resentation of that benign, tlrat benevolent, that be neficent spirit, which seeks every where to remove evil, an nd every where to augment good. They j speak of the East, it has been my good fortune to j wander amidst the ruins of those ancient cities to which I iust now referred. I have seen the pil- lars of Tyre in the dust ; I have seen the port, rrnwdfd fnrmerlv with the shins of merchants. who were cloth, d in purple and fine linen, who . an attempt, unparalleled for audacity, to crush were princes and rulers of the earth, and now my! Mr. Woodbury and his party, when they charg friends not one column stands erect. They are led him, through the person of their Secretary, hidden in the waves.and in the sands the glory I the Hon. Mr. Ewing, of embezzling the public of that country is departed, and who has entered j monies ! Little, however, did they imagine, in upon that inheritance? who, but the men of Eng-j making this daring accusation, that they thereby land! Now, when I contrast the condition of ; furnished Mr. W. with an opportunity, not alone these countries in those days, when I remember j of vindicating himself and the Democratic party, that at the period of the glory and prosperity ol Tyre and Sidon, this island (England) was a mere waste, inhabited by a few scattered and naked peo ple, while Phoenicia represented all that was great and glorious; well may I enquire to what this land owes its elevation, and that land owes its de cline, great. It is our commerce which l as made us ; It is thedabor of industrious hands that has o-i vi n us nower. We have created wealth : out of that industry, and that wealth has created j for us a political influence which places us m the eye of universal man. And now the world is asking what lessons we mean to give ? Too ma - ny lessons of folly have we seen scattered abroad; and may it not be asked, is not the time come when we should give toith lessons oi wisdom; andthis City (London,) which in those days was ! unknown to notice and to fame; this city, which ; has become greater than the inhabitants of many nations this city wnicn is larger man many King doms as respects the number its inhabitants ; which !. -it ...l- ho-uresin the pages ot history: now wni.noi mis . . . , r . J . . -. Ml I city show itstii wortny oi us aesuny n win i J . . ... i . J it . ir And meetings like tins remove an anxiety, anu oi- fer an eloquent response to thoso who have said that the League was toiling vainly to little or no pur pose, and that they would get weary of the good work; and that monopoly might again lie down and sleep under the shadow of that Upas tree which it has planted on this land. Lsut monopo ly must expect no such futurity. If the efforts that are now making, will not - prove sufficient to liberate trade and labor, and capital, , a great) effort shall still be madeand still a greater. Deeper and deeper'shadl the mine be dug under the temple of monopoly j more and flriore combus tibles shalf be there deposited, until iari lament shall apply the spark, which shall blow to atoms the whole fabric, and free intercourse shall exist between the nations of the earth,this country hav ing the pride and' honor of having led the way. If examples of the evils of monopoly were requir ed, we have them on every side. History afford ed instances of the mischievous effects of meddling with the free interchange of good offices, which every man ought to enjoy. Take the fairest por tion of the earth, look to Spain. You have heard of its rivers, which poets have said run over gold en sands. You have heard of its rich vallies, its oils, its wines, its flocks. You have heard of its military and naval glories, when its. great men have gone forth conquering and to conquer, dis covering new worlds, distinguished for the exhi tipn;of the highest, iatellect, having its Ulustriob: dramatists and poets, and labulists, and nowwhat has become of Spin? She 'did conquer another world, she did jfllnt her banners Jfrorrt the North to ''the South- the American v Continents; but Spain has ad&tjfd the prohibitory and protective sirffptn. V7orl. -JtJ i"c vinin tl pIitptpA. mier In I.Pn.CtT- ance'and tc isolation. Her. traders are smug glers, her rsrff chants have become contrabandists. Look'at'apdther country, and one to which nature has denied all the advantages which she gave to Spain. s Look to Holland, your neighbor. There is a ppunlry placed beneath the level of the sea. Itlsone great plain where nothing but high in tellrgence, nothing but the 'most laborious indus try, nothing but the most denoted patriotism con Id haye preserved it from being overflowed by atlab tic's waters. But Holland discovered the secret of a nation's greatness. Free trade in Holland sooti subdued, soon subjugated, soon fettered SpaiTi. : r The Dutch held dominate srfay -over the Span iards; and while they were faithful to their prin ciples, while they held this opinion, and gave practical t fleets to them, which, their great men, such as Grotius, and others, recorded as the true basis of a nation's greatness, this little Holland became so influential as to be reckoned among the mightiest communities of the world. Such have been the eflects of monopoly, such the effects of free trade, against the former of which, Mr. Woodbury has been, and still is the uncomprom ising opponent; his sentiments in reference to the necessity of its adopting free trade in England, are, thai she has now arrived at an era in her history, when the great principle of free trade must be de clared by her, or she would fall a sac rifice to mo nopoly, and that monopoly would be pointed out as the rock on which JZnglish glory had struck for ever. In opposing monopoly, Mr. Woodbu ry was not a mere theorist, lie gave proofs proofs severely felt by the monopolizing lew, the whigs both in and out of Congnss, of his determination to prevent this bane to commercial prosperity, from gaining ground in the Union, and here he traced the evil to its source by opposing the .loan of 12,000.000 dollars, which the whigs strenuous ly sought to saddle as a national debt on thecoun try; he pointed out the evils entailed by the na tional d.bt in England; showed why that coun try was forced as a means of paying the interests on that dt bt. independent of sustaining the cur rent expenses of the country to impose high tar iffs and restrictions which were proving fatal to dincv, contending Treasury, and form a fund to meet the current ex penses of the country, instead of being distribu ted through the States, which would subject you, the people of the Union, to taxes upon the neces- establishment in the issues of paper money to tre- ble the amount of specie lodged, t'vs subjecting the public monies to all the hazard oi i.:uik specu lation. In the course thus taken by .Mr. Wood bury of exposing to public view the sinister de- bury of exposing signs of the Whi and their bold attempts to control through the public purse, the Democratic party of the Union, he drew upon himself all the ire and fury of these miserable monopolists, wno, irritated at nis irequeni auacKs anu e.xposuie ui their selfish and demoralizing policy, sought by , . r 1 J . r but also of showing the artifices and misrepre sentations to which the Whigs bad recourse in oreler to sustain their base and illiberal policy; this he proved by referring to the official statistics of the finance assent in by Mr. Lwmg, which he showed were false and eironeous, and in a spirit ot indignation reluted the attempts made on nis political character, by calling the attention of the Senate to bjs administration when in the 1 reasury department, and by the fact of his having sustain led. throu j impot tan ; all demr ed, through a host ot difficulties, the credit oi this antiranch of the public servKe, by having ands promptly paid; and by contrasting some of the. leading acts' of his public lif with the weak, designing and selfish course adopted by the WhifS, placed the latter in n truly contempti- bio light. But inde-d, to follow the Hon. Mr. Woodbury through the entire of his public, career. wou Id far exceed the limits of a letter, and would perhaps DO consincreu supiM iiuuus uy yuu, ine people of the Union, to whom he has ever prov ed himself the faithful public servant: before whom he stands the jtried and valued, .friend, not a lone in his official capacity, but in every way in which he could serve; his fellow citizens; even in an intellectual and moral point of viw, as evi denced by his able lectures on Education, deliver ed in different sections of the Union ; as also by . . . i i n i .u his advocacy of the sacred cause of total abstinence, a cause which has rescued millions' from perdi tion, raised them in the scale of society, opened to them brilliant prospects for the future, and which has shed its benign effects, comfort and happiness, over even the humblest log cabin of the poor. Permit me, then, after ah is hasty sketch of the nublic life of the Hon. Levi Woodbury to recom mend him to you, vthe,. inhabitants of the United States, as the chamnion of Democracy, as the man who sustained "unawed by power," the principles which constitute the basis of Democracy, through out the entire of his public life; I recommend him to you as the fearless and powerful assailant of the monopolizing few, the Whigs; as the un compromising advocate of. free trade, ..and, in a word, 1 would say to those who wish to adnere to the letter-and spirit of the Constitution, who wish for no bank, no assctmption ofthfe State debts, no distribution, but who wish for aneconomical administration, to return the Hon-jLjsvi Wood bury' lt' the coming election as Vice President of the United States. A VOICE FROM VIRGINIA. June.Cth, 1843. ' .y .. From the Charlotte JefTcrsonian. . DEMOCRATIC MEETING.' " In pursuance-of public notice, a number of the citizens of Union county, assembled at Labatt's Cross Roads, on Tuesday; the 1st August, 1843, to express their views on the subject of the Presi dency. ; On motion of William Wijson, Esq., John McCorkle, Esq., was called, to the Chair, and Amos Stevens, "Esq., appointed Secretary. Upon a call from the Chair, Col. William J. Alexander, in a few- -appropriate remarks ex plained the object of the meeting, and moved that a committee be appointed to reporf business for its consideration. The Chairman appointed as this Committee' Amos Stevens, William Wilson, Isaac H. Helms, James Houston, Esqrs., and Maj. Wm. C. Steele, ivho, after retiring a few minutes, re ported through Amos -Stevens, Esq., the follow ing Believing that the time has arrived for the peo ple in their primary assemblies, to speak out their sentiments ihrcgard-te the "person whorft they deem best qualified to fill the irhpertant office of President of the United States, after the. 4th of March, 1845 we, the citizens of Union county, in public meeting do declare, That John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, is our first choice for that office, and our "preference for him is based on these considerations: - He is a southern man our neighbor in whose devotion to southern rights and the true principles of the Constitution we have full con fidence. He possesses talents of the most exalted charac ter, and during nn active public life of more than thirty years, he has exhibited ability as a states man and a relf-sacrificing devotion to democratic principles and the best interests of his country, which have elicited the approbation and admira tion of even his political opponents. , During an activ.e life of more than sixty years, the tongue of calumny has never dared to breathe a reproach against the purity of his private char acter. " - We believe he is the only prominent politician now in the country who has the -.will and power (if placed in the Presidential Chair) to introduce into the Government a thorough Reform, and bring it back in its administration to the landmarks of the old JefTersonian school of politics. .Because we regard hjm as embodying more ful ly than any other politician in his views, the genu ine creed of democratic republicans. About him there is no compromise of principles, no conceal ment to gain popularity, no intriguing to gain power he boldly flings to the breeze his creed, which is the creed of all true democrats, to wnv: " Free Trade; Low duties; No debt; Separation from Banks; Economy; Retrenchment, and a strict adherence to the Constitution." For these reasons we advocate the election of John C. Calhoun to the Presidency. The'jrriu- cip es neauvocaies, me uur p.mcip., aim lilt: uiucc iu iiiuu r in.n ujf iriuuiiii'im ijiiij. . , a.t I, We calf upon the friends of Mr. Calhoun in North Carolina to organize immediately, and prepare for urging in a proper manner, his claims before the d( mocratic national Convention. In I relation to the time of nn-eting.and the organiza- lion oi mat .onvrnnon, we nniirsinuingiy ex press our preference for what is called the Mary land plan, to wit: The Convention to meet in Baltimore on the 2d Monday in May, 1844, to be composed of one delegate from each congrcssion-j al district in the several States, and two from the State at large, to correspond with the Electoral Colleges, and in Convention, the delegates to vote per capita, i his we consider the most republi can plan that has yet been named, and would be certain to give universal satisfaction to our party in its nominations. We pledge ourselves to nse nil honorable means to forward the cause of Calhoun and free principles: and in doing this, we will sustain for office such men as go with.us. in this great cause. Resolved, That a County Vigilance Committee of six persons be appointed to Correspond with the friends of Mr. Calhoun in othfr parts of the State, and to collect and distribute all information and documents calculated to forward the views of this meeting. As soon as the reading of the resolutions had been concluded, Col. W. J. Alexander rose, and addressed the meeting for about an hour. He declared his unalterable attachment to the creed of the Democratic party showed what that creed was spoke of the causes which had once separa t ed him from the great body of the democrat. ic party, passed a highly eloquent eulogy upon Mr. Calhoun, and took his seat ami.d'the loud plaudits of the meeting. At the conclusion of Col. -Alex- ander's speech, the resolutions .were put to vote and adopted unanimously. The Chairman then named the following gen tlemen to compose the Committee of Vigilance and Correspondence, to wit: Amos Stevens, Wil liam Wilson, Marcus Austin, Lsqr., and Lob James A. Dunn, Maj. VV. U. bteel, and Col. Thos. P. Dillon. A Resolution was 'then offend and adopted, tendering thanks to Col. Alexander, for his elo quent address, and to the Chairman and Secretary lor the appropriate discharge oi tneir amies, ana ordering these proceedings to bo published in the Mecklenburg Jefle reonian," with a request to the other democratic papers of the State to ctfpy them, and the meeting adjourned. . -, JOHN McCORKLE, Chairman. . Amos Stevens, Secretary.- The 'last best gift' of Victoria to her husband, is said to- be rather ugly in feature. One of the Court Journals, however, labors hard. to make a beauty of the 'dear little creature,' as follows: ' Her royal highness is a remarkably fine in fant, . but not so- delicately formed as her sister. She has eyes bordering on ihe light blue a noSe small, but beautifully rounded and hair which nromises to be flaxen.' If it belonged to 'common folks,' we presume the above might be rendered thus: "A homely little squab, with cat's eyes, pug nose, and low head." - - .- Anecdote -one time". Two brothers named Josiah and William, full grown boys, happened in a store one evening, where the attention of the company was somewhat attracted by a very long watch-chain dangling at the four quarters of Josi ah. One of the company asked, 'What s the time. Josiah With no small1 ceremony, Joiah drew out his watch, and after examining it sometime, referred to his brother, and said, 'Brother Wil liam. Is this figurv nine or figurv 'leven?' . Wil liam,'after a few minutes deliberation, declared it to be 'figtrry seven.' ' Well then,' replied Josiah, ' it lacks about half an inch of eight !' A IT AS .FOR FAN.Jfl X.G . i; .':-r "' AND'-: "f ZiS. .v k A TOUCH-STONE TO TRYON, A; : . r.- CONTAINING An Impartial Account of the Rise and Progress' of the much talked of Regulation iVNortV Carolina. - -! . --- --- no. viii . vThe Reader may have observed, that the efnQrRappeal8 to, an Engageriierit of the P To abide his Decision in Council; It is pr the People had entered into such obligation. the Governor; and that at tho time of Engaging, they antended to do as they said. But two things appear to have determined them to do otherwise; (1.) When Hunter, and Howel, presented the Pe tition, &c. of the Regulators, his Excellency call ed together a small number of the Council": and such a conduct, 'whether it really was so or not, gave the People, the colour of Suspicion, that be called only such as-he knew would be on his side": (2.) It is somewhat probable that the Gov ernorin order to engage the People, had encour aged them to believe that he would lay their Peti tion, &c. before the whole General Assembly; Therefore, when the People found by the Jour nals ot the House that the Governor desired the Whole matter should be vested in him, and seeing by his Letter, &c. how he was like to treat them The.se things appear to be the reasons of the Reg u la tors conduct, in refusing to obey the Govern or s last ijirection. by the hands of Mr. Harris. who, in discharge of his duty, required the Tax, of the People; upon this they answered him, ' We have agreed to lay the matter, before the Whole of the Council, and 'House of Assembly, before we choose to Pay." Mr. Harris returned wimout the money: and also without being in sulted, and maltreated by the People: though they had "desired that no Officer should come among them to Collect." &c. Nor were the Peo ple very delicate in their manner of expression, respecting the Officers; Therefore it is that they are said, by the Uovernor, Ci To Menace, and Threaten the property of the King's Officers." At this Meeting, the Regulators agreed upon an Answer to the Gov's Later, mention'd in No. VT1I, and appointed two men to wait on, and'pre sent it to, his Excellency. In which they hinted to him, that they should hav;e been much more obliged to him had he, as ti ey expected he would have done, called together the Legislature of the Province. Here it must be acknowledged that j the Regulators were altogether as forward as ne cessary; though some apology may be admitted from .their want of knowledge, and the pressing necessity of their Situation; Nor is it to be refus ed, that their own importance seems to have had some Influence on their Conduct; They had gone so ftr forward they were unwilling to return back. But if the Regulators treated the Gov. with free dom, and uncourtly stvle. it must" be confessed Tjat m s , mef:tf,(, to theth, was aS i... IVillt illi U0 dJ.AAU II 1 ft Will delicate and submissive. 1-or,-when Harris re turned from among the Regulators, The Gov.'s Officers were busied in raising the Militia. Their orders were " To rendezvous at an appointed "place, oh a se day, wh Teh day', was nigh at " hand HS.''hfhemthree days provi sion, and niW CfiaeV bf "Amunition.,r The Militia, upon receiving these orders, immediately sent messengers, to carry ladings to the Regula- I tors, " 1 hat the Gov. was forming an Armament, tQ cjt tj,em 0fl It was also said, that the Gov. intended to send for. and bring dov.n Indi- ans, from the frontiers, to aid him the Regulators. in cutting off These alarms threw the Inhabitants of Orange into the utmost perplexity j so that in fear they ran fog-'ther, not to Arms, of which they might have. availed themselves effectually, had they been disposed to fight; But, whatever might be the voice of the inconsiderate Multitude, of whom it always true, the more part, know not wherefore they are gathered, together ; the wiser, and con siderate pait, interposed, and the People chose, of themselves, eight Men, whom they sent to the Governor, that thv might inform him of what they were told, and know of him the Truth, re specting all these things; The eight Men return ed, having, waited on the Governor with the fol lowing Declarations from the Gov. and others, viz. ; In the first place, tho Gov. Declares, That he never had an intrntion to bring down Indians, nor of raising the Militia in order to break in up on any Settlement, as has been false)' represcn' ed; and that he again repeats his firm r solution to do JusticaUo the People in every thing where in thiy havelbeen injured, (he being Judge) as far as in his power." "In the next place, Col. Fanning, agrees that the dispute between him and the People, shall be settled at the next Supreme. Court; that if the Chief Judge, and his associates, give Judgment against him on the Tryal of Mr. John Lowe, or any other deed, he isswilling, and shall refund the full sum, over his Lawful fees, he has taken, to every Man who shallapply to him, bringing his deed along wfih him; and that they shall pay no Cost." In the next place, Mr. Nash, agrees to the same thing, with respect to his Clerk s fee, as he has already wrote to the Regulators. " In the last place, the Accounts of the Sheriffs. with the Vestry, and the Court, for the Parish and County lax, have been examined and ap proved; and when a Settlement is made for the Insolvents, the full btate, in Ihe same manner shall be posted up in the Court-house." Ihe Gov. ..will give no Directions for the Sheriff to proceed in his Collection till after the Supreme Louit. This is an Unaccountable piece of Conduct, if we view it itf this Light, T hat the Gov. did actu ally attempt raising the Militia, and that with de sign to reduce the Regulators and that this is uTrue, is without a Doubt; and therefore, we can give no better reason for these apparently soft Words of the Gov. in the above Message to the Regulators, &c than the Refusal of the Militia to serve against their Brethren; which Refusal ap pears by the following Resolution formed by the Militia, viz. 'The critical affairs in public have caused us to meet to Consult what is our duly. We have been warned to go against a set of Peo ple, called Regulators under the Term of Ene mies; .but we look on them as Loyal Subjects, acting for the good of our Country. Until they are proved Enemies we' do, hot think it our duty to go against them. -WVare told that' they who d isobey the Gov.'s order, feha 1 1 be fined, for not appearing against these Our Brethren and Neigh bours: which thing we design to oppose until it appears to be our duty;4 and until their Articles are proved to be contrary to Law." By the above-mentioned Eight Men, the Gov. notified the Regulators to meet nt ft coriveniehi' Place, to them krfqwri,.iind appointed by his Ex cellency; at a iirhe f at which Place ahd Time, the Sheriffs weretb attend,' in order to satisfy the Ponrde with respect uTthe Concern they had iff' tiDiicu accounts. People, met oh' tne Spy appointed J dVo' ihe former Sheriffs catiie; ihc Sheriff for e being., came, not with Accounts, but, d' from the Governor, viz.' ' . : . ..ENTLSMEN,. . ". . I had every reasonable hope, that my Lettef 10' you frorri the Counsel-Chamber, the 21st of June. wouid have giv.h you not only the most cordial Satisfaction, but have prompted you with the most ardent Zeal to have subscribed to every Directipri' cortaintel thereiii, conformable (o the, declared Resolution in your address to me." "It is with a sincere Regret, I at triis tithe re-' fleet oh the Disobedient, and ungrateful rcturti' you have made tne, bpth by; your Disregard td every part of my Directions ti the above-mention ed Letter, and your refusal to pay yodr publict, Levies, to Mr. Harris,' late Sheriff, who demanded" them of you. on the 2d of this Month, at a general Meeting, in Viitue of his Legal Power, ahd ii1 compliance with the Letter I seht you, by hinij urging the immediate Paymeht thereof.'' .''The Candor with which I, treated tlie ftasfi and Precipitate Steos of. your past Conduct, and the just means, and effectual measures I, pointed out fdr removing the Causes of Complaint, woulJ have given ample satisfact ion to every Man whd Petitioned me with an Intention to be satisfied with Justice." "By your Letter delivered me the 5th tHsiah!, by Mess. Low and Hunter, I have the Mortifica tion to find every lenient" Measure of mirie hni been perverted, and the friendly Aid I offered id correct the abuses in publick Officers, which if was my Duty to tender, considered by you as in sufficient." . " The force of the Proclamation waS to (iaiuiofi publick Officers against, and prevent as much a3" j possible, Extortion. ... It- is the province of the" Courts of Law, to Judge and Punish the Exfor1 tioner.- The Dissatisfaction also you express, that your Address, and Papers, were not laid before the whole Council, is equally grouhdies! witli your Declarations of the insufficiency of the Pro clamation." ' By his Majesty's" Commission amt Trrsfrffctioff three Counsellors make-a Board; and with fiver Members business may-be transacted of the high . est Dignity: whereas six Gentlemen of the Couh" cikwere present when your Address, and paperf were laid before that Board." . . . ' "The Resolution you have talceh fo Prtitioff the Legislative Body,- are exceeding agreeable-id" me ; my services on that occasion shall hoi bd wanting, to redress all real Grievances. "It is necessary I shdtild noW -itiforrfl you, ifi Humanity to your misguided Passions, and irt Justice to the Integrity of my Intention?, that yoii are pursuing measures highly Criminal and ille gal ; and it -is a circumstance of real affliction ttf I me, since I consider yod as acting.upOn princi ples, no less void of faith and Honour than incon sistent with every Moral, and Rpligious Duty." ;"Yoti have given pctfasioil ft? evefy Mall of property, and probity, by the opeft, unreserved Menaces you have thrown out against the Livftf and Properties of many of the Inhabitants of thiff County, to look on your designs as bent rather upon destroying the Peace of this Government and the security of its Inhabitants, tharf a wish of intention to wait for any Lgal process ag-aiht those yOu imagine have abused their publick' Trust." "Upon these alarming, prospects, 1 esteem ei it my Duty to provide for the Safety of the Gov ernmemVand to take care that the Publick receittf no damage ; To prevent therefore as much as poS sible the heavy Expence that must afc'crde to the" Province, by providing against the Insults that, are intended to be offered to his Majesty's Supe rior Court of -Justice, i am peremptorily to re quire on yodr Part, that at least twelve of yotitf Principals, and those of the hrst property, waif upon me at Salisbury, on 1 hursday the Molh or this month, and there id my Presence, to execute Bond in the Sum ofrOrae Thousand Pounds, as i Security that no rescue shall be made ot "Wr Butler, and Herman Husbands, at the Superior" Court at Hillsborough, they being under Recog nizance, then to appear and take their Tryals. WlttlAM TrYOJI; ( To be continued.) - WESTERN JUSTICE. The most efficient use the old squire marie of his judicial authdrty was upon the occasion of a fight between him and old Jack Crow,' at a cpttorr picking. Tlrey, were both widowers", ahd rivaf suiters for the affections of the plump and Safjc widow Jenkins. After picking of cotton was bver there was a fidJle and tin pan introduced, a tune struck up, and also a dance. The old squire was; on the floor with the widow for partner, and ofd Jack was iff the circle that sui rounded the dari cers, Ioo'king on like a poor man ai a frpllic; The old squire in passing, purposely put his heet on Jack's toe. This he repeated several tirrieaf, until old Jack insisted upon a fight, as a matter, of redress. The old squire told him 'agreed,' and at it they went; but the old squire being the fhosf active of the two. got the start of Jack, and beat him a good deal befoTe the old fellow could get undpr "headway," but when old JackUld get him4' self in motion, he whs about to prove too hard fof the old squire, when suddenly Tie pushed old Jaclf away from him, ahd roared out in a tfrimmandindT tone, "I command the peace." Instantly old Jacfc topped as if spelPbound. "If you say a word,' said the old sanire. "L will hne vou ten dollars." They stood and gaZed at each other for some timej like two tired chiefcefis, untiT. the old squire aaidf "at it agin,' and at it thejr went, the squire again getting the start, and beating old Jack almost into" a mummy before he could get underway, and no' sooner had Jack obtained the advantage, than the old squire roared out a"gaih, u I command tfi peace," and instantly the fight ceased. It is almost' useless to ndd,thntthe old squire tooklKe widow's ye, and afterwards married hfr. Poor old Jack, he did not know what Was once said by a member of the Missouri Legislature, that even the Gof rnor was no more ip a fight;1 lhatf any other . ..'. .. man 'f ; CUUa, ttUiion? The flag destined" for the Chi na Mission wa3 ! ! manufactured out' of Americarf rilk.-'by GV ' W: Gil!, of Ml Pleasant, Ohio. If 1 rn' r. I'-iii 4.'... .:... 15 inches vvidei the square 81-2 feet long' 3 feet Sf ' inches -wide of a'beautiful blue. 1 - T T- 1 ' rT. 1 Lljul r j
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 30, 1843, edition 1
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