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PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY . THE CONSTITUTION AND THE VtilOS OPTKR STATES-THB Y MTST BE PH9BttTED. t., . . .. i. . . : . VOLUME IJUMBEJl . 160. .uu XgihltiAXl W. UOLDEN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 'TEisiTis s JSRila.rv.lJJlr"', ; J '.-.in -t (:.. : : r RALEIGH TV.lC, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 1 843; Pj? YABLE, IjV JIB yji.XCE. -I TERMS. THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN AD VANCE. ' 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 copy two vears, or two copies one year. 1 J . Am nn for four copi es, : qfivvv ten " twenty" ' : tha iame rate for six months, : : : : 20 00 : : : : 35 00 M-Any person procuring and forwarding five subscrib )ers, with the casii it?ivi ui sumiiu w u uuuni one yen free of charge. ertisements, not exceeaiBgoUrfeen lines, will he inserted one time for One Dollar ,nd twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion ; those of greater length, in proportion, uourt uraers na juaictaa- r Court Order 8 and Judicial &a vertisemenis will be charged twenryre pe cr, v:hor than the above rates. A deduction of 33 1-3 er cent, will be made to those who advertise by the vear. tne number of insertions be not marked on them, they will be continued until ordered out tellers to the Editor must come free of postage, or they may not be attended to. ' Saturday, September SO, 1843. NEWS FROM OREGON The descriptions given of this Territory are of the most glowing character. It consists, it is said, to a great extent of mountains in , magnificent ranges, and of deep Tallies of the most fertile kind. The Columbia is its principal river" and south of that the forests give place to an open rolling coun try, with ridges and magnificent trees. There is a canal in contemplation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, through the Isthmus of Darien, and should this channel of communication be opened, Oregon will be reached by steam naviga tion, in about fifty days from England, and in two thirds of that time from the United States. We have been favored, by the politeness of an esteemed friend, with the perusal of a letter from Oregon. It is dated "Falls of the Willamuist, Orpo-on Territory. March 15th, 1843." It is 0- j . post-marked Montreal, and was not received until fire months after it was written. The writer gives quite an interesting account of his journey out. He says that in crossing the Rocky Mountains, the caravan in which he travelled was greatly annoy ed by the Sioux and Black Fret Indians, hund reds being on their rear at different times, but they came to no engagement Their guide and con ductor, Fitzpatrick, was, it seems, known to the InJians as the " Lame-Hand they had both felt and heard of his prowess, and were therefore kept off by their dread of him. The writer say, furth ermore, that the climate of Oregon is extremely mild and balmy, and that the country possesses ?reat advantages for trado. It is the best countrv he says, that he ever saw for the cultivation of Wheal. The soil seems peculiarly adapted to it and the climate is propitious, for during the time of its ripening, no rains fall, and it escapes all rust and mildew. Flour, he says, will be made at the Wilfatniust, and also lumber of all kinds got out, to supply the islands of the Pacific. The sal mon trade is also represented to be in a flourish ing condition, and the salmon ar3 said to be of the most exquisite flavor. At the time the letter was written, seven hundred barrels of salmon were leaving for Boston. The writer has settled near the Falls of the Willamiust, and says, that if Congress should grant him. in common with others, his 640 acres of land, it would be worth in ten years double as much as three thousand acres of the best land in Wake county. Full of the spirit of enterprise and speculation that mighty spirit which has felled all the forests of the West, and let in the s:m upon innumerable villages and cities he talks largely of selling lots on which to construct some future City, and boasts that he has one of the best Salmon Fisheries in Oregon. The writer says that they have as yet but few of the conveniences, and none of the real luxuries of life in Oregon, beyond what is supplied by the teeming hand of Nature. He says he had been without shoes during the whole winter and al though he had not been shoeless before since his boyhood, yet his health was good better than i! had been for ten years. He exhorts every body who comes out to bring good shoes, and says he" would give fifty dollars for a pair. ' He says also " Let no man come here without a wife." Good advice; and he might have added, let no man go any where without a wife. He desires the un married ladies, however, to go, and, 'by way of inducement, says they can get better husbands there than they can among the sand-banks of the Eastern States. ', ' Upon the whole we are much pleased with the descriptions given by the letter-writter. He fully and abundantly corroborates other accounts, all of which concur in representing Oregon as one of the Edens of the world. Room for posterity is the word. We have no fear of bad results from the progress of American settlers, so long as the first great principles of civilization and good gov ernment go along with them. - But the eye of England is on Oregon ; and deeply, most deeply would we regret to see her pirate-flag planted up on its mountains or waving over its extensive and glorious vallies. The" whole country, and especially the people of the West, seem desirous that Congress should take some deckled steps with regard to this Territory. The next Session will, perhaps, determine its destiny. : The Bostonians are about to convey water to - their city, in imitation of the New Yorkers. Sub- scription lists are opened, and the estimated ex I pense is 8500,000. . COL THOMAS H. BENTON. .. ... This distinguished patriot and statesman has re cently written a letter of some length - and , great ability, in reply to one addressed to jiim. .by, the people of" Howard county, "Missouri. The ex tracts given.below show that Jie. still stands upon the old democratic ground pf opposition to Bank domination, and that, full , of an ardenty.and un quenchable love ,of country, he still speaks and acts like a man. What,we here present, surns up, almost at one stroke of the pen, the democratic policy in relation to the Bank.' Let what Col. Benton says be read, and treasured up, and re membered by every farmer and ,working-man in North , Carolina : Uncompromising hostility o a National Bank let that be the watch-word q. -1 Vill tremHe in ,.fc, tv- ........ "A notice fo detail of all tie topics which your letter contains, would require too much space for this brief answer: but theTearetwoofthem, which from their daily bearing on the daily - business of tHe people, and the trouble they6till give, us, de-l mand from me a word in support of what you say I speak of a national bank, and paper' currency. tOne might suppose that, after the great bank Kad been repudiated. by its greatest champion as an " obsolete idea" after its, explosion-had' shown it to be awhiled sepulchre filled with dead metis tones andxoith dorruption" after the. equaliza tion of exchanges shows it was not necessary to their t egulation-r-after the introduction of more than one hundred millions of gold .and silver shows that it was not wanted as a manufactory of paper currency after the. reduction of interest to four or five per cent, per annum in ' the cities where our people paid one and a half per cent per month while the great bank and her branches stood among tnem ; alter all this, and so many condemnations of the institution at the elections, it might have been expected that the .question was at rest, and the country relieved from its agitation. But not so the fact; The ghost of the mons ter still stalks upon the land. The old Federalists of the Hamiltonian school, now.'as forty years ago. still follow it as the leading star of fhir poli cy; and many good citizens fin 'other respects good Democrats) who. were misled into a suppos ed necessity for it in the times of suspended banks, depreciated paper money, ..deranged exchanges, and no gold or silver, have not yet recovered from the delusive idea then Liken up. Hence the ques tion of a national bank must still be a subject of political contest. The strongest efforts of the Fed eralists will be made for its chief advocate; their united exertions will be directed against him, who, iity of power -float before their bewildered imagi in the most formidable day of bank power, (Mr. j nations ; the people whom they have duped and Van Buren.) had the courage and patriotism to j betrayed rise in the majesty of their stre ngth and declare the sentiment which yonr letter has ed : " uncompromising hostility to ;a national bask." Great is the debt of gratitude which the j country owes to .General Jackson for his. opposi- tion to this bank. Vast are the evils she would ! have inflicted upon upon us, if her disastrous ca- rcer had not been stopped. To say nothing of o- litical evils, in the shape of corruption carried into all the sources and fountains of liberty into the press, the elections, and the legislative halls; to say nothing of having a power in the country strong-, er than the Government, and which governed the Government, and put up and put down the price I of all property, produce, and labor as it pleased, : and which itself was subordinate to the policy of the Bank of England : to say nothing of such evils, from which he has saved us, he has also saved the people and the treasury of the United States from the loss of the one hundred millions of dol lars which has fallen upon its stockholders, upon the local banks which it has swallowed up, the States it has swindled, and the foreign capitalists it has cheated. The hundred millions of loss which has fallen upon all these parties, would have fallen upon the people and the treasury of the United States had it not been for the most glorious and ever memorable order of the remov al of the depcsiles ! "Mr. Van Buren, the friend and successor of General Tatkson, has paid the price of bis " un compromising hostility" to this institution; for it was the chief agent of his overthrow in the elec tion of 1840. It was that bank which made the suspension, and created the distress, and furnished the principal part of the means for the carousals and frauds which disgraced that election ; and now he is the selected object against which all the old adherents of the bank direct the concentrated energies of all their power. "The reform of the currency has been felt to be a sacred duty by the Democratic party, and much has been done by the Jackson and Van Isuren ad ministrations to accomplish it The gold stand ard has been corrected, and that metal restored to circulation ; the laws against the circulation of various foreign silver coins have been repealed, and the importation of silver has vastly increased; the mint has been branched, and now give3 the South and West the benefit of its coinage ; the na tional bank has been put down which collected from the States and shipped to England, forty-two millions of hard dollars in twenty years; tne in dependent treasury was established, which made the divorce between bank and State, and . brought gold and silver to the United States from all for eign countries and distributed it through the whole tt i i t ti i -r.i. T? J UBlon, uy inuKiiig u lUBSuie tunnity ui inc i- cu- eral Government. Liability of stockholders,, the suppression of small notes, and a bankrupt law u gainst bankrupt banks, were further reforms in the currency which the Democracy contemplated; but there tha aid of the State Ciovernments was wanting. .State legislation became necessary to several of these reforms; and I have to make my most heartfelt thanks to the present Governor of the State, and the members of the General As sembly who co operated with him, for their wise and patriotic exertions to check the importation of L..- ..iK!mU It s-k va av-v-k Afi o rf t Vi a 1 boring classes of the State have been plundered of millions. I question whether the loss to these classes on th imnnrrr.lmn nf rnttPn bank naner. r- .t. . - i ..v-i i-.i ' 1 irora ine voon-uox csiaoiistimeni 1 in airu, up to the Great Red Harlot in Philadelphia,) has not been more than equal to all their receipts from the exportation of all their crops; and their indus try thus nullified, and their labor broughtto naught, for want of adequate laws to protect them from the depredation of imparted rotten paper." ' - 3-. Let it be borne, in mind, that the Whigs have not fulfilled a single promise for good made to the people before the last Presidential campaign. Truly they are a promising party I NUMBERS OF' JEFFERSON. ' : ' ' -We open our - columns to-day to a 1 te-publica-tioh of the numbers of Jefferson, which first' ap peared some time since in the' Warrenton K por ter. We consider hour duty, as the conductor of an uncommitted, independent press, to render our columns easy of access to all the friends of aH the candidates: indeed this is1 the course indicated by us in our opening Addresses, to the public; but we wish it to be distinctly understood, that in so doing we endorse nothing which reflects, or is in tended to reflect, upon any distinguished member of the democratic party. The author of Jefferson is evidently an ar dent admirer of Mr. -Calhoun,' and- bis remarks , AK.roi; ,rr nu,nA : nfo rrt - ttvf xxr v i u . a J W V &VWVM II A4l7 ft WW CJU4A4kA a From th Warventun Reporter. " - : THE PRESIDENCY. ' . ; : No. l. ' V"" So far as can be -ascertained from the expres sions cf popular opinion in the results of tlie recent elections, the party; which came; into power two years ago with such a triumphant majority, have fallen into, the " Sere and yellow leaf" even be fore' their lime. Such however has ever been the result of instability and a disregard of principle in individuals parties and states. . Those who pursue an inconsistent and irregular course of ac tion; falsify their pledges; end sacrifice truth and justice to .effect some elfish or temporary object, soon lose the confidence and respect of others, and driven to desperation by their want' of success, plunge jnto- the wildest excesses, bringing tenfold ruin-, and disgrace upon themselves.: Whilst on the .other hand, those -whose conduct is ever in accordance with -the obligations of duty - move in a direct line, undaunted by opposition, unswervt d by disappointment to the attainment of the high land noble objects which they had in view at the outset: and however slow nay be their progress, every step adds to. their influence and power-; and every struggle in which they may engage removes some obstruction from iheir onward path. The present Whig party have never, been ac tuated by a, higher motive than the i attainment f temporary triumph or the accomplishment ot some selfish object The establishment of a. Bank the passage of a tariff or a Bankrupt act. or the elevation of some favorite leader lathe' Presidency, ever prompt their, most strenuous efforts ; and when by pledges never to be fulfilled, and promises never to be realized,' their end is gained and vis ions of crowns and stars and garters and perpetu quot-i"push them from.their seats." Formed as that party is, of the fragments of a hundred discordant factions each fragment of faction laboring only for it9 own advancement, iw the accomplishment of its own narrow views reckless of the public good and hating even its own associates when they happen to interfere with its selfish objects, it is ut- terly impossible that it can render any essential- service to the country by its unsteady and vascil- j biting legislation. This the people now know: j the experience of the last two years has satisfied j .them of the folly of trusting men who act on no fixed principles, and make no disclosures ol their opinions for the public eye: and with almost a (single voice, the thousands who were gulled by jthe clap-trap tricks of 'the Whig leadi-rs in 1840, now call upon the Democratic party '. to present them a candidate around whom they may rally with a full consciousness that they will not be again deceived. Shall we in the spirit of brother hood and patriotism respect their voice? or shall we in the selfishness of partiznnship say to them 11 stand aside we are better than ye?" It is well known to all who are icilling to know it, that the public mind has been too recently em-j biltered against that able and patriotic statesman j Martin Van Buren, to afford any ground for be lief that those who so lately hurled him from the high station he so ably filled, can be induced to enter heartily into his support at this time. It is not in human nature lo confess so readily its past injustice, and to repair its voluntary wrongs, and without the prevalence of this divine spirit almost universally, we cannot expect success with Martin Van Buren for our leader. Unless thousands of j those who voted for " Tip & Ty" in 1840 come to the rescue, the supporters of the Democratic Banner will again be defeated and the "arch fiend of Whiggery," Henry Clay, at last attain the object of his ambition. Should such be the con sequence of our blind adhesion to an unpopular! leader we must be answerable to our country and to posterity for the evils which will inevitably fol- i low. I In addition however to the host of honest men who were enticed from their allegiance to the faith of their fathers by the devices of the Whig leaders in 1,840 there ate many sound and consistent Democrats, (aye, of the " Original Panel,", too) whose faithful adherence to the principles of '98 affords a test of their sincerity, who .have not full confidence in Mr. Van Buren. They see that by his very position he will be naturally induced to lean to the side of " Protection" in the great Ta riff controversy which will be waged with in creased violence and acrimony in the next three or four years, and upon the adjustment of . which depends the integrity of the constitution and the prosperity of the south. The votes of his" confi dential friends and: warmest partizans at the last session of Congress, make this a most legitimate objection, and how much soever we may deprecate a sectional controversy, the great peculiar interests of the South will render it necessary for our own protection from the injustice of the Federal Gov ernment, unless the Northern Democracy, w ith the noble spirit which distinguishes New Hamp shire and . Maine, will sacrifice their local preju dices on the altar of patriotism. This I doubt not ithRy VTti 1 m .d? lt V.lth,0Ut .lhe S.1'?htJ.St abandonment of Princ,me. or in? lcas PDie U sregara oi (s for their interests and ours are the. same, while the preponderating influence of Whig policy would be more likely to affect the action Of a JNovthern than a Southern' man, in the decision of the gVeat question above. alluded, to. -: . Besides the tariff, there is another great ques tion to be settled in which. we of the South are a lohe1 directly and most vitally interested : one which, unless speedily settled, both at home and a broad, upon the most stable basis, must lead tp a dissolution of - our glorious Union and a series of evils, from the bare contemplation of which the mind shrinks back with horror. I allude of course to the subject of negro slavery and the measures necessary to be' taken to secure' us in Our' constitu tional 'rights from the officious1 intermeddling of our! own 1 over zealous.: philanthropists; and; the more . dangerous ; interferenceof ; foreign . powers. Can any reasonable man, for. a moment suppose that this mr st dejjeate. subject will be as well man aged by a'Nbrthern as by a Southern Statesman ? In ' order to' conduct it to a successful and happy termination,' he; who directs 'it must possess an in timate practical knowledge of the subject in its ev ery shade and bearing: he, must understand not only the feelings',' interests and (visiles of the mas-' ter, but the condition', character and disposition of the slave ; he must be not only a Southern States-., man, imbued with a thorough knowledge of the Federal Constitution, and possessed of the honesty, will, and talents td maintainit untarnished and in violate: but he must be a Southern Planter, who violate ; but he must d Au"y omjwebends the evils and tne blessmgs. of negro slavery, and whose interests, i feelings and experience will, all unite in pointing out that course of policy which will most contribute to' the'- .'main tenance of Soutffern rights and the perpetuation of our present form of GroVermiienU Am t asked where . is the man so fortunately; adapted by posi tion, moral worth and intellectual power to effect these objects ? Nothe question is self-answered : ere it is asked. . The' minds of all. instinctively turn to that great' Southern : Statesman who for more than a quarter of a century has illustrated the brightest pages in his country's annals. By eve ry quality which distinguishes the Statesman, .the pnilanthropjstj'the patriot, John C. Calhoun is p'ocd out as the man around whom the Democ raVy'should rally.' With the Democratic Banner, on which - is . inscribed -in characters of light vJ-ree TradeLow Duties No Debt Separation from Banks Economy Re trenchMent and Strict adherence to the Constitution" born aloft by such a : leader, victory will be certain and victory -in such a cause will be great and glorious, and if its princi ples be firmly and faithfully adhered to after it is achieved, much will it redound to the honor of those by whom it will have been won; and long will it perpetuate the Liberty and Piosperiiy of the country. JEFFERSON. . CORRESPONDENCE oTHE STANDARD. ' ' Boston, Sept. 23, 1SJ3.; Mr: Editor: I m not aware that our local Dews can be of any interest to your readers, but there are. sometimes certain phases of our ruaikets which must concern 'nil mercantile men in the country, however remote We get, too, at the ear liest dates the latest information in regard to I he Liverpool cotton market a subject of interest to both planters and merchants. Perhaps, these things will render a letter from Boston, from lime lo time, sufficiently important for an insertion even in your valuable paper, which allow me to say,- is very fa vorably known here. ' Business is better hre than"! hare known it for some jears. Kilby, Water, and Milk .trcets, and Liberty Square, our great wholesale dry-goods marts, present a very bustling appearance, aud judging from the smiling faces of ihe meichauts in that vicinity, ihey hre realizing handsome profits. The wholesale" grocers are on the qui tive, and some of ihem, who were fortunate enough to have large stocks of sugar and rool&sses on hand,' at the time of the recent rise in the prices of these neces saries, are as happy as if it were their souls, not their sugars, which they bad saved. Molasses, by lhe way, seems firm at the present high prices. Sugars are more likely to decline. The best box is selling at 7$. The news by the Caledonia of enormous sales of cotton in Liverpool at to d. advance on the prices quoted by lhe previous arri val, has, 1 perceive, led lo birge operations in New York at of a cent a pound advauce on lhe prices current previous to the reception of the news by the steamer. But in our market, where lhe operations in the article are usually so heavy, lit tie has been done since ihe arrival of the Caledonia, on the21st instant lhe buyers fighting shy of the advance. Of course there will be great specplation by and by in cotton, and not a few will burn their finger. The news of the short crop, carried out by the Acadia, is said to have led to the advance iu Liv erpool. Beyond a doubt, there is a great demand for the material with both domestic an I foreign manufacturers, but there will be a highly stimula ted animation in the market, which will assuredly result in a levuUion. I have not heard of a sale, here, since the reception of ihe news, except one of a hundred bales, the prices ot whicli the parties decline to name. The flour and grain market is low and inactive Southern flour nominal at 4 75, with nothing doing. . On the sailing of the Caledonia, John Reed, alias Clinton, who was arrested in England on the charge of being the person who committed lhe large forgeries on the Southern banks, and the house of Jacob Little & Co. in New York, was still confined ia London, awaiting the action of the Government and Mr. Everett, the Amenean minister. ' An at tempt had been made to obtain his release by bail all action in the matter having been retarded by .Victoria's visit to Louis Phillipe's villa at Eu but on a hearing before three Magistrates it was re fused. . ,, . ... ' : We have recently had some very extensive con flagrations in this city and the vicinity several of them, the work of incendiaries. Tfiis'is ihe an'ni versar'y week of 1 the Baptist Association. The meetings are attended by a great multitude, and are very interesting. ' ' ' Yours truly, .. . SIGMA. JOHN a ADAMS. , .' The people of Wheeling, Ohio County, in the State of Virgina, have invited John Q,. Adams' to oartake of the hospitality of the town f The soil of Virginia, is then at least to be profaned by the footsteps of this hoary headed incendiary, and that too upon . the invitation of .Virginians 1 . Are the people of Wheeling, Virginians ? rOr have thev, by their intercourse with the non-shvehold-ing" people around them, been brought td a state of disregard for our domestic institutions ? Indif ference upon , the subject cannot be, pardoned a mong' Southern men ; it is above, beyond all oth: ers; it is entwined with the dearest ties of our ex istence, and neither political, nor' pecuniary inter est should aver be allowed to smother it in the mind of a true Virginian. Petersburg Rep. For the Noitb Carolina Standard. MEETING IN, WAYNE. At a rSeetrno; of a portion of thfcdemocrats of Wayne couVy, held pursuant to notice, at" the COurtHpusepiVayncsboroV oh Sept: 9th 1843, Calvin Cooti Esqvas called upon to preside, and Jno. A, Grien anaAV; ; A: : Whitfield .'appointed Secretaries. -v . .. . - . . .K'V j ' The objefct of the.m'eeKpg .having been explain-cd-on motion of S.' A: Arrjrews, ' 't'' ' ' ' ItesdlveU That a commitrW of" six persons be appointed by the Chair, lo prepay and report reso lutions tobe acted ou at an adjouhjeu-metiing. . Whery the following. persons wWe. appointed, viz:. Saail., A. Andrews, W. A. WVilfit-Jd, Jno. -V. I . A. G ree ri, W. K. Lane, Jno. E veritt,nd. Bf H, J IJate.- ; .;'junoiion, tne meeting adjourned to rncM ogain at tnii; place, on Monday the 18th instant Monday, ISlh Sept' 1843.. J he meeting met pursuant to adjournment. when the: committee reported the fblIowinr reso lutions,, which, after having been commented up-j on, were , separately - read and unanimously a dopted " i Re'solced, That we consider tle .cardinal princi ples of Democracy to be, a strict' adherence to'the Conslilution of (he United States and just; regard lo the disllnciive rights.of.ihe several States;-a decided and uncoriiprornising opposition "to a, Na tional Batik-r-to a -protective Tariff to ariy; distri bution or gift of money belonging to the U. States, arising fom ay source wharevt-r, and to ihe as sumption, by the Inational .Govtrnment, of Biale debts j because we considt?r a Natiojml -Bank, as unconstitutional and destructive to the. rights and liberties ol the States and the peoplej and that the moneys btlonging to the Govt ritiuenl should te ucder the cuutrol and lor tin; use of the Govern ment, and not subject 'to' ihc'speculatiohs of corpo rations or individuals j because a protective Tariff is unconstitutional, operating untqually and unjust ly on' diffei en t sections and classes,, while in our opinion the Tarili should be solely for the hfces&a ry revenue of an economical administration j that the distribution of public tnoney is unconstitutiou al, and only a scheme ol" designing poli'Jcians to bribe the people with their awn money; that the assumption ot debts due by ihe several Slates, is again nncartslilntiunal and unjust,- t8king"llie pro perty of those who hare no dfts to discliarge lia bilities they never contracted, and directly contra vening the righU of ihe States. jfexoleeil, That ihese piinciples are expected to be. distinctly avowed by any man vho would have the votes of the democracy of North Carolina for ofh'-e. Resole edx That ue concur wi;b Our democratic brethren of the county of Wake, in the expediency of holding a general State convention and a con vention of this Congressional District, in the. city of lldleigh j and. we respectfully suggest the second Monday iu December next, as a convenient and suitable lime for the said State convention (o as semble, and the day after the adjournment the State convention as a suitable time to hold the District convention. ' -- ' ' Resole cc,- That we appoint a committee of three from each Captaiu's district in this county, who are requested to assfmble at some convenient time and place, and appoint four delrgaies (being dou ble the number oi Commoners this county, is enti tled to) to attend said conventions forN the State and District, and that said committee consist of the following persons: Wm. Thompson, J. Exum, Wm. N. Barnes, Theo. T. Simins, Elias Barnes, Itobt. Sim ins1,: Godfrey Slansill, Benj. Aycock, W. Hooks. Giles Smith, John Colev, Will. Lewis, Jno. I Everitt, Wait man Thompsou, Richard D. Hinson, Wiliiam Uaraway, James v. ivornegay, JJavid Jd. Everitt, Saml. Flowers, Ezekiel Smith, Jas. Odom, Solomon Pope, C .II. Brogden, Silas Cox, Saun ders P. Cox, VV ilie Hastings, Hamilton Howell, Bryan H. Pate, Thomas T. Hollowell, and Wm. K. Lane; and that (he said cuunnittee be request ed to act as the general democratic committee for Wayne county, transacting such business for the party as they may deem necessary and useful, un til after the Presidential election a majority con stituting a quorum lor business, . Resvlred, That our delegates to the Stale con venliun be instructed, and tlwy are hereby instruct ed to present ihe name of Michael Hoke, of Lin coln, as a candidate for Governor, as the first choice of the democrats of Wayne. Resulted, That our delegates lo the convention for this Congressional District be instructed, and they are hereby instructed to vote in said conven tion for a delegate lo the national convention, to be held in Baltimore in May next, who shall be pledged to use every honorable means to procure the i?o nination of John C. Calhoun, by said con vention; but should a majority of the democracy of the Union there assembled fairly decide against our wishes, submit, and by no act endangjer the disrupture of the great democratic family. Resolved, That the delegate appointed by this Congressional District to attend the Baltimore con vention, is accountable for his acts only lo his con stituents, the District; and is not bound to receive or obey any instructions from any other political power. -. . Resolved That Samuel A. Andrews, John Eve ritt, Wm.-K. Lane, John A. Green, and Will. A. Whitfield, be the corresponding committee for ibis county, and they are requested to report these pro ceedings to the central committee at Raleigh; and have them published ; to notify the general county committee for their meetings, at suitable limes; and during ihe ensuing election transact the neces sary, correspondence, under the; inspection aud ad yiqe of ihe general committee. Vs. olmjiv, vnm 11. Jno.' A. Green, Secretaries. W: A. Whiteield . ! A FAN; FOR FANNING. . and A TOUCH-STONE TO TRYON, CONTAINING An. Impartial Account of the Rise and. Progress of the much talked of Regulation in North Carolina. . (concluded.) . ' ' 1 No. x. " ; ' ' ' Our former numbers ' have" been imployed in giving a continued account of matters, as nearly in their successive order as could be; and have brought our readers on to 1769. We shall stop here for the present, in order to look back and collect some anecdotes which have been omitted, for the sake of -a regular chain in the history.. And here the reader will observe, that we have allowed ourselves the. liberty of disconnection in the present Number, so that every Paragraph will stand alone, and be a small piece of history by itself,. ' : - ,:-.. When the people first applyed to the Governor, he promised them his assistance in punishing their oppressors, and directed them to form a re gular .account of alt their grievances, and td at test them properly before fhe Majistrate, or , other legal officer of the' district, ahcl bring' them to him. tVhether the Gov. was really honest in this matter is somewhat doubtful : for, certain it is, one Magistrate vr.s djVrnissed 'Yro.nY the, eo'rr -mission for favoring the People j' it certain th; I many were deterred from ;the',di?ch!dfge pf their office in suffering-'the ' Pedble:.tb atlest' to their grievances and from aiding thenVthei tin?: .This lJ.Jtl lit. j. uo the commi wns a wt there hanDcbed ed ;-People Y; and.to'T rnrri trie G6vS hjinseJf,"ir talked as that he afterxvafds'InVe'lbcr frsf. fciYisrd tr attest' of to administer he o'ath ro 'tjVe1 ft&tofel." And ! therefore,1 rsay 'the People We'' iiow -fidf very little .good opinion, of tbe 3dfhoT:','iff:'f.fc claration fsterms purpose -of defending ms Mftiestv Courts cf Justice from'instilts. - This'tvbild 'have oeen a pruuen: siep 'iii tne jrQv. naa mere oeen any danger.- But when we lor)k hi facts, 'ite'are made to believe, at least Mo stijpe'ctJ sbme'bthi f reason for raising this' :''rorrnidiiBle; a fmainririt'''ir the heart bf the country," The Reg-qfatoi'ilid riot threaten the Court: It Is true they'hyndlctf ti few Lawyers, Clerk's,; Sheriffs? Borr?b1, Sviih some 'Roughness; '.but thry, never irnng?ni;d''thjit thereby they Insulted 'His $TfistJs''SYptfi6r' 'Court of Justice:, '.- When the, Oncers;, and Law yers, injured the People, the "Govi tokl hcm tHv raws of their Country -were tbefr.'sA'Ctmty qnJ that'they ; had their . actions. - Why did iiof .lie Gov. tell the Lawyers &c.: the same story, whir the People,' robbrd, insulted; rn ocked, 'and every way abused by petty foggers, atrd a:t ''swarm of catte'rpilJevs," gave these pests of. society' the de merit of their crimes. Ih: this casa the 'LrfxVs Were not sufficient without Guards, and Math Guards, and Centries, &c, : This' one fact might support -a suspicion that the Gov. had something more in view, in raising Troops. " and gar rironitig Towns, than meerly to defend fhe Court from In sults, &c. But" to give a little more 'light tb bis Excellency's conduct, we will-subjoin t)ib'fo"llow ihg anecdote"; 'viz. In Salisbury, a liule: before ihe Court; orders issued to raise Troops; for the pur pose, as was. pretended, of guarding the Court ; lit the:Court these Troops were so. tliYpnsrd of as that no Man' could come to the. Court without pass ing CrntineJs, by. whom every Mnn whom thry suspected, was examined what' InV busin't gs was ; and all who "dared to ovnJ":ihat ,rt '"was lb' com plain of Officers," were ill used by the Guards, and threatened, ii nd put iu fear: so that many ,'by this means, were driven home ; othersj who disre gardfd the threats mid insults of ihe'soldicrs, were ordered out of Town by the commanding officer, and obliged to go at a few mihufe's' warning j 1 short, none 'Were allowed "fa stqy hi' Tcvvn but those who were under Recognizance,' Or other ways bound to appear at Court.-- And of these it is said, " that they could norgrr'nn"auorney to ap pear for them,, unless 'they 'gave- bbmfe for sums from fifty to' th red hundred pbunds..' ' And, in deed, the accounts given of the whole conduct of this Court, are execrdrd by notbiag - since lhe Days of the Star-ChaWber V fxcpjW it bo by the following fact, exhibited in the comity, 'where Fanning had the direction of affairs. ' - "'- On the Morning of the second day of May 1768 about twelveMen nlrarm'd with; guns ami pistols, entcr'd the hoti9e of Mr. Herman Hus band, through the back door ; "One 'f them im mediately laid hold of said Husband, saying, "you are the King's Prisoner I" - For what? asked Husband. On suspicion of being concern ed in the Mob, reply ed the Captor; and imme diately hurried him off, not suffering him to tala; leave of his Family. In travelling ri little dis tance from Husband's house they fill iri with Fanning, who was waiting for them, who treated1 the prisoner with contemptuous Ridicule. Thua escoitedthey arrived at Hillsborough, where Hus band, and Butler, whom we have mentioned be fore, weie put into a Foit, motinfrd with swivr I Guns, under a strong Guard. ' From this place of confinement, after a few houi3, Husband was taken brfo re a ' Majisirate, who charged him as follows, viz. "Soviebody hath informed against yotr, that there is cause of suspicion, of your having a hand in the Mob." Husband denied the chaige; then Col. Fanning being called, and sworn, said " that he (Fanning) formerly, recemd'd paper, summoning him to nppear at a Mill, and ho thought it was Husbands hand writing."- "And further, That he had received Papers from the Mob which referred to that paper." Then was Thomas Hogan sworn, who 8-' id, that Husband had confessed he had been at some meetings of the Mob. Upon this, said Husband was committed close prisoner to the common Jail ; where lie continued till about midnight'when he was taken out, and tied , with hands behind his back and set on horse-back, and tied with fepf under the body of the horse, and led avay,'with design, as they said,' who ' were the ''ministers of this cruel treatment, tp hang him, without judge or jury. Husband, alarmed at this, desired to see Col. Fanning: Fanning came",' and asked where fore he had been sent for?: HusbrK-lhsv:ered,, 44 If you will release me, and set rrie'free ! will promise not to concern myse lf any more, whether you take too large fees or not." - Upon which, Fanning says you -must promfea 5 Never to give your opinion ot the Lmvs, never to asseflible' your self among the People, never shonv any jealous les of : the Officers taking: extraordinary: fe$, that if ever you hear any on0; speaking disrespectfully of the Officers,- or": hinting jealousies-respecting their fees, you will reptove.and caution them, thai you will tell thcif eople you are satislyd till' l ax es are ngreable to Law, that , you' will do every thjng in. your power.! to ' moderate and paeify the People."--All which Husband promised; alhdgr ingj in- his own favor that: Duresse excused him from obligation.- ' Hereupon having entered 'into, recognizance, and given bail, Husband iwris suffer ed to. return home. - 'A few days before lhe.follow ing Court,: at which Husband; was to be try'd, it appears that he went to Hilbborough ;:wbether t9 engage an Attorney, or what else, is hot certain j but vhcn they got him there, they kep'tiriirh", for, by this time, the town was strongly uardtd with Soldiers,, who suffered none to come itf,?or gdomy but as they pleased. Husband describes bssituar tion at Hillsborough, in the following word? near ly, viz. 44 1 could not even valk the Streets About the -court-house,- without being, insulted, at every turn, by the Soldiers, who ran upon me with fixed bayonets, "so that I could not tell but that every step I took would be my last I was once spized, by a Party of the Troops, and .dragged' into a Tavern, or publick house; there they fixed me to a stand on a table, and in a t ing surrounded n, to make sport; in this situation they kept e iot uvemor. in Avnai naj Dccucaneu nis ere- of WaeT affafhst the'Tboie.'fclvslThait ne it his dutVto nrbvide'fbrlthe safety of ihe Govepment,, c.This,He did a'irtg Troops, and eftn'tanihgiem ab.butr'rrf diflertht! Totvns, .for the declared purpose xif defending his ;Mftiesty's
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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