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and sectarian -cietie formed, disavows and dejnes the divine au thority of the scriptures, tries lr cut this main tie and b ind that unites !l good society together, whether civil, moral, or religious; and woidd, if he could, produce discord, disunion and confusion in all societies, and thereby destroy the peace, happiness aiwl pleas ure of the family of man; since he does by his creed strike at the ve ry foundation of all moral society, an I the very pedestal on w hich it rests. Forwhat is man without some virtue and confidence, but. i npcf nnd curse to society. Secondly, the lessons' of moral- ; H.o Old nnd New; i-y set iiiuii in Testaments have not their equals in all the world, nor since the wo rid began no other writings ire so well calculated to maintain peace and safety in society as those therein given by Moses, Christ, and his Apostles and it we give up the Bible and substi tute the Alcoran of Mahomet, or -ive up both these, slmll North Carolina be bettered by the change? If the Heathens were more virtuous under the belief of their heathen God?, and society better and if the Mahometans are more virtuous and maintain better society under the belief of the Al coran, than the North Carolinians dounilerthe belief of the Ifible, then it proves all that is wanted to e proved, that society cannot be kept in peace and safety without some religious test book; whether that book be true or false matters not, as to th effect on societyvis clearly proven by the history of all nations. Then he w ho denies heathen mythology, living in a heathen country, endangers the peace of society; he-who lives in Arabia and denies the Alcoran, strikes at the band that ties Ma hometans together. Then surely lie who lives in North Carolina and denies the Bible, will affect the virtue, peace and safety of society, according to his influence; therefore, the framers of the Con stitution were for keeping such men out of office, that they might thereby prevent their demoralizing principles from affecting society as much as possible, and they were right for, for a man to deny the divine authority of the scrip tures, gives the faith and writings of the most virtuous of many na tions, for 1800 years, the lie, and a liar is not fit for office, or trust. Thirdly, if the scriptures be not of divine authniity, why swear a man on the Bible? You might as well swear him on iEsop's Fables but public opinion is in favor of the Bible being divine. Then it is the Bible alone that gives sanctity, aw fulness, and solemnity to an oathj and he w ho denies the Bible being divine, lessens the solemnity of an oath and gives aid to perjury. Such a man is not fit for office, because an oath is made one of the main initiations into office in North. Carolina; therefore, he is not trustworthy, because there is no band by which, the State can bind hitn to faithfulness in the performance of his office. For this reason penal laws against perjury have been found necessary, that if the first would not bind, the second should. So then, he who denies the divine I authority of the Bible, destroys j half and the greatest half of the) solemnity of an oath; for this rea- moral, reliiii'iS sou also, they shut such men from; proven from the history of Eng ofiice in this State, and they were I land, France, Spain, Portugal, right. Fourthly, to deny the being of. a God, the truth of the Protestant religion, and the divine authority of the Bible, are links of the same chain, which must all stand or fall together in public opinion. So that I can see no reason why men of such profane principles f should be let into office or trust, j for ifyou say that offices of trust ! or profit in a government have! nothing to do with relicion. I tell j you society cannot exist w ithout I some kind of relicion. whether true or false, and neither Jewish, Heathen, Christian, or savace. If so, then there is of necessity a creed to that religion, and he that strikes at the religion, strikes at the happiness find safr'y of society. Tiion that man thai ie uicstl.e Hible being divine is an enemy of the good order of socie ty; if so, iKt to be put in ofiiee is certainly right. am r-;idv to acknowledge, that religion is a subject on which every man has a right to think according to the dictates of his omi understanding; and that reli gion is h sacred and important concern between man ami his Ma ker, and in which no man or set of men, or human tribunal, has a riurl't to meddle or interfere; yet in the disclosing of facts and the fullv asserting th; truth, human tribunals have a right to interfere, ami are bound to see according to Ibe laws of the land, that no man s rights be impaired or taken away, but through the testimony of an oath, and that of a man entitled to credit and full belief; and it is fully my opinion, that no testimo ny in matters of controversy at law between man and man, is en- .:. 1..1 i,. ..mJlr inilui dplivprod! mini n ticiiii unn.u under the solemnity of an oath, and that such an oath as comesj I horns to the conscience of the n i.;,n witness, and creates a ti mhis belief of a Godjmers of the Constitution were authority of the Bible, ! men that had just waded through arisinir fro the divine authority and that false swearmg would expose hitn to punishment in this life and the life to come. On these most sacred, great and good principles rest all the institutions of North Carolina, and more es pecially the fair distribution of juitice between men. i wonm further state, that it has long been the law of Fugland, "That a person who denies the being of a God, and a future state of re wards and punishments, cannot take an oath or be admitted a witness in any Court of justice uniler auv circumstance. i ne same also is an article in the Con J stitution of the State of Tennessee. The fourth disability is, that of holding religious principles incom patible with the freedom and safe ty of the State. What could the framers of the Constitution mean in this clause of the article? Had there been, or were there then, or could they think there would be, men or societies that would hold such religious principles as would be contrary to the freedom and safety of the Slate? It appears plain to me, that the framers of the Constitution saw danger in the three kinds of men designated in the article those that deny the being of a God, the truth of the Protestant religion, and divine authority of the Bible-Sc then they usher in this fourth disability to office as a sweeping clause to comprehend with the three first sorts of men, all others of like or worse principles. Then il is clear they thought the principles of the three first sort of men in compatible with the freedom and safety of the State, and that if there were any of like or worse tendency than those three already designated, they intended to cut such men oft from office; for they did not think the three first sort of men ought to be put in office, nor others whose principles had a ten dency to a fleet the freedom and safety of the State. And I think they had, in ibis fourth clause, an eye to the Catholic religion; for the spirit and practice of that reli- gion. unrestrained by law, have in all countries been incompatible with tl- freedom and safety of any State or nation, as can be south America, and many others that unrestrained by law it has j been a religion of spiritual and civil slavery, despotism, tyranny and cruelty bloody punishing, j oppressive taxing religion, against w lnt which it became necessary to make a safeguard in the Pmicn tution, if the religious principles of such men, or any other man, should have a like tendency to destroy the freedom or safety of the State. I consider one sort of the principles of the Abolition Society of this class that such principles propagated in this State have a tendency to endanger the safety of its citizens, and that early methods should be taken to suppress them. Felluw citizens, remember that no Statu or nation can exist with out virtue, and that il require virtue to support a republican government. Loose this and down goes our fabric us sure as there U a Cod. Then all men in the State should unite to support and prac tice virtue, and maintain it in the State and nation as much as pos sible; and that man who will or may inculcate principles con trary to virtue, is to be scoffed at and held in derision for the good of society and the maintenance of for it is luxury, vice, and infidelity that have brought the judgment of God on the nations before us, for all na tions have their time of reckoning, and when the balances have been struck, the proudest empires and most populous cities have sunk cinder ihe weight of God's anger against the crimes of nations. Let us then beware, and keep men out of ofiiee and power who by such office may have 1 much more influence on society, .. . to inculcate demoraiizm ,,..,- pies to the danger oi sovieiy a.... . - 1 A'. t.t rC tlif Stn?f ue moral uigmiv . For when I consider that the fra- a seven years war to outain imer tv, freedom and safety and rc fiect on their being met together for the great and valuable pur pose of lay ing dow n constitutional law for this State, I behold them united in war, and united to sup port freedom and safety to them selves and posterity unborn; and united in sentiment to fix freedom, safety, protection of property and person on the firmest basis that their minds were capable of. They bad felt the galling chain of king's and priestly tyrants, and had foii'dit and bled and suffered to break their chains, ami had done so. Surely such men knew better how to guard against the future encroachments of those tyrants than the present genera tion, and therefore formed a Con stitution of w hich this article was one, which ihey conceived would, if adhered to, secure freedom and safety to the Stale. Do you think, fellow citizens, you can call a Convention now as much united as those fathers were, when party spirit and a scramble for office prevails from north to south? No, sirs, it cannot be. Then the men of this generation should not be permitted to alter this oJd article, because they have never felt where the shoe pinched. Ifyou alter this article the shoe may pinch your feet as well as theirs. Then let it alone as it is. since it hurts nor affects no man but a few office hunters and government profit seekers; and these should be men of merit and virtue, and vir tue and merit should be the only qualities required for offices of ; trust or profit and if the princi ples pointed at by this article are so, I am a fool as well as the fra mers of this article in the Consti tution. So 1 leave the matter, praying Almighty God, who presides over the councils of States and nations, to direct the Convention in that way that shall best support the freedom and safe ty of this State, and insure it to the latest posterity. JOSHUA LAWRENCE. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1835. (QOur County Court was held this week. Nothing worthy ol special notice occurred. Je are requested to state, that the public expences of the Poor House of this county, from May Court, 1S34, to May Court 1S35, was S679 04. Election. The following i the official statement of the Poll in this county, for delegates to the Stale Convention: Louis D Wilsin 3S9, Phesanton Sups 306. Kdmui.d D.-Miicnair 137, Spen cer L. Hart 127, Francis L. Dan cv U9, Joshua Lawrence 75. (Messrs. Wilson and Sugg elected Messrs. Dancy and Lawrence had declined being candidates.) -The votes in the different districts were as follow: Districts. IVil.S. M.U.BL Tarboro'. 17 10 25 12 23 5 S.'Spicer's, 12 8 3 34 0 40 3. Arms'gs, 53 49 1 8 7 2 A Uar.iPs's. 35 2 0 0 33 0 5.' Sharpe's, 26 27 0 3 r. Qr.,trra 45 20 0 10 0 2 5 23 0 0 7. Bartered, 52 30 G nr.rta. 30 33 5 1 1 G 3 3 0 !2 0 2 4 0 15 0 21 6 5 9. Robeson's, 7 10 7 10. Bulluck's, 15 25 0 11. Flarrell's, 12 5 8 12. Harper's, 4 1 24 13. Parker's, 30 10 27 14. Logsboro', 7 11 0 15. Cherry's, 9 14 17 10. Maner's, 9 15 7 17. Gardner's, 20 19 7 3S9306137127 11975 QJWv understand that Jesse Cooper and Asa Bigs are elected delegate" to the State Convention Irom Martin county Robert Wil liams, Sen'r. and John Joiner, from Pitt Joseph J. Daniel and John Branch, from Halifax and Willis W. Boddie and John Ar lington, Seu'r. from Nash. The delegates will convene in Ualeigh on Thursday next, the Jth day of J une. JVationnl Democratic Conven tion. This august body asem bled at Baltimore on the 20th inst. We learn from various sources that 61 1 delegates were in attend ance, from all the States in the Union, (South Carolina and 1 1 1 i- nois excepted delegates were ap pointed for ihe latter, but they failed to attend.) The following delegates were from North Car olina: Robert Strange, Rcmulus M. Saun dei, Louis. D. Wilson, Wm J. Cowan, Jo.OaJi O. Watson, I'hilo White, James Raincy, John D. Hcke, Henry Fitts, Henry Blount, Daniel Turner, John H. Wheeler, JohnJ. Lockhan, Alfred M. Siade, Wm. P. Ferrald. On motion of Mr. Kremer, of Penn. Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, was unanimously called to the chair. James Fenner, of II. I. was appointed 1st Vice President Edward Condict, of W J.2ddo. Upton S. Heath, of Md. 3d do. Bobert Strange, of N.C.4lh do. John 15. Nevitt.of Miss. 5th do. Franklin Cannon, of Mo. Gth do. And Charles G. Atherton, of N. II. John Cotton Smith, Jr. of Conn. George II. Flood, of Ohio, and Thomas II. Brow n, of la. appointed Secre taries. On the 22d, the nomination for President and Vice President took place, the delegation from each State giving as many votes as the Stales were entitled to in the Electoral Colleges. MAR TlX VAN BUKEN, of New York, received 2G5 ballots for President, being the unanimous vote of the 22 States represented in the Convention. RICHARD M. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, received 178, and WILLIAM C. RIVES, of Virginia 87, for Vice President. The following table exhibits the votes given by the respective delegations: 1KB. Jo'n.Rircs. Maine, 10 0 10 New Hampshire, 7 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 0 0 10 23 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V ermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut. 14 8 4 42 S 3 30 10 4 S 4 42 0 o O 30 0 0 0 0 15 15 21 9 4 5 4 Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Del aware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, v irginia, 23 North Carolina, 1 5 Georgia, 1 1 Tennessee, 1 5 Kentucky, 5 Ohio, 21 Indiana, 9 Mississippi, 4 Louisiana, 5 Missouri, 4 2G5 173 87 The Convention adjourned a! nine o'clock, on the evening of the 22d, after appointing a com mittee to draft an address to the people of the United States, pac ing the usual complimentary res olutions to their officers, &c. Federal CourtThis tribunal adjourned on Saturday. The Land cases, in which the State is interested, were not tried. It will be recollected that one of these cases was tried several terms ago, and an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the United Slates. That case has not been decided by the Suprerne Court. The case before that involves mot.ifnot all the principles which w ill determine the other. But the counsel on both sides, during this Court, have agreed to carry up another case, which is to present only two points for determination, these being considered very im portant and leading principles in the cases pending in the Circuit Court. Nathan Young was indicted for parsing counterfeit notes of the Bajik of the United States, convicted, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Ral. Star. (rVe understand that the Bank of the State of North Caro lina has purchased the Banking House in ibis town at present occupied by the Branch of the U. S. Bank, and that it is in con templation to establish a Branch of the former institution here. Fayetteville Obs. 7The "Spectator," a well conducted Jackson paper, which has been printed for the last five years in Rutherford county, in this State, has been discontinued, the Editor "retiring to seek a livelihood in some other pursuit." (T?-The New York Ev. Post of Wednesday, says: "There is con sternation in the money mark et to-day. Stocks are falling, and long faces are to be seen in Wall street. The rage of specu lation has driven business nearly to the turning point. Foreign exchange is now at that point where the exportation of specie commences. To add to the panic which this circumstance is occa sioning, we understand that the Bank Commissioners popped in unexpectedly upon some of our banks yesterday, and found their loans extended fifty per cent, be yond the amount authorised by their charters. They begged hard not to be reported to the legislature, and promised to curtail inslauier. This makes their debt ors look blank. We do not be lieve that any serious revulsion in the money market has commenced yet; but such a revulsion, and the worst that has been experienced since the War, is not far off." Late from Europe, We learn verbally by a gentleman recently arrived Irom the north, that intel ligence from Paris to the 17th April, and London to the 18th, had been received at New .York. At the latest daws the indemnity bill was still under discussion in the French Chambers, and it was generally thought the bill would pass. The new British Ministry had been formed, with Lord Mel bourne at its head. The cotton market at Liverpool was verv animated, and prices had improv ed on the 1 3th id, and on the 1 7d), a further advance of 3-8ths. 6'ales of the week ending the 17th, I 25,000 bales -12,000 on specu- lation and 2,000 for export. Election on Thursday, 30th July. For Congress. Thomas H. Hall, Ebenezer Pettigrevv. General Assembly Senate. Moses Baker, Benjamin Sharp. Commons. John J. Daniel. MARRIED, In Greenville, Pitt county, on Wed nesday evening, the 13th inst. bvtlie Rev. Julin P.. Rei.neif, ;. ,--Jordan to Mis Kw.il. -x ' 20th. bv the Rev. Win; "."'r ' 7fnru 'S. ClarL P.,. ' .' '.' v county, to iis, ,i:avum S-a'r, . In 1'itt county, in Thurv ', ir.rr th.-. 1tU in. I- I.. l. i '" f'' uuiin , o'jfiu Jur.ier, IJarrUt Aay, widow i.t James May, I . L t 1 i- r'' .V. x nets L im f ni 1t TarbnrrS aif AVW ; MAY '-o. ,t Bacon, lt. BVeswax, lb. Branrlv, Hjp!fl ill n LotTee, I U. Corn, j - 1 5 1 Cotfon, I IS. Cotton ha. yard Flour, aupf". '1.1,1. Iron, IS. i.a.d? I lb. Molasses, all'ii Sunr. brown, I U- Salt, T. I. I'iuh Tnrpntin, ll. tVheaf. J'iux'i. Whisker. ' I. hi Bay your Taxi7 Came and pay ynnr Ta,H 'l'HE Suhcriber h.vir., appointed to collect , ' for district No. 1, of .v..', . of Edgecombe, f-q.,t, ' sons interested to corrie jn- ' and pny their taxes as r , . . " pussiuie. .77.9. M. HEDMfjsn Tarboro Mv 2'.). :i3. olive. A T Mir tt.r. a n "V Pitt Court of le;s Q a. ter Sessions, tetter ,f vu. t lion were granted t 1! scriber on I lie eia!e. ( t Ge Sugsf, lite of routv, UV, Notice is hereby ivtn to r,;, sons indebted to tbe et;i!(; oi'l , decM, to make imnifiluv -:. ment; am! nil those having , ,r; 3aint it, nre leqijps-p,! tc . sent them duly autbrniir -y.e ' - . . in the time prr-cried h- :., otherwise ihi notice will h' : -u in bsr of r ecover v. jxo. c' aoiui.n:. 25th May, S:i5. 22-.i Dentistry. 'PIIE Subscriber re-pectlu! v: forms the inhabitant-; ct"''' place and its vicinity, thit !vmv viit here by the. lt of .hn e. r.i attend to the duties of his prc:--sion. E. ?. IICBBERD. Surgeon Death!. Tarboro. ' May 25. ISio ISnlice. STRAYED frnr? Subscriber, on t'i" "" lotte liyde'. ni P"; Cterdi. in F.!;,',v, ' CO county, a IU Y SMHE. 9 or 10 years r!d, and feet or upwards in he'cht '"" ;" a star in the forehead, li f " ' hurt, a lare scar on rn hind leg, and vva shod :ii t'1 If any person will take up i:a; and deliver her to ' me know o tl.at 1 cm c0' aain, I will nay them ve! tlieir Irouhle. Please write Jd boiough Post Officp. LEVI PEJZti May 25, li?35. Male Academy- rPHE EXAMINATION Students of the Nv Male Academy, will t.ke pJ on Thursday, the 1'h cl Those who save ra!'r' ' ihe Academy, :naedii such as delight in juvenile cisp, are requested to :.itt r The Academy will again on the first Monday if The prices of tuition orthography, reading, wnti--arithmetic, S6 00 ' per -p; English grammar. eV history, &c. iS 00. l't;r ' Languages, S10 00. Leml. F. Whitehead. , Nashville, May 27. l5- l J otice. fllF. Subscribers are rfw li Oul lljeir Old s-tanu ' merl occupied by Me.sr. ,V-:,hn iV , r fence, anl dire t!y ipjiMte U) ' ' ;- CottenV Iten . Ihey Hid m a ie sale, a quantity -f Salt, L'a"' and CufTee Bagpin?, i'f' w for Ihe heavv ariicl.'s whiVh ere :P ear j farmers at thi3 season of tb,''ar' CASH, a.ul the higlet Ve OK- H 1, " j I- !.! IS ' ' 5 '' 3 -in .-1 " .' Ill 12- 4 '" 6- 1 A.: ;', 2.V 27.5 3i " t" j 11. p- 1 ."0 f 2; rr:vi paid for baled Gotten. D. 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