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RALEIGH. FRIDAY; OCTOBER 20, 1843.
NUMBER 18.
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VOLUME 1.
TERMS. :
The Dcmocbatic Signal it published wek
If, m the City of Raleigh, at ONE DOLLAR
per annum cash. .
. PERRIN BUSBEE, raitnr,
DUNCAN K. McRAE, Edxtort,
WESLEY WHITAKER, Ja." Printer.
went on in his usual industrious way.plougb
ing,: merchandizing,- navigating, preaching,
fighting, inverting, and talking politics, and
with all, increasing and multiplying, both in
wealth and children.
his descendants became numer-
At length
ous.
another, whilst the o wners were cutting one
another's throats and there 'beinr besides a
considerable demand for flour and salted pro
visions, to supply the men employed by the
combatants to fight for them. The prosperi-
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which even at the present day have not quite
ripened into fruit, and which, it is apprehen
ded by many, may have a tendency.to weaw
ken those bonds of fraterr.irr, which i if per
roanentlyimaintained, must ever render Jona
than a' powerful and influential nvan'amongst
his neighbors. These seeds 'were 'sown" in
ty therefore of this portion of the family, was
He had thirteen sons, to ech of whom greater than that of the others, owing to.the
he gave a valuable plantation, some differ- ! greater demand there was for the products the following manner.? Dnring the contin
ing from others in the quality of the articles of their particular industry at that moment, nance of the quarrel, all commercial inter
which they were capable of producing. Some Now and then, it is true, these members of course between the parties was suspended.and
produced lumber for exportation and timber I the family experienced sad misfortunes. John I as Jonathan had been in the habit of buying
rious injury, but as he could only fight one would prohibit the introduction from abroad,'
at a,ime, he thought it prudent to attack the of all articles similar to those manufactured
Brother Jonathan arui hit sons. '
, Once upon a time there lived, we need not I
tell where, a rich,' proud, saucy, industrious,
fat old gentleman,' named John Bull, a man-
ufccturer by trade, who in the course of time f0rshin building:, others again were best ad would sometimes seize their property; and of his father a ffreat narlof his cloihins-.tron.
accumulated such a stock ofdry goods, ha- aple(j for raising wheat, rye, and corn Some confiscate it, alleging that i: belonged to hit hardware, and sundry other commodities; in
bsrdashery, cutlery, crockery and hardwaref were fitted only lor tobacco, and others for enemies, or that it, was contraband, or that exchange for his various productions-of ag
that he was obliged to send his sons abroad nothing bat rice or cottoc. But the whole Jonathan had no" right to trade 'with people riculture,; h suffered some ' inconvenience
at supercargoes to all parts of the world, in together raised an excellent assortment of who were at outs with their ' neighbors. - from this interruption The prices of many
order to get clear of bis surplus manufac- products, not only rendering interchanges a- Others of the parties who were quarrelling of those articles rose twenty, fifty, and an
lures. Some went to North jAmerica, some mongst the different members of the family with John, and' particularly the aforesaid hundred per cent, and this high price indo
le the West Indies, some to South America, exceedingly profitable and advantageous,bul Frenchman, finding that Jonathan was a ced some of Jonathan's sons, who had been
tome to the East Indies, some to China, and adapting them admirably for a free trade peaceable sort of a fellow, imitated John 'in. before engaged in boating' and in trading '
aoroe to every hole and corner that could be with all the world. A sense of the; impor- his injustice, and laid hold upon Jonathan's with the man, tp undertake to manufacture
found on the face of the whol- earth, but as taoce of having their , hands loosened from boats and cargoes wherever they could be them at home; Now, as this home manu
far as we have learnt, none of them went in. the cords twisted around them by the old found, plundering some, sinking others, and facture could only be profitable so long ai
to Capt. Symraes great aperture at the north mant added to sundry grievances which will burning others. To all these aggressions the prices continued very high, ii so happen
pole, although it would seem that great ex oe founj detailed in a document issued on the Jonathan fora long time submitted, until find- ed that after the dispute was terminated be
ertions have been a long time making by 4th of July, j 1776, finally jnduced Jonathan ing that he must absolutely take sides in the tween John and Jonathan, and prices were
John to find it. , to quajrel wilh his parent,to deny bis author, general quarrel, and'no longer remain neu- likely to fall again to the old rates, owing to
Amongst these sons there was a chap na ity, and to declare that he intended to set up tral, he at length resolved to take up the cud. the restoration of trade across the river, the
rned Jonathan, who by way of familiarity was for himself, i This presumptuous language gels, but he was for a while confoundedly sons of the latter, who had con verted their5
commonly called by the rest of the family, the old gentleman did not like, and by way puzzled which side to choose. Both the property into buildings, and machinery.cried
brother Jonathan.' He was one of your of punishment for what he called Jonathan's Frenchman and his father had done him se- put. they should be ruined unless Jonathan
clever, lank, shrewd, cute, calculating lads, iebellion, he ordered bis servants, wherever
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Chat had a great turn for money making. they could catch any of Jonathan's boats on j
He was also industrious, and like his father, the river, to seize them, with every thing o4 man first, because, in addition to spolia. by them. To this proposition, theTtobacco;-
a brave, enterprising fellow,' and having a they had on board. This seizure of his ricev lions upon his property, John had been in rice and cotton' growersi arid Boat owners.olt
tort of universal genius that qualified him tobacco, flour, potatoes, onions and pine cpf- the practice of impressing Jonathan's grand- objected,' upon the ground'that it was belter
for a diversity of pursuits, he was equally ca- fins, in all vvhjch commodities Jonathan was sons, and compelling them to fight his bat- lor the family as a whole, that a few ihdivid-
pable of ploughing the land or sea, of fight a considerable trader, he did not relish, and ties. Accordingly, upon a consultation with uals who had risked their property in a spef-
ing against difficulties, or against Indians,- he soon made up his mind, that, if the old his sons, who by this time had increased in alative .'enterprise, should ' lose itthan $
and of making notions or long speeches. He man continued to plunder him, he'd plunder number to seventeen, the opinion of each whole family Should impose uponjhemselves
was in facta sort of mixture of farmer, mer- the old man.j So at it they went, trying who was taken upon the propriety of a blow up for ever the necessity of paying double, price
chant, sailor, christian, toldier, mechanic and could do the ether the most harm for about with the old gentleman. Some were in. fa- for their clothing and other necessaries. . To
politician, and was accordingly fitted for a seven years, j when John, coming to nis sober vor of it, and some against it. Some said this it ivas replied, that) the motives which
country where there was room for the exer- senses, concluded that as Jonathan was a chip that the family property . had been unjustly induced these unfortunate individuals to em-
cise of all these occupations. Upon looking of lhe oId oIock. and might bea much more plundered, others that the family honor had bark in manufactures, were purely fraternal,
about him for a spot to settle on, be found profitable customer than he was an enemy, been insulted. Some said that the rights of that they had renderedfservices to the family
one exactly suited to his mind, situated on agreed to settle the dispute, and Jonathan the family.had been trampled uponand some in time ol need, by enabling them to procure
the west side of a wide ri ver opposite to the was allo wed to have a fee simple in the es- said that it was immoial and irreligious to clothing which otherwise they
residence of his father. It was a wild un tate he occupied, and to buy cheap and sell fight Amongst the sons, however, who had to do without; and that mething was
cultivated territory, never inhabited but by dear of and to whom he pleased. were most strenuous in favor of fighting the due to them on this score at least as an act
savases and wild beasts.covered with woods, The settlement, however.with the 6ld gen- old gentleman, upon the ground that the hon. of generosity. This argument had its weight
but possessing an excellent soil and a pretty tleman.did not terminate Jonathan's troubles, or of the family had been stained, were those with many of those who haa opposed the
salubrious climate. This territory was said His thirteen sons now beginning to uax in who cultivated tobacco, rice, and ; cotton claims of the manufacturers; and in. the year
to belong to his father, and not to the sava- strength, and having large families about Their trade was almost entirely carried on 1816 an agreement was entered into - by
ges whooccupied it, because some of his fa- them, had interests somewhat distinct from with John, but, as they considered that the which certain articles should be prohibited
theVs servants having landed upon certain ach other, and each was desirous ofpreser- honor of the family was to be regarded in under the penalty of paying high duties, in
ving ins own, as lar as that could be accora- preference to their private interests.they made order that tnose wno naa aireaay mvesiea
plished. consistently with the rights; of the no hesitation in making a sacrifice which their capitals in buildings and machinery, or
rest. They accordingly held a meeting to they considered to be demanded for the good had bought out those who had been already
deliberate on the subject, and there entered of all. The rupture was nnally determined ruined, might , be able to .carry on profita:
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dertakin? however to settle the riffht of ,ni wrmeo.agrecraeni, ezpressiy ueuning upon, ana on tne I8tn ol June, 181, it was Bic uusiucMmw... .uv ,Vv.
T-,K- a MMm;.M certain rowers, winch they were willing announced bv Jonathan, that the farm v mnsr lamiiy. u was, uowever, uuueuwuu f?
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as a tenant of his father, and having cleared houlh be exercised for the general good, by r repare for another round with the; old gen,
a'considerable body of the land, began to their common parent, who was allowed to ileman, in support of "Free. Trade and Sail
ys-A nA ht. nl,n T.hlm r.i.. choose as a special agent, for superintending or' Rights." "
cattle and provide himself with a good share the general concerns of the family, one of Weshall not trouble the reader with a de- nototherwise have acceded to it.
ofromforts. but he was not as prosperous as their relatives well known to them : all, by tail of the circumstances connected with this After thelapse, however of a few years, it
he might have been, owing to an opinion the name of'Uncie Sam." They then re second quarrel between the father and the was discovered, that the relief afforded to the
which the old man had taken Into his head, turned home to their respective farms, and son. Suffice it to saythat many bloody no- manufacturers, who had I faid out "P"-
thath was not good for Jonathan to deal with reposing under the fullest confidence, that sea and black eyes were received on boh tals during tire aforesaid quarrel, induced
anybody bat himself. Accordingly when the compact which had been mutually erw sides, that many a brave and gallant fellow fcundredsof VwMn?iSl'
Jonathan had any thing to sell, he was obli- tered into, was calculated to preserve their was laid low, and that after the termination Tefntvana
ged to sell it to hit father.and when he want, jo'st rights,1 they fell to work, each one in his of the dispute in less than three years, the pnee o raw
d to buy any thing he was obliged to buy own way. endeavoring by the exercise oY in- parties were much poorer in purse than moneytocoin, and
it of hi, father aithboch there ' were in his dustry. enterprise and economy, to render when they began, and besides a good deal ments m labour saving machiery. so great
rnrhSfF nimsdf comfortable in the world. more in debt. Jonathan, however, thought fall had taken place in the prices pf many ar-
iards and others wno were willing-to give Soon after this period, the old man; John, he got the worth of his money in glory, and tides, that . nowuhstanding the high duties,
him much better bargains. However, Jona- who was constantly quarrelliog with a it was very certain that his sons displayed John could afford to send his manufacturer
thrn submitted to this, because he could not Frenchman in his vicinity, conirived to set more skill in the management of boats, than across the river, pay the boat hire, and all-
hPlp it and as he thought it was taking an the whole neighborhood on the east side of either John or Jonathan himself before tho't other expenses, and sell them cheaperhan
unfair advantage of him, he determined, as the river at loggerheads. the consequence or they possessed. ; , , , they coald be made by Jeoathan a onTh.V
soon at hi.family should become large and which was. thai those of Jonathan's sons who But the effects of this quarrel did not ter John as enabled la c
strong enough, not onlyto insist upon the carried on boat building, and grain growing, minate with the shaking of hands between r
nghtof trading with whomi he lpleased, but made great profits on commerce, they being the parties. Seed were sown during Hscon- cood not supply bis family nV less-
-even to take his father's laud away from him. employed to carry the produce of some of tinuance for a dometic misunderstanding be- lhaQ 8Xfant ao on account of the Jowoeas
Tn thrn niMn lime Hf?iid not hi nr about it.but the Darties in this strife, from one farm to tween the different branches ol tne lamuy, , ;, (See 4tn page.;
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points, the old man insisted upon it that the
very act of landing made it his, because the
people who pretended to own it, were of a
corner color, and not white. Without un
generally, that this prohibitory .policy wat
not to be extended any further, and this con
sideration reconciled it to many who would