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FJLRTRIDT1C RESOLUTIONS
Senate of jKonh-Camlinat.
TWitrj, AVr SO ,
Dibte concludcd.J
Mr. Sbobzk was sorry the cues
tlon btforr the House had taken uch
a turn : It would seem by the dis
cussion said he, that we were in a
committee of the whole on the state
of the Union. He thought the ob
acrvations of gentlemen might bell
coi hoed to a narrower compass.
All the House was called upon to
dof wasto make an expression of
its opinion on the conduct of our
r.nTrmmtnt in resoect to roreien
Nations, To do this, it ts not nc-
rcisarvto examine into allthemea-II
surcs which have been pursued for
years past ;but to look upon our si-
m-ition am it i at DrecnU We
kjow that the General Government
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has laid an Embarsro, and entered
into other measures which they
deemed best calculated for the good
of the country ; and it is not neces
sary to enquire int-evcry circum
stance which brought us into this
situa ion. It is our business to carry
the laws of Congress into effect.
The gentlcmau from Wilkes com
plains mat this amendment dors not
fjlly enough express our; approba
tion of the measures of Government.
He should have no objection for his
put to add, by way of amendment
to the proposition made by the gen-
tlemanfrom Pitt,thc third of theori-
ginal resolutions, beginning, 14 Re-
jeltedttiat tucc$rdiaUrapprovctUc."
lie hoped this would be satisfactory
to the eenlemin. T.he same gen-
L'eman had introduced the terms
Whig and Torj into this debate, for
wcul purpose he knew not lie
could not have meant them to have
any influence on this decision. He
hhd lately seen that a gentleman off)
0
Virvmij, wb? had been accused of I
btiog a Tory, applied to Mr. JcfTcr-
s..n tor an explanation of the mean
ing cf the term, who gave for, an
swer,4 that it meant nothing more
than a man who supports the Admi
nistTAtiou of the Government of the
Ccunuy in which he lives." If this
be a true d.hniuon. said Mr. b. I
hepe we are all .Tories, and Mr.
JifTcrstn ought to be a good judge
of its meaning. But if the term Tory
was meant to be considered in the
same light in which it was used du
ring our Revolutionary Struggle, he
hoped it would not be insinuated
that it was applicable to any member
of that house, as he trusted ail were
willing to support the Government
in the measures which it may dunk
necessary, whether they profess to
do so or not. lie was always wil
ling to submit to the will of a ma
jwy. Mr. S. enquired whether it
would be in order to move an amend
ment to the amendment I
. Wellborn tdid not think it
in order. He. did not mean when
he sjikr cf Whigs" and Torhs, that
tjure were any Tories in that house.
Jits observation wav general, that
there were such i:i all countries.
lie h'pcd ihc ge i lcman did not feel
it ; he tftd not suppose that any one
would Lkc it to himself.
Mr. Jas. MtMNt observed, that
yesterdjy vrhtm the gentleman from
Wilkes introduced his resolutions,
there appeared; considerable desire
that they should pass unanimously.
fur this purpose, a motion was made ;
and . carried , for! a. postponement of I
their consideration until to-day. Mr.
M. said he was tljtn opposed to it,
because he was convinced that no
resolutions could be brought before
the house on this subject, in which
all would agree. The further the
ciisruiiion nrocrressed. the more he
was satisfied of the correctness of!
this opinion. Happy, indeed, would
it be if they could all unite ; bui,r
from a difference in the intellectual i
faculties, and in the. modes of their
educition, on gTeat national ques
tions, unanimity caunotbe expected. !
What, enquired Mr. M-istheob-.
ject of the original resolutions J It
is to cxpresi to the General Govern
ment, and to the World at large, our ,
sentiment as to the measures which if
have been adopted m relation toFc-
reign Powers, and as to the conduct iGentlemcnwho reprtsentRepubir
cf those Powers. . Aiid what is.thccan Counties & Whose coostituchts '
tnost prommcrofthtinrMurci'ta.vfWcof comic satisfied with the con-;
ken by oar GoYcrnmcnt, and res
pecting the policy of which there
has been much difference of opinion ?
U is the Embargo These Resolu
tions express it to be the opinion of!
this Legislature that it as a ise
and provident measure ; and if we
do approve jt, hd wished to express
our approbation in plain and explicit
terms, and not in language scarcely
intelligible. The amendment does
not mention the Embargo, though
he supposed it was alluded to; when
it say, we win suumu 10 pnva-
tions, &c." He wiahed to be. more
I explicit onjso important a cubject
I Ilr. M. said be would not go in
I to an enouirv whether r ranee or
I England had done us the most wrong
He was satisfied hat the measures
which bad been taken were the best
that could have been adopted against
both countries. We are a larcr
Land Animal a People inhabiting
a large Land Country ; and he trust-
ed the Embargo would prove to us
a long gun which would shoot across
the ocean.
Mr. M. concluded with saying,
that he was opposed to the milk and
water Resolutions of the gentleman
from Pitt. He hoped they wculd
be disagreed to, and the original re
solutions adopted.
Mr. Williams contended that
his amendment was sufficiently ener
getic.
air. Brownricc observed, that
I the gentleman from Orange mu'
allow that the Embargo was a mea-
I sure, the policy of which the be
men disagreed ab-ut. It appeart
to him, that though the afnendmenv
did not particularize a.y ot thr mea-
sures ol Lrovernment, it contineo
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as-strong terms of approba'i'.n as
the original proposition. But iha.
he supposed, was the favorite chilo
of some of the gentlemen who sup
ported it, and like all other favonu
chileren, its parents would not per
mit a hand to be put upon it. Mr.
B. wished, at this momentous crisis,
to shew to the world, by an unani
mous vote, that thoucrh ihc mcmb s
of this Legislature m-y not thir.k
alike on every step taken by the Ce-
nera! Government, yet they are uni
ted and determined to support til its
.
measures at tne rist oi tneu lives
and fortunes.
Mr. Toole rose with reluctance
to give his opinion on this subject,
not only because he despaired of
throwing any additional light on it.
but because he was unwilling to tres
pass' on the patience f the house.
The object of the Resolutions pio-
posed to be amended, appeared to be
three-fold ; firt, to inspire with con
fidenr.e our Representatives in Con.
gress,who"are engaged in the discus
sing our national concerns ; another
object was to present to our venera
ble-and illustrious President, those
tokens of esteem Sc confidence which
he so iustlv me its ; a third object
was, to draw a line of distinction be
tween those gentlemen who are, and
ihose who arc not correct Represen
tatives of the People.
Are these objects, " said Mr. T.
embraced by the proposed amend
ment ? No ; it only conveys to the
world er.r abhorrence of the obnox
ious orders and decrees of the Belli
gerents ; it does not approve of the
measures which have been adopted
by our Government at this impor
tant crisis.. ', On this amendment he
supposed an unanimouse vote might
be obtained ; but it did net come up
to bis idea of what was proper on
this occasion. He wished tostrength.
en the hands of Government by an
! expression of our opinion as to the
wisdom and propriety of its mea
sures ; and, in doing this he did not
look for perfect unanimity.
It desirable, aid Mr. T. that
the people whom we represent,
should be acquainted with our con
xluct here. . An opportunity had re
cently offered to ascertain the senti
ments of the people in . relation to
the measures of the General Gor
vcrnment.' f It may be eipectetl tlvtt.
cniiemen wno represent . r eaerai
Counties, anrf whose constituents
are opposed to the acts rf the 'present
Administration;, will, not vote? in fa-
vor of these Resolutions : but those
duct which has been adopted by ourl
Government in relation to Foreign
Powers,- cannot withhold their ap-
probaticii of these Kesolutions. He
wished the Sta'c of North-Carolina
to act like her Si iter States, and that
the opinion of the Legislature ought
tocurrespond .wun inatoime reopicT
It was with this view.trat these Ile
solutions were introduced. .
Mr. T. said it woitfdpke up too
much time of the home-to pursue
the Gentleman from Pitt through
all the argumenis which he had in
troduced. The hiiT-dtn of his sonu
li r ht-cn French Influence and Bri
tish hatrtd. .Ii was natural, he said,
that he people of this country should
h tvt ten a partiality and attachment
(or t lie People of France, whilst they
were endeavoring to establish a free
Government on the wreck of their
coirupied Monarchy. Our illus
trious Washington partook in, this
general feeling in their favor. But
'hat this partiality and attachment
ubsifled as soon as they took to
uiemselves another Master, is also
Certain.
But the grntleman says that if
Pincney and Monroe's Treaty had
oe n ratified, that would have relei
vc d us from all our difficulties. That
gentleman could not surely have read
ihc documents hich have been late
ly published. . Mr. Madison had
stated as an objection to the treaty,
that it contained no stipulation as
0 the impressment of our seamen.
1 Ins was contrary to the exprtss
instructions which had been given
to our Ministers ; and had a treaty
hus formed' b-.en ratified, there
w uld have been no necessity to have
g ven instructions to our Ministers
in tuture. It is well known, that G.
Britain will not allow that her -subjects
can expatriate themselves;
yet, if an 'American- citizen goes to
that count! y, takes an oath of alle
giance, or marries a wife there, he is
acknowledged as a British subject.
1 his is British consistency . What
is fciill worse, British ships of war
seize our citizens at sea, if they can
not prove their citizenship to the
commanders of these armed vessels.
Thus throwing the proof upon the
persons charged, instead of the per
son charging. .
Mr. T.concluded with saying, that
he believed oqr government to be
the most virtuous and enlightened on
earth ; and believing that this was
the opinion of his constituents, and
that it might be attended with good
effects at this time, to express this
opinion, he was desirous of passing
the original Resolutions, and not the
proposed amendment.
Mr. Grist said that the gentle
man from Edgecomb had furnished
him with a new reason for voting1
ugainst the original Resolutions. He
said that the voice of the people had
lateiy declared in favor of the Re
publican ticket, and that therefore
tin approbation to the measures of
the General Government ought to
be agreed to.- It Was true, that the
county of Beaufort had lately given
that gentleman a majority of ,voies
as an Elector ; but he-believed these
votes were not given co much, on po
ii ical grounds, as on other motives.
But he also knew, that at the ljte
congressional election, where one of
the candidates was expressly in fa
vor of the Embargo and the other
as expressly against the measure,
the latter had been preferred in that
county by a. large majority. He
should, therefore, on this ground, be
justified in voting against the origi
nal Resolutions, and in favor of the
amendment. '
Mr, Arrington- did hot think
this a correct rule ; for if he were
to be bound by it, he should vote
against the original resolutions, as
the county which he represented had
lately given a majority of votes to
a Federal . Elector. He should. ne-
verthelcss yote fot.them
. Mr. D M'F'arland wa' yester
day in favor of postponing the, con
sideration -of these Resolutions, . in
hoes of getting ar unanimous .vote,!
upon them ; but. he found himself
disappointed 5; . '
He preferred the original resolu
tions to the amendment, because
they are cotiched in-more energetic
anguage. f Theymenuon the" pbt-
ragc on the Chesapeake, whichought
not to beioterIooked.tvThe Frcnch fl Sthte otittrih.Gir(ffina A a 1
and British have both done us great
injury ; biitthe British have pot only
robbed our houses, , but. murdered
our children, j ; .
There was another, object omitted
j in the amendment, which he thought
important ".That weJate willing to
.ivc to ourselves until Foreign
Nations will consent to do us jus
tice." He had no doubt the Em
bargo had already been felt in Eng
land, arid would ere long be felt
much, more: , . 4 .', . -t
What, i?aid he, occasioned the rN
sing of 30,000 people in. Birming
ham, and 40 or 50,000 in Yorkshire ?
Doubtless the Embargo. And how
were these rioters appeased ? They
were told' Ihat the Americans were
a divided j people a money-making
and money loving people, who could
not and would not do without com-
merce. . iAre the citizens of this
country Villiog to surrender their
115ms, anu pay a iriDuie, 10 oreai
Britain, or to any other Nation ?
Certainly not. When the Embargo
II was lair!, flier? wat nr alternative but
War.- . ; . ,
Mr. M?F. was surprised at the in
consistent conduct of gentlemen.-
Heretofore they complained that!
Jefferson t wanted energy," and took
no measures for our defence. Now,1
he was complained of for pushing
our defence too far. The approba
tion of the Elm bar go, said he, is the
essence of-these resolutions with-1
out that they would be of little' va
lue. Our Government being a Go
vernment of opinion, we ought to
keep our Representativcsin Congress
correctly informed of the sentiment
of their Constituents. And we ought
to .shew ko Foreign Nations, that!
when they calculated upon our divi-j
sions of opinion as leading us to dis-j
affection jo our Government, they
are miserably mistaken. ..
. Mr. Hart said a few. words in fa
vor of the amendment, when the
question. vas taken by Yeas & Nays
as follow; '
. For the AracndraentMssrs. Brown"
rzz. Burrouehs, Dickson, Deberry, Foy
Grist. Graham, Hart, Spaight, Shober
ThreadgiU, Tillman, Tyson, J -Williams
S. Williams, U Wdliams, 16.
Againit it Messrs. Andreas, Arrinp;
ton, Atkinson,, Alexander, Brut on, Blood
worth, Blackman, Calloway," Farrar, Fos
ter, Fisher, Graves, Greene, Harris, Hoyle,
Lee, Jno M'Farland, D. M'Farland, Me
bane, Oatlaw, Pickeni, Pig ott, Parker, J
T. Thodes, Jas Rhodes, Riddick, Rogers,
Smith, Snowden. Scales, Steed, Toole',
Taylor, Whitaker, T. Williams,. Wright,
Wellborn, 37. " . '
The question now returned upon
the original resolutions ; when
Mr. Pickeks moved as an amend
ment, a complete substitute, altering
in some degree the Preamble, and
some of resolutionsi especially omit
ting that part which approbated he
Embargo. . ' This he did, not on his
own "account (for he waa ready to
vote for the original resolutions) bu
to accommodate some gentlemen
who could not vote for them.
On the question for receiving this
amendment, it was lost, 27 to 23.
( The resolutions were then read
over and several amendments propo
sed and jejected,, and others recei
especially the words printed in
Italic g after which the question was
taken, oh which those .who voted in
the negative on the' preceding ques
tion now voted in the affirmative, ex
cept Mr. Jas. Rhodes, who now vo
tedin the negative Mr ..Harris, who
voted in the negative before, wtir
now absent. So that the original re
solutions were agreed to, 3 T to 16.
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i7orth'Caroli?iaj Chatham County
, SeptarabeT Term, 1808.
Abraham Haiper
Nimrod Rich 8c Sol Georgei
m Equity
adm'rs of Timothjr Rich
land others-
rr .appearing td'ihe'satisfaction .of
Vtifis CouTt. that'RichardCclbervand
Zide his 4wife Henry t'owdter arid: his
vwife Agnesand Shadrach Rich -isre'yn
habitants of other: States; cf " tbcrtfore
Lprj&redr fhat threa weeks Ipubhcarion b4
made, in the RaleiglL Register, that utiles
ide above named' Defendants put in thevi"
answers to saw Jsuioy in nn Monoy t
MarchDaxt; thVtfhi saidBUiwill Detatea
pro coofeaso as ti them, ind decreed act
coirainglar. ; Teste, ,. ' ' :
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SHERIFFS SALES
VILLBESOLD, :
At fbe Court-bouse in NeivBerot qn tfie lfyit
ojter he first Mohmy in Hot uary, -.
'T'HE following Lands or sbjfwtfcK: -j
thereon for the earl807, to wit . 1.
1 200 acres, criven ;in by Charles Tames,
tltb:iC0& A3 . Wilt yJ; ft.
lying on the south wesif side of Swift'si
rceK, joining tne lanas o vsvxuuer
son and Jacob Johnson. ' 5 ; ;: :
OOtr acres-,, lyine: on the north side ot
Neose and the West sidJof Swift's Creek,,
about three miles from Street's ferry, be
longing to the heirs of Walter AMen, de
ceased. i tlS. WEST, Shff.
Ifoo. 30.
WII;L BE SOLD,
For ready money, before the Cour$ JbousS.
aoor of toecounty of Asae on.tccit&
and l4tihaajs tf January .19, .C
HpHE following Tracts- of Land ,
. m tlie aid county, and- Lots in: the-
town of Jefterson, or so much thereof za
will discharge the Taxes clue for the year "
1807, with all charges ailo wed by law id
tikecases, viz. '' . -."
200 acres on Deaver Dam, saii to be
long to Memucan Hunt. ) ' W I
50 acres on the 3, fork cf N. river dq. .' .
100 do. on Helton of do. :
250 do. on Lone- Shoal of do.
. 400 do. on, Beaver Dam, belonxrajr ,t
Nathaniel Brown. " -Mj-.j , i ( xf
100 acres on Elk, bf Richard Russel's,
130 do. on S: fork of JD avid 0021..
50 do. on da - of do.
300 do. in Ashe C of John Stanley
110 do. in 'Ashe C of. Wm. Colbert. ;
150 do. on Dog creek, of Eliz Grove
150 do. on S- fork, of Andrew Beards
50 do oh, do- of doyr -V. v
150 do- on w: of Wattaugo, of Jbha
Curtner. - - . : ;
300 do. in AsMe C. of Chapley WelboW
395 do, on Littld R. of BenJ. Hernddh;
50 do. Cranberry of do. - - v
500 do. on W. of Cove C. ofHuirh GL.
rem, f ,. .
250 do on do, qf-"Thornak Tent.
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150 dopn Brushy forkSaid to belong
to AndreWfSebolri. . . ..
50 do, cn,do. o" do. T'
50 do. bn the N.frk of river, q
James Wcl born 1 ,-; '
50 do. .on do, of do ' !; . - t''-- ' V-.. '' 'i
50 do. on Grassy creek, of do. -
100 do. on W. of tf, ; fork of Conraja - f
Cold iron. '
100 do. on Prater's C. of JaV. Williams'
iams,j'4
150 on W of N.forkJof BjjrrellStn-.
mi r
100 on W, of SVforkof Mont. Stokes --
640 on W. of Litt River, of J Browii7
200 old field, Beavef Dam,6fTh Beshel 1
100 do. on Buckeye knob of do: : i
400 do. on Elk,- of M Gammons. '? r?$&
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