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' v(jLixx'.. . . . u:;T-:'':j;i;;':?;;t . -t v . v ..J . "Pi. ...... i :.. v " '.. . .. . i - , - t',-i - t . KOUTH-CAJIOLINA. SUPREME COUKT OF N. CAROLINA.- il1 1 ' liMHHt - , "' t ... ' T- The WloIngr important cause was : decided at the ate rm of the Supreme Court, and is published jV general information.X - Ballard ZfjVifcsi?HiU Mothers'. - The Plaintiff's claim arises on a descent frnm a maternal half brother., of JancU winch descended from his father, or of t Jand? descending from the. piternal sule and whether they .'are entitMd to recover, depends upon the true construction of the Acts of April and -October, 1784. The 5rrl prtirn nf the first act. without -the crovisoesi is in these words :"1 hat it a? y person dying intestate, should, at the. lime Ol ins or iicrucauiUcscis v va , s ssed of, or have any right; title or inter est, in or to any estate or inheritance in Lmds, or other rea estate iri fe simple, and -w it hrut issue, Such; estate or inheri tance, shall descend to his or her brothers, and i for want of brothers, to hi or her sisters, as well thoseiof half blood s those ;cf whole blood, to be divided amongst 1 them equally, share and share alike, as tenants in comrnon," and not tas joint tei jjants, and e.ch and e er; of them shall h?vf, hold and enjoy, in their Verectivje r t$ or portions, such estate"or;mheri trce. as the intestate died seised cr pos .'seed for rntitlcd unto." J "'.' Were the case to depenjd on this enact- ins clause, tbe-PmnnfPs right to the in heritance would be, beyond controversy ; f r the words extend to nkry fiersdti dy inir sesed of any infierttane whether ac quired by tiescent cr purchase, whether it descend from the paternal or'maternal line, and embrace" both sorts of half blood, as well the maternal, a s' the paieriia 1. The clause must r.ecessarijy, ccntinue to gf-vern every case tbais not withdrawn from its operation by some proviso ; and" therefore it must direct the.descentiri this cafe, unless it is prevented by the proviso. The words of the vrny isc are, "that when the estate shall have descended on the part of the father; and the tissue to wMtn such inheritance &halt have descended, shall die; without issue male e female but having brothers or sisters cf the pa ternal side, of the half .blood, and brothers cr sisters of the maternal line, also of hslf Wood, Mich brothers and sisters respect ively of the paternal, line shall Joherit in the same i manner as. brothers and sistefs f the hole blood, until t n ch p n tern al lhe" is exhausted of the half blood;; and the' .same", rule of descent arid inheritances shall prevail amongst the half; blood of the maternal line under, Umilar;circurn stNtcei, to the exclusion of the paternal hne. ? -. ,a 'iv.'Vt it . -" ."' , The poiiso, tHen,; gives, a preference to the half bloocl of the-line from wnich the estate descended,, where the. compe titors for-the inheritance are: the half blood of that line, and Jie! half blood of the line from whichi the estate did not dei scer.d; but there are, nq words in it which are exclusive 6f . the latter; half blood, v-here there is none other jh equal .degree, and recommended bv. the reason eriven f'vr the preference, to claim it from them. Onthe contrary, the words Vntil such line tl is exhausted of the half blqod cany with them atrong implication that when.such vent shall, joccur, the oth:r line of an ev half blood shall be takea into thenhferir iance. The word , until," yvbWh signi festhe same as; to thetime that," seems toiniportlAhat when the half biowl of the favored line rives oiitl the other half blood snail inherit. 1 he enactmer clausei has .... . . w - . , - : .. i viewed with undistinguishing regard and-j iavorttie half blood of both lines; the P viso has selected a particular case, Jiereinthe preference shall be given to er.e set ; in all other cases,- therefore, as "vH where the reasons of the preference have ceased to operate, as where they have never existed, the.otner set of half blood must be entitled, if a man- havjng Mie, ana naving also Dromers ana sisters cf the half blood on the .father's side, and brothers and sisters of the half blood on the mother's side-. : for peculiar reasons. thinks proper to devise his estate" to all utuiticia diiu aisici s, im wen mik , Jiaii or,d on one side; as on 'the other j but annexes a condition tothe devise-that the; P?-ttrnal half blood shall enjoy the estate rtil that line be exhaused : of he intend tion oi Uie testatrr in such a case, it does i seem possible to doubt; the jegality of the 3ev,se is another question. Hie other nrovicr;D :rn KthU thTf '"testate, shall- have died in ? "e time of the intestate leaving Tssuel ' ",r.iemaiev suchrissueshail repre 7r't their decensfff nnrpnt siid jstand in in ! j t'Evl i the srne place he or (she woiildhav uJie It Iiim. C. i .:. u.- ency to impair the right pf the Plamtifls, "lateral descents -as far as; brothers c EmtJ SectKm made provistott for li- hnj -iar .as -graiiacnnaren. xvcrHQ . lo,.comPie the sy stem the U:eL0f tb?:fqurth. sectionirehat 1 rC tuIe Cescent shall be obsery- j ? and Inrelation'Co this provhion,it was f a-'sixJ-1' 'efl descendants and cbUaterals j! vbred.Jnvall' other .instances," ; In ho espeC &all est " "nuiv.u, til in WUCU lilCi-i attbc further removed Uia jj the ; children of brothers and sisters." What is mean t by the same rules of de scent' Cleatlyt; ine'rules established hv thVbrecedinEr sections : one rf which ih that where, there dre twcCets of -halt U blopd, the set; of. that line jrom wnicn the estate-' descended, shall be.preferre(l I to the line frorii which Jt did not descend; consequently uncles ancl ajints, great un- cles and great aunts; ccaoi tnenpe inmi- which the estate descemea,.snaH exciuae uncles and aunts, great uncles and g,reat I ants of "the t line-from -Which it did no ! descert Iri other words, where' those whovclaim the inheritance rH: ' w equzl degree, or represent those yhoere, the acquiring line shail be prefexret Where .V. . 1 t m mm . m min I t-iv OMtllV. liin'rAO then proxtmity of degree shall decide the t right toinheritance. . This appeals to the t Court to be the true interpretation -of ! these sections of the act of and to I arise naturally from the w6rds, asvell jas being .consonant to the views of the legis lature, and ta the spirit in which the act j was. fMrned. -To exclude tbf paternal ! half blood for the sakeiof a remote 'colla- i teral or to sofTer the tand to escheat ra ther than permit the half blood to inherit, does not seem to accord vith the. senti ment expressed in the preamble tojthe, third section. "And whereas it is almost peculiar to the law jof Great-Britain, and founded -iit principles tf the fetilaUsys vem, which no longer apply in that -government and never can in this Siite, that the half blood should be excluded from the' inheritance." J : -Yf-i -i t It is- true that the; law of Englaftd gives a preference tohe male stock ; and there is a partial recognition of the saint prin ciple, in the f th section of the act of April .1784, amendecl bjfi the act of pctobci , 1784, .which provides that in case of the deaih of uiy psnou intestate leaving any real ost ite actually , -purchased r oiher wise acauired, . and no! havine any heirs of hjs body , nor any brother or Sister, m ! the lawful issue cf Such ; then such Jtstate j shall be vested in the father, of the intes- ! i me ' . 1 tate, if living, j but if dead,; then in the;; mother for lite, then in the heirs, ot such ,. lnteciate on tne part ci ine iaine no" iwr want of heirs on the part of the father, then mcthe.fieirs of the intestate on the jjart of'the mother ifpreyer. f f V i- , It is to be observed on this section, that thie father.is called;. In or born'the sns dying .without UncaL hejrs, VtlJ- without j brothers or sisters lor ''.the issue ox fauk, ! The. . pi-eference of. the Vjtiiilej stinck has I been confined trictly to theaejs enume-1 ratediin the 7th section ant! its,umend-; men t, viz. '. tp'case of elates purchased j by. the intestate." I And on this pty.t-tbe i decisions nave oeenannor aiiovvmg tne half-blood to inherit --where.-; the land wis purchascsd,, and giving thep f the pre z -rence to the father and the male stixrk. j sectiqn, r lnsertc-u .iqr tne purpose qj ffivinsra. nreierence, to tne.maie .line a menderd to prevent that ii'rcference fvimi,' Ifeing' interrupted b the accident of, death, j is yet so' restricted jn its temis, arid so mo J difitid by judicial exposition, i ad fnitt.cd to be just, that, the ayored M(fck iicalltd to ;' the iikhentance onlj. atief the ;tui!ureor ' issue-iQulhe;iutcstfite, andvtlie jfailure'rif f brothers: and .sisters o every description maternal as well ?as -paternal; half-blood. It. appears 10 uic'ourj, uia-uc-vciy rea son ; tor; thus ctniiipg'Tand 'u lirrtfti; the preference; of; t lie in Alefline uii tie r this dause appiies.with increasedsircnjith to prove that the prelereuce outfit v to be strictly Cqrifined under the third section to the half sblool : the Jtcquiry n line- that they; and thejrj'ohly v siiatf xclude the half-blood pf the non-acqufrin linel .'A cohsistant cleaning v ill betKusj given to the tliiid clause;; to the proyiso, .and its extension ' by . the fourths sebtion, w hich j would then read wliere any pernsshall die intestate:, ; witll. ut issue ana ;w'ithtHJt brother or .sister! or the issd I of kuch,. leaving uncles or; aunts of the line from wjuch the esta'.e rdesCended. 'and- upces Kor aunts of the line;fromvhich Che'estatei did not descend, the foriiiiVy ancles ir aunts shall exclude ithe latter;'!; There: is also a , dec 1 a ra tion' i n th e; 3 rd section ofthe act of October 1784, ; that i tne paternal line is favored in Sail other j instances,' and it proceeds to guard a- rgainst .the estate bemg transferred to the maternal line by the death otthe.father before the mother and the intestate, ; whichJ would aave uappeded m consequenCCof the phraseology of the 7th'section. It1 is apprehended that this declarationrelates -only to the fnstance in whiqh. the pater nal line is favored in the 7th sectitfh, viz. that in purchased estates it shai ascend to tjie father, if living, . but if he be dead undrthe mother likewise thafit shall de- scehd to-the paternal heir,j .and consinuc in; that line -as long 'as' therel are-any neirs ; so uiai iris iavoreu-in anases oi purchased estates; except wheret the fk ther is'deadahd the-Tnother;. Js alive,liu which casethe heritable lme. was diverted ffora: thepaternal. -When the legislature wcrie about to remedy , this onlycase th which the paternal line was not favored W the 7th : section with . respect to", pur diatedtestatev it, was riaturai ta advert in th nthr rasft"? ". where Tit-w as favored. tne cieciarauen e conM- 6r.no preference is given other part o!tcct,: except 1? - -1.' 7 '. .!'. . ,f. m V . 7 ! I . -1 not preferred in descents it is hot prer rfer reel where , the estate,; descends from: he maternal line its'cahiiot.be preferred by force of the seventh canon of descents, lUdi UlCVHIV tU(MC3 KlM pui IV 4 at tne seveotn section ana ane.amenaa tory law and as such is repealed and msde void,,s .a'v, ; Tlie 6th canon of de.cefit excluding the half blood, r.vas unquestionably repealed by (h. third sectfoii olT; the act cf . April 1TS4, for the same reason ; from which time; -the half blood, became emitted. -In October ZS4, the LegislatOre say that ' doubts have been 'entertiimed --whether brothers of the lialf blood shrall be entitled to succeed' to the mheritancej in the:ame manner as sisters tlo , whdre therel is ho brothernor the :isue of anv such ;. and tney proceeo to oeciare inaiiit .-yas iucir; intentiori in the 3d section of theVct of As-s pril 1784, to let in brothers of thb half r- i ' ':. .11. . ". . li - ..1- ' ... C .1.' ...Ul' Diooa equally witn oromers oiriim wuuic blood... 6tc. Hiisact was -passed from abundant' cautionand.tirv gjiard j3gaThlst 'af cnnstru.ctioi; m -opposiuon 10 insx-trciiu cu' will of the legtslatire, jih'd orie which;1ttis believed would not be recognised -fcya court of justice, since the' rule ofjlaw is, that- relation shali be had to the last .ari- Hecedent, unless it obstructs the sense. The preimble to tlje Sd section, express- j es the intentiou to be to admit the Ealf j iJKH.Ki, aim me tonsu unum wjiic ;uhj, I nidess much refined upon, conveys that iii- tentitm. -Tlic Legislature saythat doubts i have been suggested ; to prevent.theipjn i ti:.;.r ..j'iL. jr.u .i. ,1 .. future they declare what their -.original Intention was, and change the language or the third sec ion. . So far as the Legislature have declared a treference for the line of-the phrclias- in1; ancestor or the male stock.:thc Coy rt j is bound to execute their-wili r.i'it it dees i not ; feel bound by any consicj,;itions of expefiieny or justice to preserve a pre i ferencewliere, it is not "clearly to. be-col -V lected'frrtm the laNv. The principles are ! peculiar to the law of Kn eland .& jthers derived from the- feudal Svstem'&.,were unknown to "the fenlirhteuti! rublioi of 'antiquity. The system is purely artificial, J j ano; in some respects. repugnantJto-our no 'lions of justice and the obligations of du ty. Sa fart as natural, reason suggests, any thirrx onthe subject. a la v regulating the descent of estates ; .should be found- ' ed onthe presumed. wijl of the rivjceased, j and .rearulate-the snccessum in -.such' -a ' manner as . he 'pnib'-vblytvfould liaye done,- 'aside n. tlie united dictates 'oiduty ' and incI'nat'roi, f Tfie'strongfcst aUtctioji ..' isbetweiMnpareiitsaiid children ; 4ind'Uie J net, the love between 'brfct'ijn. arisi.ig I nrm tnei rtviUiomto the sanj comnu-n stock, hegh.feuSied by-vouthfulit'-BSociation, an:l the likeness of years and etluc.ii-.'-tv. -.The last tvner'of an estate H as com pletely so any former one,. and it is qiifte ;is reasonable to conidUifc prcsu v.-ed-incli'iatn, ts that of a relnote ancesr tor J-.it 'is- i'ot, probable that h4. would pn: fer,.a4li,stantv collateral- be.t,p-ase of the m;iTe . stock, ! -to his maternal brothers,; j nor iSit c'itiJ.in ihat duty, wcudd veeiisre nun i to ii, uecause nic. iciuvrc-i caiu;ii.- was of the acqJiinngblood. I liw re lativeto tn ciistrinutjon ot pt-:rnai perty haspKchuled all thesf- prmrirles, and itsjusfice is generally ap-yyveth For tese reasons, it is thv: u:wniuv.ms opinio n. of tJie C mrt that . the demurtv" be oVcr-ruled and the bill be sustarincd.- :( Judcre IJenderson had becn'ocounsif I in i aths-ckse, arid gave no opjnion iin-relatjon tA the i'l'dcment,-His opinion had fotmr'vheen adverse tp . the ckim of tjie ll- blood"; bu,t j af ler th e j udtm en t was retv' tred in t h7s case, - he declared that,, upon mature consideration, 1 his op n ion had changed, and that hfe concur-,. I red in thinking the half blood, weretenf tied'. - Taj lor, Hall and Murphey.were the Court' . j: Address r--; , Of the Philadelphia Society for j fir , fypnwtion f JSTationtilx Industry, v to thz Citizens oj the United estates ''.-') " , Ko 7.-.': . - --' ' . "-w. ; ' , j Continued: , ; ' . .' v , , I yhilat!elptiia9l Jlfa$ 20, 1819. It is, we trust, needless to pursue, the calculations' any further, : You can readi? ly, fellow-citizens, perceive thatlthe, con test must soon come to a close. "The Spa nish manufacturers', oppressed, ira poye rished; and dispirited; Vould be soon" dri yea fronv-.the.. market; which' would be, monopolized Jby the more, sagaeious nation, which" we repeat, had the good iepse to "regulate trade." Their imrolnse,'ains -wouldV&e atsthe expense, and tothe.des traction cf the nation wjhich iwaidehided5 by the specious maxim,' to Jtlet trtade rr-1 gulate itself' The successful .'rivals J would soon iridemhifyithemsely es for tlie temporary reduction, of price, -by a pro portionate; advance in future,,; f -. Lei us.comparelhe result ofjthe fobf I years joperations'orr the two nations': f " -1 1 - - -Fraitce. : ? '' ' , .-First year's protit- : -: S;3S0,O00'- . . G.'ods sold in Spain - . . '2,600,000 " Second ylaar's profit ; --J 3,5 10,000. Goods spld-m Spaut v y 5,i00,00O, Third.y.arfs pipofit'- t 5,640,000 -7,B0O00O ,10,300,000 ... r :1 i r- :. - toods sold in. apam Foui-tb year's profit Goods soid in Spaia ? - J) - i Six hundred thousand people .iiuastribus I y;, emp I oy ed,: sti p por 1 1 ng t hemsel vesj;jn com fort and happiness; and adding1 to the' wealth and strength or tne .nation, --' . '.ti- SpairL V r" First year's profit " , Secpnd year's . f fPhfrd year's ! i i i if gl,t70,000.. 1,049,000 't 10,000 , Fourth year's . ; !j ,.80,000 . Foirr hundred if inHaaRdNoe'onie' thrown jdle-dratreinir on a wretcfted-exis tence jn tnendieityvor Iook;g in vaiiifor those ollmieral branches" ' which sound so hurmo. piously in A dam Smith, i l)ut which are no where to be found. . . ! v - -. f . r s . . i f , We have hitherto "confined our Calcula tions of the effects of this plausible bdt destructive system to the manufacturers alone; The pernicious consequences of it, u exrsnaea no iartner tnan totnis ciass ofcitizens, would be' sufficient ta ihduce i liberal minded men those-worthy toMe' gislate for this rising envp ire, vto abandon the : maxim. - But those 'consequences, how -deplorable soever, are but as ' mere dust yCn the) balance" compared with its fgeijeral enects Toxi -the wealth, strength n f ; resources, power, and happiness or ihebannersof Adam Smith. W e will ; slightly. sketch a few of tiiem. In the first year France sells to the amount of In the second ... In the ih;rd t Iu lhe fourth , 82.6(50,000 '5.200,000 7 80b,OOO J 0,400,000- S26 000,000 . This is a dcht which, in the first place, drains all the nvetallic medium; as far as t'tte.merchants can collect it;,; and next all the.cyidence of public debt, ort'.whatever valuable-'argclcs can be hadi.'Anjl still a heavy and oppressive debtisiaccixTing from year to vear afterward frLf . . f- The result is-easily- seen. A,irospe Lrous nation: by. this- simple .pfo'dsss is in 1 four years reduced to a anosajweCt, ihi- poyerished, and dependanVistate. Jts wealtlvis drained away to support a. fo- reign n:aion. Eveiy species of-iridustry is. uaralized. Ships rt at the wharves Trade laiuishes. .Meixhabts and tra- tiers, as well, as Inariufacuirers,. beJome bankru)tst- Artisans, mechanics and-la-h)ring people who Jiad largely .qontribut edtto the, welfare of the state, Axet trans formed, into mendicants, or driven to des perate , Courses-, to prolong their existence and desolation extends itself over the face of the laud; , -. . i" ''v . Tlijis, fellow citizerjs is very, nearly or present casev It is true, we have not ab solutely Jet trade regulate itself J! by a total abst nee of all duties. The uecessir ties of the treasury, - which by f many meisibers of Congress were freely admit" ted the t c 11 and'.jietvf.re our imported.merchUndize f p as duty., But it is obvious, that (where ilF the v.nmS 4.ne U4tiun is so wholly ineffi-' 1 . emu 1 mat sue can we coiupiciciv uuuert., - Ji;eM)lef.iSto Uuited States are at pre - rr t sent v i he: ultimate eilect is actiially -the I $..nsc. is if "tra'dt.vftre ailorjed torcgK-, 1 lai('-i3'Jj l he ditles imposed ' by ouc J ri lit tye mereJyfdelayedji not ayened, 'k of-destruction. llut that it is t.e wcrK Las-sure in its.oneraiioh, is placed beyond the reanh of doubt by -fhe desolation and j i ruin itnatipervgcGe- so; many inyaiuaoie mauuxacturing estaousnments tnrougu mi the union,' on which millions of I dollars have been efcptwled; and whose fall, t as we have often repeated and-must rejecho in ihe ears of those who alone have-the power i.f 'applying a remedy, involved the luin 6f the citizens engaged in theni.. s The most cursory reader must per ceive, and no oiie possessed of candor can? deny, that we have jgiven the. advocates ox tne maxim, let trcae regutaie iiicij ; far more advantage fn the afgumehrthan f um.;. i n 900,000 -z; Kraduallv. f ted the reduction of price at'severl and a fifn? her happiness, andwhtch our po half pvrceuu and a gradual .increase 0? V.tlf l bfkl8 &t Pres- l?S;w,V CXT.omtlon fi 6m Fi-ance to Spain; 'of only yiolence. 1 V.' . .it: " , .. cn percent: of the atnoubt originaiiy ma- 1 iTTZ.? 'fc vl'.:: - ' , price not ot seven and a ball per cental of , teq r?;ans of jii9 doctrhw j Regaidtcss of. lhe moie and exportation, of doalple rtnfe ; f-iuinou conacuenbn ttf-Uieir fellow citixena) ' ' amouiit; which, combined, would brcduce who bad embarked millions, in: Wnufcctur- ? the immediate ruirf of the Spanish ;manu: ;ingsesUbiismentgfrihe' foly-perstjadedr; ,r' facturers, ofr.whose fabrics a large, prd- themselves ihatvby reducing the -duties as': portion ' would remain on. -handt and the j g possible, consistently wjtn.lhe'ncces-'- ' residue be sold ar or below cost. This.is ; Sjjy of prbvidmg'a revenue," wej repcatvwas ' -: ahd has eter been the uniform operation j their p r amount object, they were consulting; . . ofthe system of letting ?ttade-.reguCayex the Interests otheaicu.huris'u, who Vould, itself " : iSl if. ' , "" ! tbereb be enablad tppurct-ase forfign.mer '. . 'A physician who found his patient in a j chsndize at loV prices, and hose produce1 ; ' " '".- '-",' "V j. - , i they bdieved.al ways pertain qf Ending, sych ' Y It is obvious that, by the transfer; of the 4: n adyantiigebus market and high prices id rhanufac ures from Spain to fence, for every, tfuropelnftthey imght d;4regard the Lome, ; .' .woilfman reduced, to idltn'esi in the former market ;Fatit delusion 1 ;tlisexabe. anti country, there would be ipne additional em- rPjns V' '. ployed in the latter. We have; therefore m ; disregarded, of vtlie sound systems and eape ;. . tieuce of all wise nations, and of the Vam number in France - ! v '; ' f- )( , ' f v e nave already stated i Ta lor, a popular yriter in kenthersd ground; that every dilbu-im; i! farojeaa iriartcTj oas uuten. won 10 avJ ;iosed as duty oft foreign merchandise, 4s a ' ! per.ceut the r - cotton f vffered an tquat M6 ; ; &rilar rehbed'our ofthe pockets bt the uj ri-1 precUtion, and tir. tobacco become a, worth. . , , culturatists 1. Thiaxim,iidjnrabWcalcula- s dfug, which in.the English markets, will : i. k.CU UI CACILK L ICXC1 11 II3LSXI niH 111 !ir t:)S!UI 1 f'-'W'J ............ , s to cUteg w 95t of qonress. I JMtl t? cjrry it? owa.funh2ii j . . ... -' " . -AA - - . . -- - ,' raging fever, -and let the disorder (akevitd. course $treguldte iffclfi'yHxA&b de-. : servedljijeprobated. as unworthy, of his " V-V. professions "Bu his ondubt would not be I r more irrational 'thatvth'atof a statesman, vho saw . the agriculture. Tnanufactures. ::- Utade and conrhaercerx)f bis, country going . v . selves." Government :i$ - instituted ta ?, guard the; interests of the nation confided ' to its care; :"and by Vhatever namH;ma' be tailed; fs no longer estimable; than a,- '; : it fulfils this sacrcti duty, f it. was painful' to US to State mt a v fnrmi a1io 1 'l it is equally, painful to us to repeat-4)ut 1 we must repeat the appalling trutfvin thc'' e irs.of the nation, that our manufacturers, a large and-imnortaiit class embracinit some o the most valuable members of the comman(ty, must, with ; mixeel sensations cf regre.tj and envy, regard the situation of . .tne- manuiactuiTrs. .pt t ranee, Jiussia, Prussia land, most "other countries in Eu i rope who enjoy thav protection ifrohV'de' Ipctic govern,mnts, which; the former ispught inyain frum their fellow pitizens .1 . 1 ... . . i . i - ' :m " . selves involved in" the general distress re-; ' Uulti,ng frotn the want qf that proteption.-", r N AVerefer- ycu , fellow citizens, to the j the fablti prthe belly vand thev'members. . r rh.e latfer starved the former to'death ';" V CI: rV. 4.. rri,ry u A r anu perisiicu viciimsor ineir,pwn.ioiiy . We shall not pursue it in detail,,. It isoa the mind of almost every individual in the ' . L. t.i'7 - t: - . . . .1 vouuijry, yuunjg auu.oJU -cvve cannot re-; irain from expressing our'fearsj that oosf . terjty' wijlf pronounce our policy -to.be a t full emplificatjon of the soundness nf its ,s moral, and ojrur- destitution o;th5'se , w-road-and liberal vlewji that,'regard wjtlv- V '. " equal eye'' all descriptions t)f society. P : It-will 5pr9bably .be .obje,ctedJ I by those f.' -whose interests or prejudices enlist, thenr'lt in hostility to-ottr views, that,. all we have, heresubmitteovto" you fellow citizens ' ia .'1 '' -merel theory ;' that hQwever,TplausibleV'' it ;-cannot be teljed on in the' regulation of j -the political ! economy, of 'a Tirrcal nation r that Adam Smith being the uracle4f h that sv-ieijcp, iiu tacui y upposcu to Ills SnoiUOI l?e received; at least;without the -sujjortj' "' ' ofvstrdng,and. well, established fact.; - j! . ' f ('WelT, we meet thern and lire fairly at v -issue on this,ground--abd :are;wilHng to " ; stand or fall as we fumisV this support to' . pur theory ;rVet offer, an historical case, .whidi;exemplifies the tremendous coise quences of, a! system. exactly similar td- 1 ours in it's jfeatures and Cperationrrwhicbi blighted and blasted the happiness of u ; . prosperous nation and which pronounces an-eternal sentenced condemnation" oa the theory of Adam Smith, i ,1 1 . - ' l.ln, the year 1681 the Portuguese' estab-' lished. the .woollen' manufacture on an -ex- i tensive scale, and by- absolute-pfohibi v.e eW-je?r J& had the balance -f? r Fatally T ' tLS7 a 1 F min CIV JiMr. Me. huera. inddced them tatntfr intr i ... it " " l.'V " r never prohibit - British woollen manufac - : .i"r U r. ftV .W.". tures provided por-.whies were admit-? ted into Great Britianat twp thirds of the dirty, paid on) those: pf jErance. ! Th V agri- .' cultures of Portugal deluded theniselve into the, opinion; that they should denvo i-.;doublel3enefit fropi (his regulation ser1 cure a market for their wines, and bur their eloths kt , reduced priced ; that is; 0 acctirdincr to the maxim'nf .AAhm SmUhi ' ; jbuy where piey ftmtg-fie had the cheah-, ' C?k lrv1?"1 foon awKenea cue -ofVtnis ; dtiy :reom.?The ' flourishing 4i marmfacture was destroyed t)ie,circula- ting medium of the country drained uwav . J-and the nation precipitated from' the most flourishing state lof . prosperity, to th at jSitiable situation of poverty and de basement, which holds Jher" up to . other4 W"on af c,,. s,nun f e;-rocjcB. whereon she shipwrecked her .resources ry ot cot? Taylor, a ; - mmlio '- . ..r' i-lL.li -A ,K '!!7 ihg example of all'' unwise ones! Theatre ' sures its own reward, dl.beral policy ncyfd iiilt tn i9Wu itt nirfv minin'nn' . I . A tnatUOlonelJonn l IUW " ., hvuvjvcusi,cijuvhj " ajr . t , y i Virgini4h& t-' demsf' TKeir'aouryexcluiledfroioie
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 16, 1819, edition 1
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