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. . -i : ' - . ; f ; " r. ''!': - ; ':;.;; !; v.:i ' : H'r ' A,ri --if. -rLriirr. Irrj'Mi'-r: r-rH ' 1 : :!:; I ' A:: J J .i i '"il ilv- ! M 't 4 15 BV JOHN CAMERON. OXFORD, X. C., FRIDAY MOINING,; AUGUST 23, j 1844. iVOL. Ill NO. XL. T P I P - i : ! - t I I . . I . "' . ; ; . a. ! . . ; if . :. -;- :: r i EX I'll ACT I'ltOM UISIIOIV lVEb'S j r : . ' ADDIICSS:, : l .. ; Plivf rnl btf"re tin Ilitorir nl Society of the jXJumvrfMty ..f N. Carolina, June 5. IStl. j 3 An .investigation into our parly bitorv, Imwever, nut not tnlyie coii'lucted in a iiji'i it of clir,itMti philosophy.) but it mnH he UbjrionH an I thorough; or it may teiul o , tbo iiy eviU, which it tnight oirvite correct teml : t keep up aoiong u- tiie cxiin); p p'l ir ilelntioiw, rather thn rhow ui our true, ntte, shuvv im exncilv nbrre e sun!,-in relerence;tn. theie great pri'icipl4 which actuated o ir ftlu-ri in the trying, but jilonoui event'n of the American revolution That, by dome infiuehce. ! we luve been ineoihly borne oiT from these 'principle to he; re Heeling man but loo appirunV In the plain fartof our history. we hall discern, 1 think, two causes th Ihvj been especially active in producing thi result. llilh ol which hiay be traced to the circumstances that I attended the achievement ol our national independence (I ) Th vs cflected njot by peaceful ne iocution, but by coollict and blood. Not in the quiet halls ot Senates, hut in the fierce ' storms of the battle field The circtinistance has IrH, I fear, its indelible Impress upon the nation; at le.ist, it s'iil actinj; poverlully upon the ar.tlent minds" "of our youn men. Their ee is 'mauifenily ifixed, rather upon the sanguinary' stmle of our fathers, than the hies!"!; of peace which it achieved upon the ta',;eiiiigblovy which they struck enanceaipong them to tint notion of libetty avhirh is essentially and totally suhverslvi' Of their deareM rights, a it is of all novtei Of seif-novernnienl ve mu?it iroclaim jto tiem(.iu every public speech, every I b'gal enactnipnt, every judicial sentence, frou- every press, from'. evrry seat of J?arringijin every schol book, at every motl.er s knee. Ihroubout the luid, that 'noble sentiment jkviiilen and sufycri.bel by th oobl ojiof Our State 1 1 e oi.lv is the ileteriiiiiietl patriot, v ho willingly sacrifices bis pleasutes i L( t i- r . t : ;t j.'' u ine Miier oi ireeuoni. it is uue, ne eson to the disciple may prove hJmiiittiug !nd unpalatable to the teacher- the less0n-,j given under the seal of pur father's blncpd, nat bS fieemen, we are to enquire riot swhat is popular and to pursue it lor sell pjro- next twenty years, as they hat e increased j are no silk manufactories in this country for i he Ias, we may tremble for the eflect upon the integrity ofOiir xopln ; Our farni ing interests witl become subordinate. The example of the higher classes cease to ini pre.s! at all, or ;fvorbly, the bulk of the peopje. Sympathy between the poor anil the rch jbe destroy ed-UdeMres for wealth, or. w bat .floors from jit, luxury and nstenta t i oi h hecf i me too i n'ord mate to be erarified Oy honest means. nd then, as all history show s, we maj relinquish our meed of praise, and inscribe 44j Icbabod" , upon the fading tablets -of our country, for 'our glory will motion but what is right and follow it at every hazml of self sacrifice.! j 4 In conclusion, the history of ourStaite. philosophically cunsitlereV will exponud another, and, to the rising generation, most iinsti'uctive and animating lesson. I Nofth depart 4 i ... . j Mi " xi i5 auurm viazfiie. i. ? LOCO-FOCO ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE ! tariff, in Fairfax Co., Va. The other day, I jchanctd to meet in the county of Fairfax, a certain Loco,who is well known for! bis blind 2eal in favor of the peculiar doctrines of his party.! ; lie imme diately hioachedith'e subject of the Tariff, and launched out in denunciations of the to protect 'Hip duty on irr ported S7r, by tr.e Act of 1S42V is the sa,me as by the act of l.28. Wbout 15 per ceht or 1.50 per cwt; upon such kinds of steel as are manufactured in tins country, the id cm 1S42 Jays a duty oi about 25 jier cent.; or 82,50 per cwt; but tbi is an exception. ,lMr. Woodbury V! takes the exception for the inTiitnil. i The duty upon Gfa$tr by the two acts, is from 30 to 40 per cnt. ; instead of Mr. Woodbury's 400 to; 500 per cent., : j The luty imGass bottes, by the two Acts, is SU75th4 grtss,nbt from 2,50 to S4. a Mr. Wpodjbury say. '!;. j. ':.,. i', '.,,1 I .. The minimum c)uty on all Cot font, by the Act of lS2S;waS 35 per cent. The Act ol 1842 reduces this ito 30 per cent. reputation; his; grand father was a general officer in the (iiiii$h serricei and his father was one of the! king's jmlges for f lit province of North Carolina, where the subject of ibis memoir was born, the 21st of May1; 1755. . A1 an. r.!Sl)er1 yUI,C loore tvas sent to Boston for his education ;;aiid on. the at rival of the British troops there, in l7d8, he attracted the notice of a Captain Frd ee, a. man ot tine tfsie antr acquirements, who ; became Oiuch attacbil to the. youth, and offered to "prociire him an ensignf j, in the arfr,y T'"- he declined, but ! under the instructions of Jjis friend, he learnt the tie ments of ntiliiary science, and furnished himself with a Variety of kr.o.tleilge, tihicrv highly ipial ficd him for the s;ofmy period in which he was destined to live. At; the beginning of the ero!ut,0nv he Whig Act of 1842 declared, it mo re or 1R2S, fahiiliaily cal Among o ions than ed i he bit her things he the Tariff of of aboniina ;Caiolina, has .received, with much Ithail is disparaging, the enviable praise of beingjan honest State. I feel that it leserve ?; that her sons utav iustlv he nroud! of the ilisiiiic Jion. And, t these limesj of ! moral jles tions. inasmuch as jt levied higher duties genera, cy in tne nation, a greater count Hardly be covted. But that which most Uieejbly. concerns us to know especially! our yoith is, hy v hat means, ihi blessing h4sjben lcquired,and hitherto preserved? 1 'lhe cltar 'acter nnd habits of a large portion of the first "settlers in bur country, would certainly have than that art upon articles. I I asked h many very important mi to prove it j Imme lulelyi he whipped jTrom his pocket, a aoilelcl anl dirty copy of Mr. Woodbury's speech exhumed to me the on I he I arifl. Allowing table: and rathcrthan the lofty principles which nerved JjaUjjured avery differeiu result, j Mowltllen the upnitea arm. i ne jprooi niayi oe nan I jiias inis-mo-i mvaiuaoie one nonesiy nn the people aren secured f A knowledge jofour history will furnish the answer. II) of battle, thart the, dignity of the : citizen, I f 1 he controlling minds of our State have been proutlly conscious of the true blessings of! sound. Our eminent men, meti jof-sterljug' freedom il may be seen in their eager integritymen who have set their fapes scramble for military 'titles,-and their ohse' l sternly against deceit and fraud;" j though quious. devotion to military renown. (2 . ) !poppf d byj fa mil v, or i veiled byfj talei. Besides this, we struggled for liberty against ; Pivteiideis could find among them no place, t) raniitcal oppression. Struggled j against and ad veniurers no spoil.; i Their lives might the -exact ions of' arbitrary power, the re have justified the motto No deceitful atraints ol unjusi uonnnation. 1 nis cir peron naii o wen in my nou-e; ne ini leiiem cumstance too has not been unattended with lies shall not tarry in my sight 'f Whihj at injurious effects. It has left in the minds of deatts the epitaph migl)t have been incriled our people, a hatred for '! their oppressors- with few exceptions, over each'lle hiUh exteiuUng Itsen to ine , very principles anu swoin onio ins neiguuor, ami uisappoinieo privileges which they abused. And more him not, though ii were to his own hindr and worse than this, jl has left among us ance " The effect upon the mass of rie the notion that true liberty consuls in resist; people, lias been such as lhave not iced; lug all restraint. Hence, it lias; tended, jo Ami we see in it, the immense value 1 1 a nine extent, to give! us licentiousness instead Slate, of virtue and integrity in its j leading of freedo n -to taku the ; fetters once upon men. And hence how indispensab'e jibe our limbs and place9 the -n upon our'souls to duty, 4o guard well these fountains of khiUv- subitUute for the rule of a King, the despot- ledge and morality, upon whose overflowing ism of a word Libert," to many only I Streams, either life or death is borna tour . i I. . . 1 . 1 i . I'll!.. I i n . I I . I .' l . another name, 1 lear,,I0r, Vtne uncnecKeu peopie. aii auuinonai cause oi nones y lust ol the tlesn, tne lusljol the eye ana ine i iwi yaroiina is ine cnaracier or its sou liride of life" has thus become invested, A soil almost every where suflii'ienily tiro iih the most cruel and fiighlful attributes ductive to yield an adequate return to hoiiesi of Tyranny. The only , corrective of this jabor; but generally too 'poor to allow n jiny cleoUting evil, whicfj we carl hope for with- one idleness an i prodigality.;; This :ir- in ourselves, is a recurrence' lo '-first prin cums)ahcel has not bei-n without s;gnaljad 'chUk: the principles, which guidul ami Vantage to us.; Our citizens.'as a .body; hftve antniited the great anM good men who laid I been compelled. to habits of industry ! j And the found tion of our liberties in acts pf deep, 'personal sacrifice. : But to jdiscover these nfincioles our search ornist he thorough, snd without pfei id ice. It must extend eulirelv 1 Kngland would how its 'immense value be) oud orilinary historical detail. The arena of Mrfe will 'not fuiuMi what-we seek. 'We ntay linger over the; pages, red wiilrthe irainitge of war, and ghmiu&; with the high deeiU of heroic valor; nay; Teatl, till our ...nL .lYii.tf in linrmr frnnt 11rifiK nimrt. '1J j.ritirn ..w...-. ....... my ...-.. r lioiw -Hud cruellies, or exult hi admiration of hones! :gsm.: I he cuti'sequetire' u 'favorable the bvU daring by . which tliese opprioh- to our social state properly U lowli acqiiir! were triumphantly .'resisted: bill, if v&iiftft ed,land generally diffused, j Kconomy nd no further ( .nd no forther thall we lie likely contei.lii.enl and fair-dealing are the rrovni 1 1 rea I till belter histories aie provided) we "i; result. Tntnce has arise.i our good sal know little of the true bis and hul ! name the title awarded us-and whjchjwe warks of our constitutional' liberty.' We cannot too highly prize of honesr trili must go deeper in our enquiries; mut un- Carol.na. j But w e may forfeit the listn' cover the secret springs that ; moved our Jipn. My. he it, amidtW general sciffle fa her to the great; struggle bring to lig4 lor wealth, or barter it away; tor the pafry Articles! ; Boot-', silk Coal . ; ' . : at 28 bush. Tr t(in or i' ! at25j; net Cordage- tarred Cottons,: j -:- ' 1 : i j' Cotton bcigginj : ::!- f r, Cotlon lacM Glass, some kinds Glass lnulc8 Muhissrs i Saddlery i Shoes, somo ; oiiks, soiiic Steel, rer cwt. I wiue i . ,; . i ' Ware; crockery Warp, j panned Wooi ie i is, some W oolle q s, "ca mtfet a :' .'T i ! '" ; Kxamine tiiurrphahtly. Several article which nay a higher duty by the Turijff of 1S42, than by 4 K .. I X r octet 'V I i : r ti i nut ttj i loo. 30 cts. per pnir ;. r 6 jcU. pep bush. i.48 ) UOC 4 cts. per lb. oil per cent 3 1842. 40 cts. per pair SI. 50 Therluy oh IVoollcns, by the bz of 1S2S was appointed a Captain in the; first North was about 55 per cent. I. The act of 1842 Carolina regimitnt of the line: Jrrafched to reduces this to 40 per cent. 1 1 v - the southwardlAvhere he served wiihrepu'a ; ji ne tuny on oifon oagging oy tne act ; " was on ouiy in Uharleilon, . vhcn olT;'I8as yii;.5.csiiji8 ihe,. vqtiarepyarcl and hc memorable; attack was made on For( not 3i cents,- as MrLWoodbury sayal The Moultrie. Possessing the ardourof patriot. actjofj 1S42 redilcesj this to 4 cents per ism,-from a i deep conviction of the justice of i square yard. J I ! ! ' ' the cause in vhich he had ehgageil, and 1 Theduty on; Malaxes, by the act of 12S, endowed wiih ;arl active and, intelligent I was 10 cts. per gallon, and not1 5, as Mr. nind sustained by a fearless, heart, there is Wooxlbury says. : 'lie act of 1S42, reduces every reason tt belter e .that ho Would havo ; this to not qiiile 6-cents per gallon. ' attained a highjrank in the line of life which1 ! IThus it will be si en, Mr. Woodbury has he had chosen But the peculiarmisforiiin. not only interpolated the tariff Gill of 182S I f his family, forced him to ret rare his stenf vfo c oi uic eiguieeii aruciesj m lis iipi i i iie protection Ol the brut has committed gross, errors in regard to females and children of I his !coh'rrpvion the other tight particulaily woollens; cotton whom deatJi hijd bereaved of their defendet . bagging, an1 molasses. ' (What do you now Within a verj hort period, iiia brother think of Mr") WcSodburi'? has' he grossly tMaurice vn ijtlled atdirimswirkj and hr deceived jour will you believe his state- oroiner in-law oenefal Nash,' at German ments in future? iV ; j t . I lown; his father and also his uncle, General r Oh!" said live loco; "Mr.! Woodbury Moore, died-4the latter while on his march must have ma le a mistake." 44 Mr. Wood 10 j'in the atmy of .Washington. Th bury.Vl replied,! was" conviclci of these fsnnlies of all. these citizens were left in the nmsiaiemeius in; une aenate oil ine u. D.; u,",u" v"Hr canoseu.io llieiurv Ola die. . 41 cts. per lb. j 1 I mm ... ..I a ' .. - . I . . mm Wm n ml J . V. a . . . . . ! 3) eenta jr , 4 ct. persqr. anu ,olu 31 .ne lime inat nis laoie was tram I Fwpuice,anu in me continual dread I $ square yard.( r yard.snd5if ed for the express. t)urnose of deceiving the I f an ibsu'rrection of the slaves.! I ' L2i ncr cent "Ua f PeoP,e; Rml 'et Je hatl not the honesty to VVhen the British landed al Vil mington. I 40t)jrrent (loVmnraM cbriect his misrejeseiitations, although fre- Captain Moorelefi nts famjlyf4 consisting of : $2 to S3 per dor. r2i t0 $4 j; qpenlly called on "so to do. Do not, I be- a wife and two small children, and put him- cent orripni t -. 7 " " i,,c l,cl f 1 ' -1 v,',-f 'b muni, uenarrass 23 per 25 cts per pair 20 -.er cent. $1 50 j 5 cts. per lb. 20 pet cent. 25 per cent, per cent. 15 jer cent. 30 per cent.' 30 jer cent.) in error when informed ol it. Above all l" me enemy by his nerseverih artirlif 30toG0)crct. tliings,do not aain produce Mr. 1 Wood-, and made the ravy troops by wjohHie u-ta e fury's table to: show that the Tariff;6f 1842 accompanied, sblbrmidable, that'e became SOcent.' higher than thela'ct of 1828, the V bill ol the peculiar ohject of Major Craig's' resent. abominations. 'M L ( L L ment and ragt.;H A par ty senf to his nfanta. Befoie t cobld utter this last sentence: the liont took away all lhat was moveable of hi. loco was gone. I! wonder whether he will property, and despoiled whallhey could not ever : bring up Mr.? AVoodbury's list agaii plunder. Thus reduced to poverty, and Upon examination, Mr. Eilitorj I find ,.nR,ed out foj:ihe iWtesl vengeance nhirh u .t ' ll i .- . ! .! ( i ' .. nil pn.mv l.- flt.i : ... . percent. 30 tier rent.; 40 to 67 per ct 20 per cent.!' or vourself," said the loco 'here are eighteen important articles,! each of which is higher under the prestnt rrariff than that of 1828: ibe - list is perfectlylcorrectJ I Mr. Woodbury prepared VP" hiph afe it iiiWl'f, and! he I know,. Tor he is better !han b; ,bc jrev'Pil,s ta acquainted with the subject than any other man in lpe country." , , , r . When the Icjco paused, I said. 4but sun pose I prove to you that there is not a word of triith in what Mr VXoodbury ssys that nis nsi is incorreci irom oeginiimg to end. that there are only two! articles the duties mVnfm.v toutd. inflict, -his Joititude re by the act of 1S42. ,"",,Mru s"f' nis vjnue Inumphed over rifls. twine, and one f !?rv raculjyf an.f accident so.ri presented - t ! . ! -ii him With nn ri'iTt r piajing 0 taril or magnani the mind to -I Industry is proverbially rhe parent of vuiue. liiil 1 1 it were not, the condition ot Scotland . . -' s ; . , . ...... -i : I ; i Ud Switzerland and Germany and his in- the Hut besides; the direct iulluencz, in Vespectj-of a sol like our own; other cidenlal advantages have arisen from ' peculiar situation and resources of the Stite. 1 hey are ' ot a character to hold out jlkw temptiitions to speculation; ami hence to ilis or two kinds oXlsleelr I cannot well ac- 1,1 m a? orfuoity of du count for ibis increase, except it be that the w:r"5 inai emy n example i( i .H1 . A I . mile, ivhinh H i. ' ivumane v nigs ortne 5J7tn uongress. Know "",vv '"g to trig the use to winch those articles are some-i rcm'5r 8rt5J f r?V0rd. tiiuM niii for iliPiitiionf .tf .toctr.if.imn After the Ibattle of 1 GtnlfArd' ri-:L wished to check itjeir importation, and there oore w,lh l,er officers, detached to -Ymi can't dojit, iir. vo can't do it iVw bJ 8ave a Pf Wli ir l-ocofoeo brethren rc. .ne niarcn ol I-orO Corrmallis; and terruptell the; Iqcoj -As 6 that we shall telh(! lovtiablej consequences of the elec- r r'.TK nTe H.,fr?'f cn of the ; . . .j . I.'.. ! . I: U.9.nn i u i i .... under his command knr u .. .1.1 decidedly of lopiilioii ihat the! sooner that y fhree iin! With the aid of these, he juschievous stock; it eradicated, the better h,ad destroyet! several biidgesi ard was in wil)it be for the country, i j S 1 - IP?,0 Min -'fire to that on Ilobd,a ANTI HUMBUG. reek, when : suddenly the enemy under uaig maaei their annearance. i A ri!;v swamp throusjS which the creek ran, hirni.h- wbtWlll y ;ou J-fhipk of; M rj VJ,,dbury ) lie hadetlVeil iije-j; grossly deceived me and ff shall i evfer 'again have fonfidenci tfe ' vj in : . .. t. . 1. 1- ........... If ; . 1 in rwinj iiBMitay I'fliHitfj . "we ': VOU earuesirV J M0v Perfect ly;'V re nlied bei rbecause tlo not helieye yoacan iirove what yoo say. ihe proof." I ! letfus first take the Wei if said I, now or ten articles boots; A rrr!, 1 iii iir I II IV CI r n AIXU I'UULIU tit, --ll . :... . ' " ' . ISEKVICKHOF THE LATE HON. A L- Thor i.-i!f?li; "!"r " retreat, those Jong neglected-records, which will Unfold to the people, that undying love of Tilt lie of -integrity and justice and law which gave such stout hearts ami unyielding 'hinds to'the veterans of ihe revolution. Gave hoary heads to our young men, and young hearts to our old ones. ; Instead; of teaching the people,- the modern doctrine, that they have the power to' Invent new truth, to strike but new paths to glory ami prosperity, we must shoiv them, in ihe light . of these rccordswhat our good fathers taught that essential j truth is eternal that the principles. of true liberty, while they niay be presented under different forms ot government, ca.i never change in themselves: that our revolutionary tesistance, was not to the British conVtitutlon, but to the op pressive acts committed n defence of it, by eniicvmeut of an artificial hie. In truth, I here are some sad symptoms! a turn in he ide of our h o nu rab I ; t h o u gh ? h u m h 1 e la 1 Vance. We have manifestly become infected Ivith "iho : national contagion ihe money getting mania, now p the blighting curse of our whole country . I he young men of bur tate, and ihay I not add the old men'tpo? j are fast learniiig to despise the healthy, fhe happy! but welUeained competence! of our loreiainers; anu m iook lor Droatier nelus and larger results and more i speedy i jac cumuldtiohjjto meet the enormous and ever increasing demands of artificial want. I 10i what is not less pregnant ' with evil, their thirst for consequence lifting them above Ihe qonesi, lneunpreienuing pursuusoi agricul tural life, is sending them in crowds fitor unfit, to the professions of law and medicine. British usurpation. Instead of courting pop- already, to, say the least, sumctently full, tilkr fa.op.'tiv rnnnivlnJ at honular vices: ! If .thee vMa continue to increase for ihe seeking tha'people4 votes; by giving coun .Vv , ; - ,r'; -ir i ." t' ' - i See Proceedings of the Safety CoTanHttae,' &c, p. 6.; coal, cordage, cotton lace, sacMU-ry, shoes, livine, crockery jlpahned ware and wo! ten ramle:s.!j JSfov, feere is an antliehticated copy of he Tariff bf lf88. 1 will ;; To a week to examine it; and I defy you to find nny mention whatever of any one of these len articles in itj ins ead of laying a higher duty u crh them than; fhe Act of TS42.1 It lys no duty upon them at all; the fact is. Mr. W oodbury has inserted these ten articles into! the Act of- 1828, and assigned them duties for the purpose of making a compari son between the; two acts; he im tnakes the act of 1828, ami then compares its with the act of 1842- what co you think of such conduct?" i ' ' , ; The loco took the 'Act of 1823, read it over very carefully, could fmd nothing about ihe. ten articles, appeared much confused, and remained silent. 1 . , . "Now," said I,5 "the eight, other articles (silks, steel; glass, glass 'hottles, cottons, woollens, cotton bagging and molasses,) are included in both the acts; but 1 will show you, that even here Mr. Wood bur has com mittcd gross errors, u Here are copies of the two ads, examine them, and you jvlll find the followinr far I . . - ' " J The duty on !7&r byfthe act of 182V isl 25 per cent, on the foreign ccst npt froir 30 to 60 per cent as Mr.; Woodbury say The duty is for revenue not protection theje whence theygobserved the enemy, who halted about two hundred bridge, for the nurnose of ronklno- Tk. officer ad vihee.l towards the bridge re- mnnmlra init u-tian ..til.!. 'i - m FKED MOOKE; oNG OF THE AsSO ClATE JUDGED OF THE SUPREME j COURT OF THE IhMTED ST A I Among the eminent men, whose eral mrinnit n....u:.u.l liiiesWe been j developed and brought Zm W ,c f f"0r' 0neof ilito .eiio by ,tirl,L (hm . JL w hm the officer sWonger clai.u to)he admiration and grati itolW'C tWeof postertyh,n Ai:EDIoonE-Uie 1 '"evitably have destror subject ofahii memoir, i V : ed lm, but the prompt interference of t .-l . . '. . I. rtn . . .i . V h captain, i 'I cannot " said hi: -... lyrsrcui iruirr a i.iib ot illUiriOllS anceslOM, (..n .i, ... i j . r V - , i ' " is creditable only ! to a man whor has found Z.rZ "'nu treeit consent so' ll liiuiiaiiib uiiii iu llldll niiU. 43 IOUIIU m-r...JmU tl ' - . . ' i . . " iViheir meri.i i.iceiveIo in.hoarfable ?" "fi ,? dlul Ji.l-- rvmt 1 : -A u.l.x. .r 1 meet him in he field with half Ii rnk. course ui iiic, bi.m nas iueiire leu Dimseil u... wrti,i !i - i , " " Hf I. u .1 ' ! m. i1 ,. it ! . . ! I nut il would degrade us to the lavm f i,;m rtloil cri'd In llm iirniin1nii fli.hiira nf ...... - . V " ,u "C level Ol nlm tmiiate his . savage; mode of pledged tojhe serupnlqus discharge of every if .La . , duty, and the anjtious'culiivation I of every it..;-. u-.L. u- '..u . wanare. s viiiue. uni iu nun wuu uas ijaftssu luroiiim I . i. - .1 t . lire, ia the neglect of the high obligations Cr L T f jby -Major hich he owes t his country and fellow 1" ;.-theje.pt ain; and Citizens, a ditinguished lioeage i, an added ,ilmU h.'T ' hltfrrlh een tin- opprobrium; the 'virtues of his ancestors, ln "V h"veyed. an ofier to Captairr thiow hiwn vice, intb stronger relief; ami VZ!Si?? rion his properly, we all delonjthe contamination of a name, ;J 1 iC;" I10 ant remain inactive.: i. .itf i . . .! be answer ivhich' he nrnmnil.r.i....j cu your commander that J cannot Wll. ' long revered amongst men for the benefits it Had conlerred nri the human race. With a full conviction that the life of jMr. Justice Moore will bear a comparison with that ol any of his ancestors, we may mention that he was descended from an ancient Irish family, of which the Marquia of Drogheda is the present neatl; I is great grand father, the first of lh familv whn ram in A m.riot .i j r .-r' . I coneeirf d iKanl J.nf',UA iv.il...i was appuuueu yovernor.oi Carolina in liUd I .' ' .. wu. , . uiioul any anl discharged that trust, in periods of great Pfuaary resources, sometimes without food, civil contention,' with singular prudence and and almost destitute of coTeriog; toro frocv be corrupted into indiHerence forj my cdnn ty, that I will st.uggle:in her,deienee as long as f can gel five men to 4.rch with me." 1 .'''"!' j." , r "His suflTeringa during" the Whole of thaV -loomy period; ! while the British were in possession of Wilmirigton, may be better 1 I I H i t F I ' i i r - t i t r-- t 1 VV3- ! r m n.. ; : tti' ri rfil -v'iN!-;' "! r.t njU :"' ! '
The Oxford Mercury, and District Telegraph (Oxford, N.C.)
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Aug. 23, 1844, edition 1
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