The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-06

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! The following memorial 10 tie Legs
laiure NJ North CaEOlina, in opposition
% The di,isian Of Oange county. is ID
eiIeulaiion for signsiures; ne puhlish IL
BY request. FOR The information Of our CT
linens generally.
TO the Hc1ao,aEle fhe General .7sssmEly
Of North Caroline.
The undersigned. inhabitants Of The
county oi Orange, beg leave mOstrespeei-
fally 10 represent 10 your honorable body,
That al the last session of the General
Assembly an attempt Was made 10 pro-
cure the passage Of an act 10 divide The
county Of Orange, by running line north
and south from 4 point nine miles due
west from Ilillsborough, and to form that
portion Of the county west Of that line
ini0 a new and separate county. The
Legislature rejertsd the proposition al
that time; but the undersigned regret TO
learn that sn effort is making 10 press the
consideration Of That suhjeel again an the
attention nj The General Assembly, by .
portion Of the renple residing est Of lie
nine mile line aforesaid.
The undersigned would rery respect
fully present 10 Your honorable body
some uf the reasons which, in their OPT
MON, ought 10 induce the Legislature %
reject the application for the diyisinn OF
Orange into two counties. States are d.
,i!ed into counties for the purpose rf The
mnre convenient election Of representa-
lives 10 Congress and to the State l.egis-
laiure; the assessment and collection Of
revenue; and the administration OF JUS
iice, by the organization of Courts Of Re-
eorIl.l.sw aud Equity. Tha, these should
be so formed. in extent Of territory as
well rs in population, as best 10 Obtain
the objects and design contemplated. j. a
sclf.eyident proposition that al must adj
init. II is also admitted that counties
should not be formed Of such large ex-
tent nf territory as TO put the people TO
great inconvenience and expense 10 at
tending the Courts of Justice; nor so
small as TO defeat the great objects Of
their formation, the impartial aGminisirai
lion Of Justice.
The county Of Orange. in the early for
nation Of this government, contained a
vast ex.enl of territory. from which all the
adjoining counties have been, in whole
or in part, formed, until il has been redu-
ced 10 lis present size. II is an oblong
square. being about 42 miles from east 10
west, and 90 miles from north to south.
Hillsbornugh j. not in the centre. but is
about Is miles from its eastern boundary.
and "a miles from its western boundary
IL is subdi'ided into eight townships, or
districts for the assessment and collection
Of taxes; and into sixteen precincts, or
election districts, for the convenient ex-
ercisc uf the right of suffrage.
Al the late election, Orange gave l42S
senatorial votes. There are six Courts
in year, and ihiriy-six jurors are sum
moned for each Court, requiring 2l6 iu.
rors each year. There being i42s free
holders is the county, it will be seen that
citizen Of Orange is only required to
serve on jury but once in six years, and
but six tim,s in a life Of sixty years. II
will thus appear tina, il il he some incon-
yenierce TO a few citizens TO travel from
twenty TO twrn,y-sevcn miles to Court, 1t
is but once in six years that they may be
called on tn make that sacrifice.
The undersigned believe that they have
long enjoyed. and continue TO enjoy,
great advantages from the size. wealth,
population and intelligence Of Orange.
From the size and wealth Of the county,
il has required but a very ligh, levy Of
taxes to pay the county charges. In the
administration al justice. upon which The
lives, the property, and character Of the
cilizen depend. they are happy 10 say.
that no county in the state, nay. no coun-
~ in the tWcniy.six states Of this Union.
can boast of more fair and more able and
more impartial trials BY jury Than can the
old county Of Orange. This great and
inesiimable advantage, the undersigned
attribute not TO vain and arrogant con-
eeit Of themselves, nor TO belief that the
people of Orange are more virluous or
more wise Than The people Of other coun-
ties; but they attribute il To he exien, "l
territory. The jurors when assemblies
are from all parts Of the county; portion
Of them. a, least, are strangers 10 the suit
ors, aud have neither psrtlalities nor pre-
JUDGES 10 overcome in rendering their
yerdicis. No one man can have such in.
fucnce in this county as To eilec, the ho-
nest opinions 81 our jurors. IL rarely
happens with us that justice is delayed
by hung jnries or misIrisls. Can the
small counties in the state say as much!
We venture to say tina, they cannot. ln
small counties every suit Of Importance
becomes ,npic With every citizen: sides
arc taken. aud opinions formed aud ex'
pressed, aud prcjudicess and par'iali'ies
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