The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-05-11
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R0IIND ROBIN.

One of the best legal stories We know ol
is that of Round ROBIN, as II IS iamillarly
called 10 the lower.clrcuits OF North
Carolina, and owes It's hunor to the very I
fertile and cultivated mind OF a lawyer who
is still alive but IN dlstan, Western State.
All the lawyers attending court about the
wear 1920 boarded at the House of Mr..
$, who at the beginning OF his HE
as publican was assIduous and proyident,
but riches multiplied and Boniface became
law crusty and parsmonioOs. HIS accom-
modations, as they are usually, from being
the very best, had by degrees degenerated
into the very worst IN the whole country.
THIS vas borne with muiterings from time
TO time until 10 a fit of desperation, the
whole fraternity of lawyers, after mature
dehberatlon 10 Congress assembled, Resulv.
ed to quit the house and 90 TO another IN
the same village. The duty OF announcing
the separation was devolved upon the gen.
tleman above specified, who wrote the fol-
loving, and sent II to the Landlord, signed
with the names Of all the decdents IN a
round ring below:
A DECLARATION.
When IN the course of human events,
il becomes necessary for half hungry,
half fed, imposed 90 set of men, to dissolve
the bands of Landlord and boarder, de.
cen, respect for the OPINIONS of manknt,
requires that they should declare the caus
es which have impelled them 10 the sePa'
raiion.
We bold these truths to be self evident
that all men are created with mouths and
bellies: and that thew are endowed BY
their Creator with certain unalIenable rights,
AIMING which. IS that no man shall be com
PEELED to starve, Out Of mere conplaIsance
10 a Landlord; and that every man has a
right 10 Gil his belly and vet bis whistle
with the best that's going.
The history Of the present Landlord Of
White Lion Is history Of repeated IN.
suits, eSacuons and njuries, all having 10
direct object the establishment Of absolute
tyranny over their stomachs aud throats.
To prove this let facts be submitted to a
candid world.
He has refused to keep any thing 10 drink
bu, ball faced whlskey.
He has refused to set upon his table fol
dinner, any thing but turnIp soup With Z
little bull beef and sour circuit, which are moi
Wholesome aud necessary for the public
good.
He has refused to let his only seryan
blink eyed Use put more than SIX grams 0
coff.s TO one gallon Of water.
He has turned lonse multitude Of fla
and swarms Of bed hugs, To assali Us IA III
peaceful hours Of The night and eat our sub
stance.
lie has kept up 10 our beds and bedstead
standing arules Of these merclless savage
with their scalpiDg knives and tOmahawk:
whose rule Of warfare IS undlstngulshe
destruction.
H. has excited domestic Instruction a
mon - Us. by getting drunk bcfpre break
fast AID making hts wife and servant 80 5e
fore dpner whereby there Is olteu the de
wi 10 pay.
He has waged cruel war against na,ur
hersrIf by feeding our horses with brool
$, aw; and carrying them off to drunk wher
swine refused to waIlow.
He has protected one eyed Joe IN hi
yilIanv. 10 the robbery Of Gus Jug, by pre-
TENDING TO give him mock trial, after shai
ing with hlin the spoil.
He has cut off our trade with for"lg
ports aud brought ~ his ball faced Win
kew, when se sent hrn to bus better llqua
abroad, and with a perfiy scarcely para
leled in The most barb tfaDs ages. he ha
been known 0 drink our foreign spirits an
6l our bottles with the most dire portion
H. hos imposed taxes upon ~, to 40 I
nor nous afnGau'. against our consent, AZ
without anv rule bu, his own arbitrary WI
and pleasure.
A landlord whose character "a thus marl
ed by ev nv act "hich NAV define ryrar
and a mlser. Is uuff 10 keep a boardrn
house for Cherokee iadans.
Nor have We been wanflog IN orr alier
,;ops 70 Mrs. $. or Ms, Silly. "
have appealed TO their native justice al
mssuan,mry, we have conJnred them 10 a
ter a state Of things which ~"uld lnevr'ab
interrupt our connection and corresponding
They, too, have been deaf to the voice