The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-04
O.. lr.f VOLUME IX,--NUMBER946 9466R .f4uJD
TERM S--ss PERiANN,UNF, /, p
PAYABLE. IN. N'.ADHANCE., III

is, one Magistrate was dismissed from the COR =
mission for favoring the People it is certain th;
many were deferred from the discharge of their
Office in suffering the People 10 attest to their
| grievances, and from aiding them therein This
matter was mentioned 10 his Excell hcy BY one of
the committee of the People; and he. said at
wns a weak thing in the officers TO do 500. But
there happeDedto be one who hittcd the agsriev-
ed People; and TO film the Gov himseif"so
talked as that he afterwards, like the rest rtfnsed
to attest or to administer the oath TO the People"
And therefore, say the People, We Moio had
very little good opinion Of the '5oEerhor' 80.
The Governor, in what has been called his de-
claration of Wasaganst the People, says that be
esteens it his dhty 10 provide for the safety Of The
Government, &c. This f1c did by raising Troops,
and eanlnnih sllen about in different Towns, for
the declared purpose of defending his Maesty's
Courts of Justice from insults This would have
been prudent step in the. Gov had there Been
any danger. But when we look at tacts, we are
made to believe, at least to suspect, some 'Othr
reason for raising this formidable arrnaluent, In
the heart of the country. fPhe Regulators did
not threaten the Court: 1t is true they ihandlef
few Lawyers, Clerks Shefifs,, Bombs, SC, with
some Roughmess; but they, never imagined that
thereby they INsULTED HIS MgisStyS }SApefior-
Court of Justice When the Officers; and Law
yers, injured the People, the Gov told them the
laws of their Country were their security ana
that they had their actions Why did not the
Gov tell the Lawyers SC, the same story, when
the People, robbd, insuled Knocked and every
way abused by petty f6ggers, and a ''swarn Of
caterpillers," gave these pests Of soccty'the de-
merit of their crimes: In this case the fstws
were not sufficient without Guards and Main
Guards, and Centres, &c This one fact might
support suspicion that the Gov. had something
more in view, in raising Troops and garri<onihg
Towns, than meerly to defend the Court from IN
H.
Excellency's conduct, we will subjoin the follow.
ing anecdote; viz In Salisbury, little before the
Court, orders issued to raise Troops, for the pdr-
pose, as was pretended, of guarding the Court at
the Court these Troops were SO disposed of as
that no Man could como to the Court without pass
ing Ccnnels by whom every Man, whom they
suspected, was examined what his business was
and all who ''dared to own ':that ii 10 com
plain of Officers" were i'll used by the Guards,
and threatened, and put in fear: SO that many, by
this means, were driven home others, who disrc~
garded the threats and insults Of The soldiers were
ordered out Of Town by the commanding officer,
and obliged to goat a few minutes warnfng; In
short none were allowed TO stay IN Town bus
those who were under Recognizance, or other
ways bound to appear at Court And Of these it
is said that they could not get an attorney to APP
pear for them, unless they gave bonds for sums
from fifty TO three hundred pounds" And, in
deed, the accounts given of the wholecconduct Of
this Court, are exceeded by nothihg since the
DAVIS OF THE STAR-CHAMBER except it be hy
the following fact, exhibited in the county, where
Eanning had the direction of affairs. o. ..a-ceea
On the Morning of the second day of May
1868 about twelve Men all arnd with guns ami
pistols, entcr'd the house of Mr. Herman Hus-
band, through the back door; One of them inn
mediately laid hold of said Husband, saying,
you are the Kings PrisonerI" For what2
asked Husband On suspicion Of being concern
ed in the Mob, replyed the Captor; and imme~
diately hurried him off, not suffering him to take
leave of his Family. In trave Hing a little dis.
tance from Husbands house they fell in with
Tanning, who waiting for them, who treated
the prisoner with contemptuous RiGieule. Thus
escorted they arrived at Hillsboropgh, where Hus-
band, and Butler, whom we have mentioned be-
fore, weIe put into FoIt, nlourNcd with swivel
Guns, under a strong Guard. From this place
of confinement after a few hours, Husband was
taken before a Majis;ratc, who charged him as
follows, viz 'sSomcbody hath informed against you
that there is cause Of suspicion, of your having Il
hand in the Mob" Husband denied the charge;
then Col. Tanning being called, and sworn, said
" that he (Fanning) formerly received paper;
summonng him to appear at a Mill, and he
thought it was Husbands hand wrng", And
further, That he had received Papers from the
Mob which referred to that paper" ,trs- g..
Then was Thomas Hogan sworn, who sid,
that Husband had confessed he had been at some
meetings of the Mob Upon this, said Husband
was committed close prisoner to the common Jail;
where he continued ill about midnight, when he
was taken out, and tied with hands behind his
back, and set on horseback, and tied with feet
under the body of the horse, and led away, with
design as they said, who were the ministers Of
this cruel treatment, to hang him, without judge
or jury. Husband, alarmed at this, desired to see
Col. Tanning Tanning came, and asked where
fore he had been sent for Husband answered,
If you will release me, and set me frees I will
promise not to concern myself any more, whether
you take too large fees or not" Upon which,
Tanning says you must. promise Never to give
your opinion of the Laws never to assemble your
self among the People, never show any jealous
les of the Officers taking extraordinary fees that
if you hear any one speaking dasrespeetfully
of the Officers or limiting jealouses, Respecting
their fees, you will repIove and qautionthem that
you wllIteil the People you are satisfied hllTax-
cs are agreeable to Law, that you will do every
thing in your power to moderate and paeify the
People" AL which Husband promised; aEledgr
ing; in his own favor that Daressc excused him
from obligation. Hereupon having entered into
recognizance, and given bail, Husband wis suffer-
ed to return home A few days before the follow
ing Court, at which Husband was 10 be try'd, it
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