The North-Carolina standard., 1843-08-02

Z The Person who had got this Law. Book. be-
inc half Owner of it. had it at Court, and II was
handed about among the People; which the 9TH
er Owner knowing of, and being one of the Court,
and on The Bench at that Time came Immediately
out of the Court, and calling his Partner in the
Book, to one side, earnestly desired him to keep
the knowledge of the Book being handed about
among the People, q secret from the rest of tie
Court. The other replies, have given such a
caution already to them to whom lent the Book,
for see kdU matters stand among HOu." BY
which he meant that an honest Man could hard.
.ly live among them. The reason of the above
Caution was, the Magistrate. who was part Own
&. er of the Book. knew that F------g and the rest
OF the Court could tell who lent his Book to the
People because they knew who had and who
had not these Books; there being but very few
of them suffer'd to go into the Country and these
only into the Hands of them who were knO,on by
the Junto. Though they were sometimes mista-
ken, yet they cured the mistake as soon as posi-
BILE; therefore it was, that the Magistrate, part
Owner of the aforementioned Book, was for his
kind Office, turned ont of Commission. And this
accounts for what was said before of F----si in,
huence with the Governor 1t shows also how
very. careful the civil Officers to make the
Law Secret; and this may account for what the
People say of a M1son Club, whose system is Sc
crecy. 2. 2. .c' .-a, 49, -.'-
About this Time, an Act of Assembly pass'd,
the Ol easy
possible; in Consequence of which the Sheriff OF
Orange County ADVERTISED as follows. viz, "Where-
as, by late Act of Assembly, the Sherifs of the
several Counties in this Province, are obliged TO
attend at five different Places in their County, at
least two Days at each Place. at some time be-
tween the first Day of January, and the first Day
Of March, in order to reccire the publick County,
and parish Faxes
hereby inform the County of Orange, that l
intend TO comply with my Duty in attending ac-
. cording to Law, at Times and Places hereafter to
be ADVERTISED; and that every Man who fails pay
ing their Dues, at these Times and Places, is, by
the same Law, obliged to pay me TrO ShilLlngS
and eight Pence extraordinary: which Sum |
shall demand, without respect to Persons: where
of every one concerned is desired to take notice.
And should any Person imagine, that it is
sufficient if they have the Money ready, when or
my Deputy comes for it. advise them TO be pro-
vided with Tro ShiLLings and eight Pence for the
Visit. From their humble Servant,
TYREE HARRIss.
The remark Of a certain Inhabant OF Orange :
County on the above Advertisement was, Every
one could see how insulting this was as we'll as
an attempt to make Asses of us; for no one but v
had Sense enough to know this Law cal u
culated for the Sherfs ease; and instead of being
so careful to Word his Advertisement that the l
Sheriffs obliged to attend" he might have Il
said, The Asses obliged to bring their Bur s.
dens to him. in order that one of the Deputies +.
might ect the whole sitting at ease, in five Pla-
ces only"
Thus were the People Of Orange insuled by
he Sheriff. robbed, and pundered by Bombs, neg =,
ected and condemned by their Representative, ~
and abused by the Magistracy obliged to pay
Tax which they believed went to nrich, and b
iggrandise few, who lorded It over them con- az
inually; and from all these Evils they saw no m
way 10 escape; for the Men in Power, Legisla- :.
ion were the Men whose interest it was to oppress, s
md make gain of the Labourer. 81
While the People were in this situation Ru- M
nour spread That the general Assembly had vo- de
ed Fifteen Thousand Pounds to the Governor, for .,
he Purpose of building him House, afterwards -
allied Palace" And that the said Sum was to y
e added to the Taxes already complaind OF, and at
aised from the People. 1t is said, ga Rumour br
'as spread" &c. because the People were to be in
ept in ignorance, otherways they perhaps might =
rove refractory and unwilling to bring their Bur Gu
ems, &c. w
All these accumulated Expressions staring the fiji
eople ia the Face at once, they were ':made mad CO
and if it be true that Oppression makes wise ~,
Ian mad" shall WONDER that grievances and 8
,Iterated Expressions so wrought upon the Peo- u
lie Of Orange County as to give Rise to that op tn
osition, which at first was called by Col Fig be
nd his" The Mob, and which afterwards
ok the Name of " the RcguLators'
This was a considerable Time after they, W ho P
I'd endeavoured to confer with their Representa- pr
res, had been disappointed, and laid aside all We
oughts of relieving themselves, by moderate and
institutional Measures, therefore, this took the wh
anne of /" the New Association - it began in !1 pr'
erent Settlement Neighbourhood, from the sce .,.e
rmer ; though, in their proceedings they re- hin
I'd to the conduct Of the RemonstYaRts and ad-
'eSSoTs- ,
Into this Association the People enter'd by Hun
eds: and it spread every way like "Wild-fre," VOL
TIL after sometime, it reachd Sandy Greek Set lns
meu;, where the principal Men, concerned in Iy
e former Agreement, Proposals, &c. to the Re san
liv'd from whom this new Associa- &C.,
N met with some Opposition--because, as they 'ei
y " it was too hot and rash and in some things anc
legal, that is, in some things unconstitutional die
This opposition abated their heat little in con- and
Iuence of which, the New Association and the tho
ndy Greek Men held Meeting, by appoint ::
mt at which the Association was prevaiId up III
by the others, to censure the Articles they had cla
md and into which they had enterd, as is said the
ore, by Hundreds" )" and to agree to New set flea
Articles-from which they took to themselves bo
Name of Regulators only from the de- U0
red purpose of their union, but from their Reg DC
ting their mode of Union. altering their Art- all
3 of agreement, &c.
For the Readers satisfaction the Article. both tho
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