New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-08
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The Constitution Of North Cs,olisa, sdoP'ea II
F76 and amended in 1895, presents some P-r'-
liar features which are worthy OF hos'ee.
lower House Of the Legislature 10 S''' e--'0,
H0as, Of Conenoss. elected oy
fssse; bat. in order to vote scf oehe"'' ~
meu,bsr al me .y,ey House. freeman mus. 'e
u,ssessea nj freehold OF ffiy acres OF !aHS. ON
xusr q, u NAV spsaar 10 political toeor1sts' Dc
hevs il viii De fougd ths; TIE ScE1aoe o'' oes'
more cesrraisy ultra Democratic ehan me h0o'e'
Ie,aminsd tho returns Of ;he popular votes i0f
members Of .hs Legisisoste i" l64O. ADD ioaoc
tia, ssrysr proportion Of tbs votes OF Tie Tree
hoIders were rives fcc The Loco-Ecco tlekets Than
Of ,hose Of the g,so2Ee Ell largo for the House OF
Commons, wh4st TIE RE joTity Of the "hig' @no
Cosservsrive. ras grsa.sr thaa IN he freehold
voses for Senator.
/, /. siso rascepgis3e o; proof tbsi nc Senate Of
she Stats q ,Ssu-Yer, ~os moro ssual'y Demo
Crate asjsc 10 Cd Cosatttosion. ~hen freehold
Ss.iiGca.iea sas l-4g.ted in voting Tor Senator'S,
,hsa ,ha ro7se Of a-ssra5iy IN the election OF
which 20 property qualification vas required
These are corioU, faet.. woioh might have ben
eos.3er.sl = grLy Of a chs pt-r in De IocqueviHs.
If the hsd been brought 10 the notce OF THAI as
riagu;s died writer Perhaps ne would have come
10 the conclusion that the possession OF nafnoet
Of acres Of land more or less, does not, in al
cases, bestow upon the posses,or an c1traord'naf!
degree Of intellect CT poli,l zeal knowledge
Fa-. long time altes he Erst settlement o. NORTH
cs-o,sns I, ras DO, ,hioly inhabited, and by people
who had .sls property, with hardly airy law or gov
s,,,neo, 10 protect them in what they had. As
coraoa;ous land grew scarce In the other colonies,
psople in Isw circumstancos observing thss conve-
aien, ands were TO be obssined easily in North
Carolina, we're induced plan, themselves there.
Others, who cav how they prospered, followed
their example. considerable number OF High
land Scotch and IRISH Protestant emgran,s settled
The country in the vicinity of FGyetispiAe be
Uoi,ed Brethren or Morayians, purchased trace
of 100 .0So scres, between the rivers Dan and
Aaakin, which they called Wachop,d or 1'raho'
eia, af,er the nam. OF an estate in Germany. M
uerous other emigran.s from England, Ireland
Wales and Germany gradually filed up the colony
and in 1893 the white population was $4,000
Ths total population in 1890 had increased to
3ss,9sl, ipelssdng ls0.57l slaves. The seat Of
government Of North Carolina was for many year,
a, Edenion, bet in 1871 was fixed at Raleigh, the
pEasens capital
Sourz CAaoLlkA- The early history Of South
Carolina being connected with tina, Of North Ger
DINA, ne have given come particulars respecting
Il, In GUT sketches of tina, Celony and now add
few others of interest aud importance. That germ
of civilized population which took root, Aouri.hed
and spread in South Caroline, wa. FIRST planted at,
or near Port Royal, in 1870, BY few emigran,.
from England, under the direction of William
Sayle, The FIRST Governor of the Province. Di. |
satisfied with that situation, they removed in 1917
60 the western banks Of Ashley River, ard there |
laid the fouadaiian OF old Cher!eston. The site |
being ipjudieious second removal took place te
the point formed by the confluence Of tho river, I
Ashley and Cooper. where, in 1850, the present
city Of CAaslessoa was commenced, and 10 one yea,
shirty houses were built. Neither tho number Of
fhesa Grst settlers, Ror their names, with the en-
esptien of William Sayle and Joseph West, have |
xseehea posserisy. They came from England 10 |
swo vssssls There 10 no evidence Of eny plan TO |
psocEe settlers Of any uniform description either
as % politics or religion, further than that de
cidsd preference was given to Professionals. The /
Inducements TO emigration were 90 many and |
so varioas, that every year brough, moro advensur
ers TO tho Province. Some were allured to it By |
rho prospect Of obtaining landed estates at an cas-,
rate. Others took refuge in it from the fowns OF
fortune aad the risor Of creditors. Restless sp.r
It's, fond Of rowing. were gradhed by emigration
and found in new country abundant scope to-
enterprise and adventure. The emigranis were
medley Of difieren, nations and principlos From
England tho Colony received both Roundhesd'
and Cayali err, the friends Of tbs Parliament end
thu sahsrenss 80 the Royal Family. Liberty Of
conscience, which allowed to every one oy the
Chaster. proved great encouragement to emigra-
zion.
Besides individual emisrants, the Colony fire.
quenly received greupea Of settlers, from various
9aosiyes. The Ara, Of these was the small Colon.
from Barbadees, in 1911, under the auspices OF
SIR John Ycsmans who had obtained large grant
Of land from the proprie,ors. With these were In
,roduced ,he first and for q considerable time, the
only slaves ,ha4 were in Caroliss.
In 1874, the Dutch COLONY at Nova Belgia, hav
ing bc. conquered by the English IN 1904, snd
oy them called New-iork, was ce-ed by treaty &c
the latter. Many Of the Dutch celonists, dissats
sod with their new masters. determined 10 emf
.,,,s. The proprie,ors of Carolina offered them
lsnds, and sen, tws shirs for their seeommode'
,;sp. which conveyed considerable number OF
,hs,, 70 the Lends allotted 10 them on The south
-, al. of Aah}ev river. They drew lois io'