The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-01

~ one who had or had not entered into the as.
sociation. And | suppose not near half the
inhabitants had at this lime entered into 1t.
This alarm Immediately so engaged al
most every man, woman ana child, that
by day light, next morning, some hundreds
were assembled near the town, which
number in an hour or two, increased &c
odds of seven hundred armed men; many
of whom had Travelled forty odd miles on
foot, some bare footed and some Cat least
one) had travelled thirty miles with hi.
shoes slip.shod; but the most part we're on
horseback. The whole was actuated by
what the World calls the Spirit Of Enthu-
slasm, for felt it myself as soon as came
into the Company it caiched every Man
good or bad, as Saul was catched among
the Prophets. A man Under the Opper-
alton of this Spirii, am certain, can dc
and undergo double what he can at auoth-
err Time. II is prodigiously dangerous TO
raise this Spirit, if it is nothing but Natu-
ral, as some imagine bu! | believed i. was
a Work of Providence, and therefore fear
ed no Evil.
The Governors Secretary met this Com.
pany in sigh, Of the Town But | have
10 observe, first, That both the Prisoners
had gwen Bail, and had met this Company
very early for we supposed the Officers
had got some Word OF their being on The
Road, as some Companies took up long be.
fore Day, near the Town,-or else the
Prisoners would. we suppose have been senl
TO Ncwbera, 200 Niles. This would have
been hard work, for the Inhabitants on the
East Side of the Town who we're also as
sembled in Companies, laying in Wait to
rescue the Prisoners among Inhabitants
who had not inlermeddled before. The Sc
cretary read the Proclamation and de,iv.
cred verbal Message, which he said he
had from the Governor, That if they should
assemble While he Was up, TO tell them, ii
they Would Petition the Governor, he
Would Protect and Redress them against
any unlawful Extor,ions, or Expressions of
any Officer or Officers 10 the County
Provided they would dispense and Go Home.
No sooner was The Word spoke, bu, the
whole Multitude, as with one Voice, cried
out, Agreed. That is all we want, Liber.
iy to Make our grievances Known.
1t is admirable the Qulckness of the Spi-
rit 10 People, truly engaged in Cause,
10 apprehend aud take any Thing offered
that in truth has Tendency 10 procure
Remedy We had fell ourselves shut out and
1~-;4 a aearng; and We sensbly felt the
Nhoie Sa'S --a Deslpa OF our Foe.
mics was 10 prevent our Cries f,o ON Reach.
ingr "a i ~ete, he Royal Ear; or. which
- Cesa.n, ~ legislative Body Of
A fatal Blow vas this 10 our A5ve,,
ries; bat they saw il DOT iii it was too
Late. Had not thus very Accident happen.
ed, We never could have had Hearing.
Aud TO mend the Mater, HE Secre,ary
vas so Pleased, that he had hi upon an
Eypedienl, to make Peace, that he seat Tor
some Bottles Of Vine, and with a loud
Voice, before Officers aud People, Repeat,
ed the Same Thing over and over, without
Variation, several Times; aud drank the
Wine as a Testimony OF Record, tina, such
an Agreement was made: and hat By ex
press 0fders from his Escelency.
The Joy that We returned Home with, on
this Occasion, was iHexpressib.e, for Men
can 'eei Things OF an oppressive Nature
-, Icy caas make appear; we could
P'aiAy ieei we sei~ debarred from Com.
planning We could feel we S..ad No, POI;
ton the Governor unless we let our ad,.,
sarles W ord the Petition. But now they
had tied themselves. We Immediately ad.
vertIsed the Agreement, and appointed a
Neeltng but lhis opened The Eyes OF our
Officers TO see their Mistake. | call il a
Mistake aud Accident, because the Govern.
OF denied Afterwards that be gave such Or.
ders, as viii be seen By in his Answer 10
our Petition though some who don't Ike
hln, think be deued it because he rued IT,
IL is beyond my Power TO describe the
Pains that was taken 10 Recall this Mis-.
take, unless was 10 Prut a Copy of all
their Letters, and as much Preaching and
Arguments as Man ccuId read in Week.
We were told 10 PLAIN Terms, and in Wri,.
ing, that no Petition could, nor would 90
down with the Governor, but such one az
hey bad Wrote for Us, IN which they made
rs say, We had thought the Officers wrong.
ed 1s but had nov iourd II was owing 10
some Mistake or Defec, 10 our Proceeding;
and told us. il We persisted Colonel Fan
alng would represent our Case 10 the Gov.
amor as High Treason, and not as a Riot,
and kept constantly tthis Work IN and
10 the Day appointed 10 meet, where and
when Merchant and Clergyman appeared
o Influence and figh,eu Us from Proceed
ng aud though they made the Work Ey.
FEEDING unpleasant, und nuch confused US
ret the following Paper was unanimously
# last agreed 70, ris.
To be Continued.
speech from Mr. Clay.