The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-08

eonnly lsbssr uader any abuses of Psw-
e o. n0s and lac me sane be n0llhed in
writing. Il sny y found. and The msil.f
FREELY convened spon, and proper nss.
ssrrs ssed for smendmeni.
This method . III esrssiniy essns Ibs
sirked men In power 70 iIentie; and
there Is 90 dsnsge eau ssisnd seeh q
nesiins, soI nothing binder u t1, seow-
srdly dai.s6ly spns: Which Il il does.
~ lhis lime. while liberty prevails. we
must sstler and gruaable under sny -
baes Of power aonnl sueh noble spirit
prevails in our pastrri,y; fof. ,ake this as
. nsxsm. that ~hils aen are msB, though
yos shosld see nj those soas Of liberty
sho hss juu now redeemed ss. from
iyfshhy) SET IN Offices. and vsslfd siIh
pawer. they would soon corrupt again
aud Cypress. IL they were NOT called sp-
% 70 give an accouhi d their steward
slip"
This paper being pshi~kly read 81
Court, in audience Of our chefs. Mr..
Loyd, one Of our assembly -mtn, declsr-
81 bis spIrobsiion Of IL. and The fsst &C.
knowledged ii ~ss reasonable. And Lloyd
altered the day Of meeting 70 the 10Th Of
October; and we being .lhss encouraged.
several r,ghbuIhoods held arsnnga and
eoniuneiis,iy drew uP the following pa
per.
No. III.
.Ai q meeting Of the neighborhood ef
Deep.Rrver. The 20lh Of August 1906
Unanimously ssretd TO sppoini W.
c. and W. NJ 10 siiend 81
general meeting on The 10Th Of October
II Msddock's mill, where they are Judi.
ciously 10 exsmine whether The 1Iernsn
IN Tins county lsbour under any abuses Of
power. and IN particulars 10 examine into
the publick tax, and inform themselves Of
every particular thereof. by whst laws
and Tor has uses 10 10 iald. in order 10 re-
move some jeslousies out 81 our minds.
:" And The representatives, sefry-men,
snd her pfficers, are lsques,ed 20 give
the members &C The sald meeting what
information and satisfaction they cam
so far as they value The good will oi eve.
~ honest freeboldpr. aud The executing
publ,rk offices, pleasant and deligh.-
some."
In pursuance hereof, about twelve men
met. but none Of the officers Appeared
ls.a--A4.-s--h-.--aA4-a<-
beforehand, ,hs, they would be aherr.)
Late in the day NJ. james Watson came
alone, and brought, word from Colonel
flaming, the other representative. that be
had always intended FULLY TO meet US. oil
q day or two ago he observed in one OF
our papers the word jud..lously,s which
signlied, be said, by Court Of Author
ity:--snd had some other objections, such
as The mill being no suitable place. And
concluding, that, 10 short lsays hey Co.
lionel Faning looks on II as an insurrec
ton. &c. &c.
Whsrsupon we. 10 Wstson's presence,
drew up the following paper, aud read II
10 him. desiring his Judgment aud be
said il was 80 just. aud reasonable. thai
no man could .objsc. ,oit; which was thus,
10 VII:
No. iii.
"Ata meeting of,he inhabitants ofO Orange
county, on The 10Th Of October, 1766
for conference on publick affairs with
our representatives. vestry men. &c.
"Ii was The judgment oil the said meet
ing. that. BY reason Of The extent Of tbs
county, no one mau in it, in genera
way, vas known by sbovs one tenth MAI
OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which reason
such meeting for publick and free con
! ference, yesily. and As ail-n as The cas,
may require, was absolutely necessary il
order to reap the benefit designed US 10
that part Of our Constitution OF choosing
representatives. and knowing for wha
uses our money is called Tor. We also
conceive such representative " ould fin'
himself III an infinite luss to answer ID,
design OF his constituents. il deprived o
consulting their minds in matters Of weigh
aud mtsnent.
"And whereas, at The said meeting
none Of them appeared Though we thinl
properly acquainted with our sppoin,men
and iequssn) ,ye,, as the thing is some
what new in this county (,hongh p,acn
) sed in older governmen,s) they might no
have July considered the ressensblcnes
Of our requests. ..
b" We therefore conclude, that IL the,
hereafter are inrl,uable Ia answer il, tha
We will attend them a, some other t,m
aud place, on their giving MS props
notice.
q at is also our judgment, that. on fur
I Their mature dei,bera,ion, The inhsbi.sn,
,, Of the county will more generally see III
necessity oi such a conference. and III
: number increase 10 favour Of IL, TO be con
tpued yesrIy." .s
A copy Of this was given to Mr.. Wa,
: sou, on his appreciation Of il: AMI he pro
missed to present each oil our representa-
nves with proper uanscripts;-which W
, make not the leas, doubt bas he compile
4 with. s, 49,