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

ia@ss VOC wrfe saeh things anlwrstrd, III
sould be betlrr % DE II defrnes a ear
privileges Than 10 prrish lcr .sni Of ne
means Of subsissBee. Boz az thfse pssc.
iires are contrary b las. 10 is osr duly 10
PEI fiep 70 then before they quite rain
esf eDsotry. or Ihsi Ss beesme wiling
slaves 10 thrse lssirss wfetehrs, aud hpa
Our chains Of bord.gs. and remsn con-
ienied under thess acrumulmed ealsmi.ses
oh. gentlemen. | hope besIsr things
Of you. | believe there are bui lew Of
yo1 but has 6 IL he weight of those iron
6sis. And hope there srenone Of you
Etui Hill lend . hand towards Bringing
about This necessary sork; snd IN order
10 bring u about silefiBslly. ne mu,t pro
esed wmh eireunspseIion; Lotiesrfui. bel
careful.
.lsl. let US be esfeipIio keep sober.
-nor do HUIhIng fashiy,-bui art with
dslibeisiion.
.2dIy. LET us DO nothing sesint ths
known established laws Of cuf land. that
ss appear not % faction. 1endsssorine
10 ssbysr the Laws. and oserIutn die sys
ten efosr governmens-but le, us take
ere 20 appear what really We are. Tree
subjects BY b,s,h. .eHdesyouring b rero-
yer our losi native rights. OF reducing ihs
nslprseiicss oi The sfiirsrs Of our Court
down 10 ths standard % our law"
This paper was large. and deserved 10
have been printed 81 isngth. bp, my sbili.
" would not siord IL. ID sss tlaied.
{" Nvlbnsb. Granville county, The 6lh Of
June, Ammo Don. l765."
And slough vas The adjacent corniy
20 OfsRee, vet he fifst that ever we heard
u il ~ss in 1867 Al COR August Cour,. Al.
YER We had uied 10 plesd our own csuee
u The bar against exior,inn. Then some
persons who lived adjoining Granville
line lald 10, they feared that matter would
ruiz some Of %. for that just such ease
had been undertook in Granville comfy
some years ago. and Ina, they were al ls~
abou, tito iha. day. And By wha, have
since learned. The method they proceed
ed 10 wss by pe,,tioning the Legislative
body sgainst the mslpraciices Of The Of.
icers meniinned 10 the paragraphs cited.
And thtreupon the officers sued the cub
,eribers for libel; indicted the author Of
The paper, and imprisoned him: sbieh
la~-.pils have remained TO this day.
BrannswicE . Cumberland an and some more,
bad wholly declined paying taxes as ear
ly ss 1855. IL not belore. as nearly as |
could collect accounts: but the Govern
m-n, made no noise sbout all this hll
Orange could no longer be Kept quiet
Who ne,eI had know ledge Of The dlssaiis.
lacuon Of these counties; So that tie thing
did not spread by industry Of any in
propaga,ing or communicating the griev
ances, but the same cause naturally pro.
duced the same effect.
But now | shslI drop other counties
aud begin with 0,ange. having. ssf said
before, as perfect 3 knowlvdge Of the
whole proceedings as any one man in the
province.
Sometime in the latter par, Of Sum.
mer, in the year 1866, at an fnIerlol
Couit in the county Of Orange. . paEel
Was presented and read To The represen'
istves and magistrates Of the county. Al
follows, viz.
Whereas .ha. grea, good nay come o
this great designed evil, the Stamp Law
while the sons OF liberty withstand tn,
Lords in Parliament, in behalf Of iru,
hber,y,--I.es not officers under them car
ry Oh urjust oppression IN uur owu prov
lnct; in order thereto. az ihere Is man.
evils OF that nature complained Of in thi
county Of Orange in private amongst th
inllab,t.n,s, Therefore. let US removv
III, m;--or il there 10 no cause, let us re
move The jeslous,es gu, Of our minds
Honest rulers in power will be glad 4
see US examine this matter freely. An
! certainly there is more homes, men thai
rogues;. yet rogoes ,s harbored suong u
sonnet mes aimos, publickly.
Every honest nan is willing to Civ
part Of his subs ance 10 support rulers
aud laws, to save The other part iron
rogues; aud il is his duty, as well as rgh,
To see and examine wheh such ruler
abuse such trust; otherwise that part 8
given may do more bur, than good.
Even IL we were all rogues, in ths
case weJcould not subsisl; bu, would b
obliged 10 frame laws 10 make ourselve
honest. And the same reasoning hold
good sgains, the notion Of M ,son clut
"Tius, though il (meaning justice
mus. be desired by oil, or ths gres,e.
number Of men, yet when grievances I
such publick nature are no, redressed, III
reason 10, every body's business is nc
b"ly's. Therefore. the following prop,
sal Is submitted to the pubI,ck. 10 wit; Ii
each neighborhood throughout the count
NEE, together, and appoln, one or moi
mrn to attend general meeting on til
Monday before mex. November Coa'
al suitable place. where there is no /
our, Cat Maddock's MIL. IL M objection
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