The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-23

theaselHes apiray u he EutA. and Ihe
Heslera people eAnn0l Ear Re HesaiL
Way. -. y tlere - mnch suliling and
equiyoczsion y 81 oai u fhsi shameful
coal hose Atari Ii : he proposition
% give he coairarf y Capt Berry did
nss proceed lro.n Hllsb0roagh man. |"
as il nos sanclioned BY Hllsborongh
men. who made up half az The c0mmis-
sionesi Why not come cat wilh his
nameg l. 4 NOT prOpeF llal The pubic
should know 81 about iss
There ) 10 controversy with you. Mr..
EdilOr. and you are n0s required . be-
come he apolegist q lhose who have
been ready enough 70 asssil the motives
Of odhers. Nov Iei them cone OF and
tegl llle people Of Orange what were tleir
own motives.
TO show VOC tlnai your correspondent
MAS not smisiaken IN his allegation that
die central division question iras submit
led Al The instance q the people Of Hills
borough" say that | was in couEt Al
tl.e lime the order was made. and moved
thai the question % be submitted 10 ihe
people should be Diriion or no diUi-
sisn. This Vas opposed BY two lawyers
Of IIIllsborough, who procured ihe order
fsnird dirisioR o. 40 CENTRAL dirisi0n.
Whether or not they appeared As aiior-
neys Cor Inc town OF Tor themselves. | was
moi advised. II this be denied, | will
name the gentlemen. and furnish addition
ii and simple proof q the laci.
lis true t.la. tie wesl Ofange people
pa.lishcI circular two or three weeks
before The elrction, but very Few II any
copies Of il reached many and large por-
tons Of eas, Orange. have NO doubt a
great many men in The eastern part Of the
county never saw or heard Of il. Not 80
with the Marlborough circular. II was
freely and fully distributed. There was
another difference. The one from the
west contained nothing but the truth; the
other one or more deliberate and unblush-
inc falsehoods.
understand as soon as the court house
onler was passed, il was boasted, !. Nom
The county dirision Is dead" This rhe
people Of the west always knew to be the
object. and hence they resisted the on re-
peaicd attempts 10 get money appropriate
ed Cor that purpose.
If the people Of IIillsborough had been
disposed 10 extend little Of the sympa-
thy to the poor who live in the back
woods Of the west, which they are trying
to elicil for themselves, they might long
ago have hasked in the sunshine Of !. Old
Oranges" face, and the people Of The wesi
enjoyed their rights and privileges in !
new and smaller county.
Mr.. Editor, the order, or what is called
the order, to build new court house, il
not worth cent. II has no binding force
and the sheriff has no power, in my opin
ion. under il 70 collect copper from th'
people.
The law not only requires the presence
bnt il requires the "e0nsenf" OF majo
rity Of aii.the Justices Of the county 4
lay tax on the people. A majority Of
majority will not do.
The magistrates Of q county are sup
posed TO reflect public opinion, and III
General Assembly could never have in
tended to depart so far from tina. funda
mental principle which forbids the impc
siion Of taxes without the consent q
the people or their representatives" as b
give power to little more than fourth G
ihcm to lay taxes a, their will. lSco DE
claration Of Rights, sec. 10.
The absurdiiy of such a constitution
may be shown practically in this way
Suppose there are 100 magistrates in tn
county; so of them assemble at the coul
house, and, thinking themselves major
", they proceed and vote unanimously 10
new court house. II is then discovere
that they lack one Of majority. III
next day 20 others come in, and 70
those present the day before are abscn
The vote then stands 90 for and % again
il. Thus 90 can do to-day wha, 80 cou
not yesterday.
Such construction is not only absur
but it is contrary TO the spirit and mca
ing Of the law, and contrary TO connie
sense.
- The order for the other county tax
good. understand there was no dispu
about that.
Will you be kind enough to requi
those gentlemen who scnd-yoa commnr
cations on these subjects to put ths
names TO them!
- ~ SAM. l.. HOLT.
DIR. SAMUEL l.. HOLT.