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

fN5 VI" 'uSS 'huS III slD-
stance:
poor man IS supposed 10 have given
his Judgment bond for five pounds and tins
bond is by his creditor thrown into Court.
The Clerk Of the county has To euler il on
the docket, aud issue execution, the WORK
Of one long minute, Tor which the poor man
has to pay him tho luiling sum Of lorty.one
shIllings aud tiYe-pence. The Clerk, ia
consideration he IS poor man, takes II out
IN work ut eighteen pence u day. The
poor man works some more than twenty.
seven days TO pay for this one minute 5
writing.
Well, the poor man reflects thus: At
this rate, when shalll get to labour Tor my
family J have o wife and parcel u sEall
children suffering at bone, AMI here have
lost ~hole month, aud don't know for
what's Tor my merchant IS as far from be
lug paid YET as ever. However will 20
home now, and try and dc what can
Stay, uei,hbor, ou have not half done yet,
there is a id lawyers mouth TO stop get /;
for you impouercd han 10 confess that
you owed this five pounds, aud you have
th,hy shlllings 10 pay hun for that, or 20
aud work ninety days more; and then you
must work as long to pay the sheriff for his
trouble and thea you may go home and
see your horses and cows sold, and all your
personal estate, for enc tenth part Of the
. value to pay of your merchant, And last,
~, II ihe debt IS 50 great, that oil personal
estate viii no, 10 10 raise the nancy, which
is no, 10 be had. then goes your lands the
same Nay to satisfy these cursed hungry
caterplllats, that Will ca, on, the very bowels
OF our commonwealth, II Il.cy ore not pulled
down from their nests IN a very short time.
And What need, say, 10 urge a re:orna
iicn. Ii these lhlnss were absolutely &C
corl,ug 10 lo~, II ~cte enough 70 make Us
,hroS 81 all submisson TO such iytIunca.
laws; for wero such things tolerated, il
would be better to dis III defence OF our
. privileges than 10 perish for want oil the
means Of subsistence. But as these pfac
tees are contrary 10 law, It's our ddty &c
put stop to them before hey quite rum
our country, Or that We become wiling
slaves 10 these awloss wrelchcs, aud hug
our chains Of bondage, aud remain coulcn
ted under these accumulated calami'les.
Oh, gentlemen, hope better !hlnss Of
you believe there are bat tew o. you
but has fcIt the weight Of those lfou vs.
Aud | hope there are none Of sou but NIL
lend a hand t04ards bringing about tais
necessary work aud ia order - bflns IL
about ciisctua'iy, We must proceed wllh CIR
cumspec,ou not leattul, buI careful.
1T. 1t Is Be careful 20 keep sober,
nor do nothing rash'y,-bai act With DO.
liberation.
IDLY. Let rs 10 uo;hing against the
known established laws Of cur hLt, that
NC appear not IS fiction, cndeasofins TO
subycrl the law. and oyeriun tie g stem
Of our government but III rs take care
10 appear What tetliy VIC are, free subjects
by birth, cudcaHofin. % recover our lost
native rights, Of rctuling - malpraciices
Of the officers Of our Court dp.4 10 the
standard Of our law
This pap4r was large and deserved =,
have been prtalod q, length, but my aO1.ltl
would not Afford it. Il was dated, !" Nut
bush, Granville county, the Oh OF June
Ammo Dom l765"
And though il was tho adJrcent COUNTY
10 Orange, Vet the first that ever VIC hear
of II vas IN 1867, q, our August Court, al
ter we had tried to plead our own cause .
1 the bar against extoftion. Then som
r persons Who lived adjoining Granville I'm
tuld Us .hey feared that matter would ful
. some Of US, FOR tha, llsi such case ia
been undertook 10 Granville county som
, yoars ago, aud that they were at law aool
! i, 10 thai day. And by what have slnc
learned. the method they proceeded IN w
4 by petliioning .he legislative body AGAIN
a the malpractices Of the officers mentione
4 in the paragraphs cited. And ihereuPt
4 The officers sued the subscribers i'F libe
! indicted tho author Of the paper, aad ~
pusoncd hun: which lawsuits have r
= NAMED TO this day.
There we're other counties, such
!, Brunswick, Cumberland aud some NOR
- had wholly declined paying taxes as car
- as 1866, if not before, as nearly as con
collect accounts b1, the Government mat
Of no noise abo1, oil this I'LL Orange could
Of longer be kept quiet who never nj
r, knosledpe Of the dissatisfaction OF ire
CT counties so that tho thing did not spre
BY Industry of any in propogaiing OF COZ
J." munlcating the grievances but the sat
cause naturally produced the same effect
W Bat now | shall drop other counties q
Sc begin with Orange, having, as | SAID oeio
as perfect a knowledge OF The whole p'
or ccedings as any one nan IN The province
or. Sometime 10 the latter part OF SUNNI
II, IN the wear 1896, al an Inferior Court
-, the county Of Orange, paper was pfeSe
,r ed and read TO the representatives ana III
no is,ra,es Of the county, as follows, W.
e, No /.
~ " Whereas that great good may come
this p,cat designed evil, the Stamp II
ol whue the sons Of liberty withstand
&C. lords in Parliament, in behalf OF true III
lb' Vie, not officers under them carry
sh unius, oppression in our own province
f'' order thereto, as there is many evils OIL
nature complained Of 10 this county 0.