Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-12-11

Cape Fear. In 1929 when the Lords Pran,;lg
surrendered all their franchises acquired under y
charter of Charles the I'd to the English crown
cept Lord Granville, this State had three preciOa
LIST, the Albemarle; End, Bath; Sd, ClareOd.
The Albemarle is now nearly as it was then: ES
Bath sprang Craven, Johnston, &C., and from CI'
endon sprang New Hanover in 1925 from NJ
Hanov er sprang Bladen in 1884; from Bladen ~
SON in l749 from Arson, Rowan inIl753; from Ra%
an, Burke in 1777; from Burke, Buncomhe in IsC
from Buncombe, Haywood in 1908 from Havwna
Macon in 1928; from the two last sprang Jacksont
1850. Therefore she is the offspring of Cape Fa
She say that s. we, too, are of the seed of Az
ham, In the feebleness of infancy and iDnocer.
away off, in the mouDtans, she imploTingly .T
upon her natural parents Cor succor and sum-
Will you deny aid to your own suffering ofspnrEir~;
When your youngest born Prays and beseeches "
or bread will you act SO unnat ural as 10 give ~
stone ?-when it prays for fish will you give H.
serpent? Iknow that the feelings of huma1itv e.
bid such unnatural conduct.
/ appeal to my friends from Cumberland YIN
they not support their own child, or will they prs
to make this day as fatal as another Culloden uL
.t the bloody Duke from whence she derives Ia
name, trumphed over the fallen fortunes of their hs
fathers, and realize, in fact, the imagination Of ~
poet.
=" Proud CUMBERLAND Frances insulting the slain
And their hoof beaten bosoms are trod to the plain
I appeal to Brunswick, the county that in fl.
odJS OI IOs ike the I0OLneI OIL Inc OTaccn
her Yroudest Jewels to her country and 10 liberv
when her Howe and her Moore gave their blood AMI
treasure to the cause of suffering America. WiIhs
member from Brunswick stand by and see this conn
=ty inundated and sacrificed e? ! appeal to Chowan
the ancient seat of government of the royal rue ~
England, the land of Johnston, and Irede and
Will iamson,. the historian OF the Slate, whose NAM
her present honorable member SO worthily preserves
and as woTthily trust will perpetuate.
The earliest records of our courts extant are in
his county. Will he vote set this precedent sine
his county is like Jackson, deficient in the RATIO and
if asked for the act establishing Chowan, he canpU
show it; willy he vote to those ancient records seal
tered to the Winds and blot out counties established
law but deficient in ratio? I ask the member from
Currltuck, from Roanoke Island, the spot on whd
esied in 1884 the first Anglo Saxon anchor in hes
United States, where the first child of English r
rents was born in this republic, the cradle in whs
was rocked this infant empire, whose gigantic limb
now stretch from the Atlantic to the Pact6c-wilh
aid in this ungenerous and unjust sacrifice!
appeal TO Jones. =" the Diamond of the Desert"
will her member, knowing that she is in the sam.
category Jackson, alike deficient in population
vote to abolish county only because it is defcien
in population
appeal too, to TyrrelI, for she, too, is deficient
of the oldest counties in the State, the home
that early maryter of liberty, OIL Richard Buncombe
whose name the West has preserved from oblivion;
will her member sustain so severe fate }!
And appeal to Washington; that county is, to
deficient. Will her member vote to set precedent BY
which the name of the father of his country, she
who first in war, first in peace, and first in The
hearts of his countrymen,'' may be expunged from
our records Justice forbids, mercy forbids and hu
mainly condemns such decision. The people
this section appeal (and trust they do not appeal
vain) to the justice and pghted faith of this House.
more gallant race, and more devoted 10 the honor
of North Carolina breathes not within her domain.
They have evnced their patriotism in days long gone
by in the dark and doleful period of your counlys
troubles, when the liberties of your nation had been
cloven down by the iron heel of depotsm, when on
the fatal fields of Camden, in Auguat, $780, army
had been defeated and disbanded, when " the meteor
flag of England foated in triumph over Savannah
and Charleston, and Lord Corvallis had undispuld
possession of Charlotte, when the timid had despaid
and took royal protection. it was 10 the mountain re-
of this very section that the bold and brave
retreaied for safety and for succor But the brave
never despared under the lead Of th.
gallant Shelby and Sewer they rallied, and like The
mountain torrent, marched madly the foe, encampe
on the heights of Kings mountain, and without any
aid. from their country, without any So luminous from
any officer, but of their own choice they marched all
night through drenching rain, attacked and killed
Ferguson, the commander of the British, and many
others, and took his whole force prisoners of
This the first battle that turned the tide of
in the South, and the happy Presage of that liberty
we now enjoy. The same spirit still is alive among
these people. and evinced itself when the membernOS
before me from Buncombe (Col. Fagg) led them
The fields of Mexico-ready and willing to die for
their country. The rights and welfare of such
people are not to be disregarded.
An enthusiastic write on Farce, in his patriotic
ervor has said of his nation, " that he who has not
seen Paris has seen nothing.' So, L say, the North
Carolinian who has not seen the bright and beautiful
scenery of her mountains has yet to the loveea
portion of that the eye of man has rested
upon. Let travel the excellent turnpike from
to the Warm Springs, and view the pure
md pelucd waters of the French Broad river, dash
ing in graceful Rundulations on the side of him.
and on the other the broad, bold and majestic
tans rearing their granite heads into eternal summeL
he will gaze landscape unparalleled IN beauty,
ind before which the famed entertainments of the
Rhine, and the proud palisades Of the Hudson shrink
nto insignifcance. Nor does the chivary of her
SONS the beauties Of her scenery finish the picture
IF Western Carolina
g There's music IN the winter blast
That sweeps thy hollow glen,
Less sturdy sons would shrink aghast
From piercing winds such as thou hast
To nurse thine iron men.
And thou hast gems, aye, living pearls,
And flowers of brightest hue,
Thy loveliest are thy bright-eyed girls,
- Of fairy forms aud eIfn curls,
And smiles like Hermon's dewE'
Yes, and they, too, willing discharge all their
luty to their country and their country's honor.
| have now exhausted my subject. have shown
hat there is no why this ungenerous Outrage
hould be committed-that. the pighted faith of the
State should bevioated-that the hopes the Interests
nd welfare of soslarge portion of our State should
e disappointed and Frustrated.
: four proceedings will show that the debate was
drther continued by Messrs. Avery, Cherry, Dargan,
Webb, and Caldwell of Guilford, and the bill from
he Sena,e was defeated by vote of 60 to Sc, and
n amendment of Mr.sLove's, of Haywood, passing,
supplemental bill giving full organization Jack
on was adopted by similar decided majOrity.]-
iD. STAN.