The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-16

painless lracts OI tnffullASttu fAhu AnN
swamp. Ilrrzl%ned ~slIl personal sinlrarr. /.
ana pillsgrd nf everything exrral lhe
rlolIes he wnle. he was drlivered b. his
savage csptors 10 lhe rnslody Of Major
crslg. on The 23d 81 september; and. by
an sulrsge on every princPle 81 Iisi're
and public Law. he Was reinmiilesi I" close
confinement. under preienee that nc Was
a prisoner of state and mol ai wsr. Being
transferred Ia Charleston. where General
Leslie was ~ eammsni. lie was parolrd.
IS = prisoner. % Jamrs's Island. This
island was. al this iime December. 81. and
January. So. ] infested with large numbers
If ,ory refugees, WIN had sought protection
under The Brush arms. BY reason "a The
recent saecess 81 General Greene in re-
covering S.puih csmllna. and diving ~
their fIrres Ia The garrison Of ChariesInn.
To these Governor Burkr. from hrs past
history and offirisl station. aas an object
of such deep hostility as Ia rndangrr his
personal safety. 10 an applirai'"n l"r a
parole In his own Siale. or snme other
Southern Stale. or 10 be exchanged Tor an
equivalent, or. il sll these should he resns-
ed. then thai he nigh, be transferred TO
some o,her place fnr his personal ssiriy.
ma direct answer Was made. hut he was
given 10 understand hal none 81 his re-
quests could b. allowed; and that. al The
solicitation Of Major Craig. he was To be
detained indefinitely. IL the end. that u
/ ihs notorious flaming. or any i"ry leader
whom this British officer had employed.
should be taken, and snii,r punishment
under the laws al The State. there might
be retaliation upon him. Ii vas now the
seventh yeal al the war. and The sixth sller
the national declaration of independence;
the American cause had recently arquired
renewed runfdcnre aud stability from the
surrender &c Lord Cornwallis al York
town. which otrasioncd The evacuation OF
Wilmington hy Major Craig; from The re-
snll ol the battle Al Euiaw. Springs. .nd
the consequent retirement oi the BIiiish
army 60 Charleston. and from The arrival
. oflarge rcinlmremenis IL Generals Greene
from the narihwari. under Generals ~,
. Clair and Wayne. The individual thus
subjected 10 depreciation and insult. was :
: high spirited and nrbane gentleman, ac'
cuslon,ed 10 The ohscrvances of refined
, life. aud The Difference hsbinally yielded
To his position. Officially. he was ihs
: FIRST Magistrate Of one of The thirteen ~
/, dependent States. and The Third pers"n u
!. sucres.lnn Who had performed Tie iunc'
, iiuns Of That sialion. In the outset al iiif
war. Great Britain had affected 10 lreal al
r Americans az mers rebels. without regard
10 their governmental organizsiions; ana
! the digniiied reply of General Washington
+ 10 tile naughty mole of General Gage. al
Boston. jusiifying such q conrse.in which
he announces 10 the Blush Commander
/. in-Chief. /. II yonI officers. our prisoners
!. receive from me a treatment different iron
what | wished 10 show them. they an,
you will remember the occasion 81 IT,
I will readily occur To The reader VI history
/, upon the statement Of this question. Ba
:. in The progress ~ The contest, this pre-
tension had been relaxed into the ohser
vanre. for the most part. al The rules q
/. civilized warfare; and the duty Of human
I, iiy IL prisoners, and Difference 10 ihei
. rank among their cnunlrymen. had beer
!, recognized. moi only in moi enforcing clos,
confinement. but ia exchanges Of fank FL
!, rank, or.iis equivalent. Bu, in lhls IN
stance, cIicsncry was resorled to. aud j
was alleged that although continental Of
6cers we're 81 far respected a. Ia be sub
jecis of exchange, = like character eoul,
moi be extended 10 The militia or Stale ol
ficers. Tue Continental Congress ger
iainl, had given no color 10 this al,emp
n ted disllnciion; on the contrary, upon ih
r second invasion 81 S NIL, Carollna in IA
!, %. when Richard Caswrll. u soltller q
!. rrnown. filed the Exccnlisc Char q
Il North Carolina, that hody, Al the uIgen
request of the delegates from Sau.h can
Ina, had, by resolution. requested hlm i
take command, in person. 81 tic milIii
|, force he had ordered nui To all Ia her de
feure. with the rank Of Major Genera
/, in the continental line. aud subur,linal
: only Ia general Lincoln. Aud To mega
). tive, in the most unqualified N, amer. lin
: weak prelension, Brlgatllcr General Ru
! thellnrd. ri The North raroina militia
!, who. we well remember. was taken pri
> soner a, The defeat Of Gates. had be- n re
= cenily exchanged. an,l re,uraed 10 lis nwl
4 State, sflera co 6nemcnlW lively. a.ou,ls
= al ST. Augustine, Florida.
The close cOnknmcni uf Govern
q Burke, and his parole only 10 limits j,
which he WAS in constant danger Of assas
sinaiiun. Was therefore III conlraveniinn d
! reeeai precedent. as wrll as 81 ali jus
+ principle, aud could be ,intllcaird Gully b
i thai new versina Of public law, laiely az
4 ted upon in the Cardinas, by which Who'll
. communities Of pearedble citizens we
!. claimed as prisoners. and each man farce
. 10 a parole ol nni-lesIslasa,.e or close con
AL linemrn,. and nv yiriRp at which The Ia
menled Iiayne had heen Nceniiy pul !
an ign"inlhions death, hy mi iiary er,lel
. wiiisani rid. Jkai il did not rred,c
4 reislisi,nn, IN u summary and exemplar'
!. manner. can onlv he accounted Tor by III
near approach of peace, aasl the tseierial