The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-12-21

Treasury shall thiak it good financial er-
pedienA to issue the nstes required for the,
purpose. Locking, then, through wsrds to-.
things, we have before rs nest snesn-.
stitutioaal and aagrantly oppressive tar
levied upos certain people in the county
Of Orange--Gn unconstitutional and ia
grantty oppressive luso which has been To-
wed time and again in regard to various
articles Of property upon citizens through
out most Of the csnnties sf the State.
It is not proper that the representatives
Of the people shall view these things iB ST.
ence. After more than two years have
passed since the Inauguration of the sys-
lem, surely it is not toe soon fer the Le<
gislature Of North Carolina to express its
opinion Of itin plain and vIgsreus language.
This matter Of the security Of private pre-
perty from the touch Of government is .
point Of honor in the peculiar civil liberty
which we inherit frem our ancestors in
England and upon this continsnt. Far
back in English histsry, and from the very
beginRing Of eur swn history, this has beea
considered q psint Of vital importance,
We shall be recrsant 10 sur great public
privileges, if we do net brand the assault
which j, now making upon this, their very
point OF honor. in that free language which
il is our right and duty to enpley. Jshn
Rampden resisted the whole psWer Of the
English government in the case Of Ship
Money. when the assessment was saly
matter Of twenty ehillinss. and a, tha, less
tth - kah har ~f th A.
that it were legal. Fer that he has be-
come immsrtal with US. In this State the
government has as yet met with No lawful
resistance Of these demands. This acqsi-
escence lsnot upon the score o. paristisa,
for the people are indignant 1t tse sppsss.
sion. knew in my swn eosaty II ges.
ltlemen efmsst approved patriotism, whose
eyes flashed Ere at the thought Of what had
been done. Ii is idle to talk sf free pee.
pie iouing government which rsbs then
of their property. The Confedsra.e gs-
sernmeni has only t. persist in this course
towards Ssuthers men, and IL will surely
lose every vestige Of their affection. They
would be unwsrthy Of their lineage and Of
their education N il we're Otherwise. They
must forget many Of the martyrs Of their
farmer liberty they must becsme esld to
many Of the most touching incidents in tho
history si their race, before they cease in
stiactiveiy 10 turn upon any srganlzatisR
OF power that tribes with thsir private pre-
Perty.
As to the character If the remedy pss-
sesssd sy the people in cases Of uncsnsti-
tutional impressments by goyernssnt d.
rscly for itse!t. observe some difference
Of opinion setween Two Of the ablest law
yers this continent has produced. Chan
cell0r Kest regards il as the righ! and the
duty Of the citizen to ey0in the gcyern-
meat; Chief Justice Rnfia regard such
linjunctisn impraeticsble, and says that the
duty of Congress to give iast csnpensatiea
Tor property impressed is Of that class Of
pswers which the judiciary cann.t enforce.
but which must be "left" to the under.
standing and csnscieace Of Congress. I
submit TO the Hsuse that whichever spin-
ion shall be considered Law, the Legisla-
turs 10 imperati,ely called uPsn for action,
., least like that presented BY the res0la.
items.
be that a person whsse property haz
been impressed has this remedy Of iajuae-
itisa, let US consider hsw significant thing
il is that 10 the midst si . spirited people,
Indignant at a notsrious violation OF thsir
sishts--a repeated vinlatisn in substantial
respects--no oae has been found 70 spply
for this remedy! TO what shelf We at
tribute this inaetisnf lksow Of but enc
explanation ;and that Is. despair Of .sccess.
fully sontending with the governaest, or
the apprehsnsisn that If they succeed they
may draw downuPen themselves the malice
Of the myriad Of officials that swarm ia this
land, and whose wrath wsula prsjsse sf.
feets greatly syerbalansias thsis gain ty
the litigation. Fer the, rest, they rsmeM.