The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-28
For the Standard.
Meeting for the Relief of the Iseonie.


At meeting nj the citizens Of Moore
County, held iii the Court House, in Carthage,
on the 3!st day of January 1867, it being
County Court:
On motion of Col John Morrison, A. r.
Mcdonald was appointed Chairman, Capt.
T. w Ritter and Alex. Kelly requested to
act rs Secretaries.
On motion of Harris Tysor, the Chairman
appointed !. committee Of five, consisting of
Harris Tyso=, D. VI. II. Mcintosh. Esq. Cor
nelius Dunlop, Esq, Maj. S. W. Seawell and
Col. John Morrison, to prepare business for
the meeting.
The committee reported the following me-
mortal, which was unanimously adopted by
the meeting:
To the Honorable, the General assembly Of the
State Of NORTH Caro2iaa:
We, the citizens of the County of Moore,
at Il public meeting held at Carthage on
Thursday of the County Court of Moore, at
January Session, 1867, beg leave to memo
ralize the Legislature Of the State upon a
subject in which the whole people of the
State are Interested
1t is admitted by all persons conversant
with the monetary affairs Of the country.
that tue late war has resulted most disas-
triously to the Southern people; that the de
ftruction of property in lands and negroes
has bankrupted every man; that the onerons
taxes by the L. S. government and taxes for
County and State purposes, absorbs every
dollar which can be raised by the tax PAYERS
and leaves nothing with which to pay pri-
vatc obligations. Lands have deprecated
in proportion to the depreciation of the la
Dor formerly employed upon those lands, and
we look at each other in utter despair no
relief is offered the officers of the law must
discharge their duty, and we see nothing but
ruin staring US in the face. The evils OF life
instead of lessening by the close of the I'M
fortunate war, seem only to eliminate pub
lie calamity is followed by private Distress
and each one is looking to the public ftlnc-
tIonaries of the country to pass some law
giving relief to the distracted people We
feel well assured that the Legislature of the
State will do all that it can to aid the indebt-
ed class of the community and protect the
creditor too. What is best to be done No
doubt the Legislature will do something, but
in the absence of any definite proposition we
would suggest the proprety of the passage of
4 law, declaring that no property sold under
execution shall pass title to the same unless
such property bring its full eaLae as assessed
by persons appointed for that purpose; and
that no execution shall issue upon any iudg-
ment obtained i'll any Court of Record, I'M
der twenty four months and day, and that
no Judgment shall be taken against defen-
tlant under twelve months from and after the
first day of January, 1868, and that all iudg-
ments and executions within the jurisdiction
of magistrates shall be subject to the same
restrictions.
Unless something is done for the relief of
the debtor, he must be driven to the wall,
his property in lands and stock fer these are
all he has left in the South, must he sacri-
feed to pay, perhaps, a small debt, and un-
less they bring par value, the creditor will
get the property and leave much the largest
part of his debt still DUE and the unfortu-
nate debtor in hopeless insolvency. His en-
ergy gone, his spirits broken, his wife and
children in the poor-liousc, and he who per
haps, was once an ornament to society, be-
comes an outcast and bcggar.
Harris Tysor addressed the meeting
st length, in favor of the Memorial Mr.
Kelly was in favor Of giving debtors time to
pay their debts without heaping large bills
of cost on them, together with their debts
already too grieyous to be borne.
ID. d. Graham, Esq, also addressed the
meeting, and the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolced, That the proceedings of this
meeting be transmitted to our General As
sembly of North Carolina
On motion the meeting adjourned.
A. r. MCDONALD, Chm'n.
Nv ". R RIrrnn, ssey's