The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-03-06
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Meeting for the Relief ~ the People.
At meeting of the citizens of Moore
County, held in the Court House, in Carthage,
on the s1st 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 as Secretaries.
On motion of Harris Tysor, the Chairman
appointed committee of five, consisting OF
Harris Tysor, D. NJ. R. 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 Carolina:
We, the citizens of the County of Moore,
at 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 q
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 the late war has resulted most disas-
triously to the Southern people; that-the de-
struction of property in lands and negroes
has bankrupted every man; that the onerous
taxes by the U. S. government and taxes for
County and State purposes, absorbs every
dollar which can be raised by the taxpayers
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 un-
fortunate war, seem only to eliminate. pub
lie calamity is followed by private distress
and each one is looking to the public func-
tionaries of the country to pass some law
| giving relief to the distracted people. We
feel we'll 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 done2 Nc
doubt the Legislature will do something, but
in the absence of any definite proposition We
would suggest the propriety Of the passage Of
law, declaring that no property sold under
execution shall pass title to the same unless
such property bring its full value as assessed
by persons appointed for that purpose; and
that no execution shall issue upon any judg
ment obtained in any Court of Record, un
der twenty four months and day, and that
no Judgment shall be taken against defen
dant under twelve months from and after tn,
first day of January, 1868, and that all judg
ments and executions within the jurisdiction
of magistrates shall be subject to the sam,
restrictions.
Unless something is done for the relief O
the debtor, he must be driven to the wall
his property in lands and stock, for these ar
all he has left in the South, must be 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 larges
part of his debt still due, and the unfortu
nate debtor in hopeless insolvency. His en-
ergy gone, his spirits broken, his wife ant
children in the poor-house, and he who, pei
haps, was once an ornament to society, be
comes AN outcast and beggar.
Harris Tysor addressed the meeting
at length, in favor Of the Memorial. MI
Kelly was in favor of giving debtors time t
pay their debts without heaping large bill
of cost on them, together with their debt
already too grievous to be borne
D. D. Graham, Esq, also addressed tn
meeting, and the following resolution wa
adopted:
Resolced, That the proceedings of thi
meeting be transmitted to our General A.
sembly of North-C Carolina.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
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ALEX. KELLY, c.,,,.
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