The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12

velopment. The first staqa De-
mates as the Natur Wirtsrh- "'S.--
second as the Geld Wir6scb-<. me
the tnird as the Credit W. ana
applying this standard 10 No~+L ---|
una, n period before the R.,-. 49,
IS clearly in the first cIas. .n
Ms. stage OF economic deveIonma-.
me people of the province u.-
much averse to being taxe5 IS
the inhabitants of M~assachn.a+t we're
We're as fully determined in -. '"1
position to the Stamp Act An .f-
OF the popular demonstration
TINS measure of the British
was related in the North t~
Gazette November 20, 1765. .""
lows: ."'-
on Saturday, the 18TH of lac.
month, about o'clock in the e-e-.r.
near 800 people assembled tnus.f
IN this town IWiImingtonl and
hlblted the effigy of a certain H.-.-
able gentleman: and after Iet-,.
hang by the neck for some TIM. r.-~
the court house they made ,.--s
bonfire with a number Of Tar R.~-
rels, etc, and committed if f. -L.
flames The Reason ~aSsigne1 fr~ -r.
Peoples Dislike to that gertH...r
was, from being informed of his hat-
ing several times expressed himself
much in favor of the Stamp-Dutv
After the effisy was consumed they
went to every house in town ami
brought all the gentlemen to the bonn
flre, and insisted upon their drIreirr
Liberty, Property, and no Stamp-uatr
and confusion to Lord Bite am. All
his adherents, giving three Huz1.s at
the conclusion of each toast
"On Thursday, 31st Of the same
Month, in the Evening. a great Num-
Der of People again assembled. anI
produced an Efigy of Liberty. which
they put into a Coffin, and marched In.
solemn Procession with II to the
Church-Yard, a Drum in Mourning
beating before them, and the Town
Bell, muffled, ringing a dolefuI kn.I
at the same Time:-But before they
committed the Body to the Ground.
they thought it advisable to feel It's
Pulse: and when finding some rr-
mains of Life, they returned back to
q Bonfire ready prepared, and F3tcyi
the Effigy before it in a larZe TH.-
armed Chair, and concluded the Egsn-
ing with great Rejoicings, on hutIn-
that Liberty had still an EXisteu,e i'm
the Colonies
Such were the dignifed protests uf
the people of North Carolina against
the Stamp Act. But in the foIIvWInr
year, the opposition too on the torm
Of armed resistance.
The early charters of the UroE.n""
gave the colonists an unusual deer0"
of freedom, and every attempt ou tha
part of the British ministry to- Invade
or disregard their rights was as bit
terly resisted as were similar u~suria-
tons in Massachusetts. The people
steadily diSaVOWed any intention az
dislOyaIty to the Crown but stcadtaSlE
maintained that any attempt b} FAR
lament to lew taxes upon thom with
out their consent was Unconstitutional
and contrary to the fundamental
rights which they had enjoyed from
the earliest beginnings of the pro|inrr
The opposition to the Stamp Act "t5
universal in North Carolina but Ni
of the people III the eastern
and western parts Of the Col"1} ''-
wards the general question of taxa
ton was quite different. The In
habitants of the mountain distrl" Us re-
scented the imposition or taxes ny ''-
Provincial Assembly for local uHF-
poses The disputes growing out ~
the Imposition and collection OF taxes
ultimately to the war Of IN" '''
g%ulation'' under the Administrator "-
Governor Tryon The insurgents r"-
uScu dDSoluIt1S ~ PoS
whatsoever, and made threats against
the lives of any officers VINO "..I'
undertake to collect them The Hs-
gulators' were finally suppressed '.1
circumstance had a very iH+'
ant bearing upon North CaroHn4 ..-
ancial history during the ReFo--l..-
Difference over matters of it%@-'
were very instrumental in hr7nA'T
about a dissolution of Royal Govern.
ment in North Carolina In l''- l.@
General Assembly of the pFoN"'
response to popular sentiment
the tax of a shilling 'A
and the impost of four Pth1.
spirituous liquors BY all lHt
Of honesty and fiscal ~scleh'..
duties should have been r".-h.
Governor Martin entered a
protest against this procee4.--
to no avail.
Public opinion regarding ta~@-.
expressed in the instr
Of the County of Orange to th-' XIV
esentatives in the General
~~r-;1nraH as .# .E "