The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-04

~ washington If ever he va. ais
lattaa ,t was at this time. In ;.
49, 20 Geo. Mason he saws IT hau q
moman 'nuut dependency even for =
nave called her gloomy ones hnt !
1--we Deheid no day since the cnm-
4nencemeat of hostihties that have
.housht her liberties in s1ch apinant
danger as at present
rilendS and Foes seem nov, -
coiioine to pull down the sooal,1 f.b
nc we nave hitherto been "a is;o1 -
ehe expense Of SO much time NO.
GU unless the tndies
ruaN o "ill exert themselves to brine
80 Jack 70 hrst principles-correet
naI;tshaao punish our internal Foes
inevitable ruin must follow -i,aeed
vs. seem TO be verging SO fast to do
= uclion tnat ! am filled with seusa-
..uhS 70 which | have been a stranger
III within these three months"
oh anuar 2, 1879, Congress made
d reQulsluon Of $45, 200, 600 upon the
states and this was followed three
eass a.el WIN a resolution calling
Tor $4,000, 900. In October O.
gress requested the States to paw s15 :
ooo, ooo monthly to provide he means
LOT SINKING the paper currency. North
CarollnaS quota of the reduisition Of
January was $4,000 and her share
or the requisition which was to he
PAID monthly amounted for the wear
70 $l5,ooo,oO0 or more than a million
dollars per month. To meet these de-
naands a committee was appointed to
devise some method by which these
could be raised. The re-
turns OF 1882 showed that of his quota
there were no transmissions and moth
ing received.
Up to this time, State taxation had
been practically suspended EXCEPT foi
purposes purely local. The task set
before the committee was Impossible
OF accomplishment. The demands
upon n State were far greater than
her could bear. During this
same year North Carolina was granted
$1,31S,75S out of the continental treas
try.
In addition to the acquisitions, wal
rants were issued on the various States
TO n amount of $4,000, 900 for pur-
chasing supplies for the commissary
department of the army. The war
rants issued OF the governor of North
Carolina amounted TO $4,000 0 Con-
gresS besides urging all the States to
be prompt in meeting these large re-
QUESTIONS, asked that each one pro-
vide clothing in sufficient quantities
to its troops in the Continental army,
and Virginia and North Carolina were
tdi ISSliS feQueSleU TO go 70 the felie1
Of South Carolina. The credit of the
government was extremely low, and
the treasury was We1l-nigh exhausted.
Public opinion was radically opposed
to the further emission Of paper mon
ely and the whole country began to
look for aid from abroad
Under the tremendous pressure of
the many demands upon the State in
1880 North Carolina was forced to
add to her already inflated currency
by emitting an additional t1.240,000
which was made a legal tender at its
face value. In February OF the same
year, Congress inaugurated the syS-
tenn of levying a specific provision tax
rather tina place any further reliance
upon acquisitions. The articles to be
accepted were enumerated and their
prices fixed in the same resolution
which provided for the tax? Specie
was very scarce in the State at this
time but provisions We're more plenti-
full as North Carolina contributed in
supplies for 1889
49,875 hundred weight of beef.
5000 barrels of -four.
4,50O bushels Of salt.
500 tons of hay.
10000 bushels of corn or short for
age equivalent
In Nav Of this year the States We're
again asked to furnish S10,000,O0o for
the continental treasury, put three
States-North Carolin, South Carolina,
and Georgia were exempted from the
requisiiton.
The seat of war was transferred 20
the Southern States In 1873, n con-
gress thought it advisable nat al
the money raised in Maryland ana
all the States to the South shoufd De
,,sed to defray the military
Of the Southern Department until THIS
section should be relieved. Very ut
tie relief could be afforded by Norm
Carolina at this time as the STATE
treasury was completely exhausted
and there were no PROVISIONS III Tie
public store-houses.
Tn an address to the States, Con
eress expressed in poignant terms ITS
keen disappointment at the negn-
eence and unpunctuality OF the states
in meeting the various requ'slllono
ca,,od for a tax and specfflc ppii
an 100. 1721 The General AS