The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07

three TO four pounds sterling for is
suing a marriage license. When YOU
ompute the relative value OF none
at that period. with the value Of mon
ey today, its purchasing power would
be more than double. Think, then,
OF the poor people OF that day and
generation being forced to give up
fifty or sixty dollars as prerequisite To
having the nuptial knot tied. Many
GOOD men and women are said to have
dispensed With a license altogether.
and simply publicly that
they had taken each other for bet
ter or worse" unoficialiy Just So
and were as much married In the
sight Of God as II they had complied
with all legal formalities and had a
priest 10 otticiate. Closing Field Book
Of the Revolution, vol. ?, page 500
On one occasion. while the sheriff
OF orange county, accom- panied by
his deputies and body-guard. all we'll
armed. was on a tax collecting tour in
the immediate vicinity Of the pres
ent site of the University of North
Carolina, at Chapel HilI-distraininS
and selling the property of every man
who did not pay the amount Of taxes
demanded.-he came to the home Of
a poor settler. on learning that the
husband was away and not finding
anything in the house to satisfy his
demands. he determined not to leave
enpty-handed. Observing that the
i settler , vile was NtdI1IS n new
home-spun dress. which she had spun,
woven and made with her own hands,
he sold it under the hammer to the
hlgheS bidder, to satisfy her huS-
bands taxes-than tore it from her
back, and with a slap of his hand.
told her to go and make another.
CThe old North State, 10y Caruthers,
paSe 21-22)-
In many the farmers
~worh-horse was taken from the plough
TO satisfy the sheriff's demands for
taxes: in others, the farmer was
thrown into jail and his crop ruined
for want of attention. The continued
extortions OF sheriffs and other county
officers led to the assembling of the
people to discuss the abuses Of power,
seeking redress for their grievances.
At last, the people determined not to
pay the taxes demanded by the sher-
ifs. but instead placed the exact
amount Of taxes lawfully due in the
hands of their representative in the
General Assembly. On the opening
of the Assembly, hen this members
name was called, Governor Tryon in
naughty tone. demanded the reason
why the Kings subjects in his dis
trict had refused to pay their taxes.
Answering aye to his name, ne
strobe towards the Speakers desk
with the firmness. ~plainness and bold
ness of a Quaker. for he was or this
persuasion, anu toSSId d pdS " .peNi~
on the table in front of the Governor,
and replied. Here, sir, are the taxes
which my people refused your rough
ish sherifs. brought it down to
keep it from dWindling, seeing that
when money passes through SO many
fingers, it. like a lake of soap, grows
less at each handling. The people
have sent It down by their conlmoner,
and | am ready to pay it over to the
treasurer if he Will issue receipts to
show that the taxes have been PAID.
iCarutbers life of Caldwell, and Some
Neglected History of y. c.. The
was one of those
ent Quaker who refused to pun on
his hat and bow before the mlnlohS
of despotism, in consequence OF Whlch
he shared the contempt OF the Gov
ernor. at whose command the ChleI
Inetic> sitting at the Governors left,
issued 2 warrant for the Quahers ar
rest and had him thrown into PRISON
where he remained until the Govern
or learned that a band of the com.
moner's constituents. about zooo
strong. armed to the teeth, were
marching on the capital. (CoL Rec-
Of \. G., Vol. 8, page 5000.
Governor T'ryon at once issued a
proc,amatio making it unlawful Tor
more thar ten persons TO meet =
pether, at any one time or place. nv
the people paid little Afternoon 70 ~
royal governor tdiA'
their meetings and perfected an or
ganization. binding themselves toseth,
ar as Regulators under an iron Douno
aa+b al aIogiancce Col. Rec. of ".
G.. vol !. pig. 1853. The Regulators
held joint meetings with the county
officials who agreed to return ali taxes
which had been eHtoTted'
Their promises. however, We're llke
the proverbial pie rust-easiiy
broken. as promises were all the poor
down trodden people ever recelEea.
This condition of affairs gradually
grew worse and worse, and at last the
Reconsideration timee TO uHlt-pi
scented eleven petitions to the GOVERN
or and General Assembly begging ana
imploring redress for grievances
(Sorne Neglected History Of n -
no9as 1oc-1e4 declaring that if the