The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

yier wrote him a long representation,
inveighing strongly against Governor
Martin who had lately sent up into
our country a manifesto, together with
letters to private persons, IN order TO
stir up sedition and insurrection.' In
reply, CaswelI said that matters must
remain as they were until the Assem-
bly, should meet; but he was not to
be understood as giving c~ountenance
to the measures taken by the people
west of the mountains. The situation
in ank therefore remained undis-
turbed. The Legislature held it's ses-
sions and made laws, and the officers
of the new State performed their nnc-
ions without interruption, While be-
cause of the altered condition Of af-
fairs John Haywood did not venture
beyond the mountains to hold the
courts as the Assembly had directed.
When the Assembly met in Novem-
Der Martin succeeded to the position Of
Speaker of the Senate made vacant
by Caswell's elevation to the executive
office. His influence was unabated.
Representations were made to the AS
sembly on behalf OF the people Of
Franklin; but they were unheeded.
Harsh measures, however, We're not
taken. On the contrary a policy Of
cancellation was pursued. While as
Serting the sovereignty of the State
over that part of her territory, the
Assembly refrained from the exertion
Of force, doubtless expecting that
sooner or later the people would vol
unfairly return to their allegiance.
Still it made laws to be enforced in
that particular part of the State. Be
cause OF the tide of immigration set
ting to that remote Wilderness, in or
der to preserve the grain raised as
food for the Inhabitants, the Assem-
bly, forbade the erection of any dis
t~illeries beyond the mountains. More
over, it appointed inspectors Of tobac-
CO for that region, for the culture OF
the weed had extended beyond Surry
and Burke to the confines Of ciViliZa-
ton. It also provided for the cree
ton of an academy at Nashville,
granting $40 acres of lane for the pur-
pose; and it established a Superior
Court for Davidson county. Indeed the
people of that county were SO remote
from the State Of Franklin tina they
were not at all involved in the move
ment on the Watauga and were in
entire accord with North Carolina.
OF the inhabitants in Franklin there
were some who adhered to North Car
olina, but the authority of the State
was so generally rejected that in or
der to afford an opportunity for the
loyal people to be represented in the
General Assembly, it was deemed nee
essary to pass a special act dispens-
ing with the customary fOrmalities Of
holding the polls; and there were some
elections held under this act. How
ever, all measures to induce the peO-
pie to abandon the new government
yNoro WI III y-os1 49, NY~-kI 49,
lina's authority being no longer rec
Ognlzed, a period Of three years, sub
sequent to 1884, was afterwards known
as the interregnum.
Affairs at the West progressed un-
favOrably for amicable adjustment.
The authorities of the State of Frank
lin were exercising all the functions Of
government. Governor Sewer had
raised an armed force and had invad-
ed the Indian territory. For a time
h only courts Of justice were those
established by Governor Sewer. and all
rights were being determined under
the laws passed by the LEGISLATURE of
the new State. In October the Assem-
bly, Of Franklin again met and ap-
pointed commissioners to arrange
terms Of final separation. Much was
hoped from Caswell's favor. Caswell
had about the beginning of the Revo-
luton engaged to lead a colony to the
banks of the Mississippi and appar-
emily had an inclination to try his
~OrtuneS in some new enterprise. He
had expected to move beyond
the mountains and wrote that
he hoped, after his term of
service was over, to pass his
declining years among those peo-
pie; and they had manifested q recip-
rocal interest by naming a county in
his honor. When the commissioners
arrived they were patiently heard:
but the Assembly was not of a mind