rity upon the cecafion cot*tme>ri fenfe and the conititution tell me lo likt layna shays in auj/'achu/tts openly caito to riii tuib the } tbiic | tace ard 10 cuate nlwr rcdioi tl elc men r.o dcufet were uihf of trcafrti—thty coirplaintd of pi it vat os which were i ol itdrtiitd ard they tctl / totk up armf while 1 latfctrt ncaur t love the iraittiji tor their q frtujj rr fe netcfit eut htie nrcu the i?;k b ioi rd je ity 11 ei tit im of autl v our lecifiatoji dggwu ttt^•-.jjwwlsffi 1 and t«r rfijhe itiebifl ot rjj hts ur.der thtir fttn wiih ihe j'.deptndtnt titizin 1 n ift a^icd »/ m rctik tt eajw 1 he independent citizen flppeflfs to t e a faan j-.offfled ot waim ana enlighteredi potions i tieedc m : buf when he leys that tl cleg fla'urecannot be liicd thatdaiv?gei cannot be reroveitd of thtm that hzf tannor bt btheaded ( alluding to chaiieg the firfl ) i difagree with him fo fai foi irt the the twenty third leffion ofourgluripul conftitution it is aidj " that the oovei nor or tber fficfn effendi^g agrunft t state hv violating any part ot the ctn/littt tioh m.iladminiftration orcoiruption m be profecuted on the impeachment of v e aflembly or prcfentrnent of the grand jury of any court of fupsnoi jurif didvion ifi the ft ire from hence thoagbi a plain unlettered nun i would infer tints things firlt that every member of the aflcm blv is liable to be impeachel by a fuiu c ad.'inhly or fccondly prefented by th grand jury for infringing an aiticlr oftlia c jiiititiition or thirdly amenoble to a ny he ea've convc ifioti of the people the intcpenint citizen fays in his fifth nu.n-scr f that ha will not allow hi nie f to be aju^c of o^miaa op fo fer 1 ticj djvva martin north-carolina g a f z e t t e tros irrlv^e mihi ntjllo discrim/njs 4getvr v 1 r £ vol ii j n e w b e r n august \$ t 787 ( no 8c ] mr marti m *? h a v e read the five number of trie x independent citizen in vein uleful pa per independent of the gentle man's learning hit letters i onta'in agicat ctal or found f.nfc and j mull conlefs have awa kened me from my diem 1 had always thought that.the houfe of afkmbly wue the 1 ords and governors of the&tate and juperior to cry other ptwei but when the independent citizen talks f the mejeftj j the fteple end ihe ycue of tht lorfhiu atorbiy apptainn hcl'vc he but ajeumdai bocy'w the fcale ct g verrment . 1 he conftitution the kipitne law of the sta»e has laid in the 44th lection the declaration of rights is heieby declared to be pa t of th conftitution of this fctate arid ought never to be violated on any pre tenet-1 hcttvet ." now in the declaration of rights lection the twelfth it is laid f\o freeman fhall in any manner be de prived of his lite lileity or propeity but ft his peers and in the fourteenth fee hon it is faid << in all cmtroveijies at law the trial by jury is one of the belt fe rtilities of the rights of the peoj-le and oughttoiemainyafrc-jand inviolable v hei on the one hand i look at theft three aitides of our lacied constitution which.we have erected in bloodj and af ter on the other hand cbferve leveial idte acrs of our aflembly tl e members of our legiflatui-e appear either to have foigot that theft ever exifted any fuch a thing as a coniriu.tion or to have wilfully trampl ed it under their feet and here 1 nuift corriiajlv ag.-ee with the independent citizen that efbry inch vit lau n of the conftiru tion h treafw againjlthe flute thcgeiitle nvau iictu j&u m have quoted any autlio