western varoh ■ imimm tl '' "",'""' w ' , ' > '" ;, ' m "" '"■■"■" l'*1 wbi ',...'. r v . , ,| . i , „ "•''"""■■ '--"-'"' cu , ;';; ''" ■ n u f..i r bi v wind r „„ res ,„ ih-heiirl ■■! the ,.,,,.„. d which will !»■ evnde.l with little remorse in iihin bi iu ia | salisbury rowan countv n b monday june m«;.i i \ ol iv .. mi .,•■!. vkh w i ""' "" ' hoy lev taxes from il thei thirty .,,„• . iouiiumtotlioainihi.il ill l-,noi '" i " ■ islly i - x j ol'oui riiineiu including none but u li ., tie ii ,,., being bout o.ooi rl fmji yea and the state being thvidod into t < in in s ib prop ii mxpeiiditure , l i ,.,■: ,|| ., " tltirtj three t , , i"rit tin n i iru d i t-nuinhiito in u """ expen ■ ' i , u vi ruin ul unless ""'" '•"" imoitii lo 41 15 i doll irs 1 ho '■ ""■ i ,. i ' i .,.■, pay ,,., in o tli ,,, vf 1,0110 ili.ii .. md nearly ma h i i i.i tliem ''" j i eoilllllnile ulxl s ►,,||, ,, ||| ,,, p 8 , th ir own mcmhcrt of thi issembl '] ""' ' " muj y i two ihird of lbe lien i'i i ii i by o/l third tu put the minority '"' •"" " i mg ibi cuitroiil ' incredible as " tnighi nn t bo it i true then uru 10 , uuu.ins in ihu state whu i dn n.i ' lain an uvt rage p ulut , und more thuu o whoso pooplo do nut pu inxea a ipi.il tu their average share nf publit noces in expenditures while thoy elect nearly iwu thirds l ibe i or amp j •„ "'"' "' he loust ,• n j ,|„, s ,,,.',.,,„ tains i white population of i*,7(uj tholnr nest contains 17,800 and whiln the former pays n lax ol boo dollars the luttor is re i|uirod tu pu non dollars yol both these ure alike represented another county rt " 1 ' a populat of 3,300 and nn annual ussomsineut ot only 430 dollars olects the same number of representatives to the i len ernl assembly with a fourth county whose nine m,pulution is 16,000 and whose taxes mu 3,307 dollars a tullv and unutbor county with . i white population little ex ceding 3,000 who pilv no mure tba l 300 l,,ll os i laxes,is allowed tosond ilie same weigh it r councils with a sixth coun ty whose white p 0 p u | „, ig 1300u and whose loxoa exceed sj000 dollars com paring ibee mi mtics together what ill lie iin rcsull i forty ix thousand six hundred people who contribute a tax uf 0,600 dollars are allowed nn larger share iu n tree government than nine ihousand members nfthe same community wain pay o tax of only 1,300 1 liars tlie smallest number und tbey who contribute least to hu support pfour government are invested with all its powers there aro in tho slate twelve e unties whose people pay a tax ol 5,100 collectively the compensa tion ul tlie ico,>i<,sc,uutu tu.v rlr.t ex jrctts t lus mini in no than 3000 .... liars ■ these counties partake equally wilh oth era ofall thi benefits uf the government nml they elect nearly onoffth l the gen , oral assembly yol they compose but little more than one tenth ofthe nopulutinn nud pay ver little exceoding one thirteenth of the public oxpsnses ! they pa 6000 and est |. noil dollara theso li „,.- .„. ibn is ii jitst — l , it equal ' is it republi an i lint they should continue must thoy be i nd ti red forever « itb no inner rensnn it that lhal they nre et ds which a pati •> people li ue already submitted to for many years vie the maxims of freedom rever sed und sh.ill usurpation establish right long u-.io justify oppression ' the interest of the whole stale nr oi nits iin.l ber necessities demamd kl i on in our legislature . "' " " ' '"" ■•' ■;"'■ i„'i „,„,„,., , ,,,,,,,,,„„„,„,„„.,,,> ' z ■•''""■ '■■"•-'■••■"- does rtwith " "'", "" ' """' twolluii i rf 1'ihot.flico 1 o inc ■ ;', v ' ' four consti bant shall be forced tu win il lo persniuil :,'';'", ' " '"" "' " hi lies ol vs ;„ ,." ■;"' "' '■•■ ' uu ™ "■" wy o„ri,„i k n ,,,,, „ ! " "' '" l p hat - executive and i live da ' '•' i 1 " '" "•'"'• l«rln ts „„».„ „!, ihnuld bt l ' "''" ,,| („,,„. ni | „,,,, -. j . r „„,| 1 -,, .,- nud vh!ll pvil .' " ,, "" "'"' »°." l » 0 nara pe can arsss f , „„„,„ lh ,', , l , l ; l 1 ,''; , " m "" 1 '"'""" i".,i„l|„„„,,,l ilm has nol been fell in :"' ,""';"""' '"" l " '■""-<> mi ' m.reovor the '-'"" '"' '-' p 0 ™ "' ' ■ l'^liuule s u hilnh c i hi v n "','' " : " " "' iwwredi ■ i„.t«s4„o ,,,,• ,|,„ „„„,., nudtheharmum ,' t ' " ' i »" "' .' ii'ils b , the ." z ' j i "'" <"" >>'' i ncyoftl..s,,„,i m |. l,„l nl „.„,,„., ;',"""", ■"'■■"' '"-"' ».<" port ■>„ ",. ,,,!,-, i t , r „„.,. jotrritor i ii z n z - ny^niira h rihun , thefr rv ,„| ahould ,,..,/,„,-,/,,,.• v ' " i i h«m.n l,|e ,„,|,. bribe faithful exeru ,"' •' ' '•'""• ;:'•;' "' " ' ■■ »" 1 ...... n have „.., i n ";',' •■'"/■"'"' "{ he govern i hui , ,„„ „„„ ,„.,,,„ 1m . ,„ ,. , 0 0 nf 7 t ! ' " "," ' ■''; ''• '"'• '"■' '••■--■ ll»-v i...v not inverted inn " h..is per yoarj ihat the sources ,,-!,, ,, ,.,„.,„ dmc r i '', ' 7 1 ' 1 ""', ' ' '''"■'"' '""' r '"'"" l in an way incompatible lure n„.l „, ,., ,, „,„ , lv ,!,,',„„ ,„ „ ,„,„„ ,„',„„ j of d what statesman ? what intel igenl wislasa o i people thai hnve been nl b ! issa 0 i 1 ' '" " s ''""' s l n.-rks nud why should ' r i i '"' i "' ; "" l " l "-'" "' ' n ' « ' '"' - ned i'or it ,"*' l.;;r the aves oftho it jn farther i-d ... viiol1sii loopln ncrensed w iy leave t fui hokougfl itl'i'kdsi tath)n urcvr-e i r r i ";';'"'' '"": rs ", '?, i ur z ,,,„,,,,:.-,,„. i i i ""' i 1 ' " l —""-| plo shall di/thc acureeto lho towns which pnucss ..,.,, he.r represcntanvoa mus do the ,, „!' ,. ,, „ ,, ublic ,„„,,,,, ' e - lr "'" y mn > ! ce l ' l,l - t " i lrotn.ffl.ich thc people derive no ,,„„, *^ r i den "" '"■ i ■ '" -'""' •».»• ponding benefit 1 and it is grossly u sl iise,l i and i conceal ihe application that u l,u p | e , ho i',i niere ha taen 0,l | y dz , f > ''"' * ""' '!'" circu it l '"' ' h "" "- 1 " "'" i..sl hidden for bo many vears b ds ,•,//„,,. ,],, ,„, ,..- ,-„ llt , ... f „. lha ilmurtta imposed .» inevitable ex , !„ r ir .. .„„„ „, j clhh x '-, 5 '"'""" "' i """ ' th 1 '•«' vote the roi of l„n,*i„„u zz 7 tv 1 l v t k ov9rnme "'' •' in -' try c ,■,■;„, „ should „• ,,,,., l.v ber ordinary rrr ,„., ,„„ v |, avo ., ,,. .,,„ ,„ t ,. .,,, „ 10 , „„„,,, v people who are properly vigilant nttltkr tvhc take , .„„„ ,,..„!,„., wllh ngh t oannot mrmit t to be uthcrivfeo il>eir rtfelur interest jusiift t ih ew-lu v s """"" " l " j "'""■" •'""" "'" ve tha but .,. »,...„; of ,|„- b„r.hi«-h 1 no re lhan 8f jbt-n » hi hav towns , her are u n„„.v mure lhan hm ii th fruits of ..,.,•. hr.l.lv puhoy we ,,.„„, b d as ihev j,v no commerce have consumed over and hnstid-s l !„• ,|„. v , anil()t |, v ullv cittmi4o lw . p cu y { , tl whole ordinury revenue 400.000 dollars riohtsj \ in the necessary expenses of tl.e mveru v l j . i nwnt m...i j „. i . i.i r expononcn hns deinoiistmteill ml some ment hnd we adopted this reform 25 w „(..„■ a ulaindin'o i'ue ri)\s lll'l years ago the funds four state trensih-v no ti al , , 1 . would now exci-d ,. mill *£ d-iu '. zfo "" • , ""' u,j " ut . >»> "'* •»• ij.'lr 1 ub ve,irh i(in_',r nml the end l ... ,- ...,., . j . thai e,i,,,i w,u i-„,d ,!,„ slate yet more a " w,h * ree lu " h,rt 8h , ou,d f ma " depressed than ahe is we ure not com certain and ecooo^m.c aud few will aase.il plaining of extravaganl compensation in frum the propriety of eo modelling it that our public officers ; they are faithful work wl "''' " dom "'," " v " ! ( a ?"'',' "' f men « worthy of their lure the tr ''."" " "^ ""• exclude tbe hope ol ilr evil is that tl laborers f the vnr - • / :"'"'' *" sh wrwoerationa reeommend 1 .,,„ ,,. . i i , i ibe iiiiii'iiuu.in tl.at bus been prono-eil ril are too mans — ilie work l the , , ,, ' ' „ ,|„ i .,, ' i i viz that uineiiilineiilh to the ( institution ic ile uiiiv l bdler iloue itinl niiicb uiorc ,,,,-., , , .,..,,..,,,., il , ii ii shall lirst be sanctioned bv two thin - i onuniii'iillv lerloiinetl bv l-l laborers ,.,.,, ,•.,..,. thuu 100 ! ine resi ,..,,,• i i l " h bouses ol the beneral aasein tuns f..r tins mate nre too much divirted l ' lv - and aubsequently ratified by a mu t l id properlv and the honor of sue i " r " v "' ''"' ,>,! l 1 "- other states have cessful public oxertiou is unwisely diiniii adopted it and it bus been found to bo ished by a partition among 109 who neither mischievous nor defective j i ns not heard complaints thnt our laws while few tnen fbiiow-citibbms can are fluctuating unit our general kssem !» round who have lhc teinerjtj to deny blj s.-t .,„, long nml nur public oxpepses ik " " ur r-«.pr.-s.-..tiit .. n is uoeqnul and the are reused ? tlie vila exist and buve lr -'- 1 ' 1 ' ,| "' 8t8te extaruvagant an.l i ii falsely attributed lo a want uf virtue u » w holoavome yet some will seek a retreni in the people of the present generation ewnil the position that it ia impossible tn uud a defect of talent among those who rrrivo u ' p rfuct,on '"'•"> government serve ihem ve have no hesitation m phis is a position that we do not deny li saving thul thev will be removed l di s rue ' ™ i xert.ons ol inin an croa niinishiiifi lie number ol repiesenta'.lves " l "" 1 n the.r lives as well as their got establishing a l.ur basis of equal represen , ' , """'"' s ' hat tbey cannot attain peri lation ml rauking the assemblies less """' l!ul bl ' a »"." s prevent tlioin lv,.u i ,,,|, in ..., inn as near t it as th v can ' it , l ,\ i the 22rf article of nur conttihttuin '"'> b " i f c,ori y account i'„r iln gross iii ., . • ,• '„ , euualitv in the government which has nri t/itrt i.i aiiiitiintu lit slrictttiii ton ■! ' ,,,,,,, 1 s.ii from a change l circuinstunces thut it commence could not be certainly fiireseen it does bj ,• vein ling from public trust nl r ■ cuse lhe infliction ol'ilus injury upon ihe son wbodeii ihe protestant fuhlt we rights of a majority but it cannot be sue ue protci i mis ;. i nl then i'n we can huvi cessfnlli urged as a reason fur itscontinu no peisoiial interest in the abrogation of ance is be regarded with approbation tliisrestrictii.il but will it he expected by good men who withholds the ucknowl • i'n ni this day to oiler arguments in lit edged right uf another u|>on tbo sophistical vor of reliis'iou toleration t we hupe and ubtlcty ili.it he eannol du hun perfect believe not justice and therefore he must be excused li i a disgrace to any ire people in irom attempting to do lum any at nil tyranixe over the constiencics of others re bud i .«', to i tolerated without i i i i gross oppression and an undeserved i hangs upou ibo pretext thut no system imputation against the patriotism and pub ut human laws can be perfect 1 are nil lie virtues of the cailmlicks uf nurth cut governments abolished because men cannot ilina io preserve uny lunger this badge ul frame me withoul a liiuli ! tit lather's prejudices fhe article it dut it has been said that the object ms . if i in cnnflicl vtiih nur l!,!l of right ngaiusl our present . lonstitutiun i,e l/ii when il declares that all men have a retirnl ml — tbat the state labnrs under niiii.ii and unalienable right to worship nu pcactical evil — that the uiujoritv sut iiinjliii god according to the dictutea furs no practical inconvenience i is uf their own couscieuc s il no practical evil lo the stute that hor the friends of reform have nis pro councils are divided by sectional strife 1 — posed an a nd.nent to the constitution that bv the form of her constitution lhe 0 itch will put i leeiion f uovbbnob expensss ofthe legislature have doubled into tho bauds of the people ir.d ihat our expenditures ex i the or the executive chair of this state ought dinary revenue ? is it nn practical evil tn bo tie high i post thai ihe people can that iu -'■"> years sin has expended one mil otl'-r tu the in i patriotic uf iter citizens ' lion of ll.illiir for her anuu.il asst n -. 1 is ii i ... • ■• . ne i ' but make thostu when t prudent economy would hav linn independent by putting the election saved more than half the sum and thai with tbe | plo and we shall have do for nil time to come he same exhausting much towards it custntn has now made nperatioti musi be experienced nnd yel it a reproach lo tho governor not to bo j endured ) is it no practical evil thnt a ma ■ • i tft r '" firal appointment and jority tf the people are disaffected toward hence tli high ind i • ice which prop the constitution — that tbey are complain erl belongs to a , i rdiuutc branch of oui ing and will continue to oppose a system government is sacrifi i to a desire for wtiich is ruiuuus to the whule stale n d ig thu members of the as obliges ttoo thirds ut the people ... submit - iiis.lv we do not itfi it ihat il is 1 to u taxation u i no one third ? i i ways -,.. but 1 has ll ; for he no practical evil hint thoee taxes are and must be mure ur less than i patriot whu must itiuue i i be expended u i for ihe i n.i ni'r.iol to nciir pu ic i sgrnce is common j 1 bul m.ibtly iu paying tha the office of got . „( . u for exert i , iis • ii bouoi'a sakeoi us a stepping stone . ooutrul uvcr ti n^ius suj iro^.-ij of n /, ii esters «' irolixia v i ire a link nt tico dollar per ' ■ i„i,,l within thm month nr tn ., / fifty rent if paid nt umi oth . , iihin tin year vo paper u ill i ■ ,. i 1 until nil arrearage or 1/1 ni the editor's discretion - ption will itr received for a li •< ( i i/iitr i • ee in vilify th editor ofa with ( . one month hef on tht rjfpira , a iimr trill in coniidrreil as n i •■ ni , procuring tit tol rent mil , ,, it carolinian shall havi n ffwiith im per profit advertising ul lh pal , i , - lllletit -■ niii-i ed to tin f-.tiinr mus ft mint i'-txl or they trill tmt lit nttt n '• tl to ■ these terms till bc strictly atlhur i,l in majority ' if indeed these are nnl pra it ctll etils it will l , i c ill to bnd lb nn tn the general practice nfthe states lias determined that tin mus ordinury and ib re ,,. maps il t appropriate re in k for . on-iii ui ion 1 1 evils wh r ibo existing constilutioii contains nu provision i.i i-s mn i inii i i ,- i rough the medium nl a sfa.e . d i'a i h.n authorized nnd in ii incipient steps regulated b law whother ibis convention shall be limited uud lu whut bound , i u ie i question uf expediency for il.e provioul determines i on ul lie people \\ ,■ i nol stop lo nr en with those who fuel r afrtet to vel rcit fears of a couve tton without limit io tbeir powers ti.e friends t reform ne nol ih advocates ul revolution m lis t.rdi ,- tin \ nre us solicit ais lo maintain ii 1 principles uf the old consul ition us nil olhers ho n,il ill ne •'' sea a eli ui ,,|' our i t i ruprejeqtation > loci in the l,i|,-e l ui,.re lliiio jo ar lias come in i h ct with tli s4 prineijflrt to restore t tho \, uple the right i >■,, 11 ing their uuvorno — to dimmish the ux ieu-e of the - gisloture u.vmi it tbat standard of ecoiil iuv which is cuninondod b ihe practice i.f nur fathers — ... nr u cile the consliljitioti tilth onr doclaruliiin of rights by ifomoving restrictions upon cutibcii in — v i establish n safe plan of future icl'oi , . hence tbey meet iheir ulijoclinns , r tlo.s point with a distant a vuwul that no unlimited convention is hi un l government evils which have mainly contribute i it tht \ are those wards keeping us bitch in developing the internal n sources of lhe slate und shall i e pul forth lib istucun ihem ' thr-j are il ..-,,■ im 1 « i hnve destroy ed thi burin in of the slale and if nol remedied by i in 1 nl ,■..„,, - i of power tu llin ftisl tl "' in is ol i ighl mus probably , nnd the peace nf north . arolina and will nol modi r its men in nil section i < ome or nnd help i ren oe lb on ' till s are evils ward .,, , ipirii i amit and i nm iliutinn ii to ib iv hii li indue 1 iir sister nous in i ,| , „, iiml thai we nro more imp statin in rei i rt l rm their con li.u x ' pro i i more free lhan lhe .." ' mas il i bul i i id nidi k i truth nn , i it ion .-. „;„„! i the senses of arall umi m i i:i m.t \ d i it e s .- . v ii in mil s i v 1 1 : constitution • | | peupli hnve i no|,t to ssemhle lo ir , or in consult for the common gootl i i i ir ci their representative and to a ,/,.'