Carolina Watchman

              sl^-^a 4 f_l___=i "^*^ . ~__ n f ~ 48 tf_l m mvm '* > i_~*f-i in » 1 t sattfi>a1 april 5 1834 sl hahtl-toyc jo^eg vol ii-so 37 whole no 89 forfjig bag peaaage until topped by a hatch of wicker work beyond which were closed red l»ize d'tors for the entrance of the konwn and in itiated habitants of castelmandry wer > this day placed upoo their tria a second time f.r seditious cries utteied al the ronclcsion of a republican banquet on the 2_ih july last the cries were down with the minrsters down with the detached forts ! down with phillinpe ! — lonrr live the republic and oairo the jury f aude had already de-ided ihat these cries were not seditious ; but the minister had reversed the ver dict and sent the used down for . new trial the accused in their defence declared that they were republicans and gloried ia the title ; they admitted having cried down with the minis j ters ! down with the detached forts ! long j live the republic .'" but they declared lhat they j had not dones for the purpose of causing a not 1 meaning no more than to express their individual j opinions in uttering the cries the jury pro ; nounced the accused not guilty honor to tha je-71 granville ifloo 15700 9400 halifax 2100 ism0 5800 a^ewjlanover 2300 8600 4900 inorthampiou 1800 10300 moo *!*** 1300 10000 so u-men j500 s900 4200 hake 3508 17200 11100 anson 1000 12200 9100 buncombe 1000 15600 14500 burke 1400 16200 14000 chatham 1300 1330o 10100 cumberland i860 12s00 9000 caswell 1300 12600 8100 cabarrus 00 7900 6500 davidson 940 12700 11300 guilford 1400 17700 15700 iredell h 00 13500 11500 lin in 2050 21000 17600 mecklenburg 2000 17200 12300 montgomery 800 10000 8500 orange jq0 20900 16000 rockin^ham 1100 11200 8400 randolph 900 h800 10600 rowan 1700 1s300 11500 rutherford 1500 16200 14000 stokes 1300 15100 13000 surry 1000 13700 12300 \% ilkes 600 11400 10300 are your laws founded upon the public will make choice of the basis which accords best with our opinions of equal right and justice wheth er it be taxes alone white population alone or federal population alone or population and taxes combined still you will perceive that in this state a minority of one-third govern and tax a mijority of two-thirds the 33 counties first named in this tabie.elect a majority of both hous es of the general assembly and yet they pay no more than one-third ofthe public taxes they contain but very few exceeding one-third of the federal population and not one third ofthe white population of the state is this equal the necessary expenses of your state govern ment are about 80,000 per year and according to its organization each county is a source of pr c.3ely the same cost to the public revenue and there being 64 counties the proprtion of each is 1250 but the same 33 counties which con tribute less than one-third of this revenue do cost more than half the total amount by recur ring to the table you will perceive that they pay 22,790 while they cost 41,250 which is an excess of 18,460 dollars cost beyond their aggre gate taxes is it just that they should elect a majority ofthe legislature some of these coanties cost you four times as much a3 they pay otheia three times as much many others twice as much is it jnst or wise that their representation should be equal to the others terms r _ r0 i witch ii pnbhshed hve in cmnties more than , >< distant fn«n sah.hury and ia . . m p n.nt is over one year stan ,., will be 4 i n wiu lu-t-ikrn for h-ss than one s .;. ' ■;_ ■ v will he dene at the usual rates .' will be withdrawn r til arreara ; - ' g nnlcwathe^iferd-maea i • -;, in ad .. v;r<,(./-m~<i«t t 2.50 tor one ifadvaaeed regularly will be continu "..,, ntr-s.frerwards , . , editor mast ba post paid or tended to •.'■'•■ iwssinf the editor on the bnaineas ' ' ,>-;,,. will address him ns editor of ll a "'.[-,../ t,i those that write on oth ";.'',;.;,.., to n c jones ' 1 11 the uli-riptions tak'.n b-fn tne *•* ;,..„. of this paper it will be r.~>~m 7 die on the publication of the first eontests,mii both representatives an d people r^lr_t v l t8ig i f he ******* con eeras ofthe halt we propose m invite vour atteotiua to thi sobject-io point ont if w ud the mam canse of evils whieh will be shown to exist and disclose the remedy that is proposed n a time of profound peace without any ef fort deserving the name of an attempt to carrv on great public works for developing the resour f_h __. pr0v5ft i the lntetntu nication ___ '' wu . out ar y 8erioa9 '^ of public funds nay at tbe close of a most profitable speculation n the stocks uf banking z m a ions you will be surprised lo haanh.f thetta sury tsieretcheaily poor and that in all human probability , he next assembly may not find ********** ******* it sitfficient to pay their wages <! w e have no desire to mislead and no motive to deceive yea ; but to anticipate the attempts of those who may think ii ia their interest to do if there be any sneh we will present you the official evidence in out iorrespondence ofthe new york journalam of commence london december 10th 1834 i arrived here from pari about two vvec-ks^h nee r'.wd of course have not as yet hadh me to purvey on half the splendour andh gs magnificence and mud of this v~..tb ty i should not have been abb to cotn-^b lete the round of the marvellous rv.uh y the broad light ofthe sun much le h irotigh that lurid gloom which here discol-^b art and confounds allohj ctstothe curious^b impatient eye there is no sky herewith^b i soft and yielding depths of blue — but ni-h . d thereof one vast all-shadowing clond^b f smoke so thick that the stars ascend^b ieir watch towers unseen and even thch irning orb of day appersso shorn ofits^b earns that ou conceive it is merely theh loon lingering above the horizon yet ib ave found in this place of gloom one spotb f light u cheerful comfort.—itis a good co.lb re in the north and south american cof-^b e house this excellent establishment^b find is of longstanding and has a repu-^b ition equally eminent and deserved the^b indlord is one of those whole souled^b sea that you like lo meet with whether ath ome or abroad he is ever at your service^b nd appears more solicitous abdut your com-^b ort interest and happiness than any pe-^b uniary returns for his attention his wife,^b n spirit devoted ness and action is so itkch um that you would say they were hothb lesigned ongmnlly hy nature to head anb establishment of this kind i find in the h oading room which is very spacious ele-h rant and well lighted papers from every h ait ofthe world you can hardly name ab onntry or community that has not the of-h en rig of its press here the house is nearh he royal exchange — the very centre ofb msincss — and where if vou are a mereh pectator you may see all london pass with-h n the hours of the day any ameri-h ran who may wander to this city of noise b t cloud will find,as 1 have done a cheering h efuge in the n.and s a coffee house h the king is at brighton — so i shall not i ee the great reformer whose popularity ■ ills the noblest realm the cabinet — i trange to say have been running down al ittle red tailed fox th it after all got away i rom them to he chased again perhaps hy h ome troop of noble peers with hounds a vhich they say can out-speed the lightning i the nobility are in the cou try or on the i continent with here and there one linger i ng behind like the last representative of a i fallen dynasty not being able to see theh king 1 went to see a near relative of major i andre — to whom i was introduced hy dr b b an eminent physician of this city w e fl discoursed some time on the events of our fl revolution especially that one in which htsfl lrolicn assails such jargon s he calls it ' lamented kinsman fell a sacrifice to his roy-b .-■.!!.;. hat ie remark far my ■ al dating he spoke with much good sense h barf / should say i can attach no idea and atfec.tionaie remembrance and i in fl fv tad god and cannot consequently \ voluntary responded with that indefinable i ah n fdm this was printed on satur giief which one must feel in seeing so no i ktbniary 16th although the paper is , ble a being fall a victim to the majesty of a i blsn4ay and on saturday on the severe but salutary law i h rhut such an avowal was made un j the balloon from which i expected to i b crate sanction of his name.he was look down upon the cloud capped towers i his laboratory while ma j and gorgeous palaces of this city being b his head we hid aside in its winter quarters i took to i among the fr c ; the opposite extreme and went under thel < ->: to the society for phren | thames through a long spacious gallery i his mm which was blown i splendidly arched and lighted and which is i as we are told been found vulgarly called a iunnef though it looks has gone one wa his like a place designed for a mys nous com ialiaab another scat muntcation between two sundered worlds tothe winds n<nv phil while standing there with massive ships knr smile freethinkers may laugh drifting above me i felt as many fathom ridicule the idea of divine down as he who descends to the shades of though the present is an age of bpsike their comment we only unprecedented enterprise yet this work un and say what they nay it is her the thames notches forward a century of profession and j hope it will be completed for it is now never hive app red the like the tower of babel when the builders k&jitoan atheist — he who docs ceased their work v>o matter in w hat rules of faith when in the tower i gave three shil are all infidels iu some lings to see the crown of george the iv mm atheist believes n nothing i i s verily a most brilliant bauble and never a m-n hi this free country punish were five millions of dollars more foolish - a^inst religion sach as bias ■ | aquandertd what must the thousands f n tv indecent railiii r ~ — thev pun __ i • i • i _ w _ iijinih r_iuu y j p sav of it who are starving for bread were m *** re offences against society — . _- . . ■ itn.-thcv are contrabonos mo some of * hem to * teal * and barfer n lor uui the fact that n law should , food it i were their judge upon a charge i 1 -.'- ! fat lieintr an atheist because no of theft or btirolaiy i would neither hang h j should assume the power of pun them nor send them to botany bay one it ahiebbdonaa to gad himself ev il inseparable from a monarehtal govern ■ v is danger from inf^elity | men t with an aristocracy i s a n irresistable ■ liiass ot religion — there is none _______________ i i j i . h _. .■ o.ii ii m •« passion for show a reckless prodiga ntv m i *• t>r converts are seldom made to * ' ■**-!.: which allnaturo cries ah nd tl,e " nete 8 ! ' tter of the throne give me i reflection on free inquirers by these \ rather republicanism with all its nice fru i ■■ we kn iw manv of them personal ! gality simplicity and contempt of advenli * w us worthy men whom we . tions distinctions h v jhatf good feelings and moral our countrymen mr colton in his de liile we look with surprise and : fence of the amencans tour of our north ■ -- s ?. 1 . u3tl ?" v 1 "' p lnt ' wt wouki 1 thcrn lakes is making quite an impression gw right which they p>sse~s as . , .*> * , , r r c a ** ** ****** ***** -»«. that ***+ ?• ha ******* the ordeal of many of a ovaraaaeat are not thereby in the reviews and come off not only without h ui was a jew a well educate i a bioken hone hut with many offerings of h tis on earth ihe last to renounce j esteem and admiration he has consigned a * sen and favorite people he j capt hall to the dust and silence of the up ■ noutofthe land ot f.gypt fotn pcr s i e if an j buned madam trouopein __■ s was m he " k 0uj b ' i the irrave of f,r_etfulness.__________l h ' k nie by night — wh gave i ■ h law i h h — he a h ' aaaa_tiact a b to h h a h h " j indeed h h hope a h tl i _. i._:;i j iu_c_]uaj it was nine o'clock in thc morning and about nne or two hundred persons were already waitingm in the space between the gate and the door justb mentioned and as many more were crammed into the staircase which on the wright and left i led up into a small balcony opening upon the b left cbbpel the voice of some one within b and a hint from the doorkeeper convinced m b that the tjwd were watting until a prayer had i been concluded and not from any want of accom-b odations within after an hour and fifteen uiiu-b utes had elapsed the doors were opened aud b tremendous rush took place ; ladies lost theirb shoes gentlemen the tails af their coats (■*_______{ doubt cut off fur their contents and a number t'b females were cimpelled to give way to theirb fee ins in long md loud continued screams il had managed to push myself as far forwaid as 1 1 could and when the movement commenced 1 1 was regularly botno along twithout any otherl diffi culty or detrimwt than that occasioned by a i vinegai faced old daughter of eve having driv 1 en her sharp point d.eft elbow into my right side i a id near stunned mewilh hergroansand shrieks i at last however i w\s thrust through the door i and from the pressure lehind was forced with a i dozen others down thr_eor four steps and overh s many benches to the sacrifice of some blood b from my nose a sprained uncle and the great b amusement of those who were in perfect b safety those who followed ctme pouring ni^andb most of them suffered tne 6amo or a worse fateb ihan myself it was sorne time before anyb thing like order could be restored ahd when itb was finally obtained and the agon i was endu-b ring itecame less violent i eg.ii to survey the i place and the extraordinary scene which attrac^^^b ed my curiosity i fo.ind uyselfin a very i f . b room about four hundred feet long and one huu i dred in width its extremity terminating in aril archway oehuid which was a lesser room oi b semicircular form filled up with tues of benci a rising above each o her and eapable of anvn i uiodaiing ao ne three honored persons i i whole ouildi ig is neat in us architecture painted^^h white and the greater portion of it fitted up i~b the aame manner as ordinary places ot worship b a large glass cup.la vas the or.ly window^if sob it may be called which lit up tbe building . ndb suspended from the centre of its summit was rtb very handsome carved guilt chandelier beneath^m i mentioned a platform b d cloth and having muctib lis lt is ascended vb completely round it andb ii certain stances ash denominated u.acous and on is ktreineh 1 is erected which is pe-b s appearance and i larh nail altar of ncense iuh he lop of it 11 cowiedm cushion in stamped car b t a iar ~ closed folio bi i 9 conspicuously placed h modeled from the c~r-b fine site of dignity a t^m iace the rev d.ani^h d in full dress black mlh re stretched out display b netry upon a _ pleudidly b is head reclined upon his b r black curling hair hunirb manner which looked pe-b iquestionably contributed b t behind the getter upb m and at a short dtsi-ureb ieats or chairs of an ami b and all of them were oc-b the fullowers of the ch.>;f,m narkable for their violen eh of their pockets and er b arecallud elders uretheish icluded my inspection i he senior of these per b his seat with much su-b ling aloud a verse in tiicb deliver an exhortation i as followed by all incb n and wlio selected b s the basis of their ob-b conclusion ot their dis-h about a q liter of a nb it got up lion n.s luxur-h iced to t i bible un i rerse ior ins text andb mon he had not prc-b ten minutes before ib rritied . ith one ot tn ch t_s i ever heai rapi diyh unknown sound in a female voice and then ly in ij oresume an in though i had expected es and was perfectly outlandish cries and sh yet 1 assure 1 was nese unearthly sounds i cannot give any ac r nature character or ef e heard — they cannot be n my sensations sev d many tainted s me ind the men appeared so d that it was a few min ere capable of rendering assistance during the ordinary scene thespeak and when those who lad been removed and rontinued his discourse as urred to give him any in mnds as well as 1 remem rese — " chtim — cheios — — zegoro — inesta — le — zegoro — and then t flows it flows drink ye be ye filled let it elow let it flow — i have en erscoriug this nonsense the cadence were arrang gination must fill up for very scanty and trivial in l am enabled to give to i the stuff also because 1 . of its true character france the twenty seven persons accused ofa treas onable conspiracy and whose trial has occupied the pari court of assize during a fortnight have been acquitted during the progress af tha trial on thursday the court presented one ofthe most ; t ordinary scenes ever witnessed a fierce ieciaintion in which judges counsels ac cused witnesses and auditory participated tie government of ti.e cituen king is condemned on ail hands for the bad policy which dictaed the pr.iecution in which they have ex perienced so single a defeat — dublin register hie comptroller atatement to the legislature of 1833 puts down the balance of cash in tho treasury on nov 1st 1333 at 57,871 a part of this to wit : 17,970 waa the unexpended balance ot 50 000 appropriated by the legislatnre of 1-3-2 for re building the capitol and which has been expended since the report ... 17,970 leaving io the treasury an unap propriated balance november 1st 1833 cf 39,907 1 ■•■ /" wivlv and melancholy death of ' . , cohen the chemist produced (; , mgktk generally bait more par jasg those who knew him and >~ l t0 lt>arn tliat e * iberalit - v i will enable hia widow and itnrn with comfort to their home *\ m t%m th«»bh ***** 7 ¥*** man : .- excellent practical chemist and . ". mmtt nerally were varied scientific interest bnt in matters of reli fe r^r3rsii'!j'j laranf - extraordinary htj from being well educated in the ■ i he became an atheist and we m a safely say almost the only one hf.>pp^ii3sion who in any change of re ■ iy abandoned and surrendered bw.in a fir threat catise mr cohen bk^conety of free knquir rs and ktli isttcal doctrines and was a 1 contributor to their pa notice this fact to relate a b_irnimstance connected with ins address to the people of , north caroll a os the subject jof amending the constitution now the expenses of the legislature for 1833 paid at the treasury on the 14th january 1834 were - 442,000 lhe suras paid and to be paid be fore the 1st november next for the salaries of executive judicial and other officers of state a mountto so oop lhe incidental charges of legisla-^^hjlh tion and contingent charges fl the government to bepaidinlike^^^^m manner . xceed^^^hh of the st ate the general right ol a majority of the quali^^mj fied vi.t.^rs in a state io alter their constiiutionm in any manner wiiir-h may suit the pleasure oil hat majority is ta our country liidi.putahlo.b b 1 1 ibe practice ofthe american states has de i t«rmir.ed that the most ordinary and perhaj 1 therefore the most appropriate method of reme • i dying constitutional evils is through the m i-l um of a state convention authorized and itil its incipient steps regulated by law a\ccording-^^h ly more than 0,000 freemen of this mate peti i tioii^d the l_3t general assembly to pr.viael means tor the cure of evils ia their constitution i against which they have been complaining furl more than 30 years — this application was made i under the additional sanction of your bill il rights wtiich reserves to the people a light b to petition the legislature for a redress c/b their grievances and to instruct their represen b tativts but it was rejected oy the house of com mons after having passed the senaie in thel shape of the dill which has been prefixed t.b this address on the evening of the day when this bill i for taking the sense of the people was rejected m a meeting of the representatives of a majority b ofthe people took place for the purpose oi adopt 1 ing such measures as were best calculated toh meet the just expectations ofthe majority theh greater number of them believing that h fair and free discussion of the alterations to heh proposed in your constitution and ofthe ground-h upon which a change is demanded would ree n-m ciie the minority to their adoption were unwil-h ling to recommend lo their euustitii'-nts an t>x-b ercise of ttie right to proceed witlwut the sanc-^a tion of legislative autliority but hoping thai h corntnon interest a sense of justice a proper re.-h pect for the fundamental principles ot populaih governments and a disabuse of the public aurxih as to the motives of a majority may co opera t^h to secure the assent of all sections to this o^ee.-m sary reform determined to pursue the course in i dicated by their proceedings now laid before v.uh the question is thus presented before the high-h ust human tribunal an appeal iias been t tu-rh fiom the servants of tbe people to tho sovcreiyth people themselves and to us has been delu^a-h ted the trust of presenting il to yuu for deteruim-h ation our duty will be best performed by oiiiith ing every appeal to your passions and prejudih ces and we content ourselves by laying oelor-m you pacts which make ibis appeal lrresisti^^h ble it it is to be determine by the rules of jus-^m tee patriotism and candor 1 u-._q.uai representation the first and prominent defect in your state^h pobsti ution which it is proposed to correct as^h tnat part which allows to each county three mem i hers in our general assembly without regard toh as size population and taxes this is the sonrce^b of gross injustice oi loud complaint and of great^h political evil aware how easily you may be d.-h eqtved into a distrust of general statements ma.em in a political address and desirous to advance^m none that can delude we nave carefully prepar-^h ed trom the oil rial reports of our financial 0:-h tic-ers and tne lasi census taken under the au-h itioniy of the united states a taole which exh tibits at one lew the annual public taxos,^h federal population and ff life population ofm each county in the state it i here inserted andh we beg you to ex tune it tabular statement of taxes and whiteb inl population of tiie cvun-m ilina compiled trom theh , and the census of 18~0rh lie fcdr'l white i _ popuin poautita 50 6s00 4001 0 9300 6500b 00 6609 4500 00 631 k 3000 00 3700 3000 00 c700 5200 50 5900 4500 00 5200 9700 wo 6000 4300 30 9600 6700 00 8700 5300 00 6400 s3o0 150 fiioo 3900 100 5400 4000 xx 7000 s_0(j 60 4500 42ut 300 4400 230 j50 9500 7 00i 700 6100 870 400 5200 4.0t 470 7100 600 70 7-200 500 970 7000 4501 700 6600 450 100 7600 500 800 6300 4300 850 5300 5400 850 7900 5600 650 8400 6200 930 1o200 7600 430 4200 3300 600 3900 2700 1050 9000 6600 1500 9600 5300 1300 1 1900 7200 5jw lflqp 7 coo - 8,000 lhe appropriations made by the l~^^b__fl gislatureof 1833 for re-ouuduigb the capitol for defending suits b for compensating coramissionerab to revise the statu to laws c.i c to be paid in like manner wi!l______h exceed ..... g 0(opo making an aggregate of - . 160,000 to cover these appropriations for nec»*s~ary expenditures the following suras of money will be in or receivable at tbe treasury on or oeioro the 1st day of november 1834 to nit : balance before stated unappropriated on the 1st november 1833 - 439 9^7 th ordinary revenue of tho state not exceeding - 63,000 the amount of 2d dividend of capi tal stock in the bank of newuern being 20 per cent.cn 1318 shares payable 1st of ylarcn 1334 86,360 the amount of bonds for sale of treasurer haywood's property uncollected n.v 1st 1834 2,500 ibthiatttie rev alncrr nctrh.no fctriedand convicted m boston kid before sentence he pnblish k x i iinat,on ot!n " crecdi lvlhlh knoasurc softened if it did noten rany way with the belief that he n atheist this recantation gave |^>;, the free enquirers general iktkolarly t»mf cohen who as ihim for so'doing in the columns of i > enquirer published la this city hbof.mr km eland were l am not m atheist but a pan instead nf believing there is no abstract that all is god v ■•,.:.-■ is od,aiid there is dial which proceeds lrom there are 24 counties whose aggregate ex pense to your government is more than double their aggregate public tax and 20 of these do not pay into the tiea.ury a sum equal to the wages of their own members added to a just proportion of the incidental charges of legislation alone and 1 of them pay an aggregate tax of 5 400 dollars or.ly whose representatives alono receive back 8000 dollars is this right is it just toward a free people whose revolutionary struggle rested upon the basts that taxation and representation should go together " there arc 40 counties in the state which do not pay laxe9 to cover their cost to your govern ment and is it prudortt to refuse your aid in cor reeling the rule which vests them with the pow er of electing t o thirds of your law givers ? do the counties which are thus deficient in their contributions to youi public revenues and so onerous by their costs contain a federal or wh : te population which can make up their claims to th representation they have are thev in a condition to give personal services or to bare per s<mal burdens which justify this exemption from pecuniary burdens while they have equal repre sentation with the largest counties a reference to the table of their population will determine this question beyond all contradiction look at it and then let reason and conscience answer these enquiries their population is as dispro portionate to the poiver they exercise as their taxes have been shown to be faking together the sum of 14 767 or 13,233 less than the amount of indispensa ble demands upon the fublic treasury dunn g the currenr yeai is this the result i f accident ? it has been foreseen and foretold the finance commit tee of 1332 and 1833 the treasurer in his repjrts to the assembly and the governor by message ta 1833 have called upon the legisla ture to anticipate these things the commit tee of finance propjsed to submit a plan fir remedying this evil by ' increasing the reve nue ;" or in plainer words " increasing the public faxes but the people by a vote of 30,000 freemen petitioned the same body to remove this gru vance by di.itnisamg their number and making their sessions bicnnitd the call ofthe people was disregarded and tho proposal of the committee was never acted upon where will you look for the causes of re suits like these ? the answer is not difficult o be made one man in one section ofthe state ha3 as much political weight as screw in another or six j in another or five in another c two thirds of the commnnity pay one-third of the same community to be their masters disguise itasyou may this is lhe naked trut.li wo ...... l-j ..-. wea ry you by comparing the population and taxes of separate counties together nor can it be necessa ry that we should th mmmwammm tat juos o.-ciniircjit nave gall on to increase with the multiplication of coun ties when public convenience attdd ihe erec tion of a new county necessary and unavmdablc in one section ofthe state another has been fr - yet we must not omit to state that this so quently erected elsewhere without necessity i.t order to preserve legislative power among tm latter the recollection of men who have out lived their party f.ehngs will attest this stat ment and if it did not we are sustained ly your statute book and the recorded proceeding of the general assemblies thus the slate which was in 1776 divided into 36 co.ntiea including tne whole of what is now tennessee has ceded away the better half of her territory and the remainder is cut up into 65 counties — the assembly which waa once composed of 115 members has gone oa to increase to 202 their sessions which were once held 3 and 4 and 5 weeks only are now held 8 weeks their session which once cost 15,000 now cost the people 50,000 -, and a government which once cost leva than j 10,000 annually now coat 30,000 and upwards have these increased demands on the treasury been caused by the expense of the judiciary t let any o_e point out the addition of a hundred d.llars for the expenses of the judiciary sinco l waa placed upon a lespeetable basis and suited to ttie absolute necessities uf the state and wo rill show him iu return the addition of twicflr ba amount to the legislative department a hutigh while the latter has been growing less oned to its pui poses ihe former has been im iroved have they arisen frjrn the expendi ure of money for public works ? let the hum imi pride of your state answer not one monii nent of public spirit is within your borders on es it may de your university and for thit you ire indebted to the patriotism and liberality cf individual contributions are they're maultof any unprofitable speculations or pecuniary losa ? far otherwise is me truth tne stale by em barking credit iu three old bunl_,ha reabied a clear profit of one muiioa of dollars,aad as we will show presently bas tl.ereby not hastened on but delayed tbe day <, t her poverty or we might more correctly s l y > has pjstpuned tho day 0 f ns discovery ; a yet t h e greater part ot it has been already squandered and the last dollar will soon be c jisumed unless some salutary rat rm can be introduced into the government wbcp.ce theo does it happen ? — what is tbft real cause ot this iatoleraole pubbc evil ? 1 . * the ordinary revenue is between 12,00tf and 15,000 dollars less than ihe ncees.-ary annu al expense of the gorernn:<n>t and thai has been the case tor many years ■*> say your puiii * ject has brought into existence and fosters a spi rit of sectional hostility which mars the peace of your legislature and materially impedes the advancement of the common good this is so plainly true that none who has any regard fur his character will venture to deny it these are 6ome of the reasons which sustain the demand that has been made for equal rights : the largest vote ever taken in the state at the election for president of the united states was 53.000 at the last august election more lhan half that number voluntarily voted in favor of changing this feature of your constitution and if polls had been kept open in all the coun ties cnatr the authority of law there is no doubt that nearly two-thirds of the voters would have sanctioned it a majority then demand this reform of their government ; and will the minority refuse to provide for it by the estab lished forms of law . can they do ao and be consistent in their attachment to republicanism is the privilege too trifling to create such zeal and perseverance among tnose who ask it — then tho sacrfice will oe less to those who yield up a power which tbey can lay no just claim to but the right of representation a fair and equal representation of the people is now another name for civil freedom ; and the struggle for it can never cease while the spirit of lmerty exists in our land freemen who re si it do injury to themselves ; they cannot en ter upon such a warfare v about selling their principles as slaves to the spirit of party poli cy patriotism and self-interest untie in requir ing mem to do justice and preserve equably in their government ounties ashe beaufort bladen brunswick columbus currituck camden chowan carteret duplin franklin cate greene hyde hertford haywood jones johnston lenoir macon moore martin mash onslow pasquotank 1 er.pt i mo us person richmond ru-eson sampson tyrrell washington wayne bertie craven the rev edward irving and tiie unknown tongues ii the leoislatcre london dec 1s33 on sunday last i visited the place where ir j vin<r holds forth and 1 will endeavor in as few matda as i possibly can to give you a faint idea ■ of what i iitard and witnessed driven from the j magnificent edifice which the piety and attach j ment of his followers hajderected he sought refuge j for himself and his doctrines in obscure places in different parts of london until he succeed ed in inducing a weak minded but wealthy bro ker whose name is druaimond , to purchase two large houses adjoining each other in newharn j sireer and throwing ihem into one he has pro | . i •« d a tolerably good if bet a handsome chapel on entering die gateway i had logo throagti a p © t ** - by your present constitution the general as j sembly meet annually and it is proposed io al set it so as to have biennial sessions except in cases ot emergency . aud at lhe same tune to dimmi.h the number of members this is a propjsitiou in which all are interes ted aud the all-ration is demanded as wwli by i your necessities as by your uderett one *> r [ lion of your representatives have oeen engag led in excited strife against another and tae people have been agitated dy these lufim i i s waive will not believe let j n . ri0l p k)c ' a ' n ' o the world their fljmk'a of making converts 1 ir r star * a new eounty was created at the last ses sion hut as ita statistics have not been aacer ained it it iuipoea-iie if i**e it into •_■■ hi trial and acqmtal of republicans fram ia tribune pans paper mo..tpsu£-i d_;c 1 j — three respectable io • see note to next colimd