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Address to Inhabitants of North Carolina 69
be calculated for a Paper Currency that shall circulate freely, and
be serviceable, in common, to the Inhabitants, both gentle and simple,
and not be liable to be hoarded up in the Chests and Coffers, and hid in
Holes and Corners, and in the End be made a Trap and Snare
to the Commonalty ? To which may be answered, Yea ; as may
more fully appear, by a Scheme hereto annexed. Have not the
Commonalty a native Right (according to the English Establish-ment)
to hear, see, think, speak, and act, rationally, for themselves ?
Is not the General Assembly of North-Carolina, constituted from
Home ? Does it not consist of three Branches, to wit, Governor,
Council, and House of Burgesses, in Representation of King, Lords
and Commons, in Great-Britain 1
? If so, Are not then the House of
Burgesses, in North-Carolina, one Branch of the Legislature ? Are
they not elected, to that Service, by the major Vote or Voice of the
Commonalty? Are they not thus appointed, by each several [3]
County, in the Province, to give due Attendance at the General
Assembly, there to appear, as Eyes for the Commonalty, as Ears for
the Commonalty, and as Mouths for the Commonalty ? And, as they
are thus sent forth, as it were, with the Lives and Liberties of the
Commonalty in their Hands, to represent and serve the Commonalty,
in carefully guarding the Country, that no unwholesome Laws be
inadvertently made, that may prove burthensome and destructive to
the Inhabitants; how essentially necessary is it then, for every hon-est-
hearted Burgess, to think freely, and speak freely, in Behalf
of the Commonalty, as he is in Duty bound, and, if possible, to suf-fer
no inadvertent Proposal whatsoever, to be passed into a Law,
that may in any wise be hurtful to the Commonwealth ? And how vile
must all such Burgesses appear, in the Eyes of every honest-hearted,
thinking Man, who, for sinister Views and Self-interest Sake, will
betray so great a Trust ? And inasmuch as there is too g^eat an
Aptness in Man, to be warped and swayed by Self-interest and sinis-ter
Views ; how essentially necessary is it therefore, for every of
the Commonalty, to a Man, in every County, to be exceeding thought-ful
and more than common careful, for the future, in the Choice of
their Burgesses ? For let it be considered ; Is there any Man made
a Burgess, till he is elected and created a Burgess by the Common-alty?
Is it not then the Commonalties immediate Concern and
Business, to elect Men, who seek to be strictly just in their Prin-ciples,
who will labour faithfully, also, to serve their King and
Country, with Integrity of Heart, in Matters of so great Conse-
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| Full Text | Address to Inhabitants of North Carolina 69 be calculated for a Paper Currency that shall circulate freely, and be serviceable, in common, to the Inhabitants, both gentle and simple, and not be liable to be hoarded up in the Chests and Coffers, and hid in Holes and Corners, and in the End be made a Trap and Snare to the Commonalty ? To which may be answered, Yea ; as may more fully appear, by a Scheme hereto annexed. Have not the Commonalty a native Right (according to the English Establish-ment) to hear, see, think, speak, and act, rationally, for themselves ? Is not the General Assembly of North-Carolina, constituted from Home ? Does it not consist of three Branches, to wit, Governor, Council, and House of Burgesses, in Representation of King, Lords and Commons, in Great-Britain 1 ? If so, Are not then the House of Burgesses, in North-Carolina, one Branch of the Legislature ? Are they not elected, to that Service, by the major Vote or Voice of the Commonalty? Are they not thus appointed, by each several [3] County, in the Province, to give due Attendance at the General Assembly, there to appear, as Eyes for the Commonalty, as Ears for the Commonalty, and as Mouths for the Commonalty ? And, as they are thus sent forth, as it were, with the Lives and Liberties of the Commonalty in their Hands, to represent and serve the Commonalty, in carefully guarding the Country, that no unwholesome Laws be inadvertently made, that may prove burthensome and destructive to the Inhabitants; how essentially necessary is it then, for every hon-est- hearted Burgess, to think freely, and speak freely, in Behalf of the Commonalty, as he is in Duty bound, and, if possible, to suf-fer no inadvertent Proposal whatsoever, to be passed into a Law, that may in any wise be hurtful to the Commonwealth ? And how vile must all such Burgesses appear, in the Eyes of every honest-hearted, thinking Man, who, for sinister Views and Self-interest Sake, will betray so great a Trust ? And inasmuch as there is too g^eat an Aptness in Man, to be warped and swayed by Self-interest and sinis-ter Views ; how essentially necessary is it therefore, for every of the Commonalty, to a Man, in every County, to be exceeding thought-ful and more than common careful, for the future, in the Choice of their Burgesses ? For let it be considered ; Is there any Man made a Burgess, till he is elected and created a Burgess by the Common-alty? Is it not then the Commonalties immediate Concern and Business, to elect Men, who seek to be strictly just in their Prin-ciples, who will labour faithfully, also, to serve their King and Country, with Integrity of Heart, in Matters of so great Conse- |
