w±%mum m®mmimm lty fill l.ll it hill ' _\ salisbury n c tuesday july 81 1827 vol viii no 373 mil murphey's oration the dialectic and philanthropic sot ie if the utiivenity of north-carolina having rcaolv or the world i,.,r,l macon his historical parly passed laws which the lords fro 1 amerlcsn revolution this con test grs and philosophical work and moral cs prietors ratified to establish the church dually introduced into north carolina says and out poetry wus adorned by lhe of england and to disable dissenters from and into 11 lhe btitish cnloniet which writings of milton bryden kmlcr and being members of the assembly this look pun in it a style in composition otwny shortly afterwirdi time sir wat in direct violation of the chartered which distinguishes this period from all william temple arehhlslup tlllotson rights ol the colonists the dissenters olhers english or american lilcr.lure : and others who tf nvo fariliv and grace remonstrated io the house of lords | a style founded upon and expressive ol to composition these were new beau and queen anne upon the advice of that exalted feeling education embellished ties and pleased the notion mere as they body csused these laws to be repealed it und gave toil new beauties ; but lis give ,,, style the charm ol pufshed con bui the high church party steady to force and impressive character were per versation iheir purpose varied ihcir mode of ot cepiiblc in thc writings and speeches ut whilst he literary tas'c of tic nation tack ; lhe s l li or intolerance grew with ordinary men what age or nauon ever was thus improving religious intolerance he growth of the province produced compositions superior to the drove from england a greai number ol "•<"■>••■• irglnis colony and the patron addresses of the i onlinenlal congrcs i ru.kcrs presbyterians and other lectori ; ":" "' lhe i ""' ls ' pr»etor gave to this x hen or where shall we find a parallel to unt who sought refuge in the v r i,,i.i p""y a decided majority in the assembly ; the correspondence ofgenerol joshing colony they ihere soon met with the the > 1 levlcd " jx °" each p^inct for tot nnd the general officers ol the artier samc persecution whicl had driven h.m ll ' c pportol a minister and built lean army i the style of these addres irom their native country they were churches protestant dissenters were ses and of the correspondence is lho compelled to leave the colony i and prov ° u nl v permitted lo worship in public and style of ugh thought and ol lofty yet idenco directing their course through ihe here to be subject to the rules and res chastened feeling | ond remind iho wilde ness they settled near ptsquotsnk ' r "'' on * i contained in the several acts ol reader of the finest specimens ol compo and perquimons.snd formed the germ of quakers were permuted o siuon in tantus and of the correspon 1 (• j p _ many of them , m rm instead of swearing j but they could dence of cicero and his friends aftc iho were quakers.and their destmdonts con not hold an office ol profit or trust serve death of pompey tinue to occupy that dl.lrla of country ?» jurors or give evidence by affirmation there is somelhing in the style and iu l,i 3 d,v in any criminal case phis contest be sentiment of the writings of this period , . * .... „. , ,. - tween the high church party and thc dis which gives to them a mogic chsrm ond itl lhe year 1/ib.i t hailctfc econd ; enter iii,,h cot an hostility of co lin , i . , , 7 ' ... i seniors prouucea an noviinv oi tcciinj sronis to consecrate the sutip-cls nn is l i urutlted the :.-.., un , l iilor ,,| l urollna , w l r [, ,:,,,.. b s nifleiicd in which ln ■ • , i . i •'..,, .' viik.ii nine lias aoitcneii oui wniin inc t is employed ; s somen uu connected to eight lords rrop.-ie.ors i who io en lapse of more than a century has been in lv j th lhe j csl perception of our nature cur i-,e cuu,.i jtion hr icl oil lavourable sufficient to allnv this eniiiesi fiowe r , • .... r souiikui us b„ay inisdiiucsi nowt i be reader is every inomenl ccnseinu terms i hey promised tosdreoiurersgra vc r promoted freedom of ihought and cn i ;, ..... n mv , not how m cxnlain it tuities in land according jo the number of lujry among the people it snarpeneo the , itign kn i7iun.i n e 0 , l!.is mvlrlvn 1 .'; their respective families,ind the most per iheir understandings and in ., great de sympathy which characterized iheamer fcci freedom in theexcrose of religion a -,,..,- supplied the place of hooks lor in han revolution have given mil shallow civil government was eitabllshed purolv struciion at that time there were few c1 n,ess of character it is fortunate for representative j a circumstance to which books in the colony i the library of a u s thai chief-justice marshnll has writ may be attributed in a treat degree the common man consisted ol bible and a ten the history of this revolution what republican leclings and opinions which spelling book j tlie lawyers had a less ever may bo the defects of his work tho s,,„n i haracterised thc deny avid which honks on law and the ministers a few on history of our revolution will never be so led to the plan of civil pdily under whicli theological subject md sometimes a few w ,.|| written again : no woik on that sub we now live when the lords proprie lol the t.rcck and i man clostics : lor j e cl will ever appear so well calculated lors discovered that tho doony was likely they particularly the presbyterian minis ,„ produce an uselul effect upon iis lo become numerous and powerful they iters were generally school-matters — and readers marshall was o oldie ofthe endeavoured lo restrain he civil and re wilh iheni the pnnr young men ofthe revolution and possessed the finest ligious liberty which the hail promised : , „| my who wished to pre.ch he luspt i renins ; he w s the personal friend ol tho to emigrants they established a nowi 0 r plead the law received their humble commander io chief he pat look it all form of government declu-ing their ob education l'he turbulent spirit of th ,| h . reelings of he officers of ibe a toy . ject lobe " to make the jovcrnmeni of colonists their leaning towards repub and he has transfused into his work ib.it tlie colony agree as neoily as possible liconism and sectarianism had induced exulted sentiment which at in aid his wiih the monarchy of which it was » the lords proprietors to forbid tho estab compatriots in arms this sentiment is part and to avoid erecting a numerous lishmcnl of printing presses in the colo strongly pourtrayed in the writings nl the democracy this plan of government nvi and sir william i'.cikley who bad marquis de chostellcux and count ro wus the joint work of lord ashley atul the supcrintendance ol bis colony in chombcau two french general officers in the celebrated john l.ocke ; and its chief 1661 gave thanks to heaven that there th american service und in the corres oiu was to appoint orders of nobility cs was not . rrinling-olfice in any of the pondence of the commander in chief ilisl •, nnwrrfnt j.ioiy rr "' ck rni.ilii.rn prnvinret -„„! u,a line inin general officers but ihe progress of republican opinions and y a i mprov ement in literature could it can never oe embodied into an hlstori manners a more ridiculous plan lor be expected among a people who were cal work by a man who did not feol il in he government of the colony could nol ,, us di-.iracird by faction destitute of all its i tree in the ameiican camp lit have de.ised the people were accus hook|i bn d denied the use ol ihc press r erary elegance disappears before such lomed lo equality and self-government i notwithstanding all these discourage moral beauty there is no historical a rank of nobility was odious to them ,„„,* 1 disadvantages however the work ill ony language thai can bc read and ihey disregarded laws whicl they had 1 literul lire ot th colony evidently advan ' with sn much advantage such moral cf noi been consulted in making the \ cci y ilq pll i,|i c papers of that period feci by american youth as marshall's prosperity of the colony declined public l re „, lllcn |„ a p 0 ,. s picuous nervous lire of washington they should read morals rel..:ied tbe laws lost their ener „ yle con . 0 spondin n n force of expres lit wilh diligence and read it often ihey gy general spirit of discontent grew up lj on „„,.-„ | hngusgo and perspicuity , will never rise from ihe perusal of it and ripened into rebellion the governors l ( „. r ngement wi'tli similar writings in without feeling ficsb incentives boih to became corrupt ond thc people idle and he re t gns 0 f charles the second kisg public ond privotc virtue vicious thc attempt to give effect lo william and queen anne the intelli , the progress of tho style which morlt the new plon of government entirely fail l enco 0 r ,|, c common people and the e d the period of the american revolution ed and the lords proprietors abolished j h ;| ily . im | learning nf the men who 1 ma y bo traced in norih-t arolina from the planus insuiied to lhe condition of manake d t |, e affairs of lhe colony in that ihe administration ol i'uvc.rnor hobbs ilie colony two factions then arose | pet i 0 d are matters ofsurprlse ond aslon it hod become the common style i.riho one that wished to establish a high-toned j shmem t0 nny 0 ne ocquaintcd with the leading men of tlie colony before the prerogative government the oilier con disadvantages under whicli tbe colony meeting nl ihe continental congress in sistcd of high churchmen who gained [ lul.ored the assembly and the courts 1774 the correspondence and public tlie ascendancy and by their violence lfj am i ccl b h in private houses ; the acts papers of ucl johnston and joseph brought the government into contempt l 05sc d by the assembly were nol printed |, owe s of edcnlon l william hooper their object was to deprive all dissenters j h ii((i . re d aloud , c people al lhe nd r hlbald mcclalnc l wilmington ol the right of suffrage in curtail their l pst £. ourt a r er hey wero passed ; they o richard caswell of kingston of civil rights and render ttelr situation so wcrc , m ,,„.,,, on | y for two years ond thomas burke of hillsborough of fran oppressive as lo compel them to leuvc e¥ery biennial assembly wos under the , i u i hner nash of newbern upon lho the colony a puny of french hugunots h , ,,..,. p y 1 rc-cnaciing nil ihat were 1 kre t subjects which then engrossed the bad emigrated to the colony to enjoy | tl,ouu>>t useful there was no printing public attention do honor to lhe liters thot liberty of conscience ond of worst ip ;,,!,.. mo ,| ic c , loi.y i.rb..c 1 he yea 1 7 16 ',,,., ; 1 north carolina at that time which wos denied lo ihem in their native „, w hich time the condition of ihc statute they wrole upon mailers of business ;_ country these people entitled by their hook required s rcvls.l and lhe publlt business which concerned thc welfare of bufferings no less lhan by their • > rotestsn-j n(eret l ,,, c(l a | ou d for ihe priming ol ii naiion ; ihey wroie as they fell , snd ism to the friendship urnl hnsphuliiy of z . u:0 | c i n ing and litcruture ol ihe their compobl.iont coming warm from ihe colonists were rested with s cruelly c u ony were confined 10 ihe lawyers and ibe beorl arc free from sffcctotion or ihai disgraced the high ciu.ch porty m i n |,( er , 0 r thc gospel most of whom pedantry and equally free from that pro being ollens they were lacapoblo of hoi 1 cre educated in england audit was i x ty which is lho vice of modern com ding lands until tney wcr naturalized i ow j n „ ,,, ihi circumstance chichy thut | position and this party having the ascenduncy in l , ,,'.,. r ,, ; ,- i the colony advanced so when these men dissppesred our ut the assembly not only refascd lo natural ,, ea di|y w ith that of the mother country eralure j n ,, rrea t degree disappeared iic ihem but declared their marriages " ] e rri»utlon of lhe colony began to with them the war had exhausted the by ministers not ordalnec by episcopal ',■ bum 1 ss stem io lhe reign ol resources ol the stole snd ruined ihc bishops illegal and their children lllegi nnei sndin the yest ofte ho fortun , ol many individuals ; wo had no timole the progress of this 1 violent vi , 7 ts the assembly passed sixty choolt for the education ol oui youth , persecuting spirit w checked by the . > oj which ha j been rre f c w of our citizens wens able lo send their wise on conciliating mev.urcs adopted « ■ > for0 mj „, „„ lsl . , , 0 , u , llor i hor „ colleges orlolu bv governor atchdale he as.umed the l '> , . f lo ,, ; , s ,, ond .,,. , . ,„ ,„ , u , , d , 1 ■.,„ indlv.dua s government ol the colony in 1695 s he 3 ,' f lho „ o i 0 l wisdom and w lio received their education during the was a tu.ker and possessed in an etni | , flh i 11,1,0 in style and ,..,,, wore destined to kocp slivo lho net degree ihc philanthropy and com '■*■'''?, ',„ br0 equ ,| 0 ony part ol i remnant ol our literature and prepare the maud of temper lor which ibis sect bus co™p°.<.on <** ' j „ re th first pob io mind for the o»..bli.hme..t ol this been distinguished he was one of the our s lu.e / comc [, ( lt -, ,„ . ... „,.,, iv.llium r proprietors ol the province and by the s ', ,,', , , inte uuvie and vlfr ' m '"' lh «™ mere rorcc of his character overawed own to ourt me had endeared himtell'.o i untry by c mrbulcnt snd restored good order in the year ito the lord p m „ m . „.„, ,., ,,„ latter scenes to ihis excellent man our ancestors arc lors with lho cepitonoi « 1 » , „,„.,,.„,,,„. ,„,,„.., wa , belted for that tolerant provision ,,, idle surrender ., i c n ix h.i « , their militia law which we still retain us right le the oil and » 1 ) jii , iriu „ | he ,,„., h a part ol ut code lor granting exemp noilh-c.rol n no j f the they quickly ro.e to emlne ind lor 5 o mc who were restrained by re he pop ,.....". nd ' " ., • -> i the i ( ,„ s glou principle from bearing arms colony rspldlyincje.sed c.rolina they adorned the is in t^ht the terms or the wettern carolinian are s 1 p -.„• g2 50 if paid in adxmnce but payment iii advance will be required from all subscribers at a distance who are unknown tu the editor md sum respontible person of w z^zzz.zzzzc^z^f tiz^z^zzzizz^tix per square for the first insertion and twenty-uve au?c r tte , rfaddr3 e tott"e*f.ditor must be potl-pald or ihey may not '"; u ' u ''"^'^_ __ cd ilia sonic individual who had been a reg ular member of one of the literary socioti s at tached to lhe unjvertiiy liquid be chosen every succeeding year to deliver a public ora tion in tho college chapel on the day prece ding cad anniversary commencement the following oration was delivered in person hall nn wednesday tlie 7th june 1827 under lhe appointment of the dialcctio society by thc hon archibald d murphey and publiihed by order ofs.l i socicl list ov betters s emainino in the pott-ollleo at lexington ,{, n c.on the itt of july 1887 frederlok hillings itaoo hinney 1 hilling !;!".'",-' ri i l k ""'"'' david bodenhamer f.l.jah lanier palm i'orn ilisull john i ook bed george cross henry miller melclior dan phihp mock john ellis ism - may . benj.n.in ferabeo rsek.el i'sritb philip frank john i de john ford iirw ««» christian frank itttiolt itu.tell iimatlim tioldsberry jotepli spence kb ti leonard & geo smith henry drub s : ' *""" ' phihp hoderick i homa l-awer john llv.lt william ii lo»">y stuflc llepler nathan wallis henrv ill henderson wilton henry harrlton jesse whitlow jubn'linlco l*«u wood henry kcplv caty young 173 11 n nounsaville p m the literary sorietics of this instill lion have resolved that un uddress i.e delivered before ihem annually by some one of their members this resolution if carried into . lis ct in the spiiit in whi ll it has been ad ipted will be creditable lo the societies and favourable lo the gen eral literature of the state it is nosy mon t in thirty veins since these socie ties wen established and all lhe alumni l this university hove been members ol one or tin olher of them i pott these alumni and upon olhers svho shall go forth from this university our hopes must chiefly rest lor improvement in our literary character and their zeal for such improvement cannot fail to be ixci ted by being annually called together and one of ihem selected lo deliver a public discourse upon the progress and state of oui literature or some bubjc i connected therewith the societies have conferred on tne an unmerited honour by appointing tne to deliver lhc firtt of ihese discourses 1 accepted ihc ap polnlmcnt with pride as it was an evi deuce of their esteem ; vet with humility from a conviction nf my inability to meet public expectation ; on inability of which 1 am consriout at .,!! times bul purlieu latly mi afler a painful and tedious ill ness " list of letters remaining in the puit-ofhce at statesvllle k.c on the first day of july 1827 auguttin m aim ■"■'.»"";£ |*«" r,i|i.s'oii avliilt job maths crcn it-„l,-er scc'y mount standi chrittonher itarringcr lodge i.ms ciimmhi i.itllebury murphey william <-.."."....» ■'•'''" zz'z ~ john campbell joseph mcloui patrick clark john netbet . lohn s carson ishani uoi george i'pchurch e.ekiel i eoree abner dudley zz'.^zzzzz hull fields benjamin schohi-iil forrest gaither henej smitii edward grace james smith hobi ii ill jeremiah sloan james hare lotialltety adam hoffman lmc reneson ilasiil lloleman seiali i lick 1 thomas james henry tegue william johnson mai!aui\ii.,kanno zz rsv^for james i.ock * joel wsrten v '"' strj "" james m'kkigiit p m litilc thol is interesting in ihe hi tory of literature can bc expected in ihe in fancy o a colony planted on u continent three thousand mile distant from lhel mother country in the midst of a wilder ness and surrounded by buvagcs i mlei j such circumstances civilization declines and manners and language degenerate when the lirst patent ss.is granted to sir woll.r i ,,.!„,. ir . ue •■ - .... ■' ' i language hud received considerable im provement spencer had published ids fairy queen shakspeare his plays sir philip sidney his rcsdis knolles bis general history of t lie turks and our theology had been enriched byline i , q-jent writings ol hooker this im provement was not confined to the learn ed ; it had already i xlcndcd itself to the common people particularly in the towns and villages and ibe language of the cist colonists io doubt partook of this improvement but these colonists were all adventurers ihey joined in sir wal ter raleigh's expedition only for the pur pose of making follunes anil their chief hope was ihat they wnuld quickly find gold in abundance ond return home m enjoy their wealth this delusive hope | continued ibr muny years to beguile ad venturers who not finding the treasure ihev caine in quest of became idle und i profligate and abandoned a country in which they had met with nothing but dis appoinlment sir waller raleigh after expending a large pan of bis estate in attempts t settle . colony assigned io thomas smith of london and his osso , ialcs lhe privilege ol trading to virgin iu and of continuing the colony thorn us smith ssas already famous in the annuls of chivalrous adventure and was destined lo receive uu increase of fame by new adventures upon this continent in hi wars with tlie indians and in bis deliver once from death by pocohonlos under the advice ol halelgh be directed his ef forts i ihe wolers of thc chesapeake uul there planted a colony which became permanent and from which virginia and corolins was peopled a new charier was granted to thomas smith and ids associates usually called the london company in i60c and enlarged in ico'j this company continued with m-.tiv vi ctssitudes of fortune until be year 1026 ishcii il was dissolved the history of he colony to the time of this dissolution isas written by thomas smith and also by siini they were cotemporary vii lord clarendon who wrote the history of thc rebellion und civil war in eng land : their style and manner of writing and the public popers published by the president ml council of ihe colony du ring this period evidence great improve ment in uur language the chaos in which it lay in the ourly pan of the reign ol elizabeth gradually gave way lo the order ond method which good sense in iroduced into every pursuit ihc pedant ry and cuncelts which disfigured our lit ereture in the reign of james the lirst yielded to the influence of good taste — sir walter raleigh published his history a w'.iu\\vv \ a awimwev \ \ tsw'asi'ii from salisbury on the night o 1*1 ui jl n a fellow who said his name french bul hi not toll hi first name and from lha ,, is s,i-„„-rt,-,l hrnc in „, , righ,..:....e)b ; 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' •"." i 1 i practice he boarded will ,..,'. and by hypo - jiticd and villainous pre en • '«..". "" ' m board him without security uul tun ui.ai.i inch-s high rather lout built dark hair dark es.-s dark complex wiih 0 countenance in dirn.ivc of a disposition to •' touch and take ; has lost his upper front tell talks precipitately with some little impediment in ins arliculation he haa made several italct in the union the tb re of hi dexteri.ies an.l if report be true his i i i » . i,.,l mni rril n ircs ik s:i i ti raised in vl to i ha worked in an e tta.geo york.'dle s c it.tctvllle \. c sic ; sas-s in has becn a our han in augusta d l.l'.s mans tales of chilling peillt and h.ur brea.ltb cvapos ibe results of hit valorous arm his fellow i a would-be beau and cms a future ridiculous enough indeed all honctl man are warned uraintt haiic.e any thing to do with him any information of hit place ofr . deuce directed tu tho subscriber at s.ihs ms n c ssill be gratefully received h john kimlf.lt j„!yu.v'..:7 3x71 n ll.ll is believed two young men of thii place went off with laid french or whatever his numo may be one a tboe-maker tl.e oilier a piece of a coach-maker by trade and the public are cautioned a„-aii;'.l anv denial they may make ofthe fact above aioted j k ten wav.-vs ytvw.u--a if in the state rh if out of ibe state ban anas from tbe tubs nlier on the night of the 14th in a apprentice bo.i in lho name of john matte 20 years ol age , ikltll hur.thort a„d hu.hy.but midd ing long over his forehead 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high well made t his height carried away with him t frock coat flowered with read and mo olher ds color dark one of a ,-,-. bsh.brnw home-made lining spsisol new dove-colored .,.„,,, ns also a pale blue pain tltll hole ind carried away with him „ blue broadcloth coat with yellow buttons to it he will i lulic-v aim i'or a i county or alabama any ptrton that will apprehend and i c re a s-,sb„ll receive he iho reward i lie hlb icribcr llvet in guilford county s mdci north icst of ireciisburonell washington adams july\6 t837 ' ri n r he may perhaps oiler ton oils at lh cabinet rooking or houte joiner but'uiewi he it middling good at the form r w a avtvu s\w«y i-shoviibe wibserilier in september last a ' bound pprentlce .„ 1 t.iloriiig lliisi n . i,s the name of edward brothcrton all pcrtous are forbidden to harbor trust or em plot bun fuancis mokeau m star ,' i - " ■>'•"-!