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time such tender was made; but they declare
they will not repeal, or make any alteration
in the present law, till such time as all the
flats notes are carried into the treasury, and
cancelled; and thdy hold out to the people at
Urge, the moment they break in upon the
prelent system, they will be ruined, and that
by their continuing firm, they will bring the
others to terms. From this you will judge
we have little or nothing to expect from our
prclent rulers, as at the riling of each fcffiou
fhey hold up the idea to the minority, that
something lhall be done the next to fatisfy
them in either repealing or suspending the
tender, or calling a convention; but when
met in their nocturnal convention, it is al
ways determined to continue in their iniqui
tous measures.
We are informed that the members of
Congress are in general pleased with our new
revenue act, and look upon it as a favorable
symptom of fetferalifin; but I can affine
you this is not the case, and it is done wi ; h a
view to ainufe the people, and continue theni
felves in office a little longer, with the hopes
it will be in their power to oppress the fede
ralifis, and embarrais the new- government,
which they are oetermined to do as much as
possible ; and unleft Congrcft wilfadoptfome
deciiive measures, there" is-little or'atPbifb
fpefl of thfcrf calling a convention, as you
may obl'erve by their conduct in the last ief
flons, which rose lad Saturday, without al
tering the tender, or giving any encourage
ment for calling a convention ; they are ad
journed till next October, when there will be
a new choice.
“ From the above fiatement of fads, you
may judge, as we have nothing to hope from
our present rulers, so we have nothing to
dread from their resentment, were we to
withdraw ourfeives,~and claim the protection
of the new government.”
EDEN T O N, July 9.
The following ADDRESS of the Governor
and Council of this ftatei'has lately been
presented to General IVaJkington , Prelident
of the United States ; to which he has been
pleased to return the answer thereunto sub-
To his Excellency GEORGE WASHING- 1
TON, Efquirc,- President of th* United
States.
SIR* ’ . .
AMIDST the congratulations which sur
round you from all quarters, We, the Go
vernor and Council of the state of North-Ga
rolina, beg leave to offer ours, with equal
sincerity and fervency with any which can be
presented to you. T hough this state be not
yet a member'of the union under the new
form of government, r we look forward with
the pleasing hope of its shortly becoming such;
and in the mean “time confider ourfeives
bound in a common infei est and'affedion
with the other dates, waiting only for the
happy event of such alterations being propo
sed as will remove the apprehenffotft*iof many
of the good citizens of this state, for those
liberties for which they have fought and dif
fered in common with others. This happy
event, we doubt not, wfil be accelerated by
your Excellency’s appointment to the firft of
fice in the union, liuce we" are Well assured
the fame greatness of mind, which in alt
feenes has so eminently ’charaflerifed your"
Excellency, will induce you to advise every
raeafure calculated to compose party divisions,
and to abate any aniraofity that may be ex- ,
cited by a mere difference in opinion. * Your
Excellency will confider (however others
may forget) bow extremely difficult it is to
unite all the people of a great country in one
common fentimcnt upon almost any political
Subject ; much left upon a new form of go
vernment materially different from one they
have beeh accustomed to, and will therefore
father be disposed to rejoice that so much has
been efife&ed, than regret that more cuulu
not all at once be accompliihed. We fin*
cerely believt America is the only country in
the world where such a deliberate change of
government could take place uuder any cir*
cumftances whatever, • ,
W« hope your Excellency will pardon the
liberty we take in writing so particularly on
tiiia fubjeft » butdhis state, however it may
differ! hi any political ©pinion* with the other
Hates, cordially Join* with them »n leuiiments
oHbrvtintft W'vipuw***’ iof
* _ ' , * *
j- t _ y _ j \ i*
those diftinguiftved ta’ents and that niuftrious
virtue, which we feel a pride in faying we
believe, under God, have been the principal
means of preserving the liberty and procur
ing the independence of your country. We
cannot help confideriug you, Sir, in some
measure, as the father of it, and hope to ex
perience the good effect* of that confidence
you so justly have acquired, in an abatement
of the party spirit which so muclT endangers
a union on which the fafety and happiuefs of
America can alone be founded. May that
union, at a short didance of time, be as per
feft and mote fate than ever! And iu the
mean while, may the date of North-Caroliua
be considered, as it truly deserves to be, at
tached with equal warmth-with any date in
- the union, to the true interest, profpcritT,
and glory of America, differing only iu some
" particulars in opinion as to the means of pro
~ mbutfg them t
SAMUEL JOHNSTON.
Bjr order and on behalf of the Council,
jAMES IREDELL, Prefnieut,
By order, Wat* 'job jion Ua'wjon,
May 10, 1789." Clerk Council.
To the GOVERNOR and COUNCIL of the
State of North-Carolina.
Gent if me tiy
IT was fcatcely possible for any address to
have given me greater pleasure than that
which I have just received from you : because
1 conlidcr it not only demonstrative of your
approbation of conduct in accepting the
firft office in the union, but also indicative of
the good difpofirions of the citizens of your‘
date towards thtif lifter dates, and of the pio
babiiity v»f their speedy acceding to the new
general government. ......
In juftification of the optnihn which you am
pleased to express of my readmels “to advilc
every mealure 'calculated to compose party
divisions, and to abate any animosity that
may be excited by mere difference of opi
nion,” i take the liberty of referring you to
the femimeuts communicated by me, to the
• two Houles of Congress. On this occasion,
I am likewise happy in being able to add the
strongest alTurances, that I entertain a well
grounded expectation' that 1 la thing will be
wanting on the part of the different branches
of the general government to render the union
as perfect, and more fafe than ever it has
been. • •
A difference of opinion on political points
is not to be imputed to freemen as a fault;
since it is to be presumed that they are all
actuated by an equally laudable and sacred
regard for the liberties of their country. If
the mind is to formed in different perlbns as
to confidcr the fame object to be fumewhat
different in its nature and coufequeuces, as
it happens to be placed iu different points of
view, aud if the oldest, ‘the ablest, and the
" molt virtuous statesmen have often diffeYed in
judgment as to the belt forms of government
—we ought, indeed, rather to tejoicc that
so much has been affected, than to regret t lit
more could not ail at once be accomplished.
* Gratified by the favorable fentimeuts wflich
ate evinced in your address to me, and 1 ui- .
pressed with an idea that the citizens of your
state are sincerely attached to theTuteteft, the
prosperity, and the glory of America, l molF
earnestly implore the divine bn*)ediefi«»n and >
guidance fn the councils which are ihortiy to
be taken by their delegated, on a fubjeCt of
the mod momentous confequeuce, I mean the
political relation which is to fuouff hereafter,
between the state of North-Caroiiua, and the
ftate* now in union under the general govern
ment.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.'
New-York, June 19,1789. -
4•• . *
■ AUGUSTA, AuguH 22.
His Excellency John Sullivan,* Ffqdire, is
eleCicd Pieiideut if"the Ua-e 0* 'Ncw-rlamp
liiire. ,
it is expefted by several persona of great
political knowledge, that when Congress have
finally adjufled the revenue lyfteiu, the fur plus
will he funded, and an einiffmn of paper take
plate, redeemable at certain periods, furtici
cut iu alleviate the prefenr general diftiefs,
•ruing Hum the waul u( a simulating medi
um. , ,
Ou the tad of April, Mr, Fite moved the
in a bill to enable the Governor of Quebec to
import iuto that Province, for a limited time, '
from the Uuited States of America, quauti
tie* of bread, Indian corn,' &c. Leave wax
accordingly given.
He theu called the attention of the Houfe'
to the detriment likely to arise to the agri
culture of that couutry, from the importationT
of American corn, which in the Britilh part
of America had been corrupted by a particu
lar inlcrf.
On the 28th of April died at PittfbuFgh, \vt
Pcnnfylvania, Thomas Hutchins, Esq. Geo
grapher General to the United States, a gen
tleman whose abilities and deportment thmE
life gained him the applause and cftccW of
„ all who w ere av<juaimcd with him.
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OH l HOMO, HOMO, HOMO, OH l
ALDIBERQNTOrCoKOFORNI-O.
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ULgi“VS*** itsw* yyyjr yjn wua
JVeJi India Goods •
OF ALL KIN DS,
FOR SALE
By the fubferiber, on the mnd*
reduced prices tor Cash, or To
bacco, which will be received in
payment at sixteen lhillings ani
four-pence per hundred, by
: ' GEORGE HAMMOND!
Aufcuft 11, 1789.
FIVE DOLLARS REfV.IR'
j Strayed or Stolen
From the Common of Augusta, about the*
25th July lift, a bay Horfv, 14 hands high,
fix years old fait fpriug has a fnnll star ia
his forehead, his left fo<e foot hud two hind
feet white, a small lump on his left knee, and
branded on the mounting buttock thus 'J
Whoever will bring the fai l horse to Mr#
Livennao, at Auguita, (hall receive the above
reward.
Edmond Rivells • 1
t (
1 Augiift xi\ 1789. ‘
" \ i • S ' *
—.- .1 fr-'
A lift of Defaulters in Capt'. Qartledge’s di
llrift, Richmond County.
JOHN Gilbreath*, David Keath, John Wel
■ don',’Thomas 'bijjith, Martmßieen, John
t>h*ife, John "Kelly, Chaxles. Steward, | >hii
Burch Ellison, William Motes, Hiei M-Da—
uiel, Daniel M'Damel, John MrfJamel.
Kon-rrfidtnis nubo'huvt rendered a tji of tbtii
taxable property.
James Cartledge, Randall Ramsey, feo-
Raiuiall Rfrfnffey, juu. David Perryman, Heu
ry Gaudier, aud IgnaiiusKew.
SAMUEL SCOTT,' Rec.
W’HEKEAS my w;fe, Elizabcih Weck
-1 ley, has eiopt i from my bed and
noaid, I do therefore forewarn any pe T*u
from harbouring her, giving nei cie::u on
my account, or pu;chafing any of my
perty from iier.
Lewi? iVcekhy. •
Auguft2t, 1789-
A lift of Defaulters in Capt. Pool's diftr-ft,*
Richmond county, 1789, viz
CHARLES SiailMin, Charles Carter,
William Bryant, ——
M'Muileii,* John Brandon, David la„hs,
Ab'af'lay, tonathan Glafe, ]ohn btudwnk*
Abi'alum tt at*, Diwion.
W. FREEMAN, Rec.
Defaulted iu Capt, Benjamin Gilbert** dull iH|
Ctcvue ea^ty—Ahfiiom Hunt. ,
JGHfti THOM A/, jutt. A