10. The establishment of the Supreme Court, in 1818, on its present basis, was largely the work of Bartlett Yancey. John Louis Taylor, the Chief-Justice, with Leonard Henderson and John Hall, as Associates, constituted a tribunal which was soon to win the veneration of American lawyers. 1820. 11. This has been called the era of "Good Feeling" in American politics. But the question of slavery in the Territories was fast assuming a dangerous importance. 12. The Northern States objected to the admission of any more slave States. The Southern would consent to no such prohibition. The storm grew louder, until it was temporarily settled by the "Missouri Compromise" of March 3d, 1820, which provided that henceforward slavery should be forever forbidden north of the parallel of 36° 60' The news of which, however, Mr. Jefferson declared fell on his ears "like a fire-bell at night." QUESTIONS. 1. What was the condition of North Carolina after the war of 1812? 2. How many counties were in North Carolina in 1815? What is said of the representation in the General Assembly? What towns had special privileges? 3. Give some account of the growth of the Moravian settlement at Salem. 4. Give some description of various towns and villages. 5. What efforts was Dr. Joseph Caldwell putting forth for the advancement of the State? 6. What growth was seen among the Methodist churches? 7. Who was at the head of the Episcopal Church? What is said of Bishop Ravenscroft? 8. Who were the most eminent Presbyterian divines? What benefit was derived from their labors? 9. Mention the political leaders. 10. Through whose efforts was the Supreme Court established? Who were the Justices? 11. What was this period called? 12. What question was greatly agitating the people? CHAPTER XLV. THE WHIGS AND THE DEMOCRATS. A. D. 1821 TO 1827. 1821. In the decade following the enactment of the Missouri Compromise there was prodigious material growth in every section of the American Union. In North Carolina the real prosperity of the people was imperceptible, by reason of the heavy emigration to the South and West. Not only population, but wealth, was continually withdrawing to more profitable fields of labor and speculation. 2. While the Northern and Western sections of the Union were receiving the thousands who came every year from Europe and elsewhere, there was no such accession to our numbers. For a century past there has been little or no immigration to North Carolina. The stream of settlers that once poured so steadily into the hill country had ceased even before the Revolution.