The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-10-05

ten TO General Gage, at Boston, soliciting
supply OF ammunition and arms and by
the vigilance Of the delegation in the cont.
mental Congress, this letter too had been
intercepted, and was now before the wing
authorities Of Newbern. These hostile pre-.
parailoas on re part Of his excellency, pro.
voked, on the gath Of Apr,l, an open rup.
turo between him aud the people," While
the Governor aud Council were in session
IN the palace, some Of the leading wings
seIzed and carried off the artillery which
hnd been planted for It's defence. " Cover.
nor Martin, apprehendlng further violence
from the whis leaders, on the evening Of
the same day, fed from Ae palace; and,
accompanied by few Of his most faithful
councillors, reireated to fort johnson OH
the banks Of the Cape Fear lle did not,
however, iiBd the for, much safer position
for his headquarters than the palace at
. NsTnern. inihls retreat be was vigorous.
y pursued, and forced to remove his mii.
tary stores, as well as the head quarters Of
hts government, on board " his Maieslys
ship of.war Cruiser The flight Of has
cxceiiency, from the palace Of Newborn, on
tho 2ith IF April, 1910, may he marked
as the closing scene Of the royal govern
ment. During the spring OF this year,
i1TJ. the attention of all the colonies was
directed towards Boston, town which
seemed to be the object OF the devoted ven.
/ geance 81 tho ministry Several detach.
ed meetings, Of the people Of Mecklenburs
we're held during the spring, ~ which IT
was declared, "iha, the cause ol Boston was
the cause OF all :" and that their deslines
wore lndissolubly connected With those Of
lhetr eastern fellow c,ilzpns.' Dat Of this
state u feeling greer The Neckiesbgrg ID.
etarciioH of independence. The conveu.
i,ou which assembled ~ Charlotte on the
l9ih ol May, l175, aud declared ladepcn.
denco on the succeeding 90ih. Was convoh
ed by Col. Thomas POLK. who afterwards
performed the ollicc 81 herald, IN pro.
Claiming It's proceedings, ito large, re-.
spectacle, aud approving assemblagc OF clsl.
1cns.-' The sulJ-c, OF md, pendcuco was
discussed during the two days of lis session,
ard was at last unanimously declared. Tho
news Of the battle uf Les,netDa arrived bs
express during the session o. the coaven
ton; and thIs intelligence irn.nng the
m,uds Of tie people, the universal VOICE
vas Tor Independence. Ihe fame thus
klndled q, Lexington couliuucd TO sprcad
through the pfovIucc euh uunbaied fury
Assoetalions were held IN various parts d
the state, 10 oil of which, they solcmnly -.
gagged -, take up arms aud risk ihUr iiCcs
and fortunes IN maintaining the freedom u
cur caunify. The pcopln everywhere icit
as Il Hey were uow breathing the delight
tul atmosphere Of free government Re
Cancellation vaS at an end, Truly then
vas It SAID by Mr.. Jefferson, IN h,s letter
10 Mr. Adatns, no state was more forward
or fixed" After Governor Martin was OK.
yelled from the province, and forced 10 take
shelter on board his Majesty ship of war
Cruiser, ard whilst ,hls declaration, hy The
citizens 1t Mccklcnburg, was stIl ringing
uupleasaully 10 royal ears, he issued .
lengthy proclamaiiun-the last dyipg eliod
ei fallen bot struggling authority. In tbs.
furious document, after trclung several
"lrauorous proceedings Of The people, be
USES the following language " And, where
as, have also seen d most infamous publ
cation III the Cape Fear Mercury, import
lag TO be resolves 81 a set OF people SIS la.
themselves committee tor the county O;
Necklenburc, mos, traitoruusly declaring
the entire dissolution OF Tho laws, govern.
ment and Constitution OF this country. ana
setting up a system of rule and regulation
repusnan, to the laws aud sabvers,se OF has
NBDcsiS ! government Thus extract can.
not be viewed by the most skepical enqui.
fer as otherwise than aiiardtag impartial
and con'enparaHCous evidence. Another
high source uf authority sttestng the iden.
lliy OF this declaration Is to be found IN The
manuscript Journal OF the War 10 the
South, by the late Rev. Humphrey hun'
ter. Who VAS m cyus ,tuess Of the proceed
ms If thu, Jay aud soldier Of the Reyo.
luton. This journal we saw before any
extracts from II came before the public, and
know /; was expressly prepared 10 show to
the world the part ils author took in scenes
which ''ttled mems souls, and TO coafrm
aud pcrpcfuaie this memorable declaration,
Ia this Journal may DO seen M account
ol 'i'H pdt'tS vi Ndhiu'ut auu t'le muse eN
rect detail of the painful circumstances nj.
tending the lall and death Of the brave Ba
ron De kalb. We deem il unnecessary TO
aalyze particularly the various sources OF
evidence, any ono of which justly merits
respectful considerations The cetiIiicatcnt
Capaln James Jack, who bore the declnra.
ton 10 Congress, lbcn in session at Ph'la-
+ doiphia letter from the late General Jo.
Isa.L n .oi,a,n q enl.l;,, nr tho Hpvnlution