Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-09

more a,vuuon ne last eight years than any
other occurrence Of he Revolution.
Tnc auhrnlici y OF these resolutions has
ben questioned, ye! no others have been
produced; and i. could not be denied tla'
they, or o,ccrs OF Il lie character, were
na>ss d, and which at ihc time were dcscr!b'
ed (hy the Royal Governor Martin, in his
orociamlton OF the Sta August, l775) as
importing 20 he he resolves of set OF
people styling themselves Committee for
the County OF Mrck!enburg, mos. traitor
ously declaring ,nc"enlire dissolution Of the
laws. government, and Constitution Of this
country, and setting up system Of rille and
regulation repuguont to the laws, and SUBJ
vcrsitc Oils Majes,y's Government.
In :he course OF my examinations INTO
81. popn'3r proceeding, o. tD1, p>iod o
ras history, ! have rr: @,:a ,.:.y;@cr st d
g>So,U'ui.> a.:o%yd g.. :i2cN."nb"a.; cc.'".
y in H.., l773, wrjch answer very we'll TO
Inc description given by Governor Marin.
They are expressed d in somewhat different
terms, and arc bcsl cs ola much WIDER
scope than those heretofore published be-,
i. g in fact general Declaration Of the In
dependence of all the Colonies. Believing
tha, hese will be Interesting to many OF
your readers, send YOU copy for public
alion.
TVashington Dec. II, 1889.
CHARLOTTE TOWN. NECNLENBCRG COUNTY,
MAY 81, l775.
TH;s day The Committee met, and passed
toHoNir;I resolves:
WHEREAS, by an addrss presented to his
Male>'y. by both Houses Of Parliament, in
FcLraary last, the American Colonies are
declared 10 BE- in state of actual rebellion,
wc conceive that all laws and commissions
confirmed by. or derived from, The au:hor-
~ O; ;hn king or Parliament. arr annuiIed d
anu vura,,', a:r,' Il form cvII Cons in-
,'ou of itcs Co.oi.irS, for the present, wholly
suSp; nded. 10 provide IN some degree
ior tie exiernclcs Of tits county in The
pr $ n, alarming period, we deem it proper
ana necessary o pass the following resolves,
/. That all commissions, civil and mill
iary. c!c,oforc granted by The Crown, to
bc exercised in these Colonlesl are null and
vri !. and the Constitution ofeach par!lc'
ular Colony wholly suspended.
9 Tha. the Provincial Congress Of each
Prov in"e, under the direction of the Great
Con incnta! Congress, is invested with all
the Leg alive and Executive powers with.
in their respective Province and That 70
other Legislative or Executive does or can
exist, at this time, in any Of thee Colonies.
3. AS ali former laws arc now wholly
suspended in ths Province, and the Con.
grcss have not yet provided others, we Judge
it necessary, for the better preservation of
good order, 10 form certain rules and legu.
lalions for the int rnal government of this
county, until laws shall be prov ded fer US
by the Congress.
4. That the inhabitants Of 'his County
do meet on certain day appointed by this
committee and, having formed themselves
into nine comPaules, viz. eight in The coun-
ty and one in the town OF Charlotte, do
choose Colonel, and other military OFF,
GERS, WHO shall hold and exercise their sew
eral powers by virtue ofthis choice, and in
dependent Of the Crown Of Great Britain
and the former Constitution Of this Province.