The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-03-09
MEMORIAL OF THE

votes o. the Wing party. |
MEMORIAL OF THE
MECKLENBrRG MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION. |
To the Honorable, the General Assembly Of the
State Of North Carolina, nOw in Session
All meeting of the citizens of the coun
ty Of Mecklenburg, and the adjoining couu
ties, held on the cath of August, 1912, at
the Court house in the town Of Charlotte,
the Undersigned were appointed Commit
tee TO prepare aud forward Memorial 10
your Honorable body, on the subject OF IN
cooperating the " Mecklenburg Monumen-
tal Association" whose duty and objects
viii be, the erection OF suitable Mon
umeni, in the town Of Charlotte, common
oya,iye OF the Mecklenburg Declaration Of
Independence, on the 20lh of MAY, l775.
There is no state 10 our Union whose ear
" history Is marked with greater devotion
to the cause OF Liberty, than the State OF
North Carolina. The remark will not be
nisconsirued, when it is stated that neither
a, home or abroad, is the real character Of
the State, and the unsulIied patriotism OF
Ter citizens, known and appreciated. The
Historian IS compelled, by examination, to
say, that :" so carelessly has the history OF
North CorolIna been written, that the name,
the merits, and tho eod, Of the first Govern.
or are not known
Pare end unpreiending in character, firm
and undertaking in her devotion to prime
- rafhar aastSEaH yxlth a
consciousness Of tue reciiiude Of their on y
intentions, than to court the praise which
belongs TO merit, or to demand for their
ancestry ha, need Of renowu, sh.ch IS
due 10 exalted patriotism or chiva!ric DAT
M.
Bat, we trust more auspiclous moment
has arrived, when the industry and research
Of her sons will preserve those memorials
Of her patrlotism, 10 be banded down as . a
rich legacy " TO future generations.
81 far as the early history Of the Colony
Of North Carolina has been exhibited to
I The curious eye OF the historian, il is full OF
! incident, eleva,ing 10 the character Of the
Stale, and worthy 10 be cherished by her
sons. IL vas on her shores that the adven.
turous anchor Of The frs, Anglo Saxon+ TO
this western hemisphere rested. A fleet,
sustained BY the gallant Sir Wster Raleigh,
/ and led By Amma1as and Barlow, here
+ found, IN the language Of the hisiorian OF
the day, a people most gentle, loving, and
faithful, void Of all guile and treason, and
such as lived after the manner Of the golden
age" Among such d people, fleeing from
the oppressioGs and prosecutions Of the Old
" Grid, our ancestors founded the Colony
of North Carolina. Her whole history
from The Earliest periods Of lis existence, &c
he FINAL overthrow Of the royal power o
E. gland, shows an lndouiable spirit o
Liberty; and, although obedIen, to whole
some laws, that the ieas, oppression or ty
ranny was promptly met, aud nanfully
opposed.
:" re there any who doub, mans capaci,
ty 70. self government p asks an eloquent
writer on her history, "lel them study the
history Of North Carolina. It's inhabitants
we're restless and tutbgen, 10 thcir lmpef
feet Submission from abroad the admins
'ratioa Of the Colony vas firm, humane, anC
Tranquil, when left to themselves In,
: FIRST American manifesto agalns, the en-
cfoachmcnts Of power, the elective fran
; chise, and the nnwIse int difference Of trade
vas made 10 North Carolina, as early a
: 1873 aud nearly two hundred years be
fore our Independence vas declared. Thu
: we're sown, deep and broad, the seeds Q
. Liberty among her people, with a liberia
hand Sometimes these seeds PRODUCED
the fruits Of anarchy and confusion; for a
al early period, the Colony was under tn
contro, Of rulers IN open rebellion agains
' he E1glsh Crown. 4, another period
the mbecle hand that then swayed IN
Eng!lsh sceptre, Charles / tired Of cor
! Test, left her to her own course, uads'urt
ed either by the tyranny Of rulers, or tn
rapaciiy Of avarlce.
= Pursuing "ihe noise'ess tenor Of the
way" the Colonists Of North CaroliG
t peacefully followed the avocatIons Of labc
and Industry, acknowledging no superio
and bending their knee TO no power but |
{, tho God Almighty. Towards many Of he
i Coionios, that eloquent defender Of Amer
> can rights, Lord Chatham, on the floor
;, y Parliament, denounced The course Of tn
: mother countfy, as that Of ga cruel an
e ssee American Archives of Peter Force, III
. Series, Vol. H. p. s55. The same Vol. II
Il p. 81
tBancroils History Of toe United States Vo
d H. 1876
J, July, 1854. IIakluy', Vol II. p, 297.