The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-03-09
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there 10 perish, neglected and alone. But
The God of Abraham comtoried her, IN her
exile, with the refreshing shade aud the
gushing fountain; aud declared unto her,
that she should greatly increase, so that
= her seed should not be numbered Tor mul
,itude." Il is not wonderful, that people
thus nurtured, should be ready, lshmael.
like, 10 raise their hands against tyranny
aud oppression.
Tha, the people Of North Carolina,
should always have been
Men who knew their rights, and knowing
dared maintain"
is evident from every page OF their illslo
~. But that her Sons should, on the 20ih
day of MAY, 1919, assemble at Charlotte
al a period of doubt, OF darkness, aud OF
danger. without coocert with other States,
without assurances of support from any
quarter. ard there Dissolve the political
bands. which connected them with the
mother Country" and there declare
themselves a free and independent people,
and of right, ought 10 be sovereign aud self
governing" is a subject full OF moral Sub
hmity and a source oteIevatiug State PRIDE.
Tba, this event should be deemed by
some, (sho lgnoran; of our History, are
Jealous Of the fair name Of our State as o
legend Of O doubtful authenticity, or o.
modern origin, is not 10 be Wondered
Blu, time, that steady but unorripg guide OF
IL haxppH the
reach OF doubt, or the cayillIngs OF envy.
The CO ,emporaneous evidence Of Gen
eral Graham, oil Capt. Jack ~ho bore the
proceedings of the meeting 10 the Cont
mental Congress al Philadelphia, aud The
testimony of others, now preserved ~ The
archives OF American History, are sufficient
to satisfy incredibly itself But should
any still doubt, considering these as the
tradition Of an obscure event, preserved by
the filral foudness OF North Carollnians, se
would produce the proclamation 0! Govern
or Martin, on board OF his Malcsty's Ship
| Cruiser, on the Cape Fear RIVER, dated
he Slh Aug, 1875, denouncIna AS most
Infamous, a publication IN the Caie Fear
Mercury, importing TO be resoiseu ~ sci
Of People, tying themselves a committee
for the Couaiy al Mecklenburs, most tfslt
orously declaring the entire dissolution O
The Laws, Government, and Constitution n
the Country, and setting up system OF ~ Z
and regulation, suLyerslve OF his " u sly :,
Government"
Here is the Necklenburg Declaration
fully set forth. and vindcaled from cavll o
doubt. But the very fac, Of is being
doubted, first by an oracle, whose responses
} however prophetic in politics, canno, b
regarded 90 nlalhble and subsequently,
, by others abroad, should convince mos
earnestly and cOnclusisely, your Honofa
ble body Of the importance Of securing q
] North Carolina. more enluring monu
men. than legislative reports or paper Res
oulions. Nearly all who we're actors II
I these scenes and pefls, have now passcI
away. I, often occurs in the History o
man, that facts well known by one genera
ton, are controvcrlcd by the rext ond 9
a succeeding period arc considered a
doubtful legends, no. worthy of h1storIca
taith. lie, US then preserve these memo
r.4I. Of an event. so soul cheering 10 ID,
J patriot, so eleYaiing 20 our character as
Stale,
There are some events, which are en-
I c,aved on he hearts Of The Nation an
} no inscriptions or entabatures, less broa
{ than the earth itself, can carry the lnfpr
, nation where il has not gone" OF thes
7 10 our National Birth day, The 4'h july
l11G. /, is inscribed in livin. letters
. Joy, IN the hearts &c millions OF Freemer
, and annually we rtialce snd read
: It's history in Nations eyes"
, Bot the 10Th Of May, 1915, more ,hun
/ gear IL advance Of Tbs g,oriou7 rHnod, b.
i longs to he Old North State. Il is one
! her reserved rights, aud one she will neve
!, cede to the Federal Government. J.,
A then monument arse TO the memory
. the Signers Of the Meck'cHbBrg Declar;
ton of Independence, and by tins near
= show our sense Of this glorious achievement
4 preserve the same pure spirit Of patriotism
+ aud keep alive deep and abiding regaf
COR the principles Of our Revolution.
"!laman beings" SAID an eloquent Or
' tor OF The laying Of Tie corner stone Of Ii
BUnkef ilill Monument, "are compose
not Of reason only, but of Imagination an
/ sentiment; and tina, IS neither wasted NJ
e rnisapplied, which is appropriated TO giVin
5 right direction to sentiments, and openio
!. the proper springs Of feeling IN the huna
; heart" In rearing this monumen, a; II
d very SPOT where the first declaration Of Il
e pondence was made, We difec. the mind b
] an elevated object, 10 the grea. moral ca4sl
]. lha, produced our Revolution, TO the mob
3, daring and chiyalrc patriotism by which
Is was achieved, and TO The numberIcss BILE
2 sings that have Gown down ualo US b. i
IS happy cOnsummalIon.
ol Before this monument, hoary age mi
al pause and relalce in the irll, Of his labor
ID and from IT youth receive tho inspiration
al of patriotism, as shown forth in their ~
ie rlous examples, and thus vow 10 emula
S, their career. In the language Of he Or