The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-01-10
Prom ihs North Carolina STANDARD.
Tbs necklenburg Declaration.

TLa lLecklenhuTg Declaration.
!, 4 few DAYS sinre. IN he Senate. Mr.
Shepard Submitted n report frnm the rom.
mlI'ee 20 whom was refrnrd The rnmmu,
nlcaiien ri The Governor. in relation ID
The .col NAL and RssoIulia nary History
lof North Cannlina. accompanied by the
following highly interesting lrIIer hom
VIZ. Bancroft, tie American Minister al
l.rndnn. Ia The Hon. David l.. Swain. ol
this Stale. The letter is as follows:
90 Eaton siusDs, London. 9Th July. 1875.
Mr DEAR STA: hold u 1T good auru-
~. thai your letter II the l2ih 0f June
reached me BY The llerman, jusl ia lime
70 he answered This morning.
1 You nav be cure thai have spared no
pains 70 discover in The Brush Sale ia.
per Office copy Of The Resolves of ihe
Committee Of Mecklehbnrg; and with
entire success. A glance 81 The Map will
show you thai, in Ihnse days. The traffic
of that pan Of North Carolina lnok q
suu,herly direction, and people in Chsrles.
ION, and sometimes even in Savannah.
knew what was going ON in " Charlotte
Town." before Governor Martin. The
FIRST account &c .fhe extraordinary Re-
,olses " he people in Cha ione Io,rn.
jfeckiendnrg County," was sent over 10
England by Sir James Wright. then Go.
'ernor Of 6e6reis. in leiier Of the 3Olh
Of June. IT'S. The newspaper thus
transmitted 10 sill preserved. and is the
number 49s OF The SuuIh Carolina Ga.
Lelle and Country Jonrnsl. Tuesday.
June 10. ITS. read the Resolves YOU
may be sure, with reverence. and imms.
diaiely Obtained copy Of Them; think.
ing myself the sole dlscoverer. do not
send you the copy, a. II j. idcnlirally the
same with The paper which you enclnscd
10 me; but forward 10 You transcript,
If The entire letter Of Sir James Wright.
The newspaper seems 10 have reached
him after he had finished his despatch,
Tor The paragraph relating 10 il is added
in his own handwriting. The former part
Of the letter being written by Secretary
or Clerk.
have read great many papers relat.
ing 10 the Regulators; aud am having cn.
pies made oi large number. Your avn
Stale ought 10 have them all, and llle ex.
pense would be for The Stale insignificant.
If il does mol send an Agent on purpose.
A few hundred dollars would copy ali yuu
need from The State Paper Ofics on all
North Carolina topics The Regulators
are. on many accounts, Important. Their
complaints were well founded. and were
so acknowledged, though their oppressnrs
were only nommally punished. They
form The connecting liak between resist
anre To the Stamp Aol, aud the movement
Of l775; and they also played glorious
part in taking possession Of The Mississip-
pi valley, towards which they were CARR.
ed irresisiihIy by their love Of indepen.
dence. II is mistake. if any have sup
posed, that The Regulators were cowed
down by their defeat al the AlIemance.
Like the mammoth, they shook the bolt
from their brow aud crnssed The noun
taiLs.
| shall always be glad 10 hear from YOU,
and to he 81 use IL You or your Stale.
Very truly yours.
GEORGE BANCROFT.
ID. L. SWAIN. ESQ,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The above letter establishes the fact
beyond all question. that Independence
was first proclaimed in Mecklenburg,
North Carolina, in May. 1875.
The letter Of Sir James Wright. refer.
red to BY Mr.. Bancroft. closes az follows:
I" BY the enclosed paper, your I.ordship
will sec the extraordinary Resolves of the
people Of Charlotte Town, IN Mecklcn.
burg County; and | should not be sur.
prised if the same should be done every
where else"