The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-03-02

AEd whereas. have also seen a ma,
nous pubicsion in the Cape Fear M.r,n,, "a'
porting TO DO resolves Of a set Of pcople .;. ~ m'
themselves . committee from The c..!hhg
Mecklenburg, mos, tfaitofoasiy decl.,,ny ei
entire dissolution Of the laws. governm.r, we
constitution Of this country. aud se,,,ns qua
system Of rule and regulation repuenan, ~
laws aud sobversivs Of Ills Majesty. go,,.' '
ment." s''h'
This extract was held to 10 the ,,,o.
es, corToborstive evidence iha, the Ms
lenburg Declaration, as published in a.
Raleigh Register in 1910, was a peoo,"s w.
document; and would have been l,ld :.
b, conclusive Of it, had not both Mr. lay
ferson and Mr.. Adams declared iLe;, A.
belief Of il, and stated that they had oey..
seen or heard Of !, ill published in $50
Other cortoboralive evidence wa, G,,a
in the Journal OF the War in the Souhs
which had been KEEP, by the Rev. IIom
phrey Hunter. who was an eye witness n
the proceedings Of tina, day, and sod,c,
in the Revolution. This journal wa, o,,
pared to show the part taken by the ~.
thor in these cventiul SCI mes, but in il Wen
given some details Of the proceeding, :,
Mccklenburg, and certificate Of Cas-
James Jack, who bore the Declaration II
Congress, then IN session in Ph,ladelOh, y
In this Journal, the question prcpcuntea
by Mr.. Adams, in his letter. above quoted
to Mr.. Jefferson; "IIaw is it possible M,
this paper, If il reae he'd Congress No.
concealed r-is answered, as It were Lv
anticipation, by the statement, ihs, " !,
the return Of Cap'. Jack, he reported lhn
Congress, individually, manifested tb.,,
entire appreciation Of the conduc, Of ma
Mecklenbufg citizens, but deemed /, ur,,
mature to lay them officially before me-
house."
This was about the force Of the o.,
dence brough, to prove that The Meek,.,,
burg paper was an authentic document
and that to the citixans Of that COUNTY \.
longed the honor Of having made the 6ra
public and formal Declaration Of IoJ,
pendence Of The mother country. Ia
our mind the evidence was Conclusive
though some doubts nigh, still remain
whether the paper, as published, had no,
been partially charged, and especially Il
regard 10 the peculiar phraseolosy used
and which was also found IN the jcclaa.
ton Of Mr.. J, q rson-for though there /,
nothing 10 the words which nigh, have
induced another TO copy them vi bout &C.
acknowledgement, siilI II is hule sirsre,
tat they should have appeared in ba,s
papers, md IN ! connection uLeh raud
The strongest presumption tina, they we're
Of common origin, without one paper ye
ing known 10 the wiiier of the other.
The authenticity Of the Meeklsnbu,,
Declaration has, however. now been placed
bey ond oil doubt, by the researches q
Mr.. Bancroft in The State paper ,fhcs ID
London, where he has found On orisn.
publication Of II.
The letter Of Mr.. Bancroft eslablishu
the fac, beyond oil question. fhot lad,px,.
denee ras fra proeiaimsd in Meklea
burg, NORTH Carolina. in May IT'S, and
that the declaration which we have snbpt
above, is an authentic document. 70 a
old North State belongs ell the homo, Il
beginning this gfeo, move meni, and rsh,
gladly do We accord II TO her.