Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-29
DAILY VIRGINIAN.
JAMES MCDONALD. EDITOR
The origin Of tic American RevOiu-
fiasa.


North Carolina bore in efIeefing the sever
snce of the colonies from the mother country,
said
First--it was on the shores ol North Caro-
lima that the FIRST English colony waS plaptcd
In America; secondly--tl frsi blood shed in
battle. with the troops Of the Engli-h govern
inent was the blood of North CaroIuiars. aud
the first battle was on ihe soil Of that State;
and. thirdly, the first declaration oil indepcn
,lencc ever promulgated in any Of those colon
les came from North Carolina. more than Il
year LefDre the National Declaration Of July
4 1776
Hon. J NJ. H. Beale, representative IN Com
gress. from he fourteenth district Of Virginia.
takes issue ni'h DR. Hawkes. on the lpst a.
seriiun and lnunraius that the "initial revnlu.
tionary steps" were taken al meeting Of crt
liens # ID mmorr county NV Shenand1 ,h }
g. hrl1 al Wool,to H. The lon jun, III. one
year hefarr tho Mc,ken',urg mo.eue.t 10
which d.. Hawkes. rcfIs. y hch occurred rp
june l775 In proof oi ths.Mr Bcncquorc.
The following, as part Of the patriotic srnf
ments proclaimed at the Woodstock meeting
THAI W. will paw due submission 10 such
acts Of government as hi Majesty has light
by law 10 exercise over his saAiects,and Ia such
only
That IL Is the inherent rieht Of British sub
.ecls to be governed and taxel by representa-
tyes chosen by themselves onl y; and lbat cv-
cry act Of tie b itsh Parliament respecting the
internal policy of America. Is dangerous AID
unconstitutional invasion Of our rights and priv.
eges
That the enforcing the execution of The
said Act OF Parliament by n military power,
will havea necessary tendency o cause CIV
il war. thereby dssovng l6at union which
has SO long happily subsistcd between the mo
Their country aud her Colonies: and that We VIII
most heartily and unanimously concur with our
suffering brehoren Of Boston, and every part
of North America, who IRE the immediate VIC
TINS oftyranuy, IN promoting all proper nea
sures TO avert such dreadful calamilics, to
procure a redress of our grievances, and 10 Sc
cure our common liberties
The meeting closed by appointing Commit
ties of Vigilance, Correspondence, &c, and
"pledgng themselves to each other, aud 10 the
country, thai We viii inviolahly adhere 10 the
votes of this day Mr.. Bealo gives an inter.
estng account ofthe part borne by Rey Pc
ter Mablenburg in these proceedings, and ioI
the revolution that succeeded. HIS last APP
pearance in the pulpit, nt1er the war com
menced, is thus described
Upon his return home, he give notice 10 his
scattered Pensioners that he would deliver TO
them ON the following Sabbath his farowellscr.
mon. The rude country church vas filled 10 !
overlooking with the hardy monriaineers ofI
the frontier counties OF the valley. S. great
was the asscmblagc, tint the quiet bnra-placc
was filed with. crowds Of stern. excited men,
who had gathered together, belle E, ng lhat SOME
thing they knew not what, would he done in
befalfof their suffering country. They await
ed patiently The appearance OF their pastor 49,
He came. aud ascruded the pulpit his tall form
arrayed in fall uniform. over which his goNn,
the symbol of his divine calling, as thrown.
He preached 10 them Of God. Savior, and a
Country with all the zeal and eloquence of
Pauiand they hung upon isfery words with
all The inten-lfy Of their souls. His conclusion
iuroed their thought. upon their suferiups and
wrongs and he sid he had uu-hrathed the
sword, and that, in the language Of Hol, VIII,
there was time Tor all thin1s--l TIM t,
preach and "A line to pray bit those times had
passed away and, in a voice thu echoed
through the church like trumpet LIST, 'lh It
there was time to fight, and that lime had now
come"
After the bcnrdlcrion. his gown was uuioos
ed and filling to the floor. he stool before his
congregation gjrued warror. anil de-ccu-
ding from the pulpit, ordered The drums al the
door to beat for recruits. Then followed
bright example of patriotic devotion. HIS audi
encc. excited in the highest degree by tho inn
FASHIONED words which f,l from his lips,
focked around him eager to be ranked among
his followers. Old men were seen bringing
forward their children, ives. their husbands,
and widowed U'othrrs their sons 10 fight the
battles of their country. Nearly three hundred
men that day enlisted under his banner
Nj. Beale does nor. we think meet the dis
nnet IS ne presented in the assertion of Dir
ha~ kes The FIST formal declaration Of lnde,
penoence'lns pretty well established, was made
at Meckienburg, N. G. The revolutionary
spirit was manifested, elsewhere, and earlier,
but not In SO decisive form. Tho ;no;.,;oo,