New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-15

necessary stand as wall OF protection from danger be-
may y6t be so considcrate or foolish to an
attitude OF opposition TO the inevitable progress q" new
But before proceeding further it may be proper FOR me
10 describe IN measure, the country the state 10
which thus have the honor 20 invite your attention.
brief reference therefore 10 the early and subsequent
history 81 North Carolina may not be out OF place ~ l5
connection II may uotnOw be known To all who will read
this article fact nevertheless. that the first In
gsh colony that was planted on the continent OF Nuln
America was settled Roanoke Island, between Pam
leo and AihCuore sounds. North Carolina, IN july 1852
This colony consisting altogether OF Jos persons was e1ta6
shed under the auspices Of Sir Walter Raleigh who hd
during the previous year, dispatched two WcSupPtu
ships on voyage Of discovery and exploration No.
without some significance Of date. especially as Ieg'u
the day and month, these two ships under command OF
Barlow and Amdas arrived the coast OF North caro-
lima, near tie mouth of Cape Fear River on lne stn
July, 1884 TO the territory upon which this first Engh
settlement was made in America was given ne n5uo
whose patent Walter the important enterprise hau
been projected The colonlss, however III cohsequemT
Of indian loStlities and other adverse causes
able 10 MAINTAIN themselves on Roanoke lsIdn, WI -
where thereabUut and 1t 80 happened
that Sir walters liberal and SPIRITED sclcuIe W Vi,o
ton soon proved complete failure. The name virginia
afterWard withdrawn from the territory ~
the grant TO Sir Walter, ard was appGd 10 lho olo
uOrtbcrlv lands bordering the Chesapeake Bay NHec
under Capt John sm pt5n No. Rock in MassachGscttsj
HE TrrlsI first succeeded in establishing themselves
o on NTH The YEAR 1853 that permanent
white settienent was effected anywhere on the terri
o,ni ,bof settIemcnt was made between the Roanoke
ana ana C6owan Rivers by Anglo-Amerean emf,
grants aopa iI Ta9 granted by Charles 70 the Earl Of Cqr
endon the Duke Of Abemarle, ana 9lher EhSiISn .i
men; and in 1869, the philosopher J9hn LoSho uIleu
and presented for tho government OF the colony ms re-
markable but not very gT9GuGa shCofS o f6rn Of
government based in small degree on The plan OF
Pafos Modern Republic. The separation OF this PROV
nce into North Carolina and South Carolina look pace
In The snrirc Of 17ss eight years before certain
many OF Massachusetts patriots in Mohawk costume,
formod themselves into sort OF Neptunan teapaiy ON
board OF a British ship in Boston Iar9or the soopowar
Diljreuce arrived at the town Of Brunswick, on the
Cape Fear River with stamped paper for the use OF the
Province OF Carolina The people OF Brunswick at once
together and protested strongly and Indignantly
against the landing Of the paper that no attempt was
this matter, they seized James Houston, whom Gov.
Tryon had appointed Stamp Master and taking him to
never 20 undertake the discharge OF the obligations OF
his odious Office. On the atm OF November 1902 the As
sembv Of tho Province unanimously declared against me
right Of England Carolina while unrcpresentedi In
Parliament Ilis Assembly, vas ho.upty, I,s1,eG Dy
Gov Tryon, because as he anery asserted tnel Acloh
"had sappcd the foundations OF confidence ana gratl
tude Al the n"ti.e Oh AlnG0t, ~ ,ls v tnD
10Th OF May, lIlhLe years prior 10 the oale OF bunker
Hill-was split the first American bOOdin regular battle
array against British troops It's tue that Few cor
lsOus between British soldiers ana american elNHlans
had occurred the year before in brave old Boston, but
the combat at Aamance was the irst pitched battle In
600 strong, but badly armed and maneuvered' under
the leadership OF Herman nuseahus aH ana
patriotic Quaker who was, II Is sad LtatlIe OF DI,
Benjamin Franklin, boldly placed themselves IN open
strong. all well armed ana equipped 9nuer cohmahu o'
Gov Tryop conflict Of two hours duration gave VIC
tory TO the BruSn whose los e n to,a & of me ro
nians was az least 200 Many Of the Regulators were
taken prisoners and Of these several were summary
mate of the services rendered 10 their country by these
Carolniaus at Aamance is that their courage was the
n was nearly three years after the bloody battle at Ala
nance that the British Government, III puhlsAing thc
Overthrowcrs OF tea IN Boston arnor passed the IoIt
Bill whereby the port Of Boston was closed 10 commerce.
and the seat OF the government OF Mas,acnHsetIs re-
moved 20 Salem. This act OF foreign tyranny threw out
Of employment many OF the poorer people OF Boston,
who clerks, draymen, and docaborers, were Deepen
dent on their weekly earnings lot support Ney SION
the condition OF the families OF many OF these poor men
became really critical, and this aroused the active sym
pathes OF their countfynen IN an the olner american
COlOniesat the SOUTH no less than at the North From
far and near money provisions, ana words OF earnest
encouragement were gwen 20 le sufferers AZ lDeehgs
held this purpose in North Carolina, the sum OF $4,000
raised and forwarded, VIII assurances mat more
should he forthcoming needed Ihe patriots OF otEer
States OF tie South were equally prompt ana liberal IN
their efforts their fclOwpatTots Of The North
faithful in the heroic attitude which they had assumed
IN opposu9h 20 biIIsn oIISs'VD ~ - ~, m
ngou headed subscription st IN DeHaii Oh we peiae
cutCd and distressed BOsOuians, by putting his name
down for $50 South Carolina generously contributed 200
barrels OF rice ana pledged hcIst lol oyO Hnie on al
cation By common consent, at this important Juncue'
The cause had become the cause OF The whole
country No inoOtp0lnt OF uOheHtic uIseoIu Hau yt1
come To trouble us The unanmNy OF our aspirations
tr,ctic urudeut and powerful Our Joint labors and
sacrifices In Of the grandest movements That ever
crowned with success With high and welldohucd OBJ
iect in view, COcqual IN rights and privileges mutually
v operating together for the public good our thirteen
AnElO-Ameucau Colonies CALAMITY achieved, as the
gory Of national independence Then IL was that North
Carolina graccd with all the charms Of youthful virtue
ana SSy a cIbodd OF aS u and there She noby
her position until few years since when as
Won are an aware she violently stricken down by the
black and baIbarous hand ~ slavery Yet, thanks 10
God the hIdoous monster that ecd her 70 the earth ana
now gives ufalbe symptoms OF gradual recovery from
her rostratiou, and il already IN convalesclng ana
GOOD Will she ow asks you. AS many Of you VIII hear
Ter voice 10 rally 10 her relief in this period OF her TEN
pora misfortune, 1901 and 'C sTeak Of Icr in wdfds 81
cheerful sympathy; help mpart 70 her the vgor and
rcyrI Won with an OVERLOOKING abundance Of and
wine ana OIL and with every good thing that maketh
Tn the Meckienburg Declaration Of Independence,
winch was proclaimed at Charlotte. IN MeckienDurg
our National Declaration OF Independence promul
gated az Philadelphia, we nave ample PROOF that 10
t formal and efficient steps toward the overthrow OF
British tyranny in America, and IN behalf OF the per
euce az one OF tho great governmental powers OF tho
earth In the second volume OF MS History OF the United
csnstauces aud conditions OF our colonial relations with
inc mother country, thus expresses himself In the way
Are mere any who doubt mans capacity for scltgov
ernmentl Let them study the history OF NOIh IaIoH
TIC inhabitants restless and turbulent IN thelr I'M
nerfect Submission 10 a government imposed on them
from abroad; the administration OF the colony was hrm
cove ruuIent but their own was oppressive"
Were not FOR the labor and delay OF entering INTO de-
tails numerous other facts might he cited 10 show that
from very early period In the history Of our common
country, until few years ago North Carolina was az
WAYS foremost, among the foremost, IN adVocalhS
and maintaining everything that concerned the general
welfare Of our great family Of Anglo American communi
ties whether Colonies, as Provinces or as STATES
honor Of North Carolina IT, indeed there be any honor IN
under compulsOn that she was the last or
tie eleven states that yielded 10 the folly and treason OF
Secession. How could she do otherwise when she WAS
worse than crushed between the upper ana neither mill
above South Carolina below, ana Ten
nessee and Georgia the most Vulnerable side lt was
ony after an these and six other seminegrOized and
aehodpg States had seeded and turned against her
that North Carolina overreached by fraud and force was