National Republican., 1873-11-24

THE DAILY NATfOl
THE MKoKLKrsuRe ID ARA1se
r.rree,,., a. .. the Dat. ~ p,.rssss,.
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( Tue RayuNLrcAr OF the sssh instant contains |
ouu and interesting article on the "Nec1kn.
,ufe Dcciarst1sp," copied fron The Rsieixn |
y<,rs. One s119cmont In d nesds corrso<1pn.
me writcr sayn. mo material testimony ron
pernng ne uoftienburs Declerolion Of 1sde-
pcndence o1H11 1IIn has been 1Ncovcred Since
lsII, and ai O. before is4I was given without
OF picion that the resolves Of May
u were In existence" So far from II being true
that until issI there was no knowledge or suspi-
cion that the resolves Of May sf were in exist
ence, they had been discovered py Peter Force,
Of this city, several years previous,y, hsd been
publlshsd by him, had been widely discussed In
the newspapers Of North Carolina and esewherc,
and practically the QUESTION had been settled
the THE dad only HecsisssSrs decissasicn. rvs
Xsiyaai aieiiisssser, Decsnser Is. isss, win
"Thc suihenticity Of the resolutions Of Nay %,
@ ss SssS .sS Z SSss ss &c Ss SsS %
they, Or others Of like character, were passed."
"in the course Of my examlnatious into the pop.
% ssS 81 o sS
by MockicnburR county In Nay, iI7k, which
answer very we'll 10 the description given By
SrHasy "Tssy are expressed tn somcwns, d,nereut
terms, and are, besides, Of much wider scsps
than those heretofore published, being In faoi Q
general declaration OF indepcndence Of An the
ing to many Of yonr readsrn, send you Acopy
for publication" Tho resolutions Of Nay 81, ufS.
I'm Tney ,y were inserted in the Documentary His
tory q the Revoluiion, inow more fsniiisriy
known rs the American aichlves,) fourth serfes,
volume y page sca, publshed In is3s, n.,But I. =
mess SsSs ,s. !. ,'g z so,.s sa:Sn Y sU
resoiutioss rs an s.deaes Of 'thS nsrfowaess 81
the policy which some neRbers Acsmed 70 favpf
q ss.iris,,ne sss archives 70 snPubilshed msnt'
their committees, vhlch formed y. Inc begin.
Ming The sreat moral Aever ~ the Revoluion.
the prdssst tme, but ilS srssiis psft IL fSessn q
day, in which arc also 70 sfound, scaitersd
Soanecaed @ e. % Win ana % espisnsssy Snsa q .n spto u
s s aecs%p.Ses esS Il Sas All S Ia Ssssia
Ssuans .s: RsGG sseI sns saa re- is.ss ns. ess @
HISTORY ihs expense ssd ihe isSor Sscssl5N V
ssnsd. TSs saeci Of such N escipsicn, upSn
decision o. Ny ose Who q eomp p,isns 70 Decide
nsSs ssSsP % io: s1S ssss s esSR {;
Way Way st %TSs controversy @ sSoat 'SSn he %sssieS O.
burg resolutions began moro thsn ten rear,
| notwithstanding the earnestncss Of research
and investigation Of the parties engaged in IT, nc
written or printel oontcm perahseus evtasno<
claim OF North Carolina 70 the nrst declaratioa
| OF separation from Grcat Britain. Yet sucl
evidence exists, and u 10 oonsatned n priniet
siIiy.hve years ago L is not sntisIcd % : piscl
In the archives % the oouutry; bet thak iaftel
having been buried 10 ooiivion fsr more thsr
half acentury Il should bs lsfs there to pernl
TIE iiscovssy ssA publication Of shs rssssu
lions ef Nay u ettractsd much publle atssnston
Many letter. wcfo writtsn 70 nr. lFoscs sssinl
came TO his lihsary In the baildang now ocos
eyes The nswspspsr Of ilru. froa which 10 n
Extisots iron few Of these letters, ,heas
not necessary, 10 prUve thaf the resolves uer
known and publisned before 1871, mag bs intel
esting as evidences Of tho interest swsksnsd b
proic..or Tuelsr, Of virginia, wrote on N
18th Of March, is3ps ,tfG HIf aartHsaf
i saw Hu1le NcekH nfuOc o uutcG In inc fHfe
iecnosr this, 700 had tiscoyered. among othe
papers cunnectsd with the Revolution, ono pui
porting TO be copy Of the celebrated 'Declara
tion Of Ipdepsndence Of the county Of Meot
republished. = - . hAve felt much interes
IN this question ever since II became my duty
investigate u, and this hope will be my apo
s ppss .: :sGs and on %.s saS
dencc Its autheailcity rests.- ffaFir .H.# 70
M; Force replied: ..The resolutions were put
and resoasions % q Thew Tie various S co oommissess
that time. have thsns m . uewspsper prints
oa the 1sth o. Juiy, iIJ1 slx weeks only afte
q ssG S.
which they were denoanced.p
The paper Of the Isth Of July, iI7s, wss tn
nassdehusetts sPy: Soon afterwards he foun
them also In tho See York Ju~nal Of juno y
philadelphia, OF November -, lstl, he wrote
that The resoiutions said 70 have been sdoptsd Q
With the expresson:i 'If havs succeeded |
aS 'ps: rSs cssrs q IN Ts%Sspf On. y b
! many clouds Of error that for twenty years hav
thrown so much darkness around this brillian
star In our history, shall be entirely satisned,
While giving the resolutions Of May 81, In N
archives, Mr.. Force deemed u right TO add In
note the pamphlet published BY the STATE 9
North Carolina In 1881. Mr.. Bancroft wrote I
1 hlth DulothUCL iofE u nCG yUu pfiut tut pau
phlet OF the North Carolina Legislature on tn
hecklenburg resolutions. Which Is the true se
Of resolutionsl suppose the copy in your text.
s1rs rssoiulioas navs inserted in I he text tsa
which ! believe TO be the true copy. did 8
after full consideration, well aware that In with
drawing this paper ffbm the archives Of obli,
sixty years, was doing what very few woul
thank me for; what many would do otherwis
than thank me for. Instead OF rccapitulatln
refer you Tor some Of them to the inclosed e,
tract OF letter TO Mr.. Vaughan, OF Philadelphia
who recently requested Information on oertai
pelnts connected with this question:. On tn
other hand, SO much discusslon had grown OF
OF the report OF the North Carolina Legisatur
there were SO many who placed more,r
m ina, report mSas 10 ,ss, ,asn 10 pai
could not pass it BY unnouced, nor could Civ
reasons and explanations, having, thropghou
oarIeiay s6sia,Ied ,s from introdacing any q
! whole OF 1t 10 note-argument, declaratio
and evidence, and have left It to speak for I
Another short extract from the same le,te
though not strictly pertinent 10 The subject q
this communication, may be added. 1t refer
70 the American archives:
would have been completed At thb time. had In
done. ON the contrary, tSe coufse pursued @ III h
ssen sTisiT 1n,Hs and ,Sins I1yiss irUI
budget Of griefs before you. All that mean
say Is Tor tho last six months, ,strug grllnf an
, toing In my uphill work, I have not truste
| myself to write letter in which It was nece
Nj. Bancroft, March u, isI9) In reply to this
, part OF the preceding letter referring to u
Mecklenburg resolutions, says: -.
e"Apart from tho reprint OF the New York pap,
and the Massachusetts Spy, the documents AZ the
existed before prove 70 my mind conclusive
that the people Of Mectlenburg passed splrite
resolutions, and that the set Published by ii
, Legislature were not the real ones. Now thi
, the reprint Of them In the newspapers h fouu
the conclusion Ia irreslstible. Tho resolution
which you publish In your toxt are the true ones
: Governor Swain, Of North Carolina, wrot
November 20, 1858:
"Will you do me the favor TO advise mo rs
the source from whence you obtained the rest
, lutions given In the second volume OF the Amer
. can Archives, a. having been adopted at Cha
, lotte,. Mecklenburg county, May 81, mo; an
whether any copy exists OF tho ten resolution
, omitted In your publication7r
The answer, December 10, was, ..
"The source from whence I obtained u
, Mecklenburg resolutions Of May o., lIJb, give
Is the New York Journal of the 10th OF June. Ill
have given all that was published In that pape
The Massachusetts, SPy, Of July IA l!In, contain
tue preamble and the nrst tour resolutions onl
0 In all my researches have no far met with i
other copy Of tho resolutions; hut my inyestig
tions have heretofore brought TO light no mai
a.l. Ia.a- -I.as g..