Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
Cumulative E1VBdeuce.

We give III our issue OF to-day adj
ditIonaI evidence Of the authenticity
of he Mecklen burg Declaration, which
Ought 10 be able to satisfy Prot " IL
iEg Daniel r. Goodioe or the most
ger Of tie noturiety hunters, w;l0
have deUied 1t III or4eT 10 get up a
cheap fame. FIRST, We have the letter
Of *. - II jivi.g wjtuess, vino exp ans
VIII The Covcpau1"rs OF i77J c :u!d not
and would not ) Gn tbs .DyvIara ton,
add h ttstIbes to having ii. ard Il VII
Ness Of the proceedings OF the 2Gth
May tell with great emotion She reason
he couii net participate III it. Pad.
Ne have the letter Of Mrs. Dr. d A.
u 3llgh-Gty, # JoncsvIile, North c T.
Dina, grand niece OF Captain James
Jack, :. hD carried tie. DeciaratIon to
the Cottlpeiira: Congress. She spent
a good portion of Ler carry life with a
sister OF Opt. James Jack and for
years AID years. heard over and over
again. the story of his ride to Pnliade. :
phia. Mis-. d Is how All old lady, but
her u anta! overs are unimpai-rd and
her hIgn char 5cter endorses fully TIE
truthfuinesS II her atnfenIepts.
3rd. The extract which we give IL
our 1st page from the Cufdhobu JJ1,-
NIL OF 1926, is entirely satisfactory as
to tie geEuIEeness of the Declaration.
It seems from this Letter l. the CutIyr-
b0 .jOurl,H that the great mass meet
Iug at Hopeweit Church, il 1874,
winch was addIesS5d by DR.. Wis
Alexander. had made some enquire
why this Declaration had nuI been
more talked uf beiOr@ that time. III
answer to this, tie writer maI-s an
extract from AL address delivered III
1869 by a pupil OF Rev. ). {. Caid-
vel and publ sttrd ttat ) ar in tie
Raleigh Njltes'Cu. This extract is
somewhat H0rld i'll style as boy sh effa
sions usually are, but it Unles!tatin5 =
~ assets that the cltiz us of Neck
leDburg held mass met ting II Chal-
lotte on tie 18Th of May, l775, and
then and there threw OH tie British
yoke. This exactly accortis with the
facts rs We now have them. The
meeting tcaS held OF the 18th and be-
came SO Infamed 10y the lews OF the
la tie Of Lexington as to resolve upon
Independence and to appoint com
nit ee to draft RcsoIutIuEs to that
effect, which were adopted the next
day.
The Academy of Rev. s. G. CaId-
well was IN Mecktenburg county, where
these events are alleged TO nave occur
red. He WAS L celebrated teacher and
the grandson Of tue Rev. Alexand T
Craighead, who taught the principles
OF civil and religious Liberty to the
people Of TINS section. Can any sane
Mau believe that ii Christian minister
OF the high character OF Me Caldwell
would allow one of lis pupils to get
up aud utter lie about q pnbuc
transaction which had occurred but 81
years befo e in the very county III
which the Academy was situated and
which hundreds still living conii
brand as a lie? Moreover, we have to
suppose that Mr.. Caldwell allowed
this lie of his iuplI TO be printed ID :.
paper published at the Capital of the
State, 81 hen Il could Oe cunslsdicted
from the mountains 10 the ssG-board.
Ii Prof. Yelling and Mir. Goodioe can
believe this, they can have no trouble
III believing that the moon Is made OF
green-cheesc. The only rational snp-
position is that Nj, Caldwell knew
that his pupil vas tei:.Dg tue truth,
lIsteued to it as the truth aud permit
ted it to be published as the truth.
Let 1t be observed, moreover, ;hat this
was ten Years prIur 10 the
between EXP esideuts
Adams and JetIcr- ou on the Mtckien-
burg Declaration. ten years earlier
than the nOtoTietY-srs kers assert that
he great event WAS first spoken Or
Charlotte SOttthc37t Tome.