Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-17
HE MECKLENBURGERS.
Resolutions Of the Legislative and
Historical Committees.
A Centennial Holiday for Tennessee
and North Carolina.

The initiatory step towards celebratin.
/ the one hundredth anniversary of the
Mecklenburg Declaration Of independence
was taken in the State Of Tennessee, by
the introduction Of a resolution before the
State Historical Society on the ID Marcel
| inst, under which resolution the following
persons were appointed to take such step.
as they might think necessary, to celebrate
ttat event, viz: EX-GOv. j. G. Brown, j.
George Harris, John Il. Bass, j. B. Kille
brew.
A few days subsequent to this meeting.
Col. II. NJ. Polk introduced q series OF
resolutions in the General Assembly, ask
ing that committees be appointed by each
house TO cooperate with the Historical So.
ciety. These resolutions were unanimous
" adopted and the following committees
appointed:
On the part Of the Senate-H. NJ. Polk,
W. a. Quarles, A. BLIZZARD, Gen. Wilson,
J. G. Hodges.
On part of the House-A. A. Taylor,
VIM. Fowler, J. R. Neal, Lee Head, Ben
ton Mcmillan, DR.. Harwell, Homes Cum
Minis, J. NJ. Galloway, D. W. Herring and
Speaker Lewis Bond.
These several committees met at the
EaXwell House on the evening Of the 18th,
and the following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the State Of North Carolina, Of
which Tennessee is the offspring, was the
first to make armed resistance to British
tyranny anterior to the American ReyOlu-
tiOn, denying the right Of the British Min
istry to quarter troops in America at the
expense Of the Colonies, and then, in 1865,
fOTbidding and preventing the landing Of
British stamps from the ship which brought
them across the ocean; and,
Whereas, from two TO three thousand
patriotic North CarOlinians met the British
forces at the battle of tie Alamance on the
10th Of May, I'LL, and shed their blood in
defense Of American liberty-Which event
formed a connecting link between their re-
sistance TO the Stamp Afl and the subse-
quent movement of IT75-and though de-
feated, still, slike the mammoth, they
shook the bolt from their brow and aroused
the mountains and,
Whereas, in their westward way they
settled on the Watauga, where is now the
eastern border Of Tennessee, and there, in
1TT2 formed, as is believed, the first writ
ten compact Of civil government west Of
the Alleghanies, with John Sewer, James
Robertson, and other distinguished
pioneers, as their governmental commits
siOners; and,
Whereas, Mecklenburg had become such
a "hornet's nest and "hOt-bed Of rebellion"
(as the British said) that, on the Sth Of
April, 17T5, the Provincial Assembly was
dissolved by proclamation, thus ending for
ever all Legislative action in the Province
Of NOr.h Carolina, under the royal govern
meut; and,
Whereas, the good people Of the county
of MeckleDbuTg assembled in order at their
courthouse in Charlotte, on the 10th Of
MAY, IT'S, and then and there deliberately
passed a series of resolutions absOlyIng
themselves from all allegiance to the
British Crown, and declaring themselves a
free and independent people; and,
Whereas, this is believed to be the first
step deliberately taken towards laying the
foundation of our national Independence
the first taken in the direction Of free and
government on this continent;
therefore,
Resolved by the Joint Committee Of the
General Assembly Of Tennessee, acting il
conjunction with the committee Of the
Tennessee Historical Society, that it is en-
inently proper for Tennesseeans and North
CarOlinians to have a centennial COmmem-
Grafton of the events referred to
Resolved, that we earnestly recommend
that the Governors of the States Of North
Carolina and Tennessee to declare by pro
clamatiOn that the 10Th Of May, 1875, shall
be a centennial holiday, and that the PEG
PIE Of the several cities and counties in
these States be invited to assemble on that
dav, wherever it may be most convenient
for them to do so, to celebrate in an apprO-
pirate manner the one hUndredth anniver-
ssrv of the Declaration Of Independence by
the patriotic citizens Of Mecklenbug.
Resolved, that the committees OF the
General Assembly and Of the Tennessee
Historical Society viii attend the Center
nial celebration at Charlotte, in Mecklen-