Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-21

public" In closing this vigorous letter,
! Governor Carpenter expresses the hop e
that t'lf the departed spirits Of the dead
are permitted to revisit the scenesWith
which they were familiar while on earth.
/ the signers of the Mecklenburg decara-
| tiOn OF independence and their compat-
riots may find cause for JOY in the pur-
| poses and prospects Of those who to-day
| renew their pledge of patriotic devotion
/ to liberty in the town and country to
| which their acts, one hundred years ago,
1 gave an immortal name. May the in
| fiuanCe Of this celebration be felt through
out the country, bringing the people Of
the States into closer bonds of friend
ship, inspiring us to new resolves thst
for the future we will labor with more
earnest endesvOTs 10 Obliterate every
prejudice which may have retarded the
growth and happiness Of our country,
and uniting US in the purpose Of lifting
all men, OF whatever creed or condition,
to that moral and mental position
which is the only security for free insti-
tutiOns.D
Rev, Charles F. Deems, pastor of the
Church Of the Strangers, New York city,
writes: "AII that concerns the dear old
State i5 of profound interest to me, 'and
u
in your laudable efforts to honor the men
who struck the first note of American
independence"
Rev. Joseph H. Martin, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church in Augusta,
Georgia, writes q cordial letter, and con-
tributes poem for the centennial.
DR.. J. G. NJ. Ramsey, the historian of
Tennessee, sends the following senti-
ment to be read at the centennial ban
quet: "The principles Of the Presbyte-
Tian ScOtCh-IIish in Carolina and else
wheTe-Right, Conscience, Liberty and
Independence; they must never be sur
rendered.
United States Senator MerrimOn, of
North Carolina, writes an enthusiastic
letter. He says Of the celebration: "It
cannot fail to increase our love of cOun-
try aud enkindle anew our zeal to make
North Carolina i'll all things what she
ought and deserves to be-"
Hon. A. M. Scales deprecates the false
and partisan imputatiOn that North
Carolina has ''nO love for the old flag,
and the old constitution and the old
land" Edward COnigland, of Halifax,
thinks that his county will send one
hundred delegates.
Colonel John II. Wheeler, of Wash
ing his belief in the genuineness of IL
resolves of May 20, 1775.
Colonel John b. Palmer, of South
Carolina, says: "Having shared the
hardships and suffering that followed
North Cardinals second declaration of
independence, on the twentieth OF May,
with the soldiers of the old North State
who accompanied me to the field, l cam
not but feel pride in the recollection Of
the patriotic deeds you propose to COM
memOrate."
An advance copy of q memorial vol |
ume, OF one hundred and sixty-seven |
pages, containing Hon. William A. !
Graham's address of February 4, 1875, |
has been placed in my hands. 1t con- |
tains all the important documents rela- |
tive TO the Mecklenburg declaration, in |
Guiding those published by order of the |
legislature of North Carolina in 1884. 1t |
is published by order Of the central ex-
ecutive committee of the centennial and |
monumental association in New York, |
and is beautifully printed on tinted pa |
per. The cover is embellished with the /
symbolic hornets nest, which is sus- |
pended from the upper limb of tree, |
on whose top also appears the provincial |
flag.