New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-21

These bands and educated the Scotcn anu
STenarsS u them 5n for s work to which Providence
then--the achievement Of American independence 10
i lane WSo nay settled in Mcokicnburg in 1766
1.-THE only solitary minister between the Ya rnr6
nnd the Saat nS Virginia
him sympathy with the patnaic ,-ffito this
and been o @'y e Seon% E %
debied for that training which placed them III .e hi
fountain thai dr. Epnram ,revard and his honored as
sOciates drew their inspirations OF liberty 90 mE,n
and patriot so far in advance even OF the Prebyterans
OF every other colony had he carried the popo M 1o
I775-on which the General Assembly OF the Presoyu,
ran Church, convened In Philadelphia, Issued pisiol
letter to all It's churches % e Sand fast in their
allegiance to the British throne on that DAY ne
greeting the First Declaration Of American INDEPENDENCE
Ii from these Scottish bands and covenants hs
Jefferson drew both sentiments and phrases as he him
self admits. The Hon. Guan g. Verpanck OF view IN
in an address delivered over 80 years ago. raGed .ng
origin Declaration of Independence 10 the Natona
Covenants Of Scotland and ChefJisce Tilgham stated
nas ,ne sS OF b une naar Of the Presbyera
Church in Scotland The Hon. william c. Preston said !:
IL most re9arkape ana sgar aSend bear
such close and striking resemblance To the pontca
to be formed after the same model" Aud So too find
that large proportion OF the veterans OF the Revolution
were ministers, officers and members OF the
can Independ nee there should thunder forth the
Of the Tyrant the salutary warning, that
E eqas%hs G1 its S SEss Rsss sire to son.
Tho baiiod oft, wont
James Hall OF North Carolina assembled his cOngrcga
tlon raised among them company OF calvary and took
both the command and c!laplancy. samuel Houston
Court house. David Caldwell conspicuous for his
zeal and feared for his influence, that CORVALLIS offered
many instances OF the devotion OF the Presbyterian minis
try to The cause OF country Gen Morgan, who com
Pickens was Presbyterian elder. Col Campbell. Col
Williams. Col Cleveland Col Shelby, Col Sever, heroes
body OF their troops drawn from Presbyterian settle
ments. Col. Bratton and Major Dickinson were both
elders OF the Presbyterian Church. Major Samuel Nor
row, who was with Col Sumpter In four engagements,
was for about 80 years Presbyterian elder
The timch0nOred Meckenburg Convention OF May 20.
l715, was the offspring Of Presbytcrans. One OF the
historians Of North Carolina justly observes: The
principles the creed OF Puranism under whose influence
human society mas 80 happily been developed are the
ID at mck d ies in & sol oil of e
lima and sent their vigorous shoots into the Valley OF tho
ton was Presbyterian minister nine were Presby
terrain elders, one OF whoin-Abrahan Alexander-was
the congregations that embraced the whole County
OF Mecklenburg They were band OF heroes, who first
pledged to each other their lives. their fortunes
and their sacred honorl" They have rendered
Of Alexander Trevard, Davidson, Codwall, . Ora,
ham,, Mcdowell, Polk. Avery. Phifcr Reese
should be assembled here from all parts OF our land men
OF an DENOMINATIONS To pay willingly unwillnly the
tribute OF their homage 10 the principles and achieve
ments OF pure, consistent. timelonOred, God-hOnOed
liberty loving ana frcedomconferrng Presbyteraniam
Let Mccklcnblrg, Rowan, and rede and other colo
MES throughout the South guard well, sacred trust,
the elevated principles Of hon0red ancestry Let the
maine ircsy terrain be dear to The IL dear
to the falhere And especially in this day when per-
sistrnt efforts made, and used not always
open and honorable, to undermine the Church OF their
fathers, and supplant by Others to whose narcy and
weakness II has again and generously extended It's
fostering hand Let them ceayc to that ancient faith,
which s cOnsccred by the blood Of thousand martyrs.
Let them not sacrifice little Of their glorious Inherit
Let them stand fast to the affairs that hallOwcd
with the blood OF their fathers Let them stand fast to the
sancuar0s that eShrne their honOred dust. Let them
stand fast 10 those pure and noble truths OF doctrine and
OF order, bequcacd by isriOus ancestry, in which
they died Let them stand fast in all the liberty whore
with Christ hath made them The natural tendency
OF our faith is 10 develop the principles Of political lib
erty. Charles the First no mean logcIan when he
declared that there not wiser since Sol
onion than he who said: No Bishop, No King!' The
temporal follows the spiritual, and whom Christ makes
free. he il free indeed. The Hon. M. Read distin
guishrd Epsc0palln speaking OF the Revolution, can
lidy acknowledges that Patriotic clergymen o. the
-; ora;- 80 };jig ;'Gss4d Is and aads t2c
gratitude which independent America owes to the
dissenting clcrgymcn."
For Erenng Exercises see Tre,Jm Page.