Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-05-20

allegiance to the British Crown, and
abjure all political connection, contract
or association with that nation, who
have wantonly trampled on our rights
and liberties, and inhumanly shed
the blood Of American patriots at Lex
ipgton.
Resolved, That We do hereby declare
ourselves Il free and independent peo-
pie ; are, and of a right ought to be. a
sovereign and seli-governing associa-
ton. under the control of no power
other than that OF II God and the
general government of the Congress
to- the maintenance of which independ
ence we solemnly pledge to each other
II mutual CO operation, our lives. our
fortunes and our most sacred honor.
Resolved. That as we acknowledge
the existente and control of no law q I
legal office, civil or military, within
this county, we do hereby ordain and
adopt as a rule of life all, each and cv-
cry of our former laws-wherein. new
erthelesS, the crown of Great Britain
never can be considered as holding
rights, privileges, immunit;es or au-
thority therein.
Resolved. That all. each and every
military officer in this county is hereby
reinstated in his former command and
authority, he acting conformably to
these regulations. And that every
member present ofthiS delegation shall
henceforth be a civil officer. namely Il
justice of the peace, in the character of
a committee man, to issue process,
hear and determine all matters of con
trOverSy according to said adopted
laws, and to preserve peace, union and
harmony in said county and to use
every eXertion to spread the love of
country and fire of freedom through
out America until a more general
and organized government be estab-
lished i'll this province.
\ copy Of these immortal resolutions
was forwarded by hand of Captain
James Jack to the Continental Con-
gress at Philadelphia. Captain Jack
appears to have been an enthusiastic
gentleman, with a good deal of the
propaganda in him. He magnified
his mission by reading the resolutions
to every crowd he could gather along
the entire route of his long and other
wise tedious journey. They were read
in open court at Salisbury as he passed
through that town, amid the plaudits
of judges, lawyers and citizens. Their
sentiments were SO congenial to the
popular taste and temper that they ev-
erywhere found willing listeners, and
by this frequent and persevering read
ing their spirit and language became
universally ditfused. When the Cap
tain got to Philadelphia the members
of the Congress, while individually APP
proving the resolves, deemed it pre-.
mature to take action upon them as a
body, and they (the resolves went in
to a pigeon-hoie. Thomas jefferson,
howe Yer, seems to haye appropriated
a portion of their phraseology i'll the
Declaratio of July 4, l776.
AS will be observed. we have devoted
no inconsiderable portion of our avail
able space to the Mecklenburg declar-
alton. We hope The imperfect review
will repay perusal. We need in this
too sordid and unitarian age Of ours.
to recur frequently to those illustrious
examples Of selt-denying patriotism
which embellish our earlier history.
and to find in them the impulses o: a
new love Of country and the inspira-
tons of a lasting epoch Of fraternal
feeling throughout the length and
breadth of u common heritage.