The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-21

TEElaIaIWTE
the voice OF the state in the expression Of ner IN
teresi In tns celebration. Chruren OF caro-! M
try TINS ceeoration Is the festival Of rhe heart
upon the glorious memories OF the past. lhaL
people have FAR sunk 10 degereracY ana
wnen they feel no SUR OF inspiration as the images
OF their llusIrous fathers are passing before their
eyes. The neart. not the head. of nation Is Tue
fountain OF pa rlOtlsm, bravery ana virtue. me
emodonal nature OF 4 peopi@ Ike the sea, con-
tGIDs the saline virtues when purify ana preserve
the state. Tie llylng age Is but penslOner on
the works and wisdom OF tile past. IL neeh
the custom ~ All civilized nations 10 celebrate
the ancestral deeds and yirtue 10 STIMULATE the
rivalry Of the iutute gene rafl0ns. 3he ancl@nt
GREEKS erected monuments aud statues iustl-
tutsd games aud festivals ana awarded apotnsa-
81 to ner heroes ana beneiactors. Her poetS
swept their unity IL Tyre "a thsn praise, ana heg
most renowned orators were caUsea 70 cAtci tltlr &
1eeds at tue National celeDratiuns. Perlcies pre-
nounced the oraton IN nonof o. the brave sons
Dcmusthenes pronounced similar grafton
IN honor OF those VINO ell IN the bat
We Of Ch'eronia, The whole ilne o. JEWISH
history was marked with memorial stones ana
affairs, ana win sacrifices ana inbiiees. An nclr
rivers. lakes, seas, mountains, villages and cities
became mon amental. This day Ehal and Gerezlm,
sinai ana Calvary Bethlehem ana Jerusalem. all
rise fresh before our me ores. Even tine Hoods
OF praise when dasned from tue harp or David
were but the memorial songs OF MS nation. Then
this celebration mas lar nober ann IMAM the
mere lastime o an hour. And whne we have
gathered around these ola affairs OF freedom aud
nUlsted Inc hoodgaJes or our Joys we should not
fail TO ne inspired Win ne Sublime virtues OF our
fathers. The ''O!d North Slater has treasures or
history wh1cn, 10 the outer W rid, nave long been
impedled IN her own DUsonl IKE NE RIGA
ores oil her mountains. Ana wnile her his
torlans have not been IDLE In garnering uD
many of her deeds, yet they have no. been
emplazoneu TO tile worli nor tne generations I'M
bued with their teaching. AIT nurseries o. the
land ought o be made vocal with Cardinals songs.
and our juvenile orators ought TO make then ring
IN scholastic defamation IN rne one hundred
and lorty thousand SCHOOLS and colleges IA the
lana.
IL Is too true that all our Southern states have
indulGed la o literary stupeiaction, w1ls other
"A ~ I~uR
erature, IN when. WIN excusabe vanity, they
have painted the thrilling incidents Of their own
history. II is time we we're tearing the popDies
from our broNs, and adjoining them with the Da =
and laurels. We have deeds and heroes mat are
worthy OF the tongue OF a Demosihenes and the
harp OF Homer, But did not COME 10 cnide you,
whose patriotism ana gratitude nave risen TO ecs-
tacy on TINS occasion. Your 81 mpathleS are now
In electric communication win the past
and your hearts are warm with is Inspiration.
You are yearning u near, ana VIII not De weared
win even Repetition OF some o. the deeps OF
your iatners. The news Oh The passage % the
Stamp act fell upon North CaroIna IKE spark
into powner masazlne The explosion 81 inolg-
nation shook the colony to It's centre, while John
Asne, then Speaker OF the General Assembly, rung
me articulate ecao INTO tue ear 81 GoYernor
Iryon, "Ihis law Will be resisted 10 blood and
deatn' When the sloop-ol-war Diligeuce
anchored In the Cape Fear WIN stamped pa er foc
the use or tue colony, the brave men OF Hanover
and BRUNSWICK, heaaea by the hsroie Asne ana
Walden, prohibited the terrified captain froal
lanalng the cargo. From thence they marched 70
Wilmington, uesieged the Governors Palace. ana
eXtortsd from MIN q pledge, ana swore ms stamp
Master. not TO attempt The execution OF the
law Here the King, Parliament and Vceroy were
all dehed. Here we nave an act lar transcendlnE
IN daring the Boston tea Parry, who were dIs-
nuised "a Indians 10 escape identity, Whls nete
the act was perlormed In open dsy the parties
were without disguise AID known, ana 10 was be-
cause they were known thar the Governor capltu-
lated III MS castle. And yet the leat OF tumnhn-
tile ten into Boston Harbor Il known 10 every
schoolooy IN the land and the last celebration OF
The event was held Ia the rotdnda OF The National
All the histories OF North Carolina concur in the
fact tnat l: suffered more from rae insults, eNtot
tons aud expressions OF the government officials
tnan any oIher one 81 the American Colonies
Vita but lew exceptions all the Cove mora. from
sir William Befkley 10 JOSIAH Marlin seemed 10
regard the colony out as u royal plantation the
people but a. reris, tile true object Of the gov
efnment but as sourcs OF thrift 20 the
government eflicias. anu the sWJrd but as
sceptre.o The clerks OF the interior courts plum
dered the people by extortion, while the tax
galherers stripped the larms Oh the WORK beasts,
and IN some instances seized the wearing apparel
OF the people.
After deliberately tracing the history OF the Revo-
lntIonar, struggle Mr.. Bright saii:-An nonor
10 the twenty-ssveu noble signers OF the Iecker-
burg Declaration OF Inna1enaence Euogy can
not overdraw their praise, nor admiration sarpass
their merit. Let each name be cousccrateu 10
PATRIOTS heart. But sohe wouiu make the dispac-
aging lnslnuatlon Inat their declaration was ONLY
the expression OF prevailing sentime it at tle
time. The lacts Of history do not sustain
the position. Washington 's2bhvrred the
ioea Oh independence" when ne took command
Of war about Cne year be ore ne was committed 10
the idea Mt. JEFFERSON, IN letter GA ed 25ta
III. u
ence on Great Britain, III operiy limited taan on
any other nation on earth,r but added. "fathsr
assumed oY tue british Parliament. would lend
my n2ad 10 SINK the whole Island IN the ocean,
Joseph galloway, at one time speaker o. the House
OF Pennsylvania, on his examination before the
House OF commons, III Committee On American
Papers, on tue 1etn June ls5o SAID, Il DO not be-
neve. from the bes; knowledge have OF the state
OIL America at tnat time THE time when the peo-
pie to,k up arms that vne-tiftn OF the people had
Independence IN vlsw.n Ia the Provincial Con.
WAteftOWl.
April l7'5, seven days after the battle
SaDtae fnS Of Great BriaSs wss aSopt
containing the following passage :-"rney CHE
British Ministry nave not DE acned US from our
royal sovereign: we profess TO be his loyal and
dutliul subjects, and so hardly dealt WIN rs we
have been, are sim ready with our nyes and for
nifty; nevertheless, % the persecution anc t.
rguny OF niy cruel Ministry we Will not tsmelY
SUBMIT on the stn Of July, 17I5. every member
or tae Provisional Congress signed petition TO
tue King stating that ihey have not "r9ised arm.
les with the ambitious design OF separating fr0u
Great Britain and establishing independence
other evidences might pe multiplied TO the same
eject. Noae Of tnese had the ring o. the old
fact that up 10 the Fonrtn Of duly, 171e
the Continental war was waeed tor the redress or
grievances and not Tor independence. TAus
Il IS clear that the morning star or
American independence ifst rose upon tue 1ei
OF MecKlenburg. But some nave gone 50 far as 70
doubt the man fact OF the MecklenDuT1 Declare
tton. Toe 0tgin oil tDis histvrlcdl sceptlc SUI ls
perhaps traceable 10 the letter OF Mr. Jerersol or
Adams, IA when he saws, "a believe ~ ls spurousr
MT. Jedef son dld no deny tn acc put ne ud noe
believe IT, However gre at his lame for staleman-
ship ana knowledge, his incredullty should not be
substituted Tor fact. Inc same remark v apple.
able 10 Mr.. Adams, who said IN Ills letter 10 Mr.
Jefferson. I'll mad possessed IL would nave made
the nails Of Congress echo anc reech0 WITH IL III
teen mon rs before your Declaration OF Independ-
ence." But WINE Mr. Adams would thus have
sung the glories oil MecklcnDu.K, ms own provin-
cIal congress- as shown before, would have Ueen
singing ROYALTY 70 tae British King With Dut poor
facilities for collecting q preserving the treas
ures OF our Revolutionary history, no DOUBT many
important acts uId not come 70 the knowledge or
either Mr. jefferson or Mr.. Adams
The patriots Of Mecklenbarg were now merged
with all the colony IN The com non cause. Tue
colony pledged itself 10 snare ratabiy Ia the
expenses OF he Continental ..rmy. on the 18th
september, 1875 the Continental Congress called
Tor eighty eight alons " be enlisted for the
war and appOrfloned nine 10 NORTH Carolina.
winch we're promptly Iurnsned me military
record OF North Carolina opened 2Ttu FeDEuary,
1879, with q splendid and important victory AZ
Moore's Creek. Governor Mafun, barnIug with
M. - -l.a. IL