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

From the New York Herald we learn
that the following responses were made
by those invited to the grand celebra-
ton:
The governor of Kansas, Thomas A.
Osborne, writes: "Tne mOmentOus
event which you propose to commence
rate deserves to be cherished as q signif-
icant epoch in our history for all time to
come, and as it fOreshadOWed the estab-
lishment Of our national independence,
so may its annual recurrence witness the
peaceful and prosperous perpetuatiOn of
our national unity"
The governor of West Virginia, John
j. Jacobs, pays glowing tribute to "the
memory of those sterling patriots of yore
whose fame belongs to the whole cOun-
try"
Governor John P. Cochrane, of Della
ware, while regretting that he cannot
attend, says: "Every sympathy of my
nature will be with you"
Governor P. H. Leslie, Of Kentucky,
says in his letter to the committee:
"You have done well to celebrate an
event which, while it spoke the COM
mon sentiments which actuated the pa
trOts Of that day, was yet the first def
inite utterance of national purpose
which afterward embodied itself iD the
declaration Of independence in 1776."
Governor William Allen, OF Ohio, ex-
plesses his regret that official duty will
pRvent him from visiting his native
State and participating with its citizens
intheir celebration Ofan event in which
they have such just pride.
illness alone will prevent the attend
an3e of Governor Howard, Of Rhode Is
laid.
Governor John L. Beveridge, of Hi
nos, says: 81 should like to be preseE
Onth2t occasion to renew my devotion
to ny country, and gather the inspira-
tiOl of our fathers"
Governor James D. Porter, of Tennes-
see accepts in neat letter.
Governor James l.. Kemper, of Vir-
gina, writes: "It is fit that the people
of Ill the States should thus honor the
occasion which recalls the heroic char
acter of the revolutionary ratheTs Of
Moth Carolina, as well as one Of the
prOudest events in the annals of the
whole country.n
Governor e. G. Carpenter, speaking of
the proposed celebration, utters the hope
THAT its influence may be felt through
out the Union in re-enkindliDg the pa
trDtiC spirit of the men who, baing as
senbled in Charlotte on the nineteenth
and twentieth Of May, 1775, and receiv-
ing by courier intelligence of the blow
Wkich had been struck one month before
at Lexington and Concord, then and
there resolved that "We, the citizens of
Mscklenburg county, do hereby dissolve
the political bands which have connect
ed US to the mother country, and hereby
abSOiVe ourselves from all allegi-
ance to the British crown, and abjure
all political connection, contact or asso-
citation with the nation who has wan
tOnly trampled on our rights and liber-
ties, and inhumanly shed the blood of
American patriots at Lexington" He
proceeds to say: "TO-day, as YOU Join
in the festivities provided for in your
programme, the coincidence of one hun
dred years ago will be repeated. Then,
when John M'Knitt, Alexander and
Thomas Polk, and Joseph Kennedy,
and John Pfler, and Ephraim Buvard,
and James Jack and their associates in
the convention, were met 'fOr the pur-
pose Of devising ways and means to aid
and assist their suffering brethren in
Boston, and also generally to adopt
measures to eXtricate themselves from
the impending Storm the news
from Lexington ciimaXed their proceed
ings. And as you on this day wipe the
lichens and the moss from the grave
stones or the odd North State to
place upon their tombs a garland Of inn
mOTteLLeS, the echoes of q celebration
commemorative OF the hundredth ami
versary OF the battle of Lexington, still
lingering and pdreverDerating in the noun
tains of New England, will reach the
,f !, 4. -, -
burg OF May 20, 1875. / 90 not forget
that in years gone by there has been
some discussion as to the authenticity of
the Mecklenburg declaration; but when
l find that on May 81, 1775, a meeting
was held by the citizens Of the county
to adopt rules and regulations for the ad-
ministration of civil government, in
which it is declared that whatever per-
son shall hereafter receive a commission
from the crown, or attempt to exercise
any such commission heretofore re-
ceived, shall be deemed an enemy to
his country l am so ready to believe
that these men were ripe for final de-
clara.iOn Of independence eleven days
before that | would not stop to question
the genuineness Of a document which
alone could render necessary or cOnsis-
tent their subsequent proceedings, which
are unquestioned and unquestiOnable.
1t will be happy for our country if the
memory of events embalmed in The his
tory Of the past (which these local CEN
tennials and the greater centennial, Of
which they are the foreIunner, will tend
to recall) shall help to re-establish
the chords Of sympathy and to renew
| the belief in common destiny which
| the events themselves inRugursted and