The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
North Carolina WORTH Remem
bering.

Some years ago I. b. h ingsbury
then one OF the editors of the Raleigh
Sentinel, prepared a statement Of facts
connected with our State history.
The oxford Orphdn'S Friend has lately
published the article. 1t does no con
tain all of the points that should be
mentioned, 50 he has used the article
and added other points. tie also pre-
faces the whole with a brief extract
from an address delivered at Oxford
in 1876, at the Centennial Anniversary.
North Carolina has been modest IN
asserting her claims when others have
been blatant and boastful. When APP
piled to communities and common
wealths. it is not true that real worth
requires ne interpreter, and that
glorious deeds and noble works viii
secure proper recognition and form
the blaZonry OF a State, whether aSSer-
ted or not. 1t is high time that we
should take the velvet from our
mouths, and speak out from roStrums
and printing press boldly and unmis-
takably in behalf of our own people
and State. | unhesitatinglv and posi-
lively assert that the truth of history
fully warrants me In claiming for my
native North Carolina the following
Facts IN which She Is nrSt
/. The first English settlement made
on the American continent vas on
July 4th, 1884.
>. The first Indian who ever received
Christian baptism was Manteo, "A chief.
He was baptised August Is, l5S4.
3 The first white child ever born on
the American continent was Virginia
Dare, daughter of Anancas and Flea
NOR hare She was horn ON Roanoke
Island, August IS, 1854.
4. The first revolution in America
by which tyrannical and unrighteous
Government was overthrow was III
Albemarle in 1876.
). The first t~ractate of paper ever
published in America in resistance to
tyranny and oppression, was written
III Granville county, III 11GJ, and is
mentioned by Herman Husband.
q. The first blood shed on the Ameri-
can continent in resistance to British
tyranny was at the battle of Alamance
on May Is, l111, between the Regula-
tors and Tryon, the Royal Governor.
Z. The first men who We're ever
hanged by British authority for taking
up arms in defence of liberty, was at
Hillsboro, Orange county, in the year
1171-probably IN the month of June.
s.. The first opposition offered by an
organized assembly to the tax on tea
and the unjust rule of Great Britain
was made by the first Provincial Con-
gress held at Newbern, on August
25th, l174.
8. The first Declaration of Indepen
dence ever made in America was a
Charlotte, on May Goth, 1915.
10 The first Convention of the peo-
IL, =. al ,n nn A,.nn ,a. 70
British a%uthorlty,s was held at Char
l~otte.on 31st OF May. 1715, when.a new
government was set up.
IL. The first open resistance to Brit
ish authority. occurred on the Cape
Fear river, at Wilmington, under Colo
nels Waddell and Ashe.
II. The first Colony to instruct her
delegates in the General Congress to
declare independence of the British
crown, was North Carolina. This was
done on April 18th, 1716, at Halifax,
where the Colonial Congress was then
in session.
Is. The first victory-a most impor-
tant one in its results-gained in the
Revolutionary Wan by Americans over
the British forces, was at Moore's
Creek Bridge, in the % county OF
Fender, on February 9th, 1116, more
than four months before the National
Declaration of Independence was
made. The Royalist troops in that
action We're mostly Highland Scotch,
recruited in the neighborhood of Fay
etteville, or Cross Creek as it was for
merly called.
Il. The first State in the number OF
troops furnished in proportion TO
population. in the war between the
South and the North, was North Caro-
lima. She sent into service 121 ,OOU
effective troops, besides nearly 1000
on other duty. The largest vote
(white) eve polled before the war was
l12, 800.
In these fourteen particulars North
Carolina stands first. The events re-
corded ante-dated all other similar
vents III any other State umlagt0"
Star. /. Is. h.