The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-05-03
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Among tho who sympathised
most deeply with the oppressed IN
babitsnts % New E12l4nd, aud who
were earliest to express indignation
at tke ouIrages oi British tyranny,
we're tie militia-cil ,ers OF North
CArolins, most OF whom we're Prtsby
terians OF Scotch Irish nativity. On
the 2Othof May, I775, the delegates
o, the .Meeklenburg convention, "Af-
ter sitting ia the court house all
night, settler sleepy, hungry, nor
fAtiguea. and after discussing tVery
paragraph, Unanimously passed The
following resolutions. Ii will be
observed that this memorable Dec
laration o. Independence contains
many ofthe ideas, add some Of the
very phrases and forms o. EXPIRES
sion afterwards Employed BY Mr..
Jefferson, and incorporated IN bis
draft Of The great national document
ThOse adoptioa, 90 che 4throf July,
l7f6. gave hirth.toa nation u free
men. A The more striking similari-
ties are here shown in Italics:-
REsavED, rFhAtJ whatsoever di
rectly or iuCiiI Getty sbe.ted, or in any
way, form, OF manner, cOuutenanced
the unchAttered an dan gerous inEa
sion Of our rights, rs claimed by
Great Britain, is an enemy 10 this
country. 10 AmeriCa, ani To the iR
hersat and fHGEeAabIe rights OF
Man. errrkn
RGsoL SsD, Tlat We, lhe citizens OF
Mgekleabnrg csunty, do hereby
diEf0lrar fAe political baAds tThich
hare cORRscega a. 10 rShs mother
country ant hereby a6solce our
selCes from al allegiance 10 tie
Triton CT0ga aud adjUTs dH pOiit
zeal eORaegtiOa, contract, or ascot
alton with that nation, who have
WsatOnly Irampled on cur rights
zni liberties, aud inhImInly shed
h= bloc OF American patriots st
LaXingtOn.
REsoLvED. That We do hereby de-
clare OEySslres a free aud iRdepeR-
deHt people; and Of right ought to
De, q sovereign and seLf gOrcrRiRg
0ssOci0tiOa, under the control Of no
power other than that or our G)d
and the geueE.ll Cover Erat OF the
Congress; folfAe fsofatshdHce Of
sChieh Independence tCe SOlsHiHiy
pledge 20 each other our mutual co
OperGfivn, orr hires. 0kr fortunes,
and oar mOsk sacred A0AOr- -r
RrsoLvEB, That as we now ac-
knowledge the existence and control
Of no law CO legal ctr .er. civil OF
miliusry within This country, we 10
hereby oriain sa,l adopt as = rule
OF n 49, each. aud every OF our for
mer Avs; wherein neTcrthsless, the
Crown sf-GreAF Bril. in 1everc4n lie
consisleret 5 hol1tug ri hts, priv
legeS immuslLies, or au, ho-iti.
therein.
REsoLvEp, That 10 is further lie
crred that ali, ese6, Hn,i every mil
tIry riii~Sr in this eonnty 10 hereby
reiastzpetl 90 bis 1former command
and authority, be acting conforms
bly, to these regulations; and that
every member present OF this dele
gHti0n shall henceforyir be civil OF
fiser- viz; a JusLiee 0f the Peace ia
the chasacter offs sCJnmittee-man,"
10 isSna process. hear adopted laws,
and N preserve peace, union, Sad I
hsrmi ~ Ia said couaty; and W use |
vrrvnk lHti0R to spread the love OF !
country and Gre offreedom through !
ouL AueFiea, until more general !
aud ofGARiza1i governments be estab-
iishea Va the Province.
After discussing the foregoing /
resolves, auarAFrauging bylaws and /
regulations for the government OF q |
Standing Cammittee OF Publia safe
~, who we're selected from their del
sgates, the whole proceedings were
unanimously adopted and signed.
A selsce=cgmmittee was shen APP
pOinted-to q awup a more fonnaI
DeclAr Ati6R or IndeJend The
leiegS tiont sthen A6jourued shout
Two O'cloCkAz aillsfr y. - ~ a
EOBNsOE eRssOE ;1rHo w1torE TIP 4
Disrseii, tH-Shis esier-charmiEg-
CUriOsities ct LifsFatl+e. exposes
,Oldly The OptRiOn sthasT~noons had
" perhaps could have, converted
he history of Srlkirk into the won
ierful story We possess but De Foe
limsslt 90 have We sli been secus
omed % believe, from those careless
iSppyG days OF boyhOod when we
'Ofed intentiY over the enhancing
agcs OF Robinson Crusoe" and
rished tbat NE also could have =
esert Island simmer bower, and {
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