The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-28

share which the colonies must soon nave
10 regulating The political ba.ance. lhey
are strIdng fast 10 Undergraduates, anu
ere long will build an empire uponthe
ruin of Great Britain, will adop; Its
Constitution. purced OF IT. impurities,
aud from an experience OF IL defects. "ii
guard against those evil. which haNs
wasted il, sigot, aud brought 1t 10 AZ
uutimels end
Prupheuc words. for We have to-day
tbe unwritten Brush Constitution, with
only a written Amendment a TO the form
Of Goyernmeut More than a year Later,
he only person who l. known ever 70
have impugned his vi tiinchlng patriotism
and this, he i remembered, he oniy
lid IN the confidence of 4 priv 'e cores
pondenee with an intimate frs j before
he had made any Investigation TO refresh
his memory upou the subject. aud also
before he had forgotten hI> Charm oc-
! casioned BY James Erwin : volcano noax,
which had broken out 10 this sant ltal-
eigh Register. 1t is not strange ,aa 80
| in,elli,ent a gentleman had f.. -Utt n
Hooper's position. whcB we fira aat ne
had also forgotten has urn " cry
he had expressed hIs - imeno- a 'rue
subsequent to that Tim. IA. -, lao,
ms gentleman wroL -,9.tl Randolph.
II would rather IL dependence OF
Great Britain, propciil limited, than on
any nation On eArii. III than on no ma
ton" See Jtfei,o. W orks, 81 ed 2.
ISL. 1t is sail 10 i- The common eXper-
! fence al ~. I ytc>. that their memory
can scarcely ~ .aIced back TO the day u
their cItilh, DLent a happy circurl-
stance, f Ia, retain sufficient charity
10 |,uiulc the rejolclngs OF associates,
who have faithfully labored, in their
huube way, to bring them to this COM
mo goal.
with all the light, turned on, the
Chowan section is still proud Of the mem
Org OF William Hooper, who never de-
SPARED of the republic, and continues
her appreciation OF The paper which
speaks, too, of the continued rr>tttOas OF
their delegation tCasweli, Hooper. and
Hughes, 'In the cause of liberty and IN
dependence an | SUI ; az the charge
of tUryistn against him from Que who
finally reached his advanced position, and
then ''torgOt the steps alleady trod. :
But our sister, Chowan, must not he sell
fsh with this glorious document, ante
dating the kindred one of July t. ITO
MOSES, LEONIDAS, CESAR AL
FRED, CRAIGHEAD AND WASH
INGTON, more or less fully meeting
the demands OF their respective ages,
we're born for the world. So this Test Of
tt{eIty to NORTH Crr0Itnu against "ali
attempts by Fraud aud Force to estab-
lish and exercise such claims aud Pow
crs" on the part of the mother coun-
try, was created Tor the whole Province.
In fact, when signed by the Chowan
Committee, it was already ten months
old. 1t was drawn up shortly after our
Provincial Delegates in the Continental
Congress had declared their inability, in
the face of the negotiations then pen
ding with Great Britain for an amicable
adjustment to get a hearing upon Meek
lenburg's recommendation to cut the Cor
dian knot by proposing Constitutions,
similar to her own, for every County and
Province represented at Philadelphia.
1t is a compromise between the impulse
of the disciples of Craighead, and the
cooler diplomacy Of Caswell, Hooper and
Hewes. Both parties, in their own way.
were strictly complying with the ,nstruc-
tons contained in the last clause Of the
Mecklenburg Declaration, to-wit: And
to use every exertlon TO spread the love
of country and fire of freedom through
out America. until a more general and
organized government be established in
this Province and, by the very terms
of this same Declaration, this must be
done under the control of no other
power than that of our God and the gen
eral government of the Congress-
To BE CONTINUED.