The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-05

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mental reservation uTan tie part of tha
former while the latter were welcome ta
whatever graIn.ot cpuf1rt II milht attara
him. Meanwhile concert " action vi.
imr.ratiyeIy demanded. ana thc can
troll Of 20 power, other than the ~
above mentioned should be ackuaw al
e. Where viii W. find diplomatic
rauCr, on the eve o. war. trrer from
chicancn2 Whore. tEen, d.l this
Chnwan County Declaration Of luaepon
louce
FIND IT'S oaIuN2
Turn to the Journal of th, Prarincia
Congress Of North Carolina lit Ill -hur.
August l775, and YOU VIII tin the iien
iical Tal er prescribed ter every ettlzcn
Bayari raller, III describing hi~ visit 1,
IN African prince. tells Us that his hoSpI-
table host ordered his best beverage d.
be brought in, and then took the tlr-t
drink hin self, to convince his guest that
it was not poisoned On the samC
principe our courteous Delegates, AT
fIiji>boro. and later the Committee q.
Chowan. first took tie Test IT fidelity K
the powers hat We're about to he, ana
i then administered it t. tneIr fellow cIti-
zens. Ii is some evidence 81 the fidelity u
+ old Chowan that she found no occasion C
use ii for the frs, ten months Of its exist
cnce.
/ Could the Mceklcuburce.s without 4
mental reservation, and under tic cir
cumstaucos above narrated. act 10
concert" with those who were thus
waring vigorous diplomatic war or
+ t0ryiSm? To ak the question Is t.
answer H. The result was that after
The decisive victory at Moore Crock
/ Bridge over the recently the Tories
I hacked by the English Treasury and the
i threat of imI ending inva-ions. could SCI
another squadron in the field. Thi
agrees with the conclusion reached bl
one oil Meekleuburg ; inyitei orators il
/ her centennial jubilee, who had never
/ heard Of the Edeuton construction of the
paper named III our title.
4 Parcnthctcally we max here state
/ that his father was not the son-in-law 81
McNitt Alexander, as asserted-by way
/ of argument(.p-no less than three
/ times i'll contribution from the scholar
/ IN pen Of the Rev Dr. j {. Welling. a
gentleman for whom | have Il very HIGH
! personal regard. II g Doctor. telling
/ the tale as it was told TO him at safe
/ distance from the scene OF acton. and
without critical investigation to ascer-
tain the trftth Of his several premises
notably that of his opening sentence
makes an ingenious and skI.ltul Compil-
alton OF every argument ever advanced
! III support of the theory that oHc paper
was glory enough for Mccklenbur9, i
and gently threatens the memory OF the
patriarchs with Htamy for signing the
Instrument, Of which Alexander said
repeatedly the DavIe copy is perfectly
correct. and aftcrpurds ul3er tie con-
troi of the powers aforesaid, endorsing
the Edenton document. He has been
ml>led. III this Titanic assault into moH4
much more important Measurements O.
facts. which | hope on some future oc-
casion, to have the pleasure Of pointing
out to hiin.)
The reader may have observed .l775"
at the head Of tLis article. and .l776 >
subscribed to the declarations The first
date Is according to the only prjnfeo
copy that | have seen. ana the second
follows the manuscript copy in my pos
session. IS Ihowan with tie whole
Colony ,rus '-strdiug fast to indcpcn-
dencc," We will conclude cur comment,
in the language OF the speaker already
alluded to:
Our ptorrcss to fndcnendence. then.
was by these steps:
lsl MeeklenhuTs dissolved her con
u,'.on 1911 y" .I1r I'm naS' ~ ~ lI2'h l,
the government of tLc Pr6viuci,i { Eon.
gresS, which was in alliance with the
Continental Congress.
-. The Test adopted by the Proyn-
eiaI I o"n9ress on The sd oi August l'i3-
~ eiiecJ cut the c"fd n connection BE-
l"eeh lle iIoEihce OF North carolina
ana 'reat b[iIaih' ana required ah oGii-
@ailon q allegiance 70 the ProFnc.a.
ana congresses Wit out ilmit OF time-a
transfer o ie.'lty, but aS vet without q
IN 81 IT, - no, '-,.,uo,,,.,
ed and nrorosed for tho ad"n.iol nftTc
/ Continent. Iv report ana resolution I4tE
ted ike resolutions. and the great Ma
tIcna! Declaration followed Oh tie It'll
July. lI't. converting Provinces into