Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-20

brate the one hundred and fifteenth
anniversary Of the declaration Of indie.
pendence Of the county OF Mecklenburg.
When the historian Bancroft was serving
a. envoy 10 England, In lSi7, he found In
the British archives the much disputed
Mecklenburg declaration OF Independence.
Tho discovery Of this document with the
letters Of the colonial governors Of Georgia
and Carolina Transmitting II TO London fix
beyond a doubt the fact that In May, Of
l775, that county was declared free and
independent by body of leading citizens
who solemnly pledged to maintain inde-
psndence with their lives, their fortunes
and most sacred honor. The phrase with
which this declaration ends is closely
similar to the concluding sentence Of
the great declaration Of Independence,
but Jefferson denied having used II and IL
is probable that words 30 well expressing
public sentiment may at that time have
been In general use. Everyone was talk
ing about declaring the colonies free and
independent and the gentlemen of the day
were wont to talk Of pledging life, fortune
and sacred honor. 1t Is pity that In our
day 40 little Is heard of the last named. Al
though less stately and lacking the weight
of tho colonial Congress this Mecklenburg
declaration, which wo give below, breathes
gallant spirit, and the value of the words
Ii strong when 1t Is remembered that each
of the thirty-one signers knew that IL tho
rebellion failed the document would be his
death warrant:
Resoived, First, that whosoever directly
or indirectly abetted or In any way, form
or manr or countenanced unchartered and
dangerous invasion of our rights, as
claimed by Great Britain, IL an enemy to
this country, to America and to the inher-
ent and inalienable rights of man.
Second. Resolved, that we, citizens of
Mecklenburg county, do hereby dissolve
| the political bonds which have connected
us to the mother country, and hereby
absolve ourselves from all allegiance to
the British crown, and adjure all political
| connection, contract or association with the
nation which has wantonly trampled on
our rights and liberties and inhumanly
shed the innocent blood of patriots at
Lexington.
Third. Resoiped, That we do hereby de-
clare ourselves free and independent peo-
pie, are, and of right ought to be a sover-
eign and self-g0verning association, under
control OF no power other than that Of our
God and the general government of Con-
| gress, to the maintenance of which inde-
pendence we solemnly pledge to each other
our mutual corporation, our lives, our
/ ioituuoS nhu out iiost bhcEcu hOuoT.
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The Pneumatic Gun company propose
to remove the turret of one OF the old single
turret monitors and fit 1t with an eight
inch rifed gun on disappearing car
riage" which will be raised and lowered
by compressed air. This will not max,
the monitor very formidable, but II viii
test the value Of the notion of using disap
pearing carriages for heavy guns al sea.
j. B. HIPPLE, ono of the founders of tn
Mannheim Sun and for years on the edi
torial staff Of the Examiner, 10 editor an,
proprietor of tho Weekly Press pnblishe,
In Kansas City, Kansas. The Press is
good newspaper and Mr.. Nipples work !
appreciated, for he has twice been com
PEELED TO enlarge II within twelve month
THE annual report of the state librarian
Is n bound volume of two hundred pages
about half of which are occupied by lie
Of the laws, journals and documents pub
lished by Pennsylvania since 1852. TIL
list Of books acquired in 1889 and the re
port Of the librarian fills tho rest of tn
volume. The total number of books no,
In the state library IL about seventy thou
sand and the next Legislature Is to be ask @
for new library building. Librarian Egl
warmly protests against being compelle
to pay for the library reports that are pub
lished by the state, and considering III
undesirable character of most state publ
cations this Is certainly a remark able stat
Of things. Mr.. Egle says that the lteratur
of the future will be embraced In tho new,
papers Of to-day and predicts the time wi
soon come when the publisher of ever
! newspaper will print full index of refe
enco to leading articles In the files Of IA
, paper.
"BoY In Blue" breaks out In song owe
the decided action Of Mayor Clark IN til
monumental pole outrage. He and h
fellow boys in blue will please note tn,
tho NeW Era finds that clear headed an
! disinterested citizens believed that the nj