The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-29
VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA,
QUESTION OF THE MECklEN.
BURG DECLARATION.

the following interesting sketch Of IN,
Mccklenhurg Declaration OF independents,
based upon recent communication in TnF
TiNES, appears;
An aged Nirginian. -. A. T." "verging
ou Co a Cenienarian" living in ESSEX
county, Va. sends an interesting commun
irati0n 90 InE RICHMOND TIMRS. I'm IL he
denies a statement made as 90 the action ui
che people Of the Cape Fear being "tho first
meeting that ever took place in the Colonies
fn resist the stamp Act" lie writes.
II have IN nay possession, and will soon
publish the proceedings of the first meeting
ever held Cor that purpose. II took place al
.locdstown.' In WCstmOrcland county, Va.
900 day of February. 1858. TWAS headed
d., Richard Henry Lee, and the address and
resolutions were written 10y him, aud Were
srncd by rs; among them seven or cighi
~ ashinci0ns.' seven or eight Lees and
others. scarcely less distinguished, Of the
.reatcst and most distinguished men in
this. and perhaps any other country.
have TIE proofs 20 sustain the claim that IL
was thc first me citing, and IL antedates the
Nrcklcuhurg meeting
% is 90 Dee said first that -. 4. T." mis-
apprvhcnds the signihcancy Of the "claim''
nj up hy North Carolina. The Mecklen-
I.r1 Declaration occurred on the 10Th May,
f--5. and 10 was the first act of the Kind
ON The American Continent, aniedating the
National Declaration 10y one year and a
month and a half
rho of,mp Act matter is altogether an
.ftor think. - far rs North Carolina is
concerned In connection with The resist
.r., fa the tyranny Of the stamp Act the
fu.Nfug L. brief statement:
a. olrly a. 4. u. l1l6, the colony OF
North Carolina made a formal declaration
r..f mUrc~siug property "under the pre-
t.r.. of ii- being for the public service
,.f...t ,he authority from the Assembly
,... ,,rOarnuiahlo and great infringe
mput upou the liberty OF the subject. .
,r,. MAS anticipating the tyranny Of
a.. >1mr Aci and was a firm
,-.t..t If men. In 1860, the
...i.. declared that il alone had
..ntr -tn frame and model bills
,I .r.ttan aid was granted 90 the King"
..fH father declared "that every attempt
r deprive them OF the enjoyment thereof
Mas ln infringement of the rights and priv
t|.-... of fhe Assembly" This constitutes
fr.,l>f number two against all attempts to
Im..-. taxation upon the people Of the
,..ut 20 North Carolina without their con-
~.nt.
Ac.n Boo l-Gi. the Assembly ordered that
On. money should he paid 90 Governor or
council withou: the consent Of the As
s.mbly.
81, far a~ we now know the 18th Of Octo-
i.f. l-fl. marks "thc first meeting of
fH. PEOPLE in protest of the stamp act.
Dr. occurred in the then village of VIII
mIn-fln. 10 was 90 burn Earl Butte IN
.H-t. because hc favored the stamp duty.
a.If man lu thc town was made to drink
-IH.riy. property, and no stamp duty DC.
Ileu followed q series Of events so honor
.le o North Carolina patriots, and so
Ulch bon character with the prev ious history
.ffh. people Of the Colony. of whom George
Bancroft says. in his History Of the | nited
~af.~" that they "arc the frccst oI the
t.."
colonel William l.. saunders. Secretary
STATE. has just published his PREDATORY
Notes" Ou Governor IryOn and his admin
-.rHu. filling some eighty-tw0 octave
-.-. These invaluable Notes are pre-
Gator. fo the seventh and eighth volumes
r H. Colonial Records" Of North
na now in the course Of puDllca-
nt the state. and under The most judi
..l- aud able edit0rship Of Secretary ~aun-
l.r-. We have used the NOTES in part in
f. above summary. 10 the venerable Viz
-r.au should feel Interested in knowing
u.r. ut what North Carolina did, he can
write &, Colonel saunders, who will. per-
hiu~. ohlige him with "a copy of the Notes
virginia seems 90 hIN" had the start IN
flt '-nr-t meeting hut North Carolina was
up.niu- for racket long before, and all
through her interesting history she was con-
-tautiy 300 arms against tyranny and oppres-
sion. Tier people were, beyond all reason
able doubt. much more advanced than
tlu~c uf the other Colonies ln thc matter OF
resistance o. the British Crown or 90 il,
r.tal Governors. The battle Of Alamance
iu I--l. the Declaration Of independence at
N.cbl,nburr ou 10Th MAY. $50. the stamp
..t rr.c'cdIu-- ou the Cape Fear, 80 well
t.u Colonel Nadde.l 30 his invaluable
historical brochure upon his DISTINGUISHED
-r.it--randmthcr. General Hugh addel,
and -o carefully ELABORATED Toy Colonel >aun-
d.r, iu tbc Notes" before as. all 20 io show
where North Carolina stood in the threaten
ing ddy-.
90 understand thc real condition of mat
t,r- DOB North Carolina prior 90 The stamp
Act excitement. which was most natural
outflow and resultant oi HAT condition, you
must read the two hundred pages OF the
earlier "Nott~." hy Col. saunders, that are
If great value.
Whenever North Carolina has fun Justice
200 the hands Of her jealous rivals, who
have always ignored her rights and misrep-
resented her history l-ce Judge ~chcncks
,N.elleut historical work.. she viii stand
first Im0ug the tolJnie, ln Der steady re-
-i-tauce of tyranny and long before Viz
-uia and thr other Colonies had awakened
tYa sense OF wrong aud outrage.
When Josiah quincy, of Massachusetts.
visited North Carolina before the war oi In
dependence, and had that memorable all
night talh with Cornelius Harucit. al ms
residence It Hilton (Which stli stands Do
bad repair just beyond the water works OF
this c.ttJ. Doe was a-tonished al the adNanc-
ga views concerning resistance ln Nhlch
tuc leader bon Tine Cape Fear INDUCED.
Quincy wrote home that the people in North
Carolina were "ahead" of the people Of
Massachusetts boo tho spirit of rebellion
", think it would Dee very becoming d
w lmin-ton would purchase HaInelt
hou-e and put Do DO repair. IL is I9IuaDle