The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-21
HILL IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The sENA TOYS TRIBUTE TO TIE m
DEPENDAvtCE OF MECKLKNBURG.

arrivef. here at 2 o'clock this morning, 4 "a.
ceptrJn committee headed by Mayor Robert
Brrsard escorted them from the station to the
hot.cl. where rooms had been reserved, Tho
,p,ating OF drums and booming OF cannon bo.
,san at daybreak. and the distinguished guests
,o the city got very little sleep. They break.
tasted at o o'clock in the public dining room
Of the hotel. At $3.50 Mayor Brevard and the
mombers OF tho Executive Committee called
at tho hotel to escort the party to the Central
Hotel. from the balcony OF which they re-
viewed the parade. Gov. Holt was Ill and
deputed the task Of welcoming tho guests to
AdIt Gen. Glenn. Other members of the Gov.
ernor's staff and Of the stan OF tho Governor
Of South Carolina were present In uniform.
Senator Hills appearance on the balcony
was greeted with prolonged cheering. In tho
procession were tho Governors guard and
Zouaves OF Columbia. tho Fayetteville Lixht
Infantry. the Guilford Grays. tho Hsfnet's
Most Eihemen and Queen City Guart!e OF Char
2otte. the 1redell Blues. Cabarrus Blackboys.
cleveland Guards. and Southern Stars OF tho
Fourth Hegtment Holding tho Inst place In
limo was tho naval artillery OF Charlotte. After
tho procession had passed the reviewing stand
Senator hiil md his party werc driven to the
hattlene'a, where they saw q sham battle.
From the battlefield they wont to tho Autlito.
rum. The Rev. Edward Mack orened tho
ceremonies with prayer, After tho Meek lon.
turG Declaration OF Independence had been
Eead Senator Hill was Introduced. He said In
his address:
To-day. this Goth day Of May, In the 10th
yenr OF Ameris4n tndependence. we come to
;GSebrate tho 18th yenr OF North Carolnian
brthds? Of Sorty Ths SqtSpHis Ssno 81
Liberty! Your historians narrate that hero
fne m mIsa ,Dselataton Of Independence was
briefly tod Tho patriotiG eit E Of ant this
s s:,n,nty Of M.sHeklenTSrx IN this grand Sid
y9fe OF oppression. impatient Of the Injustice
@s%fd Ys sas s at hs c s
e o,t action e the Gon!inental Congress-.
devotion TO the Inherent and inalenabfes rights ts
substance. that they were n fec and hide.
,vHS ReSSp apa thas the political bands
were dissolved. i was sublime and heroic
, srton 1t was without an example in the his
Not only was, North Carolina tho first COL
my in which independ ence was declared. but
It is confidently claimed and history seems
State tho nrst BLOC was spilled IN the tinted
S,intes IN res'stD' .ce to the exactions OF Eng
"ya orc and Hp The NolFh SatonN the
"af f., 1 # a. Sasts 3 Aiia$ =. 49, ',s
:tlzos Of MsckISnburs. consratnste ,e you
t Z. all the researches Of historians you
hSa Ss
~ ali your erd 1g IN ths ausssnt
n r ~ ,S OF American Independence: What
Questioned. indisputable. authentic and con-
nnrs ye o thu not SIS seaa a1 the Meek
N NSrth SSsons sSns tip
$ois y; s;sH ga %S"$ a. ysss
II n,,n that It., re,maainine record belonged TO
Worth Il tie ' very TO K ehf S4
a .,r. Al 1.-The the levels Of Amsrican iiSfrty'
n1aIpsai 10 the tsxt. All commissions. civil
:" exercised in these colonies. are null and
coio colon n wbai s e each paTtSSar
Mat 'rle.I nnd logical conception which the
iMes, 6rso patriots q l775 were foremost
ss s's sh a sSfHss Of ?r ba sS
y" .sss q Parliament to tho Grown adopted
;S 4 iin' dse1rins tn. colony Fl Msssa
'outlawry on u! tie "ther colonies which wer Re,
mark Of the highest style Of se!f-govcrnmentt
j. here. Shall we md in the i'm mortal Dccnra.
hon OF lndep+ndrnce which Jefferson penned
suier. hrmcr grasp OF government by the
rem s"rSt "ck RSaS I Tar hs,
rrnce! Of pre- democracy there is no !ncr
i've e ea 40 o. Game thundeTlne down from
with ono ,other and determined their course
~ ms u.s. 60 Inty Of and then staked
th aGa hs yes q bst ao %s
}l;ih",ep to csta5ls h Justice and maintain It:
llhe .ty to surround and guard their own social
rep of the cncroachments Of the officers OF
srotcrnment 10y keepng in hand the sum and
~ ocer as the Of lis
:, such, is the attitude OF freemen Such is
the mind OF the Democrat-Democrat in the
ngoud",t srnsr mean: And then. what cour-
ct a Issmasocue making headway in that COM
as kerr Ss,Grs The eyes Of our |sl2w
;bs tvrs and H STYLE 81 h sTs
government. Instantly resolved TO risk poverty
defeat. qutlawry danger; imprisonment. and
ss f"s SS Gs @s% ss ss"
did not divide their councils. plumbers did not
"n.t them down. and success did not undmly
"A4it them. A ho!ier cause never enlisted he
enTts Of fr"cnen. The circumstances Of the
Ancsl"nhurG declaration were most extraor-
','LN :. lh'I" ilhu hefN no recent COnulCL
hron North Carolina soil: She had no grew
Anrcs when Ware not common to all the col
"ults. Meck'enburg was in "A portion Of the |
..nnntry remote iron, the centres Of population;
there was no immediate prospect OF foreign |
invaSion Of its territory or actual impendjnC
tnjury to us citizens; it was II period OF dark
1"ss and uncertainty IN which tho future could
n"t b. predicted Yet this people. without CON
shnu,,h WIN n'n"i localities. and without
RELYING men til. truth and Justice OF their |
'nnsr, WIN war III each heart and freedom on |
nnrn brow, unni1e,i and alone set the inii in |
n'iion a., HMu n.ny lnnrgura-da righteous re-
nlion,lhe result ~ which II o ORC co III ,ornicil
a MeS,s,nmre TO- british authority had not as.
for temrati"n. Thor dccisivs and Jn I'm,
actIon gave I" North Carolina the proud dis- |
uon. Whlch II has ever sine. ruIgy.d of h,,';,;,
been the first Of all tina colonies to- sounI TX
Independence. '-"'" vi
The Mocklenhurg Declaration was mo.
mehtoIiS III us conseluenc"s. IL kindird tEn |
fires Of liberty everywhere, 1t encouraged he
dream and hope OF u separate government " |
cheered the weak hearted ard tho wnycTi,,
invigorated The lust demands Of the peorls.
tiols Of all our future greatness.