The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-10

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.oolh and pointed out copy OF the deciara
tion' win the signatures attached. printed
VI satih and In gilt frame He SAID the
authorship was always attributed W ia.
Ephtaim Brevard, aud no allusion WAC
Tissue TO any doubt ever having been ex-
pressed as to the authenticity OF tn, docu-
nseh,. GENERAL Jackson unquestonably
treated the incident as a we'll known t',.i
IN me history OF that region OF the ooun-
lr., the memory of which he desired TO per-
petuatc.
MoreoVe., certificates are in existence
Hoih number OF the signers aud sprc-
.aiu.s themselves. among them Isaac AL
eAsuaer, John Davidson Joseph Graham
ana others. Major John Davidson ecril
flies: Il am confident thar ne dfclsrStion
" Independence by the people Of Mecklen-
ours was made public at least twelve
m.on rs beforc that OF the congress o! IT,
onited states But perhaps the mos; con
Nhelhs certificate is that of Captain James
1acA' VINO was the bearer of the proceed.
ings TO congress. lie saws: II set out the
,ohoWlng month tJunel from Charloits 10
ihliadclphta and delivered the declafa-
lloh Oh independence OF May, 1918. to Itch
ara caswell and William Hooper. the Selc-
gates from North Carolina / am now in
.ne eoth year OF my age, aud residing In
the county of Ebert, in the State OF Geor-
ga was in the revolutionary war from
'he commencement to the close" This
certificate is dated 9TH December fSlg in
presence OF Job Weston. c. &. o., and
James Oliver, alto. at law" Captain Jack
was brave, energetic. patriot and ready
10 engage in any duty having for It's OH
zee, the welfare and Independence of his
country. He rode all the way TO phllaael.
pnia on horseback. that being the only
Hoae OF express in those primitive DAYS.
ne ilrst documentary reference 10 the
doc 1at.ag fsN,.
was an amusing poem written by Adam
breYard' a brother of DR.. Ephriim Brc-
ward. in less than two years after the
meeting of the general committec. IN
Nhsriotte. The gcnuinencss of this pro-
duction is vouched for by Hon LYMAN
Draper on page l2o of his manuscript work
on the Mecklenhurg declaration, and also
ny wheeler, and by Governor Swain In
whose possession the poem WIS at the tine
of his death. Tho date OF the poem is 18th
March l'I7, EXTENDS through $50 lines and
IS oil unquestionable authenticity" so wrote
Governor Swain to Hon. George Bancroft
on March IL, 1858. 1t opens as follows:
THE MECKLENBURG CENSOR.
When Mecklenburg's fantastic rabbc,
Renowned for censure, scold and gable,
IN Charlotte met in giddy council
TO lay the constitutions ground sill
Who clearly could With hiif shut eyes
See nillstoncs through, or spy plot
Whether existed such or nGt.
Who always could at noon define
Whether the sun or moon did shine,
And by philosophy tell whether
II was dark or sunny weather;
And sometimes when their wits we're nice
Gould well distinguish men from mice.
First to Withdraw from British trust,
In congress they the worry first
Their independence iii declare"
To return TO the coincidence In the Ian
eusge Of the TWO declarations tMecklea-
burg and nstionaD Governor Graham says;
at is rot very atranya that men who think
ailc5 should speak alike upon the same
b'oct. more especially wncn high toned
patriotic feeling seeks for utterance. No
nation OF people ever went &c war without
in fact stalking up th-ir liveg, fortunes ana
honor and the sentiments embodied by Nil
jefferson were not peculiar TO himself, but
adapted by him "a eXpl casivo OF the COM
mon language of that eventful period. Nj
Jefforsons love Of country was not bound
ed by the confines OF Virginia. aud it Is TO
dscfedit to his memory that her institu-
tions. her heroes and her statesmen oacu-
pied the first place in his affections She
was omphatcally the mother of great men
This own, his ratv2 land -ant 1t is no
matter of surprise that he should be u4'
willing, without the most ample proof, TO
transfer the brightest page in her history
to ombaEon the records OF a sister state,
So with the utmost Difference for the
sage of Monticello and all other doubling
Thomases, we believe and are prepared TO
claim before all the world that our Meek
lenburg declaration of independence Is
neither spurious nor quiz" but a cor
roborated fact verified by phal2nX OF
tradition. In addition to the dsting dished
names already quoted, such man OF mite
as Judge Francis Xanior Martin, Joseph
Seawell Jones, John H. Wheeler, Rev Drs.
Caruther Foote OF Virginia. \. T Smy,hc
Of South Carolina, Francis l.. Hawks, LII.
D., of the Episcopal church, etc. have
champioaed the cause OF the MccklenEuig |
declaration.
The annual celebrations OF the day that |
have for scores of years been observed |
also attest its truth, and many have been |
the orators from our own and sister States |
who have with glowing eicuuence pro-
claimed the glorious history OF the proud
est day in the annals OF the Old North !
State. II has long been enshrined in the |
hearts OF the people not only in Mecklen-
burg but in the whole State
Lord CORVALLIS having dubbed our val |
liant little town the hornets nest CT |
North Carolina. we still cling to the ap-
pellat,on and have adopted the hornets
nest KS our coat arms. In every cele-
tration the hornets nest is conspiauols,
and one OF our finest military companies
bears the name OF the Hornets NCst
RiAemen," while they are Familiarity |
known as Tho Hornets
Some years ago, In order TO preserve
them from oblivion, the historic spots in
Charlotte we're marked ~ iroa tsb cts,
Those places we're Cooks inn" where
Washington was entertained. tho hou5e
occupied by CORVALLIS. tho pace on |
which the Mecklenbufg declaration was
signed and the spot uron which jefferson
Davis stood making speech when a tee
gran, was banded him announcing tho |
assassination Of Abraham Lincoln.
Queens college, the first educational in
ntituticn OF the kind IN thl United States.
was built here of brick imported from
England A new 100000 county court holse |
row occupies tho site % the I'D college. |
The old landmarks have passed awsy and |
a glimpse at the Charlotte or to-day viii |
shcw that she has not stood SIN in the |