The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10

the province OF North Carolina. he took
| post at Charlotte. where he had given
rendezvous TO Ferguson. Mccklenburg. Of
which Ii was the capital, was the heady.
| high-mndcd county whore the first de-
claration OF independence was made. and
| his lordship, from uncomfortable expe-
Renee. soon pronounced Charlotte the
Hornets Nest OF North Carolina"
MIR. JACKSON'S TESTIMONY.
President Andrew Jackson also gave
| this testimonial Upon the visit Of n Mr..
Brevard (knsman OF the signsr, to
| the Hermitage. In lN2S. he said. You
| know 1 lived I'm Meeklonburg I'm my
youth. and / have always taken a special
| Interest I'm that region and its early his
| tory. 1 have I'm the opposite room a copy
! of the Mockcnbnrg declaration OF inde-
pendence, framed and hung up, and 1
think 10 we'll worthy OF the position He
! then led the way into the room and
pointed out copy of the declaration.
with the signatures attached, printed on
/ satin and i'm "A gilt frame. He said the
authorship was always attributed 10 Dr.
Ephraim Brevard. and no alusion was
made TO any doubt ever having been eX-
pressed a. % the authenticity Of the doc
| uucnt. General Jackson unquestonably
treated the incident ms a we'll known fact
| I'm the history Of that region Of country
tbe memory Of which he desired 20 per
| pctuatc.
Moreover. certificates are I'm existence
/ from a number of the signers ana spec
tators themselves. among them Isaac Al
ovandor John Davidson, Joseph Graham
| and others. Major John Davidson ccrti-
| G.-. 81 am confident that the declaration
! Of Independence by The people OF Neck
/ fonburr was made public no least II
months before that OF the Congress of
Ina United States" But perhaps the most
convincing certificate g. that Of Captain
James Jack who was the bearer of the
proceedings 10 Congress. Tie says. ! SET
| out the following month tJune) from
! Charlotte to Philadelphia, and delivered
The declaration of independence OF May
t--5. 10 Richard Casweu and william
Tfoopcr. the delegates from North Caro-
lima. 1 am now I'm the Ssth year OF my
,tc and residing iu the county of EIbort.
! iu the state of Georgia. ] was I'M the Re
yoIutious-v war from the commenccm nt
to tho close" This certificate is dated
9th December 1873. i'm presence of job
Weston. g. G.. o.. and James oliver, alto
at law" Captain Jack was a brave
energetic patriot and ready TO engage in
any duty having for It's object the wcliarN
and indcuandeucc Of his country. tie rode
an thc way 90 Phiiad alphia on horseback
that being the only mode ci express in
those primitive DAVIS.
The first documentary reference to the
Necklonburg declaration after rs adop-
tion was am amusing poem written bN
Adam Brevard. brother of Dir. Ephraim
Rrcvard in less than two years after tho
meeting, of the general committee iu
| charlotte. The gcnuiuencss OF this pro-
! ductiou is Vouchei for 10y Hon. Lyman
! Drapcr on page 121 OF his manuscript
work ON the MocklDuburg declaration
! and also by Wheeler. and by Governor
/ asf Hrl
/ qf the time of his death. "Ihe date ol
! tho noam is 18th March. 1lO. extend.
| through 900 lines and is OF unquestiou1pl'
! quthenticity." so wrote Governor SWah
! fo Hon. George Bancroft ON March lN
| 1855 u opens as follows:
THE MECKLENBURG CENSOR.
/ ..Vhau Ne.kleuhurg's fantastic r1pnIe.
| Renowned for ccnsura. scold ana gappie
! d, charlotte met in giddy council
/ TO lay the constitutions ground-sill
/ pv choosing men both learned and wise,
/ Who clearly could with half shut eyes
| Sec miIlstones through. or spy plot
/ Whether existed such or not;
Who always could at noon define
Whether the sun or moon ala shine
| And by philosophy tell whether
| IL was dark or sunny weather;
And sometimes when their wits were mic
could we'll distinguish men from mice;
/ FIRST 10 withdraw from British trust
I'm Congress they the very first
| Their independence did declare
TO return 20 the coincidence in the IAN
J onaee of the two declarations (Mcckleu
burg and uati0uaD Governor Graham
saws. "It is not very strange that mel
WHO think alike should speak alike upoi
the same subject. more especially Whei
bipbtoucd patriotic feeling seeks Tor 200
ferauc. 40 nation Of people ever went ID
war without in fact stalking mp their lives
fortunes and honor. and the sentiment
embodied bv Mr.. Jefferson were not pocu
Mar 10 himself. but adapted by him as eN
,rseeivc of the common language ot tina
aventfuI period. Mr.. Jefferson love %
country was not bounded Dow the coniinc
M Vhgiula. and &C. is up discredit 10 Dol
memory that her institutions. her horoe
and nor statesmen occupied the first p'1r
am his affections She was emphaiicail
,be mother of great mcn-'hl- own, hI
native land'-and it is mo- matter OF sur
prisa that ne should Doe unwilling. W.iAou'
The most ample proof TO transfer tA'
.,rightest page in her history 90 emblazol
tbn records of q sister state.
So with the utmost difference TOT lH
.l,e of Monticello. and au other doubuna
,rbo,,aecs. we believe. and are prepared
"a claim before an the world That ON