The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07

ADraham Alexander was cal1,4
chalr, and John Mcknitt AIaxarS's
was appointed secretary The
Vention was addressed by several r-"'
iesslonal gentlemen. and it is sa,5
they spoke clearly to the na,rl SAD
ting before them in plain rar,,. g.
causes which were at the fo,,n+ 'N'
OF the differences between n II
MES and the mother country an
consequences which the peOnIa W.
continue to suffer if they fail.
make firm resistance to Fnpl,o,G
claim to tax the colonies without 49,
having any voice in the matter
m previously appointed viz
Dr. Ephraim Brevard as chaf~or.-'
midnight came into the corr,
house with the resolutions
Independence, which was unanirno,S
ly agreed upon by the conven+i1n
The convention hen adjourned I'm
the next day at noon when Col Tar,
Polk mounted the courthouse stems
and read the resolutions from the nan
Of DR.. Ephraim Breyard.
During the reading all WAS death
like stiffness, every eye, was fixed nm
the tall form, every ear open to the
full. de~ep-toned voice of Col. Thomas
Polk. When he finished all drew \
long breath. each man looked into
SOME NEGLECT-EIGHT go.
his neighbors eye and saw the fra
cleaning there. A voice from the as
sembied multitude called out three
cheers" and then from every man
omar and child there went no sucn
a shout is was eve before heard in
Mecklenburg. The deed was done.
these men had pledged their ali
lives, fortunes, honor, and as true as
steel, from that hour, they never
shrunk from meeting that pledge. The
people returned to their homes and
.ayocations, taught by their leaders -
expect trouble, and to be ready to
answer their ~country's summons at d
moments warning.
were made, the original was kept by
the secretary. A copy was sent By
express to the Continental Congress
in session at Philadelphia, one
sent to the Provincial Congress at
HillSborough. and another was sent
to the Cape Fear Mercury-the only
newspaper published in the Colony
and appeared in this paper on Friday
Tune 3, 1775.
The State of North Carolina has
enacted that the goth of May be OBJ
the Mecklenburg Declaration OF Ia
dependence-the kohinOor Of gems
in Americas historical crown
The State of Franklin.
The defeat of the Regulators at INC
Battle of Alamance" did not quenca
their desire for liberty nor their de-
termination to be free n independ-
ent, on the other hand. it produced
still greater dissatisfaction with the
existing regime of eXtOrtionate
and illegal fees demanded
by crown officers and their deputies.
Like a mammoth more than elght
thousand Of them shook off the Yoke
Of British Oppression" sold theif
gathered together their tanlIIeS
and household goods into wagons ana
over the mountains into the
Country. escaping Tor an
time further persecution at the hands
Of the English tyrants. Remote
from the seat Of power and free from
oppression these honest hearted.
patriots found a welcome IN
land Of the C~herokees. Thus the
Province Of North caro-
lima sent forth eight thousand emf
grants to the Cherokee Country; the
pOor in search of independence, oih-
ers to regain broken fortunes. ana
to attain respectasliIty LhAI-
LainabIe in the land of their nativity
The land beyond the mountains o.
tered them at least exemption from
he s~upercilious a~nnoyanceS OH
naughty officers, who claimed pr
above them. Others CAM
sor the broader purpose Of laying u
deep foundation for a free govern
nent Of and by the people, ana 'i
under It, distinction ''I
themselves and posterity. This army
IF bought of the th'r'-
chiefs all of the eastern portion
IF their country-noW the eaS'8''
half of the present State of Tenht~-
'ee-bordering on the western h"l"-
of the province OF North '"''
ina where they set to work 10 erect
or themselves under a free govern
The settlers for the first few mo"'H7
we're without laws or protection, saF'
simple regulations of their own a'VP
ion, but later under the wise c04ho''9
II John Sewer and other Iedd''7
pirits. they drew up laws for Lht',
government which was paternaI ann
simple and modrLa'
,ut summary and firm, which sumo"
the first few years. Later i