The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
TABLET TO MECkLENBCRG
SIGNERS.

The Colonial Danes Of ckle
burg w resolved to raise the money
for the purpose of placing a memo
rial ablet in the tunda OF the Staee
Capitol in this city commemorative
the Mecklenburg Declaration or IN
dependence. The Historical Commls-
sion has granted permission for plac-
ing the tablet in the capitol. Ii a
recent statement these ladies say
THE Mecklenburg county commit
tee inaugurated this movement ana II
has the hearty enforcement and CO
operation of the entire North caro-
lima Society. A committee of 10
DANES has been appointed from
M~ecklenburg county committee, with
Miss Violet Alexander, chairman,
TO attend to the details of selecting
and placing the tablet and Of secur-
ing necessary funds. A committee OF
20 danes has been appointed from the
society as q committee at large to as
siSt and further the plans Of the spec
i'll committee the latter being ofh-
ciaIly known as the "MeckIenbuTS tab
let committee.
We want the interest, cooperation
and financial support of every mem
Der Of the North Carolina Society OF
Colonial Danes and Of all other pa
triotic persons in North Carolina to
assist in perpetuating this important
historical event in the early history
Of our beloved State
A few nights ago the Rev. Walter
w. Moore, D. D., Of Richmond, Va,
the distil guished head of Union Theo-
logical Seminary. delivered an ad-
dress at the dinner Of the North Caro-
lima Society at Baltimore, and in the
course OF his remarks said that North
Carolinians should study more closely
the arguments on both sides of dis
puted questions in their history, and
in a vein of pleasantly stated hat he
had heard persons deny the genuine
ness Of the M~ecklenburg Declaration
on the mere ground that the original
document was not now in existence,
expressed the opinion that this
discrediting the event. The Rich
mond Times Dispatch undertook to
DR.. Moore about his belief,
but DR.. Moore comes back in fine
shape. concluding his communication
as follows:
81 am, indeed, a believer in hi
Mecklcnburg Declaration, ven after
reading Mr.. Hoyt's able book, and
there are some arguments used by
the defenders and the assailants
IF it's genuineneSs which [ think need
further sifting-al process at which /
like to try even my apprentice
hand-but it is certainly not a thing
with my present duties, / can
now attempt.
"You say IF any historians. ex-
cepting North Carolinians, have &C
copied the Declaration as a fact, we
not know Of it. There are some,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. instance, Theodore
('The Winning Of the West
Volume /, page 1870 and George Ban
The Richmond paper Will be wis
not TO cross swords upon historical
with DR.. Moore He is not
given to disputation, but inasmuch as
does not accept q historical fact
without investigation, his belief in the
MeckIenburg Declaration is evidence
the proofs are such as to convince
mon who are always open TO the
truth. The monument at Charlotte
and the tablet at Raleigh, like the in
scription Of MAY Twentieth" on the
State flag. show the deep-seated faith
of the people of this state in the
Mecklenburg DeclaratieN Roosevelt
and Bancroft certainly had no local
interest in accepting the truth of his
tory as to the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton.
Do we hold life cheaper? The Noun
tain Scout seems to think so, for it