The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

of no law or legal officer. civil ar mill
tary, within this unty We do here
y ordaln and adopt, as a rule Of life,
all and each and every Of our former
iaWs-Wherein, n~exerth.less the
crown CT Great Britain never can
De considered as holding rights. priyi-
or lTnmunlties therein.
2. Resolved. That il is also further
uecreed that all, each and every mill
'aTy orlcer II this county are hereby
Teinstated TO his former command and
autnoritN, he acting conformably to
'heSe equations. And hat every
member present Of this delegation
shall henceforth be a civil officer. viz:
q 5usuce OF the Peace, in the charac-
Ter OF q committeeman to issue pro-
cess, near and determine all matters
q controversy according 10 said
ADOPTED laws, and to preserve peace.
ana union, and harmony In said Coun-
w and to use every exertion 10
spread the love Of country and fire Of
freedom throughout America. until q
more general and organized govern
Inent pc established in this province.
a number Of bye laws We're also
aoeu merely to protect the Associa-
uon from confusion and TO regulate
tnelr general conduct as citizens.
after sitting in the Court house all
night, neither sleepy. hungry or ia
~ SNttN
paragraph, they were all passed, sano-
TONED and declared unanimously
ABOUT : o'clock a. m. May 20tn.
In a few days a deputation Of said
delegation convened when Capt.
James Jack Of Charlotte was depu-
tlzed express to the congress at Phila-
delphia with a copy of said resolves
and proceedings, Ks, &c.
1t will be seen. by a comparison,
how closely the rough notes are re
produced in the completed document
Both say that the Bylaws were
adopted at the same meeting at which
the Declaration was adopted: anc
both say that some days later Cap
: tain Jack carried on to Philadelphia
!, all the resolutions and the proceed
inss.
+ Thus. their statement is to the ef
, fect that there was only that on.
meeting, when such action was taken
{ 1t is to be observed that neither tn.
Notes nor the completed Narrativ,
mentions that the Resolves wer'
signed.
Col. Folks Statement.
In 1920 Col. William Polk, havin,
been requested by Judge Murphy t
contribute information on Revolu
p tionary history, addressed a statemen
r to Judge Murphy based on the publ
VI lhS NlSAdIiuc1 IdIIdllfe III
other information impaired by oil
citizens Of Mecklenburg. He said:
The resolutions of the Mecklen
burg delegation is taken from a ma
uscript copy given by Doctor JOS. Nc
g Alexander. / can n Q youc
for their being in the words Of tn
Committee who framed them, bl
they are essentially So
= From this We perceive that Co
: William Polk knew that the docu
ment was not a copy of any origina
but. in the absence Of the origina
: was satisfactory.
adding to the Alexander documer
4 the following: Resolved, That tn
foregoing resolutions be adopted
) which was accordingly done unan'
"mously, and that the Delegates sig
r. their names to the same
l. 1t was also resolved that a copy {
the resolutions should be TRANSMIT
ted by express to the General cor
"gress, &&&&."
,e Historian Masters Version.
g. Xavier Martin III published
8 long after these publications We
made, Incorporated into his his,o,
the account of these Mecklenbul
~ proceedings published by Judge Mu
le phey and others, as appears by
IS comparison Of his text with theirs.
- He took sundry liberties with II
resolves
4. He added TO them this: Resolve
~ thai a copy of these resolutions
"a transmitted by express to the Pres
"a dent Of the Continental congress, a
sembled in Philadelphia, to be Ia
before that body
We These resolutions were unan
ne mousay adopted and subscribed
#: the delegates
es 1t egill Ire seen that in adding I'll
resolve about sending the procee
ings to Philadelphia, he flies in II
e. face Of the A~lexanders. who SAY tn
that was an a~fterthought, after coo
IN ing time Likewise. they say not
ing about the signing Of the doc
ment.
at Col. William Polk evidently mlsi'
yet Tudpa Martin into those errors.