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ir. S k YOL. XXXI RALEIGH, N. Cv WEDNESDAY, JUM? 5, IS39. H :tMlB - .r. I EDITOB A WD fROPHlETOE TEHKS tn.-.im!. Ihr dollara per aaaom-Hiae k.ir . ..i. ,: (TTPerwiK residing without thai Stato will be rwnuired to oar the w4 amount la J"T tubaeriptioa in advan.e. KAlfcS "r .i.- ror every ij" i-"' " " . " - ' inr first insertion, oneooll.ri etch lob- "" X1P.V..ImZ t.entv-five cent.. - 1-be adv.rtiwmenti of Clerks and Sheriffs 'H.in .harred 8J per cent, hieheri and a de- Juetion of 33$ per eent. will be made from -be regular pritet tor advertisers by the year. Letters to the Kililor mutt be poat-paid. tmjm .. -v. '. i- JU.T ACAD EMI. This institution, 13 milt I north- west Irom Hillsborough, Urasgh. county, N. u. anil 6 miles none I ot Maiou Hall, enjoys a location .lMiit fiBdolrr. which in ekceeilihsrlv iur mA ..I.ibnoas almosnhere. a neaeelul seclNtion and rf , other important advantages, combine to render pvcaliarly eligible and uniting. Here the slu. .Iciit is inited by the prospect el sludyi ynin- ten-opted by ill health, and those other causes which frequently so much retard the progress; j, yonin. uerc .ne pa.r. .o ..r... .nu ih- I. iliilmnt inn lti iiiwn before bun. with faw. I ... I .ll..,.n,.nt. In kin. Ik.- sarental goeroniit is exereised, and a vigilant j ot all a lutber's sol tjtwle, demons and anxie tin. ' As H it designed that this institution shall be , a eiiftchoototigJri,!et...ic., literatiire constitutes a distinct ileparlment, uo IKtinot lIuntKl manl der die immediate ami particular supervision ot , the Principal himself. Ample provisions are made lo prewre students lor any of the Univer sities of the country, or to impart to those who design only 10 take an academical course, a tho rough acou-iintanee with classical literature. The Fnigliah department, which 4a srpiM-ate and distinct, is undcr the dtmxioA of an efficient aud cnmiwtent instructor; so that all requisite facili ties areadbrded for the prosecution ol such Kng lith studies as are generally prosecuted in Acad emies of the highest grade. The Principal is now making extensive addi i ronrnv hi aeeomoMxUi ion for. boarders ; so I h at in a t'lort time rooms will be wpen for 18 or SO boarrlera. tiooil board can also be procured in the-twighborhood, Tuition m the Classical Department, per mi sion of S month, f Is Knglish Department, $S per session. ' " Hoard per month, exclusive of tights, $7 SO. ' The present session will end fw the I Sib June next. "-t he next session w-iU-anmmansc on tha I ilk of July. Thine who may wish to correspond with the Principal of this Academy, .will please o ad dress him as Postmaster at -Junto. , , l. W. KF.HH. March 9. 139 - "13 Kweow T Ainuiif.v lupoftf an f ; vurio.v- III Itir. ruiii.il nie nrnor. DOCTOR EVEN'S, 100 Chatham Street, asks tie present, opportunity of tendering his most unfeigned acknowledgements to the i.u merout patront (afflicted itli the." various forma of disease Incident to humanity) who have committed themselves to hit care, and he has the satisfaction of knowing from many . living evidences, that he has removed or re lieved their respective matadiea at fa? a llet within the compass of human means. How distressing to the sflliicled it DYSPEPSIA or INDIGESTION ! poisoning all the sources of enjoyment, and leading in many instances to the miseries of hypocoudriacism. Long at it has been the subject of inquiry by medical authors, it remains involved n much obscurity ty. Jandice, Diatrluza, Cholera and Cholic, also perform a highly conspicuous part of the drama of morbid affections. Dr. EVANS bat been singularly successful in the treatment of the above complaints, by remedies drawn from researchet of the moat eminent physi cians in Europe. lie ha also had vat experience and success throughout the whole family of delicaK disea e, all of which are fur ahe-tnuat- part-iggr. valed by or rooted in the constitution by the CONSPIRACIES of MERCURIAL MU K DERER3. UNPRINCIPLED, UNEDUCA- TET3fANTWPItACTrcEtywlr airy" tt save that ot attempting to lead the credulous n the road to ruin. t'.van's ohSce it supplied with choicest loreign maraeta.ana campnnn- on vnc mos scienimcprtncipies. A physician is alwavs in attendance; and al those who come .there in Abe hour of need, go on rejoicing. Dr. Wm. Evaha! Medical Office, 100 Chat- " ham atreet, New York. (Ej- .MORE COXCLUSIVE PROOFS of the- extraordinary -ttfteacv of MrM'M, EYAXS1-. celebrated CAMOMILE and Jtl'ERlEX'V AXTlllllMUS 1LL& alleviating afflicted mankind. -Mr. Robert Cameron; 10 Howe rvr Diaeaae Chronic Dys- J entery, or Bloody -J-lux. " " """ Symptoma: iinuasual flatulency in the boa-el severe griping, frequent indication to go to atool, tenesmus, loss of appetite, nausea, vom--itmg-, -frequwey pu Wr-Hd frf iiut dia Charge of a prculiaily foetid matter mixed with blood, great debility, tenae of burning heat, with a intolerable bearing down of the parts. Mr. Cameron it enjoying perfect health, and returns hia sincere thanks for tlie extraordinary benefit he had received. - A PERFECT CURE OK ASTHMA. FIFTY FOUit YEARS hTANDINU. KITrcteil by ilia treatment or Dr, Wm, Evans, 't his it lo certity that I was attackeil 'wiili )', Asthma in the ninth )ear of my age, and front that time ami il the present t ear, a pertoil nf filty ("iiryeH-s, I hsve bres sulijeel to that disease. For Hi last five years, I have bail it almost in resuntly, not being eseuipt Irom it more than lorniy-lour houra at any one time. I had con sulted the mokt ski I In I phi sieiaut and Irird many "Natedif l withont any rein In JsiM tsMM mencrd uirn Dr. Wm. Evans vegetable ineiti- s,nai, swt.aHta'Ww;aycwiwwy-sij efteesiwe a core, lor 1 believed niy,ra!f, hopeless and my riosilt tionnesr, but ilh the hope til ouaming innmant- arf ralivr, . WoJnre X stair titen two cluigc I twke4 reromn that distressin n.U.f o An All BlUMUAS. August IS, II5S nhvu, . -Mr. Robert Monroe, Schuykill, afflicted With the above distretsine; malady. Symp nit: Creal Ungour, flatulency, disturbed ' pursuit, with comparatively lew Umplatiottoj !rn.f -'mft. debility disturbed tleej), - lead'fi'n astray. inordinate now of the mensea, pain in the xiiflent WK.i' eontei henr h forthwith in-lrigfit tide, could not. lie on her left. side with., yflyfttftd iiHo a family, which, huliertu, has j out an aggravation of the pain, urine high be7a eonlenle.t and h.uipv onet oer whom a i coloured, with other ivmntamv indicalinir !. I 1 .... . 3 r. iisir ll . i i every otnee weea, ann lurwacu iobi- ctuuui u i . wi hesWoMaterstJahto " .'.' !" 8 J i-iilieiW itlKiLi',--ai4--r have not hmi ,. uu.-tftLK.sSl.tlHa IJlUftOUSIssUUfi.. Ea f it,. !.. wntt it sinee, I tan now ssy that I am tart to become the Orjan of the -com- i:.u i.i: 1. ..- :.t. . -- uied Of ll.. iliw-ase. ami eoi.fidei.ll, i .dilresain- votl fo .1 .e " f t " Sniaoieiil l aiii., -u.i ,rs trr.tr .-r w till ihe final dec- reai Inn.?, tiehtnesj and tincture .cross the breast dunnest, nervous irritability and restlessness, couiu noi n in a Horizontal position, without i , - . t " sensation of impendtnir suffocation, rial pitation of the heart, distressing eolith', cos- uvenea., pain or thr atomich, drowsiness. ftr-at debility, and deficiency of the nervou. rneripr. Mr. K. Monroe rave tin every - '.nought of recovery, and dtre despair tat on " . c . ,he. countenance of every penon interested n, 'tnc or happiness, till by accident "e noticed in public paper aome core. efT'ec. ted by IW. WSI. EVANS MEDICINE in hit complaint, which induced him to purchase a package ot the IMlt, which resulted in com- pletely removing every symptom of his di. ease. He wishes to say his motive for this declaration is, mat lliuse afflicted with the me any symptoma similar to those from wnicn lie is Happily restored, may likewise receive he lame inestimable benefit. oi MTf, ti AiS iAH UKOWNE. wile ot Joseph - Browne, North ' Williamsburgh, afflicted the lat ten years with the Liver Complaint, completely restored to health through the treatment Of Dr. VM. EVANS; Symptoms: Habitual conatipation 0r ,he bowels, lotal lost of appetite, eicru- c;,ti of the epigastric region, great -de. . 1 fc n "C-i-HUII UI S llllia, milCHIM, "U OUICr HVOIT1. Breat derangement in the functioiia of the Mrs. Browne was attended by three of the hrsi physicians, but rece'ved but little relief from their medicine, till Mr. Browne procured nT t tar W ..a. -U-m-w 1 .... U I - Hons, which eflectually relieveil her, of the k.ned happiness antl-renuwa on the Jt bove distressing symptoms, with others, which, tion it protects, and by whom it is it it not so essential to intimate. ' I maintained.. ' . JOSEPH BROWNE. City and County ot New-York, is. Joaeph Hrowne, WiUiamHOurgn. Un, ia- lnij, being dly awern, -1k1 depose- and nay that the facts as set forth in the within stale- ment, to which he haa attbacribed hit name,: are just ana true, jutru nuuw.NK, C jvMiii ii uiivfnc, I of the taid Hannah Browne, !,vdlorJTy,i83rl itnsDana 01 ine aim Sworn before me, Jin ,.rr.irw c.r.. nerionn,,! iw n,. nr-i-t o iMw-tir z Wm. Evans, of 10O Chatham street, N Y Mr. W , W. W". of 100 EWjtfc'e street, laboring tinder a diaeaae. wltkb was by many physician , considered incurable a. id could find norefiel from any tource whatever-un. til be made application to Dr. Evant, and Jacedjiimteir untler hit .sticcesfol cmime f treatment, trom'wiiicn lie Degan to linil im- mediate relief, .and in a few Weeks was per fectly cured. J CJSEOF TIC DOLOREUX. J. E. .llinsonf wile of Capt; Joseph WMnl;3verely fiL.eted i her-head. aiul vomiliiif . with hiirnintr '.t , .h-..u ..r...fl: .i-.-1... She cmild find" no rerier from' the advice of sembled to the citizens of the County teverat phyaicians, nor from medicinea of any of Cabarrus anil ...Mecklenburg and to kind, until after she had commenced Using the people of the State "of North C&ro Dr. Evans' medicine, of 100 Chatham atreet. na possesses a hi"A and peculiar in- and from that time the began to amend, and , ' i . . - , feel, satisfied if the continue, the medicine esf.an. deserves to remember a few days longer, will be perfectly cured, ed, With the liveliest gratitude, by .US Refeernce can be bad a. to the truth of the And our descendants, to the 'atest pos above, by calling at Mr. 'Johnson's daughters' terity. Store 3ty Grand street, N. Y j W hen the Brith. deluded by false PARALYTIC RHEUMATISM A nerfect cure -neetrd by tho treatment of Dr. TV. r,v .v, .Mr. Joiiu ujwiot- ot .voriiL rpBjiii st Wdtiamthurgh, afflicted with die above com iilaint lor llu-re teara and nine months: duriiir whieh lime he had to use uutclies. His chief symptoms were e eaerneiating pain in all hisjoints ankle,, an Sirvravulinn nf ihe muni tnwarila hicht! in the hip, snotiuieir knees aim ... . . . . . and for the most part all tones from eiicrnal hear, an ob.ious thickeninic of the tuscia and lig- amenis. With a complete loss of muscular now- er. For Ihe beneKt of those agisted in a similar " iii.bC,. u,c ui.nipeiieu to manner, Mr. Ciiaon conceives it meet to .ay pay them. A great fundamental that the pains have entirely ceased, and that Ins principle which had been recognized joints hae completely recovered their natursl ' i ' ,.- , ,.i l! ,i . r ti i bone, and he feel, able to resume hi. ordinary "d SUSta.lied by the example of Bl lt- bnsiness. am herself, and which would have in- MU--ASXR F.- kenny- N. 4t-tewt votvedrinits destruuioirrih ntTre street, between Stanton and Houston sts. afnielcd . ,,!,-, .,f i:u.,;-. t:1 l lorteiycat-a with the fi.iiowi,,, di.tre...nK .ymp- owrlhrow of the liberties Of Ihe colon- toras: Acid eructations daily smodie paina ies, and the Subjugation of America, ia Uut hcadJoaa l ipetie.. p!pilatlon of her; RcjisUQ'Cfr.tO tins unantUorized claim heart, tiddineas ami iliinness of sight, enura aot i..mi it. .n...l ..f ,1.. lie on ber side, distorted rest, nller inability of came the general tpirof the COtin eniraKinz in anv thins that demanded via-or or i try: every part was more or less untler courage, sometimes a visionary., hlea of an surgra- vation of her disease, a whimsical aversion 10 - i- i f , , . . . . particular peros and place, ,-ronmlless appre- "CCLRlr defence ol their invaded (tensions of personal danger ami poverty, an irk- right atld privileges. As intuit read somenessnid w carmen of- life, dneooteoled dis ilj have beeft foreseen", T Ihi Ciin- teii, desponded, and thpught she led a most mis- of the last argument of kings the art i erable lile, never was any one so bail, with Ire- ! ... ninii.i ii.iiUORlllilllli .t.. Kenny had the advice of several eminent phtsicians, and had recourse to nnmeron tne tcinrs, but 6old not obtain even temporaiy alle viation of her distressing stale, till herbusriand persuaded her to make Irial ol my mode of treat. ment1' She-is 'tHwitirft'ndieiiiM.B(IIJlfft. aweft aot onfy eapabfe of alicndlrif to her domes lie affairs, but avows that she enjov t ea good health at present as the did at any period ot her eiictcne. J. KEN Nhntband of the afnrasaid Anne Kenny Sworn before me.lhis litK day dTDeeembrr1S6. PETER PINCKNEY, Coin, orDeedfc AGENTS. Wm. M. Mason, & Co. Raleigh j S. Hall, Newbern; J M Redmond, Tarbnrnai;h II. D Mnhen, Washington) F. S. Marshall, llalilix, bpoiswood ft Roherslon, Petersbnrgt C Hall, Norfolk; A. Duval, ttichmond) Lewis Johnson, Washington, D. Cj 'winner if Maw bray, Ualtimore. . ' . A D D It C S S Of Col. D. M. Barrimrer ilnli..,! .1 ifc. ,... braUon of the ani..,y of iha Mecklenburg Dedartuou of lnd.p.nd.oc,. ia OohcorJ it:u4 may wuHUf lttiMri much.gratified with the flrcaenca r very large ami respeanuie an assembly fin k j ....M-a7,.n' tf.-.M ,t I . - 1 reasmns assigned to them and not ne cessary to be repeated: yet as we have resolved fn mark this day by an act of pblio.jdebrtion;,at)L a) it I the.fi.rst. stiewprinht isce fice tti the memory of the actora in a memorable event inoor history it must he highly gratifying to every cit- I . . l : ? . - i? . .. . - i ...... --- - t u me rcpuiauun ui our aute, tu Know I I . ! . mat our people are willing and anxious tt all in their power to, rentier the oc- out dislinction of leading off in the race, fuieftrtlier witli imperiahable renown, casion worlhjr of the deed it is intended of freedom, antrivf declarinj; long be- Suppose, Fel In w-t'iti.en., our beloved to commemorate. ! fore all others, that we were a miver-! Countrj now insulted and our. right Fellow Citizens: The close - of the eign people recognizing ni other pw- j trampled under foot bj an imperious en 13th century was remarkable in the er but that of our God. and the irov-iemv. tunnnse that phemr to invade our nisiorj ui me worm, uum tor tne mas-, e .. ! I i- ...l. r .i nitude of the event bj which it was utaiiiiguiiieu, ami me results wnicn followed them, on the destiny of man-1 kind. To America, especially, it was marked by transactions of the! hfiishest moment. The last quarter of that century witnessed our emancipa--- tiou Irum tire thraldom of Colonial vassalage. It saw a people without means but with a firm reliance on God, and the justice of their cause enter the lists, ami contend against' (he most fearful odds, with (lie then most formidable monarchy on earth. It saw that people surmount every ob stacle, and coma out from the contest triumphantly victorious. It saw that people occupy a new untried position ou the great theatre of human action! ami establish lor themselves a system ol self gfrvemnrenh by which they have practically vindicated the inalienable rights of man acKiimvieuirinir no res- i I ponsi-bility but t their ,Crea.tor- and the sovernntent of their own choice: a vti.n whirh ha htrninA th wnmlor .,mir!tt:,tn P mVnlrln.l. u,hi..h h. " w a r, lautw We are all .familiar, my "friends, witn tne History ot our Revolutionary sfrugste, and the important rsults it ,' . . r " , 7 - , has Pduced, and as a grateful people, we.ever recur, with a just pride and saiisucitoa, to tne part wnicn was 9aii3iawiiuv iiic pai w wnit;ii wsa home by our common country in that pvermemorable controversy. We i "wwl with patriotic interest, on every inculent,whatever may have it bearing. the glorwus end so ardently wished fur, Uie stablisllinejit and securi ty, on a fir, j u bajig of , - , . ! . . . ' T" rtlnin and independence. In lljehistory of that gerloiK we nntl Ilia event Wltici we nave this dav met to celebrate; and although it may nut have engrossed so much of the at tention of our countrymen, or filled, in ihe eye tf the world, so large a that otlie.r vjreat, ileeil.. bv ; ,--:T, VfA?T!M1W imtepeniteneei vet, to us Here as- and misehievou counsels, arrotratcd the power of taxing America without - o t . . At . ner cooaent, ine Jauer.instantlj re sisted the assumption, not so much on account of any immediate tlt-tri- on account ment , her jnterest, as on BrirtflVe . ,, - . , i fin inc t'lriii naxiiii iiririciiiia oi 'nn WQ great taxation without representation," no imposition of bqnlens without the ' . r ...i, n I . , if influence unit determined to sacri- rjument of the Sword. ,rlhe "n was the choice of the King: and the continent accepted the challenge..".. ueiore mis crisis, nowever, nati ar- rived, light and knowledge on the na iuiCpiir.righjtSj JiAi!.h'ijeij)js oT hu man I iberty were ' siiflosed among our peopte; and the moment ol con flict found an intelligent and fearless veomanry prepared, at all hazards,-, to meef it",' "and atiitte" the fate "ofarms. Meetings, in every section of the country, had been held, where disrus ions were freely anil fully entertained on the usurpations of the mother coun try and the means of organized resis tance to her tyrranical claims. The lire of patriotism spread over the land and. when the Congress of T6 declared one entire political sepsrstinn from Great Britain, it hut re echoed the ardent wish of all America, St touched a chord tint vibrated in .every true American heart, "and . exploded a mugazine of feeling which had long- be fore bee ft Col I eTitetr unit "cherished- by the parriwic - aomr.sjf btzAimssinet laird This trtith tiUttitd-oy the wJiole history of the revtriuttonary icun laration of Congress that We were a Ire ami selfgoverning people. But, fellow citizens, to- our beloved ?l? "zfH: fcmnetiate-section of that State. ueloinl:7 Tis an mamier,-the hrghand tingle honor f I e. .... . . . . naving urst publicly proclaimed Jo the World that we would on longer sub- rannical parliament, in winch we were " . r . . . uiircoresentHil: tn ua tielnnra the rluri. eminent ol our own creation. ) - ' . r" o I . . Let u. tny friends, for while re- cur to the Itnrtory ot this memorable transaction. Let us contemnlate the character of an event which has placed the namea t .nur I!pwolniinn:irw Wh iira ' in the buldest relief, and which haJ become distinguished in our S'.ahs andi throughout the Union. The truth of the Mecklenburg Dec laration of independence, is Dow plac ed beyond the contingency of doubt. The "pralaewoHhyer1vri' of" our na tive sons, and public acts ofaiur legis lature have established, beyound the reacli of controversy, and made known throughout the land, an era in our his tory, which was attempted (for resons, it is not now necessary to examine) to be thrown in the shade, and, perhaps. obliterated Irom the memories ot men. To and-the generation - that - have preceded us, it has ever been familiar as household words. lo. attempt, therefore, before this audience, an ar gument to prove the existence of the e vent we have assembled to commemo rate would be insulting to the under standings and feelings of (hose who breathe the air antTTreattthfroif rherei it transpired some of whom are the cotemporaries, and other the descen dants of its illustrious actors, and whose recollections of it truth are as early and as strong as the first im pression in their infancy, and ns vivid as tne remembrance" ol their lathers whu periled their lives and their for tunes in support of their pledge on that extraordinary occasion. ; Previous to and on the 20th of May 17-7..ue.preunL.Ln.'Jit.jH as you all know, was a part of the old County ot Mecklenburg and so con tinued till lr92V as therefore, this county was a constituent part of Meek Te nou i-gliFtTiTiFitmeTn resented in her famous convention bavins: in.t less, I believe than one third of all the deigates,).ihd equally entitled to Ihe-hnnivs wq this day ren derj . so tne observations wnicn-are tMttu counties, between, whom tne oiily riyalry should be, which shall must ap propriately commemorate ihe deed ami most' successfully maintain the principles it promulgated. In the early part of the year 1723 the British troop were stationed in the City of Boston, and as that City had always beet) distinguished, for its enthusiasm in the rase of ths colonies, the eyes of our countrymen were anx iously turnetl to the rarly cradle iif republican Jiberty, in-livelyexpocia tion of sume hostile movement, that would btinir the unsettled all'airs of the two countries to a crisis and majce up the issue of liberty or submission, to be decied only by the God of bat tles. In May of that year, the then coun ty of Mecklenburg,, always conspicuous for its attachment to the Whig cause of the revolution and once honored by Cornwallis with the compliment of bern j Ttemnmcetf as -"the-orost-rebeU lious Uounty in America," held de tached meetings of the people in the tUBrenlu,,neiihborho(id ; at which neighbrirhootl meetings, (aome of which are doubtless remembered by the vet erans who sit before me J the people discussed the general state of a flairs ex pressed their sympathy for the common cansritnd epii4yr4otiheiriuflir i ng bre ih ren i a the ciry-of - Bontn iu whose fate were identified the in- Wrest of their-countryman, asserted their determination never tit subHiit to the exactions of the ..British. Ctownj and.to support their brethren in liberty, inrougiuiut air tne trftis m ineir pen- lous situation. - t hee- tneetmss and d isc u asions, prom pted" by , 4 lie.- To vi if tiDerty among mo people tnemseives, prepared them lor the event or which we now speak. ' end' this dy cele- trstTr--- - . . . Accortlinglr an order was issued an ordei was Commandant by the Colonel Commandant of the County, directing -every militia coin pany to elect two delegates anil to vest them with unlimited powers for the general good ami safety This or der met with a - hearty respnse from the people. The delegates were elect ed as required, and met in the town of Charloit.on the 19ih of May, 1773. A remarkable coincidence occur red on that occasion. When the delegates were assembled and in the performancenf the high trust commit ted toHtteirtrmrw.wretl ,afid rgad trnJrjrheTarnr-approbal assemhlmt oiititry men,- n Express ar rived announcing that the first 4ioatile erty: that the lollies of negotiation wrendeil : that the " Rubicon(iad been passed : that the sword was un sheathed ami Ua tcabbard thrown, s way: and that the blood, the first blood of -Americati.CitixenA,Jiatl been . shed on the' plai ri jThf teiThgtntlrild " eried dess of liberty herself could not tiav, furnished a more powerful motive for irrebuttable incentive to that noble ...... . . I ileeil which lia rrovini-il our natriutic r shores with an lured soldiei T nd be- . ' " r. --------- seie our cities and to complete the climax of insult and injury, suppose that enemy to make our free soil drink the blood of Amcrin Citi.ens, inhu- mania butrhi.i-pflf Whnt inn iif her'a would rot tiuit his ft reside and meet in the tented field . the violator of his country's injured rights anil honor? Yes, my Iriends, thousands of swords wold leap from tlu'ir scabbard to a venge the wrong and defend our Ctfuiitrv thousands of ptriotwarriora would lead us on to battle. Hut the deed we how celebrate, as we shall pre sently show, was of still higher daring ami glory. When the messenger arrived and communicated the momentous purport ol his intelligence, our delegates were surrounded, but not overwhelmed with new tlilTieulties and still , greater.. res ponsibilities. They still proceeded in their noble work, with unflinching finn- tiess. Ihe 1 yth passed over. Ihe night was consumed in sleepless and grave but unwearied deliberations. The sun of the 20th of May rose upon their labors. They felt the aVul respon sibility of tht4r sUualmnJTitcy knew the dangers by which they were stir rounded the extent of the power" they defied, and the weakness of their own arm to contend aginst it. Still they wavered not. " The proposition for in dependence wal finally prepared sub mitted discussxed and unanimously agreed to, in ihe lorm-w-antj .in the chaste simple, firm and sublime tan-guagei-which has-this day been so well read in your hearing by our venerable friend. "The sense' of America nt tnYt lit oine h t TKa s"rif v er" een "low el t expressed before or since.'-- - After devising measures for The safe ty of their new government, and for (he security of the persons atHT proper ty o the citizens, and the future proj ren and succrs of the .Whig cause in our section of State, our Convention ilissolvedj ami its. delegates again re turned to the ranks of the people," biit lL l.o.rt. country. . .. ; .. . - Iionk, then, nr friends at the glori ous deed as w have described it a deed worthy the cause ,oflibcrty,and the praise amljraiittnle of her fi ienus asong a sheca-i find a home upon the earth, ror this noble deed, we ere assembled te do grateful homage,, not to an illustri oil line of titled nobility, not, to the memory of a military despot, whose laurels have: been lived in he blood of thouaands, ingloriously slain, but to the patriotism, the energy, Ihe prudence, and unyielding firmness of a small but fearless band of plain hut intelligent men, who knew their rights, and dared to maintain them: of men, who, allured I - . by no promptings of personal agrandize ! ment, and unawed by all the frowns of power, took the first bold step in the history of our liberty; of men, who,; unaided nut by-the common sjrmphthy of our people, and uncounselled bu t by ,. i i e.i- -. ' l. .1 knowledge. oLthejiLdghfjjjverejlJbe precursors of all others, in proclaiming themselves free from the shackles of royal dominion. It was an act worthy Hi e e n ilu Tin 7e d ml rati oh i'Bost e rV ity, deserving the noblest gifts, of the orator, ami the brighest page of the historian. It evinced ft heroism efjual to the tfest days of Greece or Rome. It was unsurpassed for its dar ing boldness amr-rourarxBurage JLdflJ not mean that reckless audacity which is heedless ol -consequences, and or- sees no daiiger, Tiut- tliBttrue fortitude which is seen in great exploits that jus tirewarrantsi and' that wisdom guides. Uecur.'thcn, fcllow-citizeni, for mo ment, to tho - 2(0th of May, 1775, and relleei'iasTer ''iJsiWiiOhiir declaration was made. We were then a feeble nation, thinly settled, in what might well bn termed, the wildcrncn mestio foes to divide our ranks, and cripple our resources, some from the natural propensity of men tn uphold the forms of government under which they live, and others from the baser motives of interest, of fear and subserviency to "the powers that be," Z We were with, out means or friends, except the cheer ing encouragements of the friends of freedom. Without arms,, except the double amor of the justire ofour rsuie.' Without an organized and efficient government for our protection." With out concentration of power to give en ergy tu ad ionWilk)Utrii!iL',,":oatl Ihe midst if all " these, privations jud obstacles te aupcess. a,nd with the gloo mitiiLjirjinecjfelo a - tittle Jband of patriot assembles in a remote" section of the country, and hurl deli' The pious eltyment and diatintrnialiarl John Iiiibiimn, D. ).; who himself welt re- mnmbura the paiticulnra of the derlaratioa 6f tfi<Qtit Mm:nndl- m tdsraonatlr-rae nnainien who nearly all it sitrners, and fUJua wortn; well ariheTuVcTf tl.t-- veot in which they ware autors. connetion -with . , . ' a roveimntnt on which they had been so tung dependent, pro claniV ihemserves a tree and self gnver' nitig association, and pledge their lives, ; their fortunes and-their most sacred i honour in defence or their principles t And against whom my country men, was this pledge given ? ' Whv, against the then most powerful kingdom on the globe, against a nation whose prowess had humbled the proudest armies .ot . Europe, whose wealth abounded in ev ery land, whose commerce whitened every sea, whose victorious armies were spread in every- rjnarter of the world) and whose J navies had - von her the- proud title of "Mistress or the Ocean.' To oppose such odd, was an elevation of courage, and firmness of purpose that " we can scarcely realize in this our nay of palmy prosperity. If has few paral leis in the aiinals ol tune. Leonidas and his Spartan band have hot more deserved the applause of mankind foi their invincible valour against tne fer sian hosts, than our ancestor! for the noble boldness of their manifesto in behalf of libertv and the immutable rights o man. If the heroes of Ther mopy la; have gained immortality Tor their desperate bravery against "the in vanion of their country, by the armies bfXefiesf equally higli in the - tem ple of fame should we inscribe the names of those who pledget) their Uvea and their all, upon tha issue with an enemy not less terrible, in defence not only ofTfreirnr6Qntry7trof their prin ciples, sacred to all mankind! ' Jiut, lellow-cmzcns, our lorCathera were men, not oaly bf words and pro fessionn. - They ' pacticed ...what: they,, taught, and acted out what they ' pro- lesseu. i lie delegates ol tne RUtti ol May 775, , were-the heroes or many a: well-fought battie-fieid."'"T but the campaigns of the Sooth; theii heroic valur was diplayed their b!ooT freel t abed t and some of their Uvea sacrifieetf i- atreat 4hliM:frU.;jji,. their pledge, and to the tnd nl the aan . guinary contest for liberty and amid the most appalling tlifiiiulties, they e ami immovaoi.e constanry. - . i Ihe influence of their fearless- ex ample, pervaded all ranks of socle ty l and our part of the State became proverbial for its ardent dr vo'jon to th8 I common raime a reiiutatinn dftli-k t ir ih- 31-ututinn s, . .r.L. .Mt...:--'.i. ''-irsj---:. r-iv-w: vi iie -ncroivvioit yrais atievrti,- utl that influence was not confined to our section oMhe State;, ' It dittuned Itself far and wide: if decided the fate of the" Whig cause in North Carolina The lukewarm were confirmed). the bold encouraged. County committees and associations were firmed throughout our vomers, in wnicn every ettort was mad e", a n d . pledge gi ven to tnai n f aid and hand down, unimpsired,-the just -riglits end pily ilegeFor lhe peopleVIT "No State was mote fixeiFor forward. The Provincial Congress of N. Carol! na. on the 12111 April, 1776, wa the first organized," deliberative asscmblv under the authority of the State gov ernments, that recommended the dec laration of .American IndepemlenceV -'t he Mecklenburg declaration was the first link in that great chain which ter minated in the establishment of our na tioiiat Frcedomr"Our SlaTe7 h6wevefr much as she mar have been neglected iTHheliTsiory ofl trnies, was the first to put the iLlf of that Independence t, in motion and amidst all the - embar- - Bsinciiia nun uinrcx.ci oy wnicn sue was encompassed; ho State maintained the Whiz cause of that dav with mom steadiness and Integrity of purpose, t witfi more abilitv in council and alar- ritv in the field. 4 :; -.-4 ISSlJ wehere to aafrtny frienils". tat "aTthouB oiiiTSlSie mar notrwirbr a false ambition and overbearing van. ttyf have Wazonett forth herrpraisr to me iimparageinent oi ner sisters, none haveatlhered with moTBtigirh tnnsia " tency to th free principles she was the first to proclaim, No State is blessed with a' better nstitetionvTUew ia, ho State, where ther !aw, tempered with mercy, are administered with mora abilityf justice and impartiality .yhsrid.ifSP.H'.?!!" roore detested and avoided)" andTwhe be'tte understand and practice upon he principle, that true liberty consists in a willing obedience to just and equal laws and restrictions imposed by them selves. In short, no 8iate, that haa juster and higher pretentions to all the attributes that 'dignity and ennoble a moral, religioue and 'law-abiding peo pie, '; ':-S:'-'j:'.r':i- ""''-1''"" A-i ; Fcllowlrjitizen.: W nave tleriVed " a graterul joy in the contemplation of the event we have this day broght tu our remembrance: shall we not also .lfiirri. wisdotnrrom the jame . soureef We should flever aufler occasions like"? the - oresent 4rt - pass uiumnroved.- .'History-iar philosophy, feachinsr.. br recur to purer and belter times. Let us, then, imitate the example, and em- - ulate the virtues of our ancestor.'- w" may nevet be compelled to mske'anoth er declaration of independence under similiar circumstances. That is an e- wl. ili.i-,1, .... Ut... ' ' -rst-: K""" "" .iwjijfri' vws "ilea B JRa)--.mrjirjijij,f:,.nv..v life of a republic. Yet still we have datiertn perform We have need -to - - guard the gift, and improve the lega - I A. I; 1" I- 3 ' .' 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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