The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-08-15
FtOtn the Pennsylvania.
THE ISLANDER AGAINST GOV POLK'S
GRANDFATHER TRIUMPHANTLY RE-

THE ISLANDER AG INST GOV POLKS
GRANDFATHER TRIUMPHANTLY RE-
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number Of the federal prints, such the Richmond
Whig Louisville Journal Harrisburg TelegfaPh, and
Others finding nothing 10 urge against the democratic
candidate for The Presidency have gohe back to his
grandfather whom they iereey denouhee asa tory Of
The revolution The style in which ii is done, may be
seen by the suboned extract from The ". Y. Tribune
"Ezekid POLL, grandfather OF the Locoioco eahdi.
date for President, British Tory of the Revolu.
tion and not "brave [basel old Tory" either, but
mean, cowardly, unprincpled one-not ono Of those
who adhered to Great Britain through mistaken 10y
aliy but one OF those who eaked to her and took
British proclon from Cornwallis, wheh he thought
The wings were likely tobe conquered. -s -ss,.
And This is urged as a leasUA why James X. Polk
should not receive the votes of the people. New, al
though we do not admit the justice oil endeavorng TO-
make a man responsible for occurrences which hap
pened before he was born, and although We lay no
stress upon ancestry further than may be supposedc
indicate the qualities Of the breed the nature Of the
race still may be worth WHILE on several accounts,
to show how basey the journalists have illuminated
The dead, to advance their own political purposes by
creating prejudice against the living. The Mecklen-
burgh Jeersonian published al Charlotte, NORTH CAT
olina near the birthplace OF James K. Polk and in the
section where his grand resided during the revo
luton speaks as follows: .,.r ., -.....
awe say that Ezekiel Polk was not Tory during
The revolutionary war; that he did fight for lndepen-
dence; that he did sign the Declaration Of lhdepen
dence made in Charlotte on the Goth May, ITO; and
that we can prove by as good evidence as our oppon-
ents can prove the reverse that at the time CORVALLIS
was in Mecklenburgh, Ezekiel Polk was in Pennsyva.
MIA, and therefore did not take protection under the
Crown" ..-..,,t7 q, o. ....-..
The editor of the Jeersonian alleges that he stands
ready TO prove the above statement and remarks iur-
ther
"The assertion of Gen. Saunders, that James K.
Polk is descendant of signer ofthe Meckleuburgh
Declaration is literally true for we have at hand copy
of that Declaration, with Ezekiel Folks name to ii;
and was the first copy OF the Declaration put in
print" ........... ........ -....,t.t,
This, We take it. settles the matter, and proves that
James X. Polk Is one of race of patriots. The at
tack on his grandfather having failed, the assailing
journals will haVeto search the genealogical tree little
further 1t understood that number of distinguish
ed citizens Of North Carolina have taken this matter
in hand and intend as an act of justice to their state
and % the merits Of the Polk family to collect and pub
ish The evidences as to their conduct In the revolution
Perhaps our opponents would have been prudeat had
they left the subject untouehed They certainly have
not benefited themselves by sneering at Col PoiRs
grandfather '' - ''''"