Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-08-22

sons of Tennessee 10 this?
A.. They turned from him in contempt
and when he next canvassed his district
for Congress, he found it necessary to
hush that matter up, and for that purpose
he read at a large gathering of the PEG
pie of Shelbyville, letter purporting to
have been written by Gen. Jackson, de-
claring him to be no coward, but behaved
braveIy aud prudenty in the affair with
Wise.
@. Did this satisfy the people?
A.. 1t did for a time, but it coming TO
the ears of the old General. he came out
in the Nashville Union, and declared ..by
The eternal he never wrote any such let
Ter to Col. Polk or any one else.
@. This then subjected him TO the
charge Of falsehood?
A 1t Did, and one which he has never
been able TO relieve himself from.
@. Do you know of any other instance
in which he could be reasonably charged
with falsehood?
A do; in 1886 he unequivocally
pied ged hImselflo the support of the Hon.
Hugh l.. White for the Presidency
! Yet, without cause or reason be abruptly
broke that pledge. and prosecuted that
good old man to his grave.
@ You say you have lived some years
neighbor 10 CO.. Polk: can You tell how
ne came by his title of Colonel.
A can it was All honorary title con-
terred on him as nominal aid TO one of
our Governors.
q Do you know Of his ever having
military command of any body of men,
or of his having ever fought any battles
A lie has never had command of any
body of men, and have never heard OF
his fighting but one battle, and that was
with his brother at Columbia, who gave
him most unfraternal fogging. with a
"roUNG HICKORY" from which he takes
his present title.
q Is it generally understood that he
thus derived his title of young hickory?'
A / think it is not. Ii is supposed by
many that he is really sprout or suck
err that has sprung up by the decayed
body of the old tree.
Q. What has been the general charac.
ter and conduct of the accused, in the of.
fetal stations that he has heretofore &C.
cupied?
A As speaker of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, which office was given him lo
mortify John Bell, whom General Jack.
son hated, he was notorious for packing
committees, and so unscrupulousIJ par.
tia. and servile were his decisions 20 par.
ty favorites, that the honest men of hi;
own party los; confidence in him. and or
an important occasion the House suspen
ded the rule, and took the appointing of &
Committee into its own hands. At the
close of the session the customary unani
nous vote of thanks TO the Speaker wa
withheld from him, and after considera
Bile debate in which GEN. CRABB, ther
member from Alabama. gave him sew
eral severe pokes, it was passed by stric
party vote.
! @ What was his conduct as Govern
or of Tennessee
A 1t was so undignifed and unbecom
ing his high station that the people Of tn
State repudiaied him and his acts, nor ha
| he ever since held an office at their hand
although he has labored long and diligenl
+, ly for it. On one occasion his conduc
was made the subject of presentment b
the Grand Jury of Sewer comfy, VIII
directly charged him with malpractice i
Office, aud a culpable neglect of duty.
+ G Mr.. Peyton, it is made part of III
defence Of the accused that he is dc
scendant of one of the patriots of the re,
olutIon and great efforts have been mad
to bias the minds of the jury in his fave
on that account. Will you state to tn
|, Court and Jury what you know of hi
ancestry and their revolutionary services
would not have introduced testimon
on this point, had it not been put in issu
, by The defendant himself, as hold that
man should be responsible only for hi
own acts.
I A have an accurate historical know
ledge of the whole Polk family. Tn
, ancestors of the accused, except Ezeklt
Polk were all Wings and Patriots of tn
, revolution, and all their descendants ar
> Wings and Patriots now. Ezekiel Poll
the grandfather Of James X. Polk tn
accused was TORY. but took no actIy
: part in the war, as his personal cou
age was said to be of the same stamp
that of his grandson ; but he loaera
around with British emissaries. or stage
r at home under protection from LoI
CORVALLIS.
@ Are you sure that such was the fac
A If the annals of the past be corre
3 and the testimony Of many living witnes
r es can be relied on, no person can dou
the truth of it. Col. Polk will not der
81 that he is the grandson of Ezekiel Pol