The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-10-04


Has il been supported So far from IT, 1t
is now admitted ia The very address which
we are noticing, that there were no signers
of that Declaration. Was he one of the
DELEGATES bv whom the Declaration was
made Ii is evident that he was not. In
the spring of l775, Thomas Polk, the ell
der, then Colonel of Meckenburg County,
issued an order to each Captains Com.
panv in the County 10 elect two persons
as delegates. At that time, Ezekiel Polk
was mol citizen of North Carolina. lie
then resided in South Carolina, from which
he removed to Mecklenburg in IT'S
fSee Statement of John Smith and Thorn
as GribbIe published and referred TO IN
Mr.. Havwood's address.) 1t is not TO be
believed that any Captains Company in
Meck!cnburg, would have chosen o man
who resided in another County TO repre-
sen, and bind them. La 1880, the Gene
raj Assembly of this State appointed
Committee TO examine and arrange for
publication all documents relating 10 the
Mccklenburg Declaration. They made
Report, submitting among other things, a
copy, preceded by a list of Z" the names Of
the Delegates present" consisting of thir-
ty-six and the name Of Ezekiel Polk is not
among them. (See Pamphlet published
1 BY the Governor under authority OF the
General Assembly page H. This Com
mllee consisted of Tho. G.. Polk, Chair
MAJ, J. Bragg, Evan Alexander, Louis d.
Henry and A. Mcneil. Now, il was the
duty of these gentlemen to discover and
record the name of every person who took
part in those glorious proceedings, and es.
pecially to preserve the names Of the Del
egaies. Do YOU doubt thai that duty was
{ faithfully performed ! Mr.. Henry, the
Chairman Of the present Democratic Cen.
/ trail Committee, was member Of that
Committee and signed the Report. Tho.
. g.. Polk, the Chairman, was grand ne
r.lIssls Of Ezekiel Polk and his father, VIM.
Pulk, was Then living. Nov, II Ezekiel
! PuIk was Delegate, it was the duty of
these two gentlemen TO ascertain and re-
post il, and one Of them must have been
DESTROYS from his connection by blood with
Ezekiel Polk, to insert his name il il could
be done with truth; and William Polk,
then living, could have given Information
Of the fact, if by any mistake or oversight
his name had been omitted in the writer
documents. These two considerations
VIZ: that Ezekiel Polk was not an Iuhabi
taHt Of Mecklenburg, and that his nam
was not reported TO the General Assembl.
mus, by every fair mind be deemed con
. -. s.fa M at "a
him. He was then neither u signer nor
Delegate.
, But we are told that he "iook lead.
/ Well, what is meant by this He coul
not have voted in choosing Delegates, nc
! IN accepting the Declaration, for he WI
' not a citizen Of the county. Ii nc WI
!, present, what pretence could a Citizen
; South Carolina have had to interfere in ii
= Mecklenburg proceedings Such inle
: ference would have been the height Of pr
: sumption, and would no doubt have bee
n resented as such by the members Of Il
e meeting. As to their first assertion the
= it appeats that he was neither Dulega
= nor Signer-that he was a non.resder
a neither represented nor capable Of ben
n represented in that meeting, and all til
C he did results ia the indefinite claim lh'
n IN some way or Other, (hoic totally une
ut plained) he took ifdd."
le We now come TO the second asserti
y made by the Democratic party, that J.
er Polk has claims on the score Of the fat
l. ful services Of his Grandfather as a sodl
ID Of the Revolution. In answer to this q
ID seItion, the Wing Press has stated IL
C. Ezekiel Polk, so far from having iurns
q; ed hrs descendant any claims on that scol
n was a TORY, and has furnished numero
g Certificates, strongly tending to estabIi
. that fact. Mr.. Has woods address dem
BE this charge, considers it calummous al
re unjust, and supports The denial by nur
Of Der Of certificates. We do not propose
Of enter into a particular lnvesii CATION Of the
ih certificates, 10 point out BY an examnall,
G. Of their language The evident marks
oil their having been prepared for the sienel
he and made to assume the character Of arg
rs mcuts, rather than the statements of "
n npsses. This examination would be
Cd dlous, and IS deemed 10 be useless. I
~ NuCStAttlI btLN cen Our duFtf sdIitS ANU Db
ar selves may be disposed Of upon admiit
ed facts. II is conceded then, that Eek
e, Polk had a commission as second CAPITA
il, iul the South Carolina Revolutionary snrc
and Tint 10 1850, When CornrdHis oyerr
n the Southern country "HE TOOK BE
sr TIsn PROTECTION IN order 10 5are has pr
ge Periy.' This will appear by the stat
y. mcuts Of siK Of the Witnesses produced
.e Nh. Has wood in his defence VIZ. Gle
i. Oliver, II. Hood, Geo. Alexander, Dan
Of Alexander, Jno. Smith and 'Fhos. Gribbl
y, Now, "hat was necessarily involved
1r taking a British Protection ~ As
u this, tie address gives the People no
:, formation. On the contrary, taking
le British protection is treated as il it "
d merely receiving a paper from the Briti
D. Commander directing British soldiers n
/ TO modest the Wing who had il; for d
Ie address says" Tories did not requi
IF protection, but Wigs" " None need
Il the British Commanders protection, aft
Is they had been vanquishcd, except &
tIIgas In Lou cn,pucr - A,,ty q