New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-02
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Irr.xocs P.LsEnSsUo grandiatef having been
PRO i Pix .srs is
word q truth 70 u. IN one The sgoeIs to the cee1'nt:d
Ssese"burs n c. ecafo 10" ol see the Editor Of hch
The sha he hs he @ copy Wonder e
Cd. which has Ezekiel PIX, Sn..: na.as ss,sngsT; Ms
NJ We have repeatedly stated thai We con |
onnose James K. Polk for whet his sf'ndia'her
was but 70, what he is and what he supports and
opposes. We should not have thought o' aiiuu-
ing to Mr.. Polk's ancestry had not his Paftisans
.,,emn,ed 10 make him capital upon It, In the
nsmnble, Life of Polk and Dallas, got up at balti-
,,o,e aoon after the nominations, the hrst page
reads thus:
born IN County North Cq5Sns& m he & SR ,ear s @i h,
age His whose original nhIe ,ned more
Transition assumed @ pIe'e ront4 "l from Which many
of our most distinguished proud to derive men
their descendants st .oum The branch OF The ian ~ % I'm
which sprung the subject o. is 'sioa; md henre 10 TIE
Western Fronl,er North Carolina some time ee tngeie
yolonn,y War It's connection with That eseht'u- ~,
"ue Of rare diHncon % twentieth OF May i;o: CON
sequeniy thaa twelve ] Of sieck.
isnbu,s County publicly a,solve t-nseye, i3R r. % & m ot
the british Cogn o, n.o aG9 s@ e"eeace Which be-
onms nmiiar ms household words to the Ansnca p' ,ns
Co Tho%, "a r .nnc1, ,e q PtD e Independence
The great uncle Of present ng eccary Of the aou
meetng rs well as ~,ih Df. Ephfain n'''a'' w.
the Declaration liseli
Here YOU see the leading partisans and intimate
friends of james X. Polk attempt to gloriiy nm
ON account of the connection of his gredtu"e'e'
Thomas Polk. with the Mecklcnburg Declaration
of Independence and the struggle OF The hevo-
luton But they are careful not 10 say any
thing of Ezekiel Polk, the grandfather oi James
H., and for very good reason. Ii ne had oeeh
a Revolutionary Patriot-cspecially II he had
a iust claim to the lofty rcnown OF being one ol
the Signers Of the Mcc)lenburg Deciaratlon-uo
vou think that would have been passed over IN
silence. and SO much ado made OF the prominence
or q oreatuncle in the matter This Memoir
was made up with great care-oileihaily ior 'l'c
Democratic Review, if we mistake not-and the
lonc note respecting Thomas Polk and DIR. Bre-
vard of which we have quoted the commence
ment is copied from Jones's NORTH Ca'oftna' a
work of great research and high character, and
which we are certain Though we cannot nowla
our hands on t) contains the Mccklenburg De-
claraton. with the names of all the Slgncrs-
Does anv man imagine, il James X. Polk had
really been descended from signer, his ancestor
would have been passed over in silence, and all
the honor heaped on great-uncte
But the Sentinel has been misled. Ezekiel
Folks name was indeed lnterpolated INTO
printed list Of the Signcrs OF that Declaration
land for purpose pretty well UNDERSTOOD bat II
neper belonged there.
There is no room for cavil. The Mecken-
burg Declaration is preserved in the National
Archives at Washington. The Editor OF The
Globe has examined it, and reluctantly says:
Upon reference to Msckenburs Destination 81 lnde
pcndence conained the American atcn,ves we @ pn si'
men, is erroneous The attached n that deS1Ea,gm & %
s, Wsca bs sSs S,ana ssa To Snes Is OF Polk ~
This is undoubtedly true. Now hear what
one of the real Mocklenburg Wings has to say oil
the matter: 20 ,su
a, -. nsrcop,en, Of the War Ui the Revolutun Eze-
& pnS NJ mat time resident o. North Carolina. received
Ps .,s en- ss s the nd"s
one sns a thnt company Ar this Ezekiel Polk wa. ordered to
wSss pISSssd assn TIi III he s%%Sss nesot That
Tho following he proceeaea WIN , ms t 1ns S,netv
Six under Tu.ugham Frsm s tine nc dlq notanS 70
fhr
fsTea ETEEfo roh 5ns jack bs1neis
UEk hsyDs .sfne hat Pos had gone to Charlotte avail hm
;s Of lsS Bg.h h si@ From sS his
friends, Twas the war; and peTlRo1sy Tos AshEsEXaSpER shsE W
Subscribed and sworn before Of the acting Justice;
ofhc Peace for the said County oi and sia oi
NJisS Jnne 1s.0iSi. is isii ''' - -
Will the Sentinel have any more2 VIII 1t
nlease recollec, The Plebeian's unsuspecting OBJ
servation that Ezekiel Polk could not have been
undsr British Protection at the time CoEnwaliis
was in Charlotte, for he (Pok) ,cas then IN Penn
sylpanio Can any body guess 'ohy Ezekiel
Polk made SO sudden dive in Carolina and came
up in Pennsylvania We have no positive ev'-
dsnce. but we have not doubt that 1t was be-
csuse the country had become too hot Tor him
putside the British lines. We have the affidavit
of another Wing of that time, who swears that
=. saw Ezekiel Polk marched into Grccnsborough
uben the Wing head quarters, and still the same
sortA prisoner of the Whg forces. This WAS
shortly before he removed TO Pennsylvania.
We take no offence al the Sentlnei's charge o.
falschood, for if any man suspects that we swervc
from the truth, we thank hun 10 speak ou; man.
fully. But may we not noto ask that paper to
withdraw its charges7 Wcarc quite willing to
let the dead rest but ii the LocoFoco Press will
,royoke the exhibition OF these facts, they shall &c
gratihed.
Tradition a,erbes To Thomas Polk the principal agency IN
brinsins about the DECLARATION
The Elections.
We yesterday had private advices saying that
North Cnro!;na would 90 well ; Indiana probably
otherwise lowing to divisions and want OF orgsni
za,ion > Illinois better than is generally expected
.pd that our Governor would be hard run in
Kea,ueky on personal grounds, but 1t was
thought not defeated. The Locos have readily
offered to vote for Clay in November, If Wings
would vote for Butler now, and have picked up
many votes in this way: A great many Ken