The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-10-03
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We have said little upon this subject,
brcause we deemed il improper that the
misdoings Of grEsistler should be
bsonght forward 70 tarnish the just fame
or 70 cas-, veil over the merits Of his de-
seendant. But this matter has grown in
% importance by the various publications
tia. have been made, and the aspect which .
il has now assumed requires that We
should 10, be altogether silent. The sub
jsct was Srst brought up by The impru-
deuce Of the Hon. Romums NJ. Saunders,
who on his first return from Congress
deemed il incumben, upon him to justify
the ehicaRcry which he had Praciiscd up
on lie Baldmsse Convention, whereby
the candidate Of The party was defeated,
and James X. Polk, person who had
no, been previously thought Of for the
Presidency, palmcd spcn them. No, be-
ing able to find in the nominee qualities
suiIicien, 10 justify the high distinction
which had been conferred upon him, Mr.
Saunders, in published letter, endeayor-
ed TO make up the deficiency by cntwin-
ing upon his brow the glory Of his revo-
lu,ionary ancestors, and very unfortunate
ly ment sned the name Of his grandfather,
Ezekiel Polk, who he said was an active
Wing, and signer Of the Meclenburg
Declaration Of Independence. This at
tempt 10 uake capital ',f James X. Polk
gu. Of the revolutionary services Of his an
cesiors, produced reply in the Charlotte
Journal, aud il was abundan.y proved by
living witnesses, that Ezekiel Polk not
only did not sign the Mecklenburg Decla-
ration. but that he took protection under
lord Conwallis..while that officer had his
headquarters a, Charlotte, and forever al
ter passed as Tory. This was follow
ed by various publications in the two oP'
posing journals in Charlotte; by some o.
which we are sorry TO see implicated, by
what has so much the appearance OF for
gery, the nasse Of Joseph W. HAMPTON
ayow.s man who, though Nulliiier o
the most ultra kind, we were inclined t.
have much respect for, in consequence o
lis gentlemanly department during few
days personal acquaintance.
The articles originating in these tw'
Journals, and others gsowing out of them
have been extensively published through
the state, and to eosnteract their evil Ell
fec,s upon the prospects Of Mr.. Polk,
labored article has been published in
late number Of the Standard, from the pc
OF the Hon. William ii. Haywood, j
which an attempt is made to white was
Ezekiel Polk, and to represent him as I"
true Wing of 20" This has brougl
forth spirited reply from the editor oil I'll
Charlotte Journal, in which it is clearl
shown that Ezekiel Polk was not men
Der of the MecAIenburg Convention whlc
ISSUED the Declaration; that that CONVEX
ton was composed Of two men selec''
out oil each military company IN the cou
ty, and as Ezekiel Polk was citizen
South Carolina at that time he could n
have been one Of them. The editor
the Journal goes on TO prove that al lei
three Of the certificates Published in. Law
of Ezekiel Folk are either forgeries'
have been greatly mutilated, viz. tho
purpor,ing to have been given by Thorn
Alexander, Abram Forney, and sus
Alexander. The vileness Of these for.
,ies will be. sufficiently exposed BY