The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-08-08
FEDERAL vILtATNV AND sLANDR2s



FEDERAL VILEATNV AND sLiNDE2s |
EXPOSED.
We learn verbally that coon stnnper named Bing
ham is wandering over tie county, charging Jams
x. Folks Grand Father with being a Tory, andihal
anesK Polk himself voted when IN Congress agains,
paving Revolutionary Soldiers their PENSIONS &C.
These coon slumpers Of Tuscarawas should he very
rhary how they talk abouttOriss They mightrake up
eai Of history that would leave some Of their ances
tors dangling between earth and Heaven, for being
Tortts We advise them to be cautious.
But seehow easy ii is to brand these viainOus false;
hoods about Gov Polk shame on the miscreants who
started these ISLANDERS.
From hs Riclmoni EngHrer.
tirhe Coons are Hard Run.
THE Wings have labOred in vain to find any iangi-
bic objection 10 James K Polk It is in vain thatthey
have searched the Records for facts to lower his popu
iary with the mass Of the people His private charac
ter above reproach-and his public acts have been
firm and consistent, His successful opposition to the
moneyed king has endeared him to the people aud his
enemies have abandoned their attacks upon HIN, 10 turn
their impolen assaults upon The memory Of his GRAND
FATHER The wings charge Ezekiel Polk, the giandfa-
ther with harng been Tory 10 the Revolution. The
Richmond Whig of w ednesday dwells with warmth on
this important discovery andpaces its comments inthe
most conspicuous portion o its columns, Even admit
ting the charge to be uue, ought it 10 influence the
minds ef the American people2 In this country, we
are not In the habit of looking to the blazoned herady
Of mems ancestors, 10 oascerain their merits Under
our free Constitution tits not high birth nor ancestral
properly that regulates the judgment Of the enlightened
voters OF America. They do not in inquirng into the
characters OF men, ask what their grandathers we're,
bot what they are? Where are their great deeds and
patriotic services? Even if Col Poks grandfather had
been TORY it would have been a matter of high hon.
or and credit 10 the grandson that had the indepen-
deDce of mind 10 act Tor himself and 10 embrace with
ardor the republican Institutions Of his country. But
we deny the assertion thai The grandfather, was toyi
and We base our denial upon the strongest documentary
evidence. have nowbeiore US, sent bya friend an
official pamphlet, styled "The Declaration of Indepen-
dence by the citizens OF MeckleHburg county, on the
Goth day Of May ITS, with accompanying documents,
and the proceeding of the Cumberland Association,
published by the Governor under the authority and di
reclion Of the General Assembly Of the State of North
Carolina" in ls3l.In this official record we ind on
page l6 certificate The 7th of December, 1919, OF
Captain James Jack, WIN went on 10 Philadelphia as
"he bearer of the proceedings 10 Congress- and deliver
ed the Meclerburg Declaration of Independence to R.
Caswell and VIM. Hooper the delegates to Congress
from The State of North Carolina" Capt Jack says:
ri was in the Revolutionary War from The commence
men 10 The close For some time previous TO- and al
the time these resolutions he Mecenburg resolutions
were agreed upon resided in the Town ;of Charlotte,
Meclenburg county, was prvy to number Of meetings
o Of the most Influential and leading characters Of
that county on the subject before the final adoption Of
the resolutions-and al the time they were adopted
mong those who appeared to take the lead may be
mentioned, HeEekiah Alexander, who generally acted
US Chairman John McKnitt Alexander, as Secretary,
Abraham Alexander, Adam Alexander, Major Jhon
Davidson, Maj. afterwards GEM VIM. Davidson, Col
THOMAS Polk, Che grand.uncle of James X. Polk
EZEKIEL POLK, (the grandfather OF JAMES X.
POLK" &c.
"This monsyrou, fabrication isherc thoroughly crush
ed to the earth No one will believe that Ezekiel Polk
who "took a lead" in Declaration Of Independence,
more than year prior to the Declaration by Congress,
could ever have been Tory in the Revolution.
"The Wings have been showing their own weakness
in making this charge lis refuIaon by the records of
hc country will cause public sentiment to react uemen
dously against them and in COL PoLK's favor The
American people are too virtuous not 10 stamp with Sc
repobation any such efforts TO cast netle on the
grave Of the glorious patriots cI tie Revolution.
The grandsircs of JAMES X. POLK, unlike The
ancestors of Of the presen: Of HONEST COoNS,
were true Democrats-patrots of the RevouIion-'le-
n,unced then as "REBEIs," as stigma, jus; as the
same party now denounce the Democrats as 'LoCoFo-
cos" The whgs in making this dastardly charge,
have only brought confusion themselves They are
the la party on the face OF this earth that should talk
hout ancestors!
GLORIOUS NEWS-THE QUESTION SET
TIED!
ALL HAIL LOUISIANA