Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-08-13
From the Globe.
COLONEL 'POLK'S ANCESTORS
1HE DOCUMENTS. 4

Asains, ColDaeI Polk's patriotic ancestOrs
by ans, wing idfrRals and their clnb oTa>
Iets, s,sl8Rs n0l iess the dePEsviig of these
wOuksts Of iniquily lhan their uIler d. s.
tuition o. mater Of complaint against
the unsuIlird uams presented by the
.Aemaetais as Ihsir- csRdidals ior ibs
Presidency. 10 stop their disgusting
abuse Ofa mar whUse merits are not al
all IN issue. aud whom they knO" moth
=THe:dbo0t. we have been al the P1lns "'
looking into the documents.
Ubon references TO the Mecklenburgh
Bselaraiion ui Independence, contained
fi6ffhe Amciican Archives, VIC find thai
AKs inipfs ssiom which has generally OBJ
iaf sd that Ezekiel Polk. Colonel Folks
asrSndlaihrr, was signCr Of that cele-
6sared Instrument, is erroneous. The
rsmsH attached 10 that declaration, which
has ted 10 this impression, is that OF
Thomas Polk. who was the grand-uncle
bFC, lbnel Polk, as stated by General
Saunders in che Baltimore convention;
and General s. vas the MecklsubuTgh
delegate in that convention.
But there is another document contains
cd ID ths Archives, and appended to the
Mecklenbl rgh declaration, which shows
thai the grandfather Of Colonel Polk was
among those who appeared 20 take the
ISad 10 forwarding this great measure,
aud vas regarded as among the most &C
tive whigs Of that day-a time when ichig
meant the very reverse OI what it does
now: that is. a patriotic republican, who
orpOsed tie designs of the British to op'
pres aud ensave America.
This fact appeSIs in Captain jacks
certificate, 10 be found at page S5S, vol.
2, II tho Archives, aud we here tran
SCRIBE a.:
"CAPTAlN JACKS CERTlFICA TE,'
"Having seen in the newspaper some
pieces respecting rhs declaration of inde
pendence by the people oi MsckIenburgh
cOdnry, in The State OF North Carolina, in
MSy, 1918, and being solicited 10 slate
what | know OF that transactions, would
observe, that for some time previous to,
and atthe limo those resolutions were
sQroed upon, resided in The ioWn oI
Charlotte, Mecklenhurgh coun'y, wal
pCiVy 10 a number Of meetings of some
or the most Influential an leading char.
sct rs or that county on that subject, he
fore The final adoption Of the resolution
and al ,he lipe they werO adopted. -
Among those who sppearod TO take thu
lead, uoy he menlioued IIczekiah Alex
snder, who generOily acted GS chairman
John McknIi Alexander, as seer elary
Abrah4m Alexander, Adam Alexander
AIsior John DividsOu, Mijor (aherwards
Gs.OraD William Davidson. CnIOne
TGomGs Polk, Esckisl Polk, Doctor
EphIaim BrePaTd. Samuel Martin, DIb
CGa OcteI,roe, William Wilson, ,Rober
Irwin.
'Whsn The resolutions wero finally
sRrssd on, they were puLiickIy proclaim
ed from the courthouse door, in lhe town
Of Charlotte, and received with every
demonstration of Joy ty 'hs inhNbllants.
Il was then solicited To Le the beaEeI
Ofihe proceedings TO Congress. | So
out The following month, (suy June. .)anC
ialpassipg through Salisbury the genefaI
court was sitting; at the request Of the
court | handed a copy Of tho resolution
TO COInnel KennOR, an attorney, and the!
we're read aloud in open court MsjoT
William Davidson, and MI. Avery, an
Gttnrney, called on me at my lodging tn.
evening after, and observed, they had
heard OF but one person, IA Mr.. Beard,
but approved Ol them.
IL then proceeded IN 10 Philade phia,
and delivered The MeckleRburgh dsclOrO'
ton OF dependence, Of May, I775, to
Richard CasWell ami William Hooper,
the delegates 10 Cnngre's from The SIaIe
OfNuuh Caroline.
''I am now IN Tho eighty eighth year
Of my age, residing in tie county Of El'
beTi, in the state Of Georgia, ] was in
the revolutionary war, from the CON.
mSneemeni TO The close.
,'I would further observe, that theReV.
etend Francis Cmmmins, a Presbyterian
clergyman. Of Greene county, in this
State, was a STUDENT in the town OfChar-
IOIte a. the time Oi the adoption Of The
resolutions, and is as wollOr perhaps better
acquainted with tho proceedings at that
time, than any man nav living,
"COlunsl William Polk. Of Raleigh, in
North Caroline, was living with his faith
sr. Thomas, in Charlotte, at the ,iMo |
have been speaking Of, and although then
TOO young TO bo for ward in The bust
Hess. yet the leading circumstances !
have related cannot have escaped his
recollection.
JAMES JACK.
Signed this 7ih Of December, 1910
IN the presence Of
,ssIOB, WESTON, C. C. O.,
~ JAMES OLIVER, ATTY al law"
THINGS NOT TO BE FORGOT