The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-04

ms de on Goth January 1924 asserted the same fact
&. And the certificate of James Johnson, Of Ten
nessee made on iilh October, 1921, confirmed At by
his positive recollection. These witnesses, II must
be borne 10 mind, were not obscure men OF doubtful
fame For intelligence and integrity OF character
they might have risked Ia their lifetime compar-
son with the number Of persons any where lu
the world.
Nearly all the witnesses name beginning with
knit .4ieyan dr. concurIed IN stating that CAP,
TAIN JAMES JACK was sent a. messenger 10
Philadelphia with these .MeekieRberg TesolreS n
l775" and II is remarkable, when taken IN eonnec-
ton with the question more immediately under IN
vestgation, Ito w.t. fzEnsL PoIK's patfotism) that
CAPTAIN JACKS statement should have testified
without any hesitancy that EzEkIEL Polk uGS Oas n
these "uho took he lead" IN these Meektenbuug reoire
This statement follows in his o,rn wOrds, viz
Captain lacks Certificate.
Having seen in the newspapers some pieces re.
spectDg the declaration Of independence by the PEG
ple of MeckltnbeIg county, IN the State OF North
Carolina, IN May II, l775, and being solicited TO
state what know of that transaction, would OBJ
serve that for some time previous TO, and al The time
those resolutions agreed upon, resided IN the
| town of Charlotte, Mecklenburg county was prNy
10 number of meetings of some OF the most iuauen-
tal and leading characters of that county on the sub
ect before the final adoption OF the resolutions and
at the tune they adopted among hose who app
peared TO take the lead may be mentioned Hezeklah
| "A
Mcknitt Alexander, as Secretary, Abraham Aexan-
| der Adam Alex ander M ajor John Davidson, Major
| afterwards GeneraD VIM Davidson, Colonel Tho.
Polk, EZEKIEL POLK, DIR. Ephraim Brevdrd
Samuel Martin, Duncan Ochletree, VIM. Wilson,
| Robert Irwin.
When the resolut ions were finally agreed on
they were publicly proclaimed from the court-house
door in the towr Of Charlotte, and received with ey-
cry demonstration of joy by the inhabitants.
% was then solicited to be the bearer of the pro.
| ceedings to ngress set out the following month
| (say June) and in passing through Salisbury, the
| General Court sitting At The request Of the
court, handed copy of the resolutions TO Colonel
| KenDon, an attorney, and they were read aloud IN
open court Major VIM. Davidson and Mr. Avery
| an attorney called me at my lodgings the even
ing after, and observed they had heard of but one
person Ia Mr. Beard) but approved Of them
| 6 then proceeded TO Philadelphia, and deliy-
cred the Mecklenburg declaration Of independence
| of Nav ITS to Richard Caswell and William Hoop
err, the delegates to Congress from the State of North
| Carolina.
81 am now 10 the SSth year of my age, residing
in the county of Ebert, in the State of Georgia
was in the Revolutionary war from the commence
ment to the close. would further observe that The
Rev. Francis Cummios, Presbyterian clergyman
of Greene county, in this Sta e, student IN tie
town OF Charlotte the time Of the adoption Of The
resolutions and well, or perhaps better acqualr
ted with the proceedings al that time, than any
now living
"Col VIM Polk, of Raleigh, in North Carolina,
was living with his father Thomas, in Charlotte at
the time have been speaking of and although then too
young to be forward in the business, yet the lead
| circumstances | have related cannot have escaped
| his recollection.
"JAMES JACK
"Sisped this 7lh December, 1919, in presence Of
JOB WESTON c. c. o.
GAMES OLIVER, Attorney at Law"
| ITO be continued