Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-19
THE WINGS ARE HARD RUN.

The Wings have aborcd in vain 10 find any
tangible objection 10 James Il, Polk. il Is III
vain that they have searched the records for facts
10 lower his popularity with the mass ot the pco-
people His private character IS above repIoach
and his public acts have been firm ana conss,
tent His successful opposition to the moncyed
king has endeared him 10 the people ana ms enc
mics have abandoned their attacks upon nm,
10 ,urn their npoieni assaults upon the memory
of his eJondfattcr. The Wings charge Ezekiel
Polk. the grandfather, with having been Tory
in the Revolution The Richmond Wing OF We'd
ncstav dwells with great warmth on this import
an; discovery. and places lis comments III the
most conspicuous portion OF lis columns Even
admitting the charge 10 he true, ought II to IN
tuence the minds of the American people =
In this country We are not in The haDh OF
looking 10 The blazoncd heraldry OF mems an
cestors, 10 ascertain their merits. cnicr our
free Constitution. ii is not high biri nor an
ccstral property that regulates line Judgment oi
the enIiahtenpl voters Of America They do not,
in cnquiring no the characters ol men ASK WHAT
their ayondfaihcrS weyc, but what Mcyarc! W here
are ihcir great deeds ard patriotic services =
Even if Col. Folks grandfather had been Tory.
i, would have been Il matter OF high honor ana
credit 10 the grandson that nc llld Inc mae,
pepdcnce of mind 10 act for himself, and
10 embrace with ar,or, the Republican insii-
Unions of his country. But we deny the as
.cr1ion that Ezekiel Polk, the grandfather, was
4 Torv-And We base or denial upon The
strongest documentary evidence. we have now
before us, sent rs friend an official pamphlet,
STYLED THE Declaration of Independence, by The
citizens Of Meckemburg county. on The 2Oih day
of Nav, l115. with accompanying documents,
and the proceedings of the Cumberland Associa-
lion: published by The Governor, under the anho-
rv and direction of the general As"'Wdig OF Tie
State of North Carolina in 1881. In this OIL
cial record, VIC find OH page l6 a certificate on the
It'll December 1919, OF Captain James Jack,
who went on 10 Philadelphia as ''thc bearer OF
the proceedings Ia Congress. and delivered the
Meckenburg Declaration OF Independence 10
Richd. Caswcll and YIN. Hooper. thcdeesaies 10
Congress from The State ot y. Carolina. capt
Jack saws: II was in the Revolutionary war from
the commencement 10 the close. For some t'me
previous 10, and nj The time these resolutions 'he
Meckenlurp rcsolu,ions) were agleeduron, re-
sided in the iownor Charlotte Mec!ilcnburg coun-
IL; was prirv 10 a number of meetings OF some OF
| the most influential mi hcading characters OF that
county on the subject, before the final adoption o!
! The resolutions-and at the time they were adopt
ed; among those who appeared 10 fdtc TIE ieod,
! may I've mentioned: He2ekiah Alexander, who &C.
nerally acted as Chairman, John Mckniit Alex
ander as Secretary Abraham Alexander, Adam
Alexander Maj. John Da~dson, Maj. CATER
wards Gen) VIM. Davidson, Cal. Thomas I'o'k
(ihe sruad-nntir OF J. X. P.,) EzESiKL PolK
! (the grandfather Of ]. X. p &c;
This monstrouS fabrication is here thoroughly
crushed 10 the earth No one will believe thai
Ezekiel Polk, who took the lead" in Declara
ton Of Independence, more than year prior lt
The Declaration by Congress, could ever have
been Tory in the Revolution.
The Wigs have but shown their own 'eeas>
ness in making this charge Its retutalion by Tx
records of the country will cause public senti
ment TO react tremendously against them, and IL
Col Folks favor. The American people are to'
virtuous, not 10 stamp with severe reprobatoI
any such efforts 10 cast ne'tie on the grave 0
the glorious patriots Of the Revolution