The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-05
TO THE PUBLIc-EzEKIEL POLK,
CONTINUED

(oosrrsuED( rtt
This herald Of Meek lenburg Independence
whom all the Witnesses and the tradition oil thst day
designated BY the name as the chosen messenger oil
the Meeklenberg meeting Of MAY, lifo 10 the ma
tlonal Congress- patriot Of the ke'oluuon ana an
honorable man, whom a separation oil twenty yus"
from the Poll family might alone exempt IRON me
suspicion of lersonsi bias or an undue paruaiiy'
lhus solemnly declared, quarter OF century ago.
when there was no motive TO Halter, and no t1"p'a'
ton to defame Ezekiel Polk that " nc cas among
those tcho app AIRED 10 fake The ead IN that proud act oil
the Meckienburg patriots. What reasonable excuse,
then can there be, after this, for such as nov, Tor
the first time, undertake 10 fix lbe epllhet Of iohi
on the and family ofPOLkf what PreteAto
palliae this outrage upon the feelings oil lhe i'hs,
by such ignoble Islander of the dead In view oi
what has been prese ned-that "a set Of people oil
Meckenburg declared Independence IN May, IT'D
that tins was done In the face OF "hs maJesys ae-
nunciations and In defiance OF his power-that ELe-
kiel Polk was Of them, and a leader among 'ha'
bold "set,"it is not easy 10 give credit TO any mans
sincerity who will affect to believe that ELEhlEL
POLK was TORY.
But suspicion itself must give way before the ac-
cumulated testimony of those who lived IN the time
of our revolution and knew Ezekiel Polk long and in
tmatey. They resided in Mecklenburg county,
where TORIES were scarce-so scarce during the
war as to be universally known and remembered
after II. American soldiers -revoiutionary wings
themselves--they testify with enc voice that they
knew all the Folks ana that this charge is caumny
of modern growth. They say that it is " false;
that it is SANDER; that Ezekiel Polk was not
TORY, but true, early, and constant friend TO the
American cause, and seventy sir ,chig as all The
Folks ioere." 1t will be seen, when come to give
their evidence in their own words, that have not
oytrstated II.
There are one or two facts, however, resting not
upon irai memory of man alone--tacts which no
pr JUDGES OF the present day alsfy and no par
allty have devised, but which are so inconsls-
ent with his in putatlon upon the memory OF EZE-
KEEL. POLK as TO entite them to high considera-
ZION mud before proceeding to submit the testimo-
niaIs Of the old soldiers In vndicaon OF their SLAM
deied compatriot, | have 10 say a few words upon
them
Ii has been shown already that EZEKIEL POLK
stock lead" in ihe declaration Of independence on
May 90 IT'S. To achieve that Independence he IS
next seen with revolutionary military commission in
his pocket, even before the national declarat on OF
independence of 4th July, l776.
To prove the fact, here is copy of the COM
mission taken from the ORIGINAL, and cores
ponding with the same document as published in the
American archives, VIZ.
"SOUTH CAROLINA.
In pursuance Of the r solutions Of The Provincial
Congress, We do certify that Ezekiel Polk, Esq, is
second captain the regiment of rangers in ths pro-
vucla service. DATED the 18th day OF June, ITS.
HENRY LAWRENS,
RAWS LOWNDES,
THOMAS FURGISON,
BENZ ELLIOT,
NJ BREWTON,
ARTHUR MIDDLETON,
THOMAS HEYWARD, Jr
WILLIAM II. DRAYTON,
JAMES PARSONS,
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON,
J. HARRIS,
THOMAS BEE,
CHARLES G. PINCKNEY. :"