The North-Carolinian., 1844-07-20

.saIs. s.ss.ss.s - s.. s.
Toryis1ll
Of Mr. Po1ksssrand- -fataef; IS
charged by the whigs,s I'D q into
thin air. The truth affssE
From tho Meek ienbose JeGsseunisn.
No sooner Wns Gov,.Pnlk apn0uucod - /
the democrats candidate for President. Than I
the scavengefs Of the federal sheet ia this town
began gratifying tf1eis aasusal propensity fot
low personal abuse. 1t Il well known here
mat The ostensibte editor, and the person who T
writes Cor the Charlotte Journal. and whose]
name does not appear, as its. editor, are alike
contemplate and unworthy Of notice and
we shall never notice them. But we shall /
hold the leaders Of the whig party in this coun-
ty Responsible for the slsnders of that dirty
press. I'D sipce they have started the
charge Col PoIk's grandfather. Ezekiel
Polk, was Dry during the Re.olution,. aud
never fouSeE4o Independence, we ats ready
come out with CLEAN hands and pure blood.
why have these men raked up this charge
against Gov. Polk : Do they expect, it the
charge wero true to lis fullest extent, that
Ezekiel Polk was tory sixty years ago, 10
thus detract from the merits ofhis grandson,
who has lived an exemplary life, aud serves
his country faithfully Was his father . tory
| during the last war, as many Of the wings og
the present day were2 y
But let come to the matter ia. hand. We
say that Ezekiel Polk was not tosys1 -.
| the Wkoa5 o: II oulDs.ionary was hist tie
did hgh, for Independence that he did sign
the Declaration Of I1aependcnce made in
Charlotte on the 20,hstIaS, 1775; and that
we can prove by as good evidence as our op-
ponents eau prove she. re verse, that al the time
CornwalIis was in Aleck1enburg, Ezekiel
Polk was iu Pennsyivnnia, and therefore did
not take protection under the Grown. We oi
ourself know nothing of these matters, but we
stand ready to- ove@lhem; and we stand
ready to prove xas,her.s it is denied, thai
while Ezekiel .Polk-was fighting during tsvc
campaigns in the5evoln,ion, the grandfather
Of VIM. Grahasjs the present whig candi
daie for Governor, John Davidson, was known
at home as an actieerory, and Law concealed
for weeks 10 avoidSbeing app'ehended by thu
, wings and carried to Guilfofd Jail and tina
the father of certain leading wings in thi
county was feasting and fa.vuing upon Corn
wallis. 1t will be painful duty to Us to raks
up these old "reminiscences, and wound ,h
I feelings Of men who, as citizens, we have eve
respected; but we are forced to do it.
k Ezekiel Polk was u tory, it was only thus far
, He was actively engaged in two campaign
fighting for Independence, and afterwards re
!. signed his Commission Of Captain in tn
:, Continental army. He never did aid the cue
!, mics of his country, ia any shape or form
;. As much cannot be said for the fathers an
n grandfathers of s"rne of the leading wings {
this scounty-particularly for the grandfather
!. WIN. A. Cuban. the present whig candida
. for Governor, who was a notorious tory duriu
the whole Of the revolutionary war, unless h
fame bellies him. and to that matter we vi
>. see.
But. zsay-lhese slamderers of The dead, v
were prompted to our course by Genl. Saul
A ders, who claimed James K. Polk as the d,
ej scendant Of Thomas Polk, one of the signer
Of the MeckIenburg Declaratiou. Now, "
l. assert that Gen. Saunders only erred as
a name-using the name of Thomas iaslea
of Exekiel Polk, as the father Of Jas. X. Poll
). Tbeassession of Gen. Saunders, that James
Polk is a descendant Of a siguer Of the MecI
enburg Declaration, is literally true, for "
- have at hand copy of the Declaration, ,cit
~ Ezekiel Polk's name to it and it was the fir
h copy Of the Declaration ever put in print. An
r. we shrewdly suspect that there has been snn
foul play by some one, in the suppression c
;. Ezekiel Polk s rfame in the copies subsequen
- ly printed.
~ We have now just commenced The invest
!, CATION of this business, and we intend TO pro
secute it to the satisfaction Of our opponents
Il Such as may be drawn into it, may thank tn
:, managers of their dirty sheet in this town
! and their own imprudence in biabbing a charg
against another, which bears with tenfold mct
IL force against themselves.
n The REIGN OF vENGEANcE.-TheM Mad
sonian very correctly remarks that a Presiden
tia term with Mr. Clay, would be &C reign {
lr vengeance" There il No doubt of that. Th
IL pent up wrail! of l $ years, would be launche
.t against all who had ever dared to doubt hi
fitness for the Presidency. The edict has al
= ready gone forth, that all suspected Of Tyler
ism, particularly, are To be ostracised, in tn
s. even, Of Mr. Clay's election. Every office
" holder not openly Clay man, is to be eject
:. ed and the persons 10 take their places ar
. already designated.
n In Philadelphia, if Go not err, Front stres
offers an unbroken line of houses for tos
miles and is unques.ionably the longest stree
i. in America if not 10 the world.
II CHARLESTON MARKET.-The new
y by the Britannia aud Great Western steame,
y did not produce any change in the cotto
It market. Holders demanded higher prices