The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-05

concern Jackson, because contfhOlcted Dy
history; and if not impossible as they re-
late TO Graham, altogether incapable OF
having their truth ascer,ained, since hlsto'
nv had not deigned to notice HIM at all.
The editors then proceed in vein OF great
meIrlmen, to consign him TO oblivion,
loaded with such a weight of iidicule as
practsed pens are enabled 10 educe from
the familiar contraction OF his name IN
which the old matron INDUCES herself
her description of his dress-and from the
application Of epithets of sarcasm. And
being ciassiques, they conclude this strain
with a derisive application OF the hack
neyed verse of Horace:
Where fortes ante Agamemnona
Multi. &c.
Possibly ii NAV turn out, that the brave
men who lived before Agamemnon had
this advantage over their Successors ~
l7s0-lhat it they had been doomed to
sleep unknown, in the long night of ages,
for want Of the sdcer rates, the truthful
author 10 record their deeds, they have
been al least exempted from the persecn.
ton Of the buifoons Of literature, who, be.
yond the narrow circle ia which they
choose TO minister as the dispensers oil
fame, will not suffer viole, TO spring from
the grave of hero, without plucking il up
and casting il in mockery away.
! All thus Is done, as the crllique declares,
according to the most approved "rules Of
historical criticism with "great zeal for
truth" and after proiessed examination
of the entire history Of that period. In
deed, it was to have been presumed, in
common charity, that such course OF de-
rision and insult would hardly have been
INDUCED in by those protesting deliberate
ly to give Information TO the public, with.
out having had recourse TO the best sources
OF Information, and finding them TO justify
il. i" Its truth (sav The edIlurs) there was
no ascertalning but, we though, we NIGH,
be able to satisfy ourselves Of the posslbifi-
~, though not the reality, Of the facts so
we considered, consulted, and remember
cd" But they could fine no trace Of such
a character in history.
Now, after this, those who have read
the remarks Of the editors viii readily
agree. that If any such person as :" 10 Ora.
ham did exist, he was never IA greater
danger Of annihilation from the sabres OF
Tarlton's Dragons, than is his memory
from the sneers Of the critics Of the Ma
lional lntelligencer. How much they
" considered and remembered on this
matter, "there is TO ascertalning; nor rs
1t very apparent how either process would
have helped them to facts which, IT lsvery
evident were never within their knowl.
edge though, with their pretenslons on
the subject, they should have been. But
they also consulted" IN search Of the
truth Pray, with whom Certainly
, with no one having the slightest acqualn,
lance with ite traditions OF the revolution
in western North Carolina. The gallant
defence OF Charlotte by DAVE, With bu
few more than two hundred men, agatns
the approach Of the whole British army
his driving back their columns OF horse IL
three several charges which they nnde
and keeping them at bay mill Lord Corn
wallis advanced IN person to his cavalry
: reproached them with cowardice, aud, by
I relnforcements of oyerpowerng numbers
! al last compelled our troops 10 retire from
the unequal contest-are remembered bl
T the people of that region with ptIde Dor
derlng on enthusiasm. They boast of !
as warm reception given TO his lord
ship in what, from that and like attentions
he was pleased to style The " hornets nest
Of America. And the part borne by Gra
ham in that action, at the head OF the vol
un'eets Of Meckleuburg-his command o
, The reserve, covering the retreat-bis be
. ing wounded, aud lelt for deal about fnu
: miles from the village, on the Salisbury
rond--are as Familiarity known to the Who'll,
people IN the western part of the State, a
/ the defeat Of Ferguson al Kings Mountain
. or the fall Of Davidson at the passage o
the Catawba. 1t may be safely uiiirmcc
} that they are more generally known. The
events occurred at his own home--n de
! fence Of that village in which five year
before, while quite a youth, he had wit
) messed the declaration Of Independence b,
+, the people Of Mecklenburg-in a count,
/ which be often afterwards represented II
t the Legislature of the State, and IN boil
f the conventions winch deliberated on TN
Q adoption OF the federal constitution b.
V North Carolina a vicinity where b.
j. ever after resided throughout long life
Il and wore the scars Of the wounds receiye
i. ihere-and among a people whose mllltr
! he commanded 10 the capacity Of Brigade
Il General IN 1914, when they Cooperate
i. with General jackson IN The sublUgatio
Y Of the Creek Indians. 1t is TO be regret
|. ted, for the sake Of peace to his ashes
i that some portion Of his public service ha
II aot brought him to the notice Of the edI
:. tors Of the National IntelIgencer.
8 1t may he asking too much Of those VIII
,f discourse as appanily Of muses. and poets
= as these reviewers do, TO consult mus
). ter.rolls aud records for the reality Of on
+" whom they are determined to consider a
!. a mere nom de guerre. Bot what histori
y an have they consulted, who furnishes
o decent excuse for the mockery with whic
IF they have treated his memory Is Their