The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-03
GENERAL JOSEPH GRAHAM

10 unoerSt0Hosh 1uI1y the reader must knoc, =,
origin; and therefore we state that a. corre.oo.S
ent ofthe /" Union" sent from Mccklenburp No.,
Carolina, the substance of narrative bv NJ.
Susan AlexandeE, commonly called Aunt Suz;.
concerning Andy Jackson" who, whilst how
visited her fathers house during the Revolutio"D
and Joseph Graham, (the father of Gov. GRAHAM
and Hon. james Grahan) who Mas woundea :.
or near Charlotte, and took shelter at "AuD, g.,
zie's" fathers about that period The Nation,
Intelligencerna noticed this narrative, denied i.
truth, sridiculed the whole affair as humbnu
and even went so far as to deny the existence NJ
such man as Joseph Graham in the Revolpo0
The essay signed "G," explains the rest W.
extract from the Intelligenecr the article resr,,a
to:
An ANONYMOUS Subscribe" eneloee5 - -.
little while back, some columns communicate a
the Union (the Government paper) as authen,O
memorials OF The Revolution in North C,roIima
Were this series Of stories striking, should sill
be scrupulous of publishing them as bstor;caI
Our friend. has, we think, overrated both ,hr;r
interest and their ruth.
They avow themselves TO be taken from N.
oral narraiiens of an ancient midwife, whom ho
author meets in his professional labors as Phv.
SIcIdH. ne DeTSO0di naUHS oil this ancient dame
and traits OF her 'discOurse-her medical theories
her aversion 10 Indians-her fondness for her
pigs, dc. make up large part of these Sketches
of the Revolutionary War in North Carolina
With Ihese-signaliy unins,ruerive-sre mixed
some adventures Of one Jo Graham who appears
to have escaped The pursuit of Tarleton's dragoop,
when they chased Col. Davies men from CharIoIte
IN. c. towards Salisbury: on The 25lh Of Spptem-
Der, 1880.
"Now, 'he historical value of "Auut Suzie,sn
stories Is not entirely positive, Uch We np
ther know the old ladv's sources Of information nor
her name, nor that Of him who holds the pen for
her, nor his accuracy in regard to what (rue noD
she told him. I Z c. II
"WeH: the "Sketches relate. beside the mis-.
haps of 10 Graham (as menlioned) and the snccor
given him in his wounded state by Aunt Suzie
and her mother, the arrival and " residence" at
their farmhouse of some other persons little fa
nous Now. history. we say, afforded no means
Of clearing up the facts concer ming Jo Graham in
asmuch as that negligent Muse, Clio, has never
given herself the slightest Ih"UghI Of rescning the
deeds, a nd even the cred coat and white smal
clothes OF the puisSant 10 from unmeriled obliv-
ion. Thev say-at least Horace savs-ihat she
was quite in the habit of treating great men So be-
fore AgamemnoD's day:
Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona
Multi: sed omnes iIlacrymabHes
Urgentur, ignotIque Tonga,
Nocte, carent quia Vate sscra
AS TO 10 Graham, therefore, we had no hope ofma-
king the Muse and the midwife correct and check
each others fables. But when the grandames
tale ventnred out Of the unknown into the known
we felt that il would need no Niebuhr TO catch her
tripping"
The apology Offered by the Raleigh Register
for the InteIIigenccr would do, perhaps, if the
Editors of the latter print had rrpudia,cd, as soon
as it came to their knowledge" this graccIcss as
sauIt upon the State and her Revolutionary fame. :
But dtd they do it2 Perhaps the canvass in tho
District where one Of this same $40
Graham's" sons had announced himself candi-
date against the favorite of the whig parlyleaders
might have had something to do with this ignoble
attack, or this delay of an excuse. AT any rate.
his is another specimen of patty malignity, Of
which we had an instance during the Presden'
ial election, " hen the grave of Ezekiel Polk was
invaded by the hyenas of party, and when Shame
On their patriotism y even North Caronans lent
heir aid to encourage and assist them.
We care nothing about the accuracy Of "Aunt
Suzie" or her narrative, nor do we complain that
her narrative should be questioned. The point OF
our attack is that leading Press out Of the State
whose Editors profess to cherish for it so ardent
IN "attachment," and who are $50 convGrsant
with its history" should assail the memory Of
patriot with ridicue and false jpstS,
egardless of the feelings of the State and against
he known history of the Revolution. The fact
hat the article was inserted "without the know
edge of the Editors" might if this be indeed So
urnish some excuse for them as far as they arc
concerned, provided they had made
hat apology in their own paper, as soon as this
article was laid before them. But
uch an apology, when offered as it is-by proxy
n another paper, and so long after the original
very poor excuse to the State
IF to those who would guard her fame and who
evere the memory of her great men.
This same 10 Graham" it will be remember
d, was one of the States witnesses to prove the
Declaration Of Independence, and
is testimony was given to tho world even through
he National IntelIigencer. So, if we mistake
OF, the death of General Joseph Graham was an
ounced in the same paper, with sketch Of his
services; and now that the InteiI-
encer should come forward and deny tie eri'E
nee of such man in the Revolution, and its Ed'
'rs wait for an exposure before they render an
xcuse for this defamation, deserves notice. This
the sort Of peculiar attachment" too often man.
ested for North Carolina. Just before Prrsi'
entail election we are ''the good Old State
the honest North. State" and such like; bu! no
ooncr is the election over and the vote of North