The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-05-10

thought so, nor said what he did He wrote
letter to Col. JAS. Ell. Witherspoon, in which he
said he was born at Crawford's, in South Carolina;
and, if Mr. James conversation with Mr. W. Mar
shall Anderson of Circlesville, Ohio, is worthy of
credit Cen Jackson also said, in reply to ques-
ton of said Anderson's father as to ''where he
born" II was born at sea-" Now, taking this to
be true it only shows that General Jackson kncu
,aottinq of the place of his birth. And the strong
probability is that he did not know. His earliest
associations recollected by him, were connected
with the Crawford place in South Carolina And
therefore he thought that the place where he
was born, his mother never telling him any thing
about it, And in his address and proclamation to
the people Of South Carolina, his calling them
'feow-citizens of my native State" nothing
more than his best impressions, arising from his
youthful recolections; it may have been dictat-
ed by motives of policy, to soothe the people of
that State in time of high excitement, to in
gratiate himself with the people of South Carolina
and them to give better heed to his raternal
, warning.
Here is given the concurring testimony of five
different persons of as good characters General
A jackson himself, who were among his nearest
relations, and four of whom present at has
birth And here is also the concurring tradition
arg testimony generally of those best acquainted
with his early life and family. And here are
the strongest and most numerous witnesses coming
from the State of South Carolina, and one who
pretends to have been present at has birth, or to
have had such good opportunities of kmo'ring the
truth, gansayng it all, asserting that he 1cdS born
at George Nc Camie's, IN North Carolina. Aud
there are the title deeds to McCamie of this very
tract from the survey for John McCane in 1871 to
the patent for the land to SAID McCane in 176l,
and a sale in 1761 by McCane to r. Townsend,
and from Townsend in 1866 to George McCamie
and McCame to Thomas Crawford i'll 1892, and
by Crawford to jeremiah Cureton in 1876, who
held it until his death in 1871, and devised it to
his son, VIM. j. Cureton, who still owns it, which
deeds have long ago been proven and registered in
Charlotte Mecklenbure county, North Carolina
and described the said land lyng in that State
and county. And the place where the house stood
! is still we'll known. And there is nothing to OPP
pose to this array of testimony and these facts but
| the conflicting opinions of General Jackson from
lis oun recollection, and the surn,ises Of those who
think differently from this array of facts because
they rash it to be oheracise
| Now, acho would have hnown the facts best !?
| Why certainly they aeho arere present, and of
capacity sufficient to comprehend them. Who
mcct would be most likely TO knoo them best !?
! Certainly his nearest relations and neighbOrs
| Well, mhdt do they say? Why they soy land
they Ire principally in the State of South Caro-
lima, and IN the very district of Lancaster, which
claims his irth-place and therefore testifying
agoint their interest and inclindtons and there
fore likely not to state bcyond the TRUTHS General
| Andrew jackson was born at the house Of George
McCamie in the State of North Carolina. And
so will every other person say who is willing to
believe the evidence of those best qualified to give
/ it correctly. S. Ii. WALKCP.
WHAT Is WIT?-The term "wit,'' in its oldest
Specification, generally implied nationality and so
we understand it in its derivatons "to wit" (to
! Gl,ole rr;t l.uitI
In the time of Dryden it was expressed fancy, &C
Mus, aptitude. Thus the famous couplet-
Great wits to madness surely are allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide,
is almost aud ampfcation of that ''ine frenzy"
which Shakespeare has dellneated, and ''wit' in
this is merely synonym of imagination.
Locke, who a contemporary of Dryden, defines
wit as lying most in the assembage of ideas, and
putting those together with quickncss and variety,
wherein can be found any resemblance or congrui-
ty, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and
agreeable visions in the fancy.
The definition of wit lie places in opposition to
Judgment, which he Gays, lies quite on the other
side" in carefully separating one idea from
other wherein can be found the least difference,
thereby to avoid being mised by similitude and by
affinity, to take one thing for another
Addison quotes this passage in the Spectator and
says: "This is about, think, the best and most
phllOSOphlcal account OF Wit L ever met with. L
shall only add to it, by way Of explanation that
every resemblance of ideas is not what we call wit,
unless it be such ore as gives delight and sur
prise to the reader These two last properties
essential to wit, particularly the last Of
them
TO come down still later, Dugald Stewart en-
dorses Locke with this addition, that wit implies
power of calling up at leisure the ideas which it
combines, and Lord Kames denominates wit as a
quality of certain thoughts and expressions, and
adds: ''The term is never applied to action or
passion, and as little to an external object
PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTs.-The following patri-
otto sentiments (says the Columbia Carolinian,)
were uttered by the Hon. John Ietcher, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of Virginia. They
evince the spirit of the Virginia Democracy and
show that we have but to suppress minor and i'm
practicable and delusvc issues and unite upon the
broad platform of immediate resistance to a Black
Republican domination, and that in a spirit of
calm and Iesolute determination:
al will say, furthermore, my friends if a diff
Guilty of similar nature should arise between the
Federal Government and other States South of us
If they should attempt to pass over the soil of
the Old Dominion, the flag of the oppressor should
never be borne the State
"Now, | have just word more on the SUBJ
ject. If there is any man in this audience who
honestly believes that | am not to be trusted on
any question vital to the South, or that the honor
and interest of Virginia would not be preserved in