The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-03-02
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THE BIrHPLAcE OF AsDREw JACKSON

The BIRTHPLACE OF As2REw JACKSON
During the last autumn some discussion
arose among the representatives of the press
i'll South Carolina, Virginia and North Car.
olna in relation 10 The birthplace of An.
drew Jackson. Ii seems to be generally
admitted that in this contest The pTetersions
of Virginia TO the honor in question were
pretty effectually exploded, while these Of
South Carolina, thongh long iradi.ionally
admitted, were br"ugh; into grage suspi-
cion, If not etfectualiy disp! by new
claimant in the person OF North Carolina.
Gen. >. Ii. Walkup, an intelligent citizen
Of the old North State, seems T. have been
most active in assertn g and vindicating the
claims Of MeckIenburg couDty to the honor
Of having given birth To the ''warrior Pres
ident." We have er2re US number Of
the North Carolina Argus Of September
25, 1883, published at adesbOro', in that
State, IN which We have a copious array of
the facts and evidence on which this state.
ment is based, and in addition to these %e
may add that We have subsequently sect n
private letter addressed BY the same gentle
man to Mr. Senator Clingman, In which ad-
diiiVnal testimony Is brought to confirm the
same historical fact. In view Of the data
before us We think I; is cOnclus!vely estab-
lished that general jackson was born in
MeckIeuburg county, "at the house of
George McCamic," and near to the South
C"rolina line. As, according 10 the eYi-
dence IN the case, It appears that he was
born while his mother Was on her way 10
the laiier STATE, within which she .ubse-
,quently resided at Waxhaw, and where her
son Andrew spent his early youth, it is not
difficult; 10 perceive the primd fdcie reasons
on which i, has been commonly, if rrrOni-
ously, supposed that he was a native Of
South .Car9!ina:--.- -Nq:iona! IHieEgeGcer.
The above paragraph we find in scvera!
ofonr exchanges. Itcontains nothing more
than rcitera.i ion OF the old claim, which
We have before had occasion to refer to,
based upon IN array Of .ndirec, testimony,
indnstriously gotten up during the last SUN.
mer in tour, made by Gen. Walkpp fer
the purpose. through this Dislyict and poJ.
'ions Of North Carolina. 1t shows the per-
tinncious efforts that are being made to rob
South CAROLINA of her unquesto naLle righ,
to the hoEor in dispu,e-effor,s tina, are
worthy Of 4 better cause, and which nus,
fall to the ground when common sense
view is taken of the respective Claims ;fthe
two States.
The Traditional testimony upon The point.
as We have before had occasion to state, is
contradictory. Gen. Walkup, Of course,
published none but such as favored the
claims of North Carolina. Previous to the
publication Of these certificates, we had Civ
EN- succinct statement Of the claims of this
District to the disputed honor. This was
based upon the highest authority now living
the belief and traditional know ledge Of
the relatives of Gen Jact son, nov residing
ir this District
DID the matter rest bere, the question
might still seem to be in doubt but it does
no; rest here We have in our favor the d.
rect ard unqualified testimony Of Gen. Jack.
son himself. We published al original letter
from him IN answer 10 an enquiry upon the
very point in question this, To every cam
did mind. should be conclusive; for although
the evidence Of Gen. Jackson, coming direct,
rs it must have done from his mother and
those present at his birth, might, by a mere
possibility, be incorrect, yet it is certainly
entitled to preference over mere hearsay
and this henrsay based mainly upon the re.
collections f old women, having no direc,
interest in the question. ouch as Gea. Jack
son and his mother are Supposed TO have
had, and whose ideus Of locality and boun.
Diary are in general most vague and unsat-
isfactOry.
Once or twice before the death Of the old
Hero, this question Of birth place was r:js'
ed between South and MOTH Carolina, and
each time it Was settled, 9r seemed to be so,
IL favor Of the former by an appeal to the
GeEcEaI himself lie never entertained
shadow of doubt as TO ihe place of his birth.
And now that the old II ero is dead, they
would disturb his sprit in the fluctuations
engendered by the belief that he WAS born
in State "whcre great men are raised."-
Shame upon this sacrlegioug proceeding.
Shades Of departed Heroes forbid il!