Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-21
BIRTHPLACE OF JACKSON
Stevenson Takes Vigorous Fall Out
Of Charlotte Observer.
SPEECH WAS FOR TRUTH OF HISTORY
Washington Correspondent Had Tried
Old Scheme of Laughing Away the
Real Facts, and Congressman Will
Not Stand for Anything Of the Kind.

Old Scheme of Laughing Away the
Real Facts, and Congressman Will
Not Stand for Anything Of the Kind.
The Charlotte Observer in a recent
issue published the following from
Congressman Stevenson:
To the Editor Of The Observer:
regret that you were misled by
your correspondent here in the state
ment that the Jackson controversy
was the result of my challenging Mr..
Hammer to debate the question in the
house Of representatives. I have
never made any such challenge, but
when the question was raised by the
members from other states, stated
that expected to make a speech and
put the proofs in The Record. l do
not think Mr. Hammer was even pres
ent, and certainly we did not engage
in any controversy for want Of some
thing else to do. Why your cores
pendent made the statement, am un-
able to imagine. You have had quite
a great deal to say about the contro-
versy, but II you look at The Record
1t took 40 minutes Of the time of the
house, which was devoted to general
debate which means that the members
talk about anything except the bill
which Is under discussion. In one of
your statements you have also inti-
mated that the argumen. was so long
that it would be impossible to print
1t. did not, and do not ask you to
print 1t, but will call attention to the
fact that the space taken up in your
editorial of March could have con-
tained the nine letters which have
printed of Jackson's own composition,
in each of which he affirmed that he
was born in South Carolina, and in one
of which he affirmed that he was born
on the Crawford place. one mile from
the crossing Of Waxhaw creek by the
Carolina road. In an editorial Of Feb
ruary 90 you say: "The stock argu-
ment that Jackson himself always in
sisted that he first saw the light on the
South Carolina line has been success
fully refuted with the argument that
Jackson's mother ought to have known
more than the infant" do you intend
to convey the impression that there is
any proof that she ever stated that he
was born in North Carolina? You had
to know that there is no such proof,
and that statement is calculated to
mislead somebody. You concluded
that editorial by the statement that
tho D. A. r. monument settles the
question. You refrain from letting
your constituency know that as early
as 1920 the map of South Carolina was
made, and tie place in which he was
born in South Carolina was designated
in large letters and published to the
wcrld, and the map was submitted to
Jackson, and he wrote letter, which
can produce in which he said: II
have received your favor Of the 18th
ultimo accompanied by a map Of the
district Of Lancaster within which /
pointing to the spot that gave me birth
brings fresh to my memory many as
sociations dear to my heart e.. the
crossing Of Waxhaw creek, within a
mile of which / was born is still, how
ever, / see possessed by Mr.. John
Crawford, con Of the owner, Robert,
who lived there when 1 was growing
up and at school. / lived there for
m"ny years, and from, the accuracy
with which this spot Is marked on the
map conclude the whole must be cor
rect" So If the monument put up a
few years ago by the deluded d. A.
RS of North Carolina estops us, how
about tie legend on. the map made in
1920, and approved by Jackson, and
having been q public record for 102
| years, and on file as a correct public
document in the congressional library
being some evidence Of an estoppel
against the North Carolina production?
It was the work of the great engineer
who designed the Washington monu-
ment. l desire to correct a statement
which you make that after Dunbar in
tcrrupted l proceeded for an hour be-
fore Hammer interrupted. If you had
looked at The Record you would see
that altogether 1 used 40 minutes and
that Dunbar's questions were pro-
pounded at the end of 30 minutes.
Your report is calculated to impress
people that was wasting a great deal
of time. / do not think you were fair
either in leaving it to appear that
made no answer to either Dunbar or
Hammer, that is a matter, however,
for you. l desire to remark, however,
that Dunbar subsequently withdrew
his statement about the encyclopaedia
all being his way, because on inspec-
tion none Of them were his way.
Nov one word as to your attitude
Of printing nothing which initiates
against your views, | desire to see if
you have the fairness to print what
the "Mccklenburg Jeffcrsonian" said
about this question in 1S45. An en-
thusiastic public meeting was held
and Rev. Jesse +. w. Freeman was
asked to deliver memorial address