The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1922-03-17

proouce u record OF q power OF at
torney from Jackson himself, con-
veying it away in 1892 and record
cd in Lancaster county. s. c.. on the
I'd day OF January. 1893. And II
shows you the absolute unreliability
OF the witnesses relied on by Mr..
Parton. because he says not only
positively that Gen. Walkup says
that the old man never had any
land there. but he says positively
that all these people he saw down
there secuted the idea that the old
man ever had any. and that it was
all myth. And yet l here produce
the record over Andrew Jackson's
signature that he did have il. and
gives the lie to that which Parton
got up and which he spread all over
this country. These people told him
that Jackson went to school at Wad-
dell. He believed 1t till he found
1t untrue. They told him the old
man had no land. He believed II.
and I show it is untrue. They told
him Mrs. Jackson went back home
after she buried her husband. and
he repudiated that in his own text
How can history be accepted out OF
their mouths? (Applause)
The Chairman. The time OF the
gentleman has expired.
Mr.. Stevenson. Mr.. Chairman, I
ask unanimous consent to revise
and extend my remarks.
The Chairman. Is there obiec-
tion? (After a pause.) The Chair
hears none.
Exhibit A.
(Report OF the Historical Commits
sion OF South Carolina to the
General Assembly OF South Caro-
lima at the regular session OF
19OS.D
THE roots Of the present lie deep
in the past. and nothing in the past
is dead to the man who would learn
how the present came to be what
1t is. (Stubbs)
"A people who have not the pride
to record their history will not long
have the virtue to make history that
is worth recording" (R. d. w
Connor)
The Birthplace OF Andrew Jackson
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HA ~
Jackson II was almost universally
accepted that he was born in South
Carolina. but OF recent years 1t has
come to be widely believed that he
was born in North Carolina. The
encyclopedias and biographers
either state that his birthplace is a
matter OF doubt or that it was in
North Carolina. But the most i'm
partial and acceptable evidence all
points to well-defined spot in
South Carolina as his birthplace
Jackson himself repeatedly de-
clared that he was born in South
Carolina. and actually fixed the spot
upon a map. and his is the only evil
dence we have before US that would
be adm missibIe in a court Of law.
In a letter dated at Washington.
December "a, 1890. replying TO a
letter from J. r. Pringle. inteudant
or Charleston. inviting him to visit
Charleston. he wrote:
Although 1t will be gratifying to
my feelings to avail myself OF so
favorable an opportunity to visit the
emporium OF my native state, I am
vet prevented by my engagements
from designating the period when l
can seize it,
To the committee OF arrangements
for the celebration OF the Fourth of
July by the people OF Charleston in
1891, President Jackson wrote in n
letter dated at Washington. June IL
1891:
"A necessary attention to the du-
ties OF my Office must deprive me OF
the qualification. should have had
in paying under such circumstances
visit to the state OF which feel g
pride in calling myself a citizen b,
birth"
In a letter to Joel r. Poinsett. o.
Charleston. another native Of South
Carolina. dated At Washington. De
cember 9. 1892. he wrote:
If tho Union party unite will
you heart and hand In the text 70,
have laid down. you will not onl.
preserve the Union but save our ma
tive state from that ruin and dis
| grace into which her treason abl