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" StaLen1ent OF Susan Alexander.


"MEcKLENBURa COUNTY, August 1, 1914


have good memory, aud was an active per-
son In the time of the revou tionary war heard
that Ezekiel Polk did take protection, in order to
protect his family from the ravages of the tories
have never heard of the least suspicion OF his
bearing arms against his country, of his intention
ito do so and Ewould centainiy have heard II If it
had been So have heard he was one of the sign
ers of the declaration of independence in Mecklen-
burg, and believe him to have been man of in
tegrIty and talent. a
/ "SUSAN ALEXANDER"


Common sense alone will suggest to every can
did reader a ready answer to such as confound
" taking protection" when the country was over
run, with toryiSns, and it isthis: Tories did not
require protection" but wings; the triumph of
Lord CornaUaILis was their joint success. None
needed the British commanders protection after
they had been vanquished, except the sojigs he
had conquered; and it is therefore both false and
ridiculous to assert that "the taking of proteciion


was the same thing as being tory OF the reuolu-
tion. Had protection been taken without de-
featof our army, and the success Of the enemy, it
would be different


To conclude: frequent allusion has been made
in the public press, and by public speakers, and
others, to the e SIGNERSp of onr MecFaenburp
declaration of independence, and the common er-
sror upon point of fact has misleaif many peo-
pie intheir decision upon the claims of families
and individuals to such distinction This.is a ft
occasion to disabuse the public mind, The oyig-
inal declaration of independence hodno IaNERs
to itsbeyond the ordinary attestatioas of a public
meeting. say so because the copythat wassent to
GeusoaI D0pie, and already inserted ia this ma
pef, 4Dofd for toOrd, has no names to it as SIGN