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tsjt RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF m im. "and we are a healthy, happy family now" KfBiriaa? A'f OLD AJ0'LOMG - fought comtaovszsy -t NvS-o L ioyfltinaL nUI Bk Wu 4&5&M Lotus Gingrns cfficSgay Q Mi m m foJ& ynSLWgmm$M C 1 D MM ? tL VBO'VaiM Wik,J?:&'&Xm9SWlllX:M Mil fcJMsWV If 1 . I, h I. If A By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN It. STHVKXSON. Mr. Cliulriimn nnd gentlemen, It Is an old controversy, but recently 1 have discovered that In the last edition of the Congres slonal Kecord, the permanent one, the myth that Andrew Jackson was born on the McICcmey pluntntlon In North Carollnu has been engrafted on our Congressional Itecord, and I desire to controvert that proposition nnd once for nil place before tho Congress and the country the evi dence as to the birthplace of Andrew Jackson. The speaker was Uoprescntatlvo William E. Klevenson of South Carolina. Ho was speaking la the national house of representatives at YVushlns ton. In Miort, the old, old controversy over the 'birthplace of Andrew Jackson has been set koIiij; Riln. of course every Good American knows or should know nil about Andrew Jackson (1707-lS-l.'i) except, perhaps the place of his birth. Andrew Jacksou, after service In the Itcvolu tlon and n wild youth on the frontier, became a lawyer. He served in the national house and sen nte. lie defeated the Cieeks and Somlnoles. Ills defent of the British at New Orleans in the War of 1S12 Is one of the srent battles of history. Ho was the ilrst American governor of Florida (1S21). He was the seventh president of the United States. His firm stand against nullification In South Cnrollnn is history. lie died at "The Hermi tage," Nashville, Term. "Old Hickory" Is ono of the popular figures of our history. The Andrew Jackson controversy seems to have been n sort of double-barreled dispute. First (there was a controversy over the house in which lie was born the M-Keniey house or the Craw ford house. That is apparently settled In favor of tho Crawford house. Then the question was: Was the Crawford house in North Carolina or South Carolina? As to 'the first controversy: Andrew Jackson, Sr., had land on Twelve Mile creek. This land was or is now in North Carolina, very close to the present North Carolina South Carolina state line. When Andrew Jackson, Sr., died ho was burled In a graveyard net;' 'by. From tho ifuneral Mrs. Jackson went either to the home of her sister, Mrs. James Crawford, or to that of Another sister, Mrs. George McKemey. The two homes are only n few miles npnrt, but tho Craw ford place is now in South Carolina and the Mc-, Kemey plnco Is now In North Carolina. One story hnd it that Mrs. Jackson, stnrting for tho Crawford place, stopped on tho way at tho McKemey place, where Andrew was born, and then went on to the Crawford place, where she tool: up residence. The other story hnd It that Sirs. Jnckbon went directly to tho Crawford place and that Andrew wns born there. Tne hlstorlnns made u groat ado about tho question of Andrew Jackson's birth whether It was at tho Crawford place or. at the McKcraoy pluce. It was finally settled at least to the sat isfaction of most people In favor of tho Craw ford place. Later a new controversy broke out. This time it wns over the question of tho location of tho Crawford place was it in North Carolina or in . South Curolinn? Though this controversy died out there is n curious conflict of opinion even to this day. From the debate In the houso It appears that most of the encyclopedias of tho present day say ho waB born in North Carolina. Tho histories differ on tho point. Recently n monument was erected In (North Carolina over a spot stated to be his birth place, o It appears that In 17G7, when Andrew Jack eon was born, tho lino between the two stntes in tho vicinity of tho Crawford plnntatlon was In dlsputo and had not Wen legally settled. Accord ing to Mr. Stevenson tho cight-milo lino between tho rock corner on Waxhow creek to tho Gum tree corner on Twelve Mllo creek was in dlsputo be ginning with 1705. Ho suld In his address: "The State of South Carollnn claimed that It was a straight lino nnd the State of North Car-' ollnn claimed tlint it followed tho road, and nil the maps, as I will show you by ono of them pres ently, carried it by tho public road, which throw the James Crawford grant of land largely Into North Carolina. Meanwhile the Crawfords were grunted u tract of land by South Cnrollnn, nnd tho uamo tract of land was granted by North Carolina to Gen. Andrew Pickens, that being tho place on which General Jackson wns born. So that from 3705 until an agreement was reuched In 1S1D tho Crawford land, on which Juckson was born, ac cording to one claim wns in North Cnrollnn, and according to nnother wns in South Carollnn, nnd tho nmp showed tho Cnrollnn rond as tho dividing line, nnd that threw tho Crawford land largely Into North Cnrollnn, though tho Crawford house was In South Carolina. Therefore, while tho claim was set up thnt Jackson was born in Nortli Cnr ollnn, it was well established nnd everybody ad mitted that he was born on tho Crawford p'.nntn tlon. There was no dispute about that. The dls- iTuto wns whether tho Crawford plnco was in North or South Carolina." i Now, of course you've heard that famous story nbout what tho governor of North Carolina Bnld jto the governor of South Carolina. But dollars to Idoughnuts you don't know what made them ho dry. jWell, here's all about it, on tho word of Mr. Stevenson : Now, In 1813 the two States reached an agree ment nnd sent n commission to settle that line, and extended tho northern Hue, which hnd only licen run about to Tryon, nnd ran it out to tho "Georgia line, That commission worked two years. They adopted tho straight lino from tho stone at Woxhnw Creek to Gum nt Twelve Mile Creek, which put the Crawford plantation In South Car olina mid chtublbhcd the Crawford lnnd as Craw ford's and uot as Pickens'. That was ratified at rX iter5555 &nmm ft .& r&Mttj&&aMm&i yy, ot-.tyyraceM j Vi & j J&; i umcxff cvzzrrry ,Corfl' iC Ulote "nrsr7r Y tcowrr w 22&'jzgftrzrza(& u great conference between tho governor of North Carolina and tho governor of South Curolinn on November 2, 1815, nt Greenville, S. C. Some of you may have heard of the remark of the gov ernor of North Carolina to tho governor of South Cnrollnn? Several members. What was it? Mr. Stevenson. Finally, nt n long sitting, when the refreshments rnn low, the governor of North Carolina is said to have remarked, "The governor of North Cnrollnn wishes to reninrk to his ex cellency tho governor of South Curolinn thnt It Is n long time between drinks." Laughter. Now, tlint was when that was settled, and the agree ment on thnt straight lino settled It thnt Andrew Jackson wns born in South Carolina, because no body disputed that he was born on his Undo James Crawford's plantntion, thnt that was whero his mother lived. That was ono of tho burning questions settled, nnd wns lu direct issue, becuuse of Jackson's great prominence ns a general Just then. Mr. Stevenson oddly enough, ho wns born In North Carolina went Into nil details of the con troversy. Probably n conclso summnry of the evi dence In favor of South Cnrollnn Is the report of the Historical commission of South Carolina to tho general assembly of Soutli Carolina at tho reg ulur session of 1003. Mr. Stevenson used It ns an exhibit. It made tho following points, among others: During the lifetime of Andrew Jackson it was al most universally accepted that ho wns born in South Curolinn, but of recent yenrs it has come to bo widely spread thnt he was born In Nortli Carollnn. Tho encyclopedias and biographers cither state that his birthplace is u matter of doubt or thnt It was In North Cnrollnn. But tho most impartial and ncceptablo evidenco ull points to n well-de-lined spot in Soutli Carollnn as his birthplace. Jackson himself repeatedly declared thnt ho was born In Soutli Cnrollnn, nnd nctually fixed tho spot upon u map, and his is tho only evidenco wo have before us that would be admissible in a court of law. . . . And, finally, In his last will and tcstnment, General Jackson declared that South Carolina was has natlvo State. Ho said : "Tho largo sliver vaso presented to mo by the Indies of Charleston, S. 0., my native State, with tho largo picture representing the unfurling of the American banner presented to mo by citizens of South Carollnn, when It wns refused to bo ac cepted by the United Stntes Senate, I lenvo In trust to my son, A. Jackson, Jr., with directions thnt should our happy country not bo blessed with pence, an event not always to be expected, ho will at tho closo of tho wnr or end of tho conflict pre sent each of said urticlcs of Inestimnblo valuovto that patriot residing in tho city or stuto from which they wero presented who shall bo adjudged by his countrymen, or,tho ladles, to lmvo been tho most vnllant In defense of his country and our country's rights." Hero nre Beven direct stntements from Jnckson thnt ho wns a native of South Carolina. As to tho location of tho spot in South Carolina whereon stood the houso In which ho was born the follow ing evidenco is offered: In 1843 Amos Kendall, ono of Jackson's closest personal friends In fact, so closo that during Jackson's occupation of tho ofllco of president ho wns credited by Jackson'a political opponents with being tho "power behind tho throne" nnd, ns a member of tho llttlo coterlo of Jackson's personal friends and advisers, was contemptuously referred to ns of tho "kitchen cabinet" published several parts of a life of Jackson, which wns, unfortunate ly, never completed. That work was prepared so much under Jackson'a eye that It might almost be called nn nutoblogrnphy. It contained a map showing what Jackson regnrded as tho exact slto of ids birth. Tho evidenco given on tlint map Is continued by four earlier maps. The first of these Is n pint to a grant of land made to Itohert Craw ford by tho governor of that Province of Soutli Carolina In 1775. The plantntion so granted con tallied 020 acres, and lay along Wuxhaw Creek, with tho llao between tho Provinces of North Curolinn and South Carolina as the eastern boundary. The certificate to tho plat recites that the tract had previously been granted to Andrew Pickens by tho governor of North Carolina under tho mis apprehension thnt It lay within tho bounds of North Cnrollnn. At the time of Jackson's birth the Hue between the two Provinces nt this pojnt hnd not been agreed upon or blazed out. In 1701 Governor Bull had directed that a straight line con necting n gum tree on Twele Mllo Creek with n stone about a mile south of Waxhaw Creek should bo considered the line until an agreement should be raiched. In 1772 this lino was olllclully agreed to, and by that agreement the hind whereon Craw ford then lived wns shown to be South Carolina territory, and was then formally granted to Craw ford, who had doubtless been on It for some years. In 1803 the States of North Carolina and South Carolina entered into n conventlonnl agreement for definitely fixing tho boundary lino between tho two States at certain points. Ono of tlieso points was the elght-mllo line referred to above. In 1S13 the commissioners nnd surveyors appoint ed by tho two States rnn, blnzed out, and made n map of the line. This map shows tho landmarks nlong the line. On the plantation grunted to Itoh ert Crawford In 1775 two houses wero shown on this map, those of J. Crawford and It. Crawford. t In 1820 the Stnte of South Carollnn began tho compilation of a series of maps of tho districts of tho State under tho supervision of Itohert Mills, tho grent American engineer. The contract for surveying nnd making a map of Lancaster district was given to J. Boykln, n natlvo of thnt section of the Stnto and a surveyor of wide reputation. Ills map fixes "Gen. A. Jackson's birthplace" on the Crawford plantation exactly whero tho map made under General Jackson's direction In 18-13 placed it. Before publishing Mr. Mills pent u proof of the map to General Jackson, who wrote back that the birthplace thereon given wns correct; that he was born on the Crawford place. In the mime vonr (1820) Eugene Kellly, "surveyor and en gineer," delineated n map of Lancaster district, differing from Boykln's map as regards landmarks, but placing "General Jackson's birthplace" ex actly whero Boykln placed it. There- Is no evidenco within tho reach of tho general Investigator to contradict Jackson snvo that of several witnesses who have given testimony from hearsay and tradition that Jackson wus born nt tho houso of ono George McKemey, a rela tive. There- is not one single direct stntement from unyono that he or she knew of his or her own knowledge of tho place where Jackson wns born, as all of this hearsay testimony was offered long after Jackson nnd nil of his elders nnd con temporaries wero dead. General Jackson had half u dozen or more bi ographers who wrote during his lifetime, nt lenst four of whom wero his Intlmnto friends John Bold, John II. Eaton, Gen. Jnmcs Gadsden, Wil liam Cobbott, Goodwin nnd Amos Kendall and every one of them credited him to South Carolina, as did hundreds of newspaper and mogazlno writ ers of his dny; so did the ofllcial publications of South Cnrollnn nnd other Stntes, such ns legisla tive reports and resolutions and Journals; and when ho died very muny editors nnd eulogists, in eluding tho grent historian Bancroft, spoko of him ns a natlvo of South Carolina, yet fifteen years later, after his contemporaries had passed nwny and proofs had disappeared, now clnlmants arrived on the field to claim him ns a natlvo of North Carollnn. But the evidence Is against them, and South Cnrollnn should "acknowledge him as our own" nnd place a lasting marker on the spot where ho first snw the light. TINGLING with abundant energy, appetites hearty, nerves strong and steady and their faces radiant with the glow of perfect health, tho entire family of Louis Gingras, 9 Har rison Ave., Providence, R. 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