Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-03
The 'B0Orbark' Story.

Th" albany Ereniag Jwnal publish
81, -ntne days since, what purported 10
h" an extract from the travels in 1886 of
German nauird Roorback IN the South,
whrr he profCsscs tO have some forty
three olnvrs Travelling Soulhward TO
InuiSiara VIII, The letters ] Is u. bran
Hcd npnu their pcgsons IT, shnw that they
were the property Gf James X Polk
\ great hu7Z was naturally created by
'hlS statement, an! II was soon discover
Ell that ,he story had been stolen IN the
main lrnn Frathei>touhauah, with the
branding and the james Il Polk added
ur' ~. whole cloth
The journal was now appealed to for
the authority "n whIrh 1t had stated that
this prctrni"d extract from 'Roorback'
WAS really ~ copied who was 'Roor-
hack, sc. 1t replied ,hc Editor being
ahsrnt aI the time that the statement
quoted had been cut from an exchange
paper, the Editor undoubtedly believing
II To be true extract from the travels OF
u Grrmnn named Roorbnck. But the
Albany Argus, Alias, aud other Journals
at ,ha, patty proiessrd utterly to dlsba-
l'eve thIs statement, and broadly charged
upon tbr Editor of the journal the jorge,7y
oi the article 90 question
The Journal, happily, was able to find
the orign4i copy from which 1t cut ITS
proicsspd rSiraci from Roorback, heing
the Albany Patriot, n paper published IN
the same City ~iib the Argus aud Atlas,
and on file at lhepriDcipal Reading Room
in that City. The Patriot had taken il
from and credited il TO the Ithaca ChrOn-
scie, in which it was prefaced by a CON.
munication signed AN Abollionist, com
mending il as a verItable extract from
'Roorback's Travels, which It highly
commended. Here was the Journal at
once relieved from most unpleasant d.
lemma, and proved entirely innocent Of
the gross crime imputed to it. Ii had
copied the article in undoubting convlc-
ton of ITS genuIneness, just as we were
tempted tu copy II, but RETAINED, moi
from any dlstrust of its authenticity
(ihough a suspicion Of this did cross our
mInd after vslsly endeavoring to recolIect
any such traveller as Roorback,) but
because we had early resolved not TO
m,lair the bad example of our opponents
by uduIling IN any personal attacks on
Their candidates We oppose james X
Prlk aud Go. on the grea. questions oi
Pa ,lr P.icy on which the two parties
ar" ~ issue, Hnd not on personal grounds;
and "" do not wish TO raise any false or
-u1nrdmarr issues
--Bu', nov hat the innocence Of the
J'u,unl - established beyond cavIl, what
Is il,r cnHfsr ct th ,se who have boldly,
uuqnnhh'fly rhrrged IT With forgery?
Bn'n"v rrtrart iheT asperslons and ~
zrrt The ,lndrolinn? Not one Of them
w. 'he iacr "I the most unquestlonablr
ssdcrre. ,het slIil perslS, m charging
Mr. Weed uuh intentional deception
aud vltuii tmgrry Such an imputa-
ilon 90 d l"hding newspaper ls, unless
t.rrll,d, Grsltvc,i'e to Us character, its
riiirisnr, and ~ patronage. The repu-
iaifnn aud the business of the accused
,nusi both hc blasted by u. we reJoice,
ihorrlore. shat Air Wced has commenced
suits aRaios tha authors pi The foul cal.
umny, aud will pursue them With the r,g.
~ of The law. II Justice - not denied
hin by patty madness. he must obtain
heavy dlmsges ~ y Tibuae.