New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-01
The Roerback Forger Discovered:

The Editor Of the ithaca Chronicle, vino tirst
published the infamous forgery in which James
X. Polk Eas accused of branding his Slaves, has
ferreted out the author of that forgery, and 1t
proves to be WILLIAM LINZ, Loco-Foeo Once
Holder Of Ithaca We never had doubt that
this would prove 10 be the fabrication Of Loco
Foco, but we resolved not to say 80 until we hac
the evidence in our fist. We knew II would
prove so, because we have several times been
baited with forgcries OF this sort, always from
Loco -Focos, but never but twice taken IN
by ,hem-once in l640 By letter from Bufia-
10, and once this season bya letter from unadia,
giving an account of pretended Wing Meeting
at which great changes were made In each
case the name Of good Wing was forged to a
Loco Foco swindlc. So with the change OF Cen
Edwards and his son Alfred at Bridgeport,
which, with this Roerback forgery and many
others, we were not taken in by-Now see who
forged the Roerback story, and guess what he did
it for:
From tn. Ithaca Chronicle Extra
"ROERBACK's TOUR
An article appeared in this paper on the 2lst OF
August last. published AS a COMM UNlCATlON,
headed " For the Chronicle, addressed 10 NJ
SDeRcer" !" signed 6" An Aboliiion.t." pUrpOrjing 10
give an e1tractfr from Roerback's Tour throushthe
Western and Southern States in 1886 The ex-
tract closed with reference to tortvthree slaves
purchased OF James h. Pelk, distng nguished by the
brand Of his initials upon their shoulders.
The article was brough, TO US IN manuscript by
DANIEL McKIssEY, Esq. younC gentleman OF TINS
village of unmpsachsbe character and yeracit,
aud was published without the least suspicion thai
it was other than what purpOf;ed TO be, genuine
from Book fTrayels. Ii turns cut 10 be an
extract from FEATHERsTosHAuGH's Tour through
the Slave States, with the Statemen; IN relation to
! James X. Poik'S SidreS appended.
| From the affidavit Of Mr.. MCklNSEY, which tot
Iowa i, appears that the pretended extract was iuf-
| nished TO him. in manuscript, by WILLIAM LINN,
| ESQ. of this village, A LOCO-FOCO OFFICE
| HOLDER, the candidate OF that party for jusiice
| Of the Peace 10 which Office he was elected, and
which he now holds and also Examiner in Chan
ccry appointed bv I.oco-Foco Senate, on the r.
commendation OF Gov. BoccK Mr. MokISNEY was
as unsu specting of It's real character rs We were.
This forgery and fraud, so bitterly denounced
bv the Albany Argus and the !.oco-Foco prints. j.
thus fastened up0H tie shOUtderS Of n LOc0-F0c0
office .hO{der with what object on his part We leave
The public TO Judge. The forgery aud imud' Is
placed where il belongs and the consequences, fun
pleasant, must recoh upon the Loco Foco party -
Neither Mr. MckISNEY nor ourselves have any part
Of this responsibility. were imposed upon by
Il vile hoax, or something worse. oHr agency IN l's
circulation was wholly unsuspicous OF lis real char
acter.
We ask no other agency than Truth in the Wing
cause. The mHtlalions OF letters, and inierpola
tions, leave TO the Loc0-Foco press. Scarcely
one of them do We find, without fraud as gross
" Roerbacks Tour" By the mutilation OF alr. Clays
letters, making him say what he does not say
That James k. Polk is slave holder no one pre-
tends TO DENY Its useless invent circumstances
Of specal atrocity 10 connect with such slave hold
ing. No Wing has done IL, though the lies IN rea-
ton to Mr.. Cay's slave-holding IN the Loco-foco
papers, have been plenty as blackberfies.
The affidavit Of Mr.. MCkINSRY, showing the on
gin of this Roerback's Teur,' follows:
This ia To certify. that about the 18th day o August
1884 VIM Linn ESQ. called with article purD"nc
to be an from RoerbacE Tour through the Western
and Southern Sate sQuestIng the nd hand
IN 10 the Editor of the Chronicle for pubcHtiun
n rsaon for this request that there Loco Fnco printer
in that office who acquainted with his chorraphr.
COMPLIED with his request without the slightest that
IL wn, not genuine eNtrnct from n vefthble book
DANIEt. MCKINNEY.
Subscribed au the a7th day of Septen Der, l be
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