The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-10-01

baton OF our patrons, and Will induce an
increased advertising patronage, as it cannot
fail TO increase our readers, not only by tens
but by hundreds. Arrangements will soon
be made to bring fresh additional talent into
the paper, as we are determined it shall go
ahead OF every thing that has vet been done
in this section
a FOOLISH AND IMPUDENT CHARGE.
he correspondent of the Charleston Mer-
curry madesa charge short time since, that
Senator Walker had written the Kane Letter
for Mr.. Polk. This absurdty we secuted al
the time, and the only establishment it created
In our breast, was that the editor of the Mer.
curry should have admitted so bald story
into his columns. The Union contradcted
1t, but the author, Cyril V. Gray not content
with having the columns of the Mercury, and
the New York Courier and Enquirer open to
his ISLANDERS, (polillcs makes strange COM
panions,) addressed letter direct to the ed-
tor of the Union, in which he reiterates the
charge, and gives the Hon. Reverdy Johnson,
of Baltimore, as his authority, for the foolish.
charge that Mr. Walker wrote Mr. Folks
letter. In reply to this bold and profigate
advance upon falsehood, the Union publishes
the following:
"We are authorized by the President of
the United States, and by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, to state, that the statement of the
correspondent of the g Charleston Mercury"
whose communication we publish above,
that Mr.. Walker, the Secretary Of the
Treasury, is the author of President Folks
letter to Mr.. Kane, on the subject of the ia
riff" written on the 10Th June, 1914, is
false in all its parts, from beginning to en- d,
without solitary circumstance of any kind,
however remote, to base it upon. The
whole statement is unquaifedly untrue"
Mr.. Polk wrote that letter at his residence in
Tennessee, on the 10Th day OF June, 1914,
where it bears date, and mailed it at that
place to Mr. Kane, at Philadelphia Mr.
Walker was never consulted by President
Polk about writing the letter, nor about its
contents.
"President Polk, in that letter, reiterated
his opinions on the tari1:-opnions which
he had often before publicly avowed, and
upon which he had acted during the period
when he was member of Congress Mr..
Walker did not know, even, that Mr.. Kane
intended to write, or that lie had written any
letter, of any kind, on any subject, to Mr..
Polk, until some time after it had been writ
ten and never had any communication,
either in conversation or in any other man
ner, with Mr.. Kane, about writing any letter
on the tariff, or any other subject, to Mr.
Polk. The whole story, as we have hereto.
fore said, is basely false"
We have but one word more to say on
this subject OF imputing the letters of distin-
guished men, to other writer's We recoIIect
the absurd story that was told years ago, a.
bout Mr.. Van Buren, and Amos Kendall fra
ming and inditing the messages, and other
papers, of Gen. Jackson-as we'll might III G
infant attempt TO make the impress of his foo
pass for that of the giants tread not but the
other gentleman were capable and talented
but they were not Gen. Jackson, each had
his own identity, and so has Mr.. Polk and
Mr. Walker. We would be willing to wager
small sum, that Mr.. Johnson denies any
agency in giving currency to this Infamous
and ridiculous SANDER