Mobile register and journal., 1845-10-07

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 81, 1916.

| To the editor Of The Union:
SIR In a letter addressed by me to the Charleston
Mercury, stated sIhdt the celebrated Kane letter,
pnl forth by Mr.. Polk, is understood 10 have been
| written by the present Secretary of the the Treas-
ury" In your paper OF the 18th instant, were some
remarks which did not consider n denial Of the
above statement; and in my letter of the 18Th III
slant, punished in the Mercury OF the 25h, called
for an authoritative denial, which expected in your
paper of last night. on have not given il. In
your editorial of The 18Th Instant you pronounce my
| statement nm "impudent humbug fable" which sit
is unnecessary contradicl;" and Won characterize
il, together with other consequential facts stated,
(such as MIR. Walker electioneering for Mr.. Polk
the inti-tariff and Mr. Buchanan advocating him
the lrue protection candidate,) "labes'' and "ab
surdities'' You conclude your remarks as foil
"In making these remarks, IL is not our desire to
| show any dsrespect to the baltimore American
On the contrary, frankly assure its editor that
we would not pay any editor, for whom we feel less
respect, the compliment of con;radicing such fables
as he has condescended TO endorse by his sanction
Fables they arsgross, Pranous, shameless tabtes for
we state upon best authority, that the Whoe statement
false from be2inning to end sDithou solitary CIR
custanct Of any kind, hOtUeper reu.1e, 10 base upon
This is strong, unqualified language that employ;
but are aware oil Its power, and leel authorized
to employ il in all its force"
And in your paper of the 23d instant you say fur
thtr:
"The scribber who puts forth the other story of
Mr.. Walkers having written Mr., Folks letter to
Mr. Kane, also preiends 10 say that have not d.
rectly contradiGed his story. Why. what do the
thors OF these statements expect Of us? Must we not
only say that h ,th these statements are fasethat
they are idle, and contemplate fabrications but
add that they are the shameless tabricaols Of
absurd ialsehoods! True, as the Tribune says, we
are mot party in the controversy but we make
our statements upon 'undoubted authority from
those who the parties"
Now, sir, if you mean to deny what said of Mr..
Walkers and Mr. Buchanan's during the
presidential election, you call in question the most
notorious facts of that period-of which the witness
ses are innumerable-and you would lose the power
of giving force to any DENIAL. But am compelled
TO suppose (snce you do not respond 10 call for
an authorized denia) ,hat you do mean to be UNDER
stood as affirming, thai the statement that Mr.. Wal
ker was the author Of the Kane letter SIS false from
beginning 10 end, without solitary circumstance of
any kind, however remote, to base 1t UPON" and
that YOU profess to make this denial upon the chest
auth0rity."
did not assert that Mr.. Walker wrote that let
ter; but the caution of my language was from
OF full conviction Of the truth of what put FORTH
/, too, have spoken on what deemed "the best au-
thority," believing my Statement" to be true from
beginning to end, based in all its circumstances
upon actual occurrences. l have hesltated some
time, hut at length have determined TO give you my
authority. The Hon. REvERDY JOHNSON, now
United States senator from Mary land, informed
bv another senator, that Mr.. WALKER himself had
told him that he the writer or author OF the Kane
letter. Mr.. JOHNSON has made no secret Of this IN
formation among friends, or even acquaintances; and
doubtless is both able and willing TO vindicate the
TRUTH matter which is connected with great
public questions and the general interests OF the
country. Not content with knocking, you have
knocked open the door; and now, sir, permit me 10
introduce you into the presence-chamber Of TRUTH.
God send you sale deverance.
mn
We will moi condescend to critcise every part of
the above We will not stoop to ar
que with Mr.. Cyril " Grey upon The spccuations
which he has so idly and lmpudenty advanced. Bui
we will conne ourselves 10 the great issue OF iact
winch he has been 80 absurd as IN make. We will
not say, with him, "God send him a safe deliver
ance!'' If we do not call him reckless calunnia-
tor, we will, as Junius says, at least "proye him
500
We are authorized by the President OF the United
Staies and bv the Secretary OF the Treasury, to
state that the statement o. the correspondent Of the
Charleston Mercury, w'GS& communication we pub
lsb above s.ihat Mr.. Walker. The Secretary Of the
Treasury is the author of President Folks letter to
MIR. Kane, on the subject Of the Tariff" written on
the 18th June 1874, is "ase in all Its parts, from
beginning to end, without solitary circumstance Of
any kind, however remote, TO base It upon. me
whole statement is unqualifedly untrue. Mr.. FOLK
wrole that letter al his residence in Tennessee. on
the 10Th day Of june 1874, where it bears date, and
mailed it at that place to Mr.. Kane. nj Philadelphia
Mr.. Walker was at Washington city at that time,
and WAS as ignorant that any such letter had been
written, or that Mr.. Polk intended to write such
letter, until il was published in the newspapers as
any man IN the country who never had heard Of It
Mr. Walker was never consulted 'y President Polk
about writing the letter, or about it's contents
President Polk, in that letter, reiterated his opn-
ions on the Tari6-opnions which he had olien be-
fore publicly avowed, aud upon which he had acted
during the period when he was u member Of Con-
gress. Mr.. Walker did not know, even, that Mr.,
Kane intended TO write, or that he had written any
letter, of any kind, or, indeed, any subject to
Mr.. Polk, until some time after il had been written;
and never had any communication, either IN con
versation or in any other manner, with Mr.. Kane,
about writing any letter on the Tariff, or any other
subject, TO Mr.. Polk. The whole story, as we have
heretofore said. is basely false.
And now, we ask. what appears to be the facts Of
the case? That the correspondent Of the Mercury,
who has issued such false and gross msrepresenta-
tons in the form of letters from this city, Is Cyril
v. Grey. We are glad that we have now the OPP
porunity OF exposing the author Of these letters to
the Charleston Mercury. And who is Cyril V.
Grsya An Engishman, who has been in the Un'-
ssa sssss but shrss or four years, nsssr sssA