The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-03-03
OPTICAL WoRKs,

North Oxford, Feb. IS, 1886. {
Dear Sir: All the abuse and ridicule that
have followed the appearance of my letter in your
journal, were expected at the time penned il:
but, as in the whole of this affair, have been
aciuated by no other motives than those condu-
Give 10 my o,cn safety and in unison with my
o,oR rteWs of moral propriety, the scurr;lous re-
marks of the sceptical and the snarl of those hit
have not in the least swerved me from my oh
ject; and If the press has been disappointed in its
attempts tn draw from me my secret by the force
o' Tldcule, 1t has nav, IN my letter, ample fond
tor revenge hut in their rough handling thereof
] cannot permit them TO assume more than one
half their predictions, and the object of this letter
is To notice some specimens of editorial cueness
in the way of fighting men of straw The
National IteiiigeRcer assumes an anchOrism i'm
my letter and thus, the force Of the assump
iInn, demollShes The miserable Yankee in gallant
style received the papers on the last of Nav
Santa Anna left for Havana on the 7lh of June
il was expected by hut thuse acquainted with The
contents of the papers that Venezuela the place of
his hanishment as his destination, but the con-
tents OF The papers prove pre- arrangement, and
one unknown To the masses had been concerted
and by which Santa Anna would reach Havana
some weeks before the messenger. To that the
nnochrism after all, owes birth to the editors
being among the ignorant. Without guiny be-
hind the papers, will call your attention To n
fact, thai Will prove this pre-arranpement. Bv
the condiIions of Santa Anna sentence, he was
To proceed TO Venezuela, there to remain and re-
celve certain sum periodically. He did not 90
10 Venezuela, but took up his abide where his in
fiuence and inTigues could he made more dan
gerOus than if he had remained in the Alexi-
can Capital, and yet with this bold niraction
OF his compact, he demands the stipulated nav
ment-and he gets il. Comment is uhnrces-
sary! The Boston Times and others, grow very
pairioIce on the subject; pray gentlemen, how.
do You know that the result, of mature reflection
put my patriotism against price 2 Do YOU
know the nature of the thoughts that induced The
contse | took? Do yon know the conle.ts Of
those papers-wheiher The keeping of them from
our government would be Injurious TO its welfare.
or whether they would simply prove that iniu-
'rlons attempts had been made and failed Has
1t never occurred To you that those papers mipht
be OF great value 10 their owners without belDp
so to any one else? As regards the breach of
trust, breaking of seals, Sc. Sc, would re-
mark that they affairs he adjusted hereafter
trust that. miserable Yankee as am. am nu,
so TO all Of honor or shame as To ui,. In The
world such a statement without The reserved
power Ofacqultting myself of reproach ~ hen saw
Mt. HENRY NJ. PAINE.
LEVI d. SLAMM, Ed. Daily Globe
To The Editor Of The Courier DIES Etafs Uuis
NT' "A poor miserable Yankee acknow ledpino
his unworthy plebeian position in life. and hum
ly admitting the audacily of a late letter in the
Giobe, (Which called forth such dipnifed and
learned paragraph In your journal, aud under the
terrors OF which all Yankecdon yet wrthes.) he
would, for the benefit of those concerned. ask a
simple question.
Have you not within one month seen letters
from santa Anna TO a French genIlPmaa la,e of
Vera Cruz but now residing in Hudson, near
Canal street, which fully subsaniaied nv l.tter
in The Globe?
SbouId you answer in the negative NAV find
II difficult to prove the reverse, but, beino a
YANKEE I shall bY
i his asking OF questions being natural to mis-
cradle Yankees ! believe will, for na,ure's
sake, ask another Can you tell why Cant. Ell
lot. the BRUSH Charge dAfTairs 10 Texas. lin.
gered around New York and Washington ill the
Presidents Message came out, and then LEI, for
for-can'l you tell where? u.Mp