The Portland daily press., 1878-05-09
The New Era Forgeries.

For some time past the Neac Era has been
publlshishing sentences that purport to be
the editorial opinions of the New York
World and the New York Times. The au.
thenticity of the sentences has been repeated
ly denied by those journals and the attention
of the NeD Era has been called to the de-
mails. Only last week we published the latest
denial of the World, made in its issue of April
3oth. 1t was in these words:
A correspondent in Portland, Me-, kindly
SENDS US word that the following sentence, at.
trlouted to the World has been publish ed in a
paper called the New Era, in that city, and In
otner OF what he describes as the "greenback
papers" III the State
"The American laborer must make up his mind
4enceIofth not to be 50 muchbet off than the
European laborer. Men must be content to work for
less wages. In this way the working man will be
6eaier that station in life to which it has pleased
God to call him.
We are trif1e tired of Expanding" this par
ticular calumny, which is of Importance to US
solely because those who propagate it do so
with intent to misrepresent not only the World
but the Democratic party. We have more
than once explainedthat no such sentiment was
ever expressed in the World, anG that the
original inventor of the paragraph was delib-
crate liar, who manufactured it out Of words
and phrases culled with intent to lie out of DIFF
ferent parts of column in this journal. If
the New Era is edited outside of a penitentiary
this notice will bring it to decency. If this no.
tice fails to bring it and all others whom it may
concern, to decency it may become necessary to
show them better though harder way.
The New Era pays no attention to this
denial but continues to publish the forgery.
To-day we give the latest denial OF the Times
which appeared in its issue of March 20. 1t
is this:
The Washington U nion quotes from a ''west-
ern paper statement purporting to be an
editorial utterance of the Times to the effect
that there must come in this country "a change
OF ownership OF the soil, and the creation of
class of landlords on the one hand, and of
tenancy farmers on the other.'' After previous
explanations OF this extract, which has been
travelling around among Greenback and ia
Dor Reform" organs for more than a year, it
should hardly be necessary for us to repeat that
no soch opinion was ever expressed in the edi-
toriai columns of the Times. A communi-
Gated article on this thesis did appear on the
sixth page of the Weekly Times among other
general topics of agricultural discussion. Any
Western or other paper which credits the Times
with the responsibility for the opinions ex-
pressed in that article is simply guilty of will
ful Misrepresentation.
We have no expectation that the Ney Era
will have the honesty and decency to publish
this denial or to cease to print the forgery.
1t has no shame in matters like these, and
does not hesitate to misquote and garble on
every hand. Absolutely no reliance can be
placed on its pretended extracts, and no man
should believe it until he has consulted the
originals from which it pretends to quote,
and ascertained if the quotations be garbled
or not. Its latest forgery, which appears in
its issue dated May 8, is perhaps its most au.
dacious. 1t copies the following extract from
aspeech by Daniel Webster,-"For all the
contrivances for cheating the laboring classes
of mankind, none has been more effectual
than that which deludes them with paper
money" adds to it these words which Web
ster never uttered, Chased on coin," and at
tributes the whole to him, thus misrepresent-
ing his sentiments. The forgery is evidently
malicious and deliberate.
Argument is thrown away upon paper
which devotes itself to wilful mlsrepresenta-
tion like this, which garbles speeches, alters
citations and falsifes figures. The only thing
to do with it is to hold it up to the contempt
of mankind as an ncorriuible liar