The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-08-04
Two Lives

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To our charge of last week about the
publication of two lives of Lewis Cass
at the Globe Office. the Eagle says:
"To show the utter falsity ofthe above
Infamous statement, we copy the follow,
ing which appeared in the late Washing.
ton Union. The Taylor Wings have
opened this campaign with some of the
basest charges against Lewis Cass, and
we can look for nothing else to the end
The article from the Washington Un.
ion, referred to, purports to be certif'
cate from Clerk in the Globe Office to
a member of the Senate, stating that four
editions of the life of Lewis Cass have
been published, two in March and two in
juno. That is all correct; but why in
sert in one of the March editions Cass'
opinions against the Wlmot Proviso and
not in the o;herl Why do the same in
the June editonsl The very fact shows
fraud at once, and when. in the Senate, a
difference was shown between March
and June edition, it was explained by
Senator that this arose from the fact
that some subsequent matters, which they
wanted published, could not be inserted
without taking some Of the other matter
out; but when June edition was shown
differing from the other, Senator Hanne-
gan rose in his place and was compelled
TO denounce the fraud.
And more than this. Lewis Cass
stands charged, by Washington letter
writer, on tile authority ofa Democratic
member Of Congress, with having been
himself privy to the fraud. This charge
was made month since and no contra
diction has yet appeared. Two weeks
after the same lelter.writer wrote as fol-
lows:
"Again, 1 challenge contradiction of
this charge, and pledge myselfto furnish
the authority to the public, upon which
this statement is predcated, if denied in
any responsible quarter l repeat, and
wish to impress it strongly-for the i'm.
portance Of the occasion warrants the
emphasis-that Democratic member of
the House of Representatives did declare
in presence of several Wing Senators, ,on
the day of the debate on which Mr.. Man
gem exposed the fraud in the two lives,
that he had held an interview with Mr..
Cass and represented to him the injury
that would ensue from circulating in the
Free States the sketch of his life contain
ing the extract from the Nicholson letter
with the commentary of his biographer
against the Wilmot Proviso at which
Mr. Cass assured him it would be correc-
ted.-Subsequently, this same member
called at the Globe Office, when he was
informed by the rery clcrk whom Blair
& Rives have put forward to whitewash
the foul transaction, that he could now be
be supplied with sketch better suited
to his district: remarking at the same
time. that the first edition that against
the proUiso) had been prepared to secure
the nomination, and the other, (that for
tie eProU'so, TO secure the election"
And ihisis not all. The four editions
have been exhausted, SO say tho publish
ers, and no Wig can obtain copy of
each for love or money.
A similar fraud was perpetra,ed in
1874 by publishing document entitled
the "Soulh in danger" and when it was
discovered no love or money could pro-
cure copies. To counteract the fraud ,an
exact reprint was made and this was pro-
nounced to be forgery. Many of our
readers will remember this.
In reply to the second allegation of
our very courteous neighbors, we admit
that the charges made are 6asc-even the
"basest," ifthey please; but that is not
our fault-they are also true, too true.
We know of but one charge, and that we
have not published, that has not been sus-
tanned. And we have every confidence
that this one will be proven, and then we
defy an honest man to vote conscientious
ly for the "Hero of Hull's surrender"
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