Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-30
INFAMOUS FoRGEkIEs.

Eet.aE.H INFAMOUS F0RGEkIES. s. .,. ..z..
When we stated yesterday That among
fthe "ast cards" fabricated by the Locofo-
sco party, was one which represented Gen.
IScoTr as pledged to sign bill for the re-
$peal of the Fugitive Slave Law, and when
1--we cited The article III the Uhion of the
k12th, tile forged Ie,te. of the Hon. Lew
lis d. Campbell, aid that senteman's
sprohpt exposure of tie ihlamdus libel, by
Ia tsegrabhic dispatcli Of tie 10Th, we
scertsinly did not expect that this base
land unworthy schene to operate OH the
SSoth had Geeh deIibe.atey planned and
Bptepared TOR some time previous, aud that
9eiiormons duantities of hantlblls had been
aptnted at Washington, filed with this
8alrociolts slnnder, and designed for exlen-
[siye circulation at the South on the eve
Fofthe Presidential electdn. Yet it is even
$50, DIS the annexed dispatch from Senator
gMortoil, addressed to the chairman OF the
SWhig Central Committee Of Louisiana,
1iucontsovertbly establishes.
4 ~ d, By Magnetic Telegraph /
WAsHINGfdN, $50, +. Nj, Oct. 90
!. ". MaeKs ;-THE DEaecRAfs, l.
fLEAHH HAVE, PRINTED O4NL llONbIeLI
lTIOTSAND HANDBILLS, CHARGING
8GEN. SuoTT Writ rAvoRIfo A REPEAL OF
fTHE .FUGtTIgE SLAVE LAW CITING A
PRETENDED LETTER OF THE Hon.
4 IMR. CAMPBELL AS raoof, TO
REACH THE SOUTH JUST BE-
IFORE TIE ELECTION. THE
sCHARGE is FATiSE. SEE ruE ANNEX
/ ED t. JACKSON MORTON.
HAMILroN, Ohio, Oct. 1s, 1852.
EDiToRs NATIoNAL lNTELLIGENcER:-
ITHE PUBLICATION IN Tttt; "UNION" OF
ITuEsbAy. Tnt 18th tNsf., OVER My
NAME, Declaring GENERAL ScoTT FOR
IA KkpEar or rHR FuGrrtvE SLAVE LAW,
ms A BASE FORGERY, I Incuey avote
loy puJlsshed such d ci,cular.
LEWIS d. CAMPBELL.
Lies, Hike chickens, always come home
Ito roost aud we are previously mistaken
Iin olir estimate of public virtlie and intel
|ligence, If this most astounding effort at
lfaIseIiood does not recoil neayiIy upon
those WHO have made II. Thanks to
American genius, we live In an age when
'the winged lightning outstrips even the
tongue Of caluinny.. Locofocoistii cannot
falJricate "last cards'' so fast btit the tee.
graph can overtake and dei1iolsh them.
lnathe days OF HARRISON aud CLAY, vile
and reckless demagoguss could and did
their poiso.ious d 8 faction
tile people .bii Tie eve of the cleo
ion, und we had no agent more rapid,
than tile mails, to pre@arh the people Of
the fratid, and dbsttact tile venom ere it
reaches ihe masses. We have it now.
and it has rarely been put to better nse
than Id laying Bare the Criminal forgeries
to blacEen The reputation OF Il
Hero, and to I'll tile minds Of the people
with error.
The timely detection Of this foul plot
renders it imperative Upon tie Wing press
to sound tile alarm. Locofocoism ull-
masked and ioiled i'll this, its latest exper-
imeEt, will donbtless try something else.
It is exceedingly fruitful III resources
and as the Campbell forgery abuiidantly
will sickle at nothing rn-
der ifeaven that offers the most distant
prospect of success, No lmposter, low
ever gross; no fabrication. however i'm
probable; no falsehood, however glafingj
will be left nntried i'll order to effect the
result. The opposition, are aespeyate,
and theia' leaqlers at. WashNsson, achd
are mostly a,a,pyancapled dsnagogues,
that The North Is smt,ggnable.
q,ao that nothing caza be occomplished
there, haze turned their, batteries on tie
South, IN the hope. ulat If they cat arrest
from Scott his phalaat1 Of Southey7t
.Stetss, tie foyta'aes Of The ddy may. be
This is tlleir object in sending
forth spurious documents, and inventing
,he basest allegations touching General
Scofr' s views apou slavery. BUT THE
WHIG PARTY is NOW fully
It knows what it may ex-
pect., II, has witnessed in this Campbell
forgery, ID what depth oi lnfamy polite
aliricksters will descend Lsi ii .Mtre-
toye take ,iofurtlaey he'd If me caittmai-
ators, but continue IN The gootl rink, close
np ITS zcot4mus, ana prepare d. naatcA
10 victorgin in N0tsnabcy. ..I ,'...ss,.s