Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-08-26

American letter is proved BY General James Watson
Webbs testimony: by the Hon. Thomas L. Chngman,
Of North Carolina, (both leading Whigs) and by Gen.
Scotts letter Hector Orr printer which, he (Scott
enclosed Orr copy Of his Native American letter to
Reed, and avows il 10 be his This letter OF Reeds
the that Robinson says forgery, and offers to
bet that il is He respects General Scotts voun-
eered testimony very highly as will be seem and we
should not be much surprised to see him swearing that
the letter is forgery, eUsn " General Scott dsd
tcTite IT.
Tn order TO show the full extent Of this fasehood upon
which this Robinson offers to stake his money and his
reputation yesterday morning in company with gen.
teman we called on G. w. REED, ESQ., for the purpose
of aseertaning whether the celebrated Native American
letter. said have been written by Gen. Scott, dated
November 10, 1874, Mr.. Reed and other gentlemen
of the Native party Of this city, was forgery or not
We found Mr.. Reed to be pleasant, intelligent gen.
tlemen and the friend who introduced says he is
highly esteemed for his yeraciy and high Of
honor We stated the object OF visit to Mr.. Reed
and asked him if he had the original Of the letter said
have been written to him by Gen. Scott and published
in the columns OF the daily press MIR. Reed at once
promptly replied that he had such letter, and the
only difference between 1t and the published letter,
the date which November 10, l841. 1t should have
been November TO- 1874. He then showed portion
Of the letter. the first part he said had been stolen,
commencing about where Gen. Scott "6red with in
dignation, with friends sat down." and to the
end OF the chapter reads word for word with the pub
lished letter. Being well acquainted with Gen. Scotts
hand writing and signature, having his MSS.
several occasions, have doubt OF the genuneness
only surprised that be found who have the
hardihood deny its existence Perhaps the who
stole portion Of it thought the balance, the strong
Native portion, could not be produced but he reckoned
If 1cere necessary zoe mould oath TO the truth
the fact just stated no doubt would the gentleman
who with when the letter examined and
who heared all the conversation the subject There
other interesting facts named during this CONVEX
sation, which orbear to mention, as Mr. Reed will
at proper time, give his statement to the public
We trust thst Mr. Reed will excuse US Tor giving pub
city to this much the subject as he requested us not
to do So but is as much for the purpose Of doing
justice to him it is to advance cause thst
give the matter to readers.
This is the sort OF evidence upon which the Wing
leaders rely to help General Scott. and to damage
General Pierce. Was there more shameful OF
shameless exhibition Not only the slanderer is base
but his ISLANDERS perish before the ordinary scTuti
ny. The willing and working tool OF reckless men,
Robinson coins the vlest caumnies, and tries to make
them pass current by the monstrous fasehoods.
The respectable OF the Wing party from his
disclosures with contempt and loarhing, and Wing
papers, like the New York Commercial Advertiser say,
that journal did on Saturday last that his abuse and
iasehood "eaIclated TO do the Wing cause good,
TO say the least Of IT," General Pierce has to be
proud Of his position and Of his friends; but if there is
such thing as being proud of ones foes General Pierce
may well be proud Of his. His accusers only
equaed in iuiamy by their witnesses; and whether
they TO his inemperanee TO his inconsistency
the slave question, his Indifference and hostility to
religious liberation they overwhelmed in their
shame, and made admit their turpitude like Iago,
after his vlany detected resort to silence the only
escape from confession Robinson is the type of
his abandoned school and all his industry in making his
assertions palatable and plausible, out TO be the
Of trouble to his party and dishonor to
himself His brazen sefprostituton, and his noisy i'm
pudence and insoence cannot help him out Of this last
gnominy, for intelligent Wings will hesitate to bow
down before his pyramid of lies and to call that truth
which is shame alone and the adopted citizens will re-
coil before the testimony of caitif whose life is de-
voted the elevation Of their very worst enemies.
Scared with the marks Of former transgressons, he
will go abroad with this flaming brand upon his brow,
OF political leper whose very touch is pollution or
pestilence.
We cannot better close this article than by printing the
following from the Washington Republic, the national
organ Of the Wing party which in this way anticipated
Robinsons fabrcations against Pierce, and in advance
proclaimed his accusations bold and brutal falsehood
The allegation that the Of Mr.. Pierce in the
late New Hampshire Convention, is open to any just
exception the ground of his manfesting any religious
intolerance is utterly unfounded We have referred to
the proceeding of the Convention, and find nothing
that indicates any other sentiment than entirely in
harmony with religious freedom. M. Pierce OPP
posed to the recognition Of any political difference
among the various sects Of Christmas and shall be
much surprised learn that he has, any me the
Convention out of it, exhibited any bgotry ntoler
points Of faith eonscience-Rspublie June 8
1852.