The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-29
The "Union's" Forged Circular.

the Wing papers of this city have contrived to in
vove this Campbell business in much obscurity and
perplexity; and this ia their purpose To divert the
public mind from the point in Issue, and to save of
full exposure of the truth until the election il
past is the design of their protests and epistles
BY venting their hypocritica indignation and par
tisan rancor upon the Washington Union, they
trust to throw US in q posture Of defence, and to
parry the blows under which they, their cause,
and their candidate reel and stagger. Their Gun.
ming devices shall be baffied. We do not mean 10
relax the energy ofour assaults until the result OF
the SECOND Of NOVEMBER announces that the Wing
party is crushed and destroyed. Nor do we intend
to be led away from the vital point of attack by the
false signals and strategic demonstrations of the
Wing organs.-Union Of yesterday.
A reference to the facts that are upon record
in conneXion with this matter is all that is
needed TO expose the disingenuousness of our
contemporary's bombast.
The Union published statement purport-
ing to be circular emanating from Mr.. LEWIS
ID. CAMPBELL, in which General Scorr was
represented as prepared to sanction the repeal
Of the Fugitive Slave law. Mr.. CAMPBELL
denied the statement by telegraph, and pro.
nounced it forgery.
With that denial before it, the Union insn-
uated that the Lntelligencer or the Republic
might have forged it !; and demanded a COM
munication from Mr.. CAMPBELL in some other
form.
In due time letter came from Ma. CAMP
BELL, repudiating specifically the authorship of
the statement in controversy, and challenging
the Union to produce the paper in which, &C
cording to the Union, the circular originally
appeared. Still the Union equivocated. 1t
had quoted the circular-it said-from the
Richmond Examiner, which had got it from the
Knoxville CTenn.) Whig, which had borrowed
it from the Lebanon CO., Star. Instead of &C
cepting' Mr.. CAMpBEELL's contradiction as
complete, the Union called for more proof, and
in round about manner suggested that Mr.
CAMPBELL. being friendly to General ScoTT,
would say or do any thing TO help his cause.
The case against the Union has been carried
still further by the editor Of the Lebanon 60. }
Star, who has declared over his signature that
the offensive paragraph quoted by the Union
never appeared in the Star, and is, as Mr..
CAMPBELL pronounced it, forgery.
These are the links of evidence in the order
in which they have appeared; these are the
"despatches, certificates, and letters" which
the Union says have been introduced "to in
volve this Campbell business in obscurity and
perplexity." There is not one, as the reader
will perceive, not called for by the circum
stances, and their joint effect is to demonstrate
that the paragraph relied upon by the Union
as an argument against General Scorr, is a
fabrication from beginning to end.
Even now the Union will not admit that the
disavowal is reliable or complete. Still it
asks, lis it a forgery" and then proceeds to
hint that, after all, it may not be. Why? Be-
cause Mr.. CAMPBELL denied the authorship Of
the circular while the Lebanon Star admits
that it did publish circular. Therefore, the
Union argues, Mr.. CAMPBELL is convicted of
falsehood by his own witness
We cannot conceive of a more contemplate
quibble. Mr.. CAMPBELL says: 81 never wrote
any such circular, and none such was ever
published in the Lebanon Star" "None
such" That is Mr.. CAMPBELL's phrase, OBJ
viously referring to the antecedent forged par
agraph Of the Uai0n The Lebanon Star,
while indirectly stating that Mr.. CAMPBELL
wrote circular which appeared in It's columns,
affirms as distinctly as Mr.. CAMPBELL that
the paragraph in questionable only paragraph
material in the disputes can Infamous for
gerry"
The part we have taken in this matter
brings upon us the fiery indignation of our
contemporary, which INDUCES in fit of the
mock heroic to most ludcrous extent. II
talks of g the lurking malignty of the Repub
l'c;" likens us to " the cuIprit in the dock"
and the convicted felon 10 accuses us Of
brazen audacity and unblushing impudence;"
and finally characterizes this journal as " a
common sewer. into which every party hack
pours his filth"
We will not stay 10 handy epithets with the
Union, or TO discuss the relative responsibility
OF that journal and the Republic. We are
content to leave that comparison to the people,