Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-28
CNfoNluAiIE SCOTrISM!-THE LAST PLANK

The Scott organs in their peratiou ,ha, m
!"iier oi Go" MogTucer w.s forgery and Eya,-but N
following remarks III yesterdays Unon blow IN their Who'll
absurd snl wicked calculations aud demonstrate the
in2ncss of the Magrudrr letter:
We viii rot torture the g presses who believe The
9radef letter To DC olgrry lbrcatop, By any c
Gl'hs repetition OF their logic and their farhurd- Tn
stupid and sca argument of the North American u
pr"ue Thai il Is fabricaicn its ridcnrue eort 10 ob,n
data for It's dgncd denuncat the hoax; and its won
n! 10" !ctter protesting 10 be written San Diego
the lh a" August, could reach New York travel 10 Con
cord her he sent to Washington, ana appear The Union
Ui 'c l9Ih ot September 1t requires but word xpoet
The ignorance the folly ana The rrrkr.sncss Of those wh
ny /" si''i' weapons 20 defend hcr sinking cause.
I"E FiRsT PLACE WE *ow HAVE THE ORIGINAL LETTER
OF Col hAoRunEn BEFORE Us II IS no~ IN Wnsinut, N
as IL was eceistd hy General Pierce ut Concord Nsw,
fampshlrc, The postage marks and The stamp of the steam
s distinct anu rable As 10 The character the hand
wrihG ~ Colonel Alagrudtr who az il mo
from ms own pen, VII! let The rsrny yused Aiiuan
n,%"al Of the Snsd STATES, Gen 5. Cooper Yes
he''"teV below the name Of Colonel Magrudcr
ADJr7AST Generals OrrIcs
:, WASHINGTON, SEPT. 23 1852.
hereby certify ;hat am well acquainted with INC hand
writing nf Bcvet Lieutenant Colonel j. Bnnkhrad Nagtu
dri; that have examined the regJina letter dated san
DIe@" California, August H. lS5?" and signed ~ Bank
hcia hh4Gder, Ecget Lieutenant Colonel United SAFES
Army. addressed To General Fark Pi.rce Concord ~
ifhrpshirs ant from my RnOwirG.e ul the handwrjtnu Of
S' n'2ruder ana from conparit"n OF said letter -
o'"' correspondence on fc In This office, have doub
"rsrf that The foregoing letter and in The
of Brcvt Lieutenant Colonel J. ankhead Ma
Srudrr, United States Army
S. COOPER, Adutant General
Ihis IS also 'co:ncidncc" for the Seward prcs, 10 d.
gest. rN " -
we are enahcd To state official fact which NAV h,
cr''aincd upon inquiry, that letters received The
Inrd States AdJudnt Generals Office from Colon, Hitch
rrh commanding nj that military station lied on thu liih
}! August and received the itn OF September in Wash
ng"n and we enabled stale as an official f,ct whc
an be n-Certinid al ,lle Post O Department, that ,h
n''eI n's'e5 mail carrier, which le San Fmnrisco rh
Oh ol August stopped San Diego, The way 10 Pa.
'hrnr, for the United Sares mail which brought Col Ma
rud"ts letter 10 General Pierce And this is coincidence
lumirr two
But the North American Colonel Maurudrr 10 an.
wcr inr himself II il will atty that Journal know IT,
are clad IN bn The Of assuring the whis
ess who have been >ilndcring General Pierce that
oning hom" He has been granted leave Of uhsrIce from
he AdInant General, and is doubtless on his way >
ct ~ call this coincidence number three. Whether he vii
rand his own letter iabricatiUn in the sense intend
~ The Nuth american, leave The future 10 determine
ut hc will iurn with shame and Indignation lha ex
npc which has been st By the Wing press and will doubt
- add another and fnn prnof OF the nany OF their
usa'c upon Cen Pierce in his The North Ameti.
can easily fancy what OF epltet he will apply TO
lch prints and politicians itself. -
Finally: The original letter u Colonel Magrudcr with .
e certificate attached Of Auant General Chopper left AT
&c counting Of the Union Office in tho hands Of Mr. ~
oiand, clerk, for the inspection of the curious !.
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