American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-09-13
The Chase Lettor, ,---Forgery.

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The Medill and Trimble papers are pub
fishing translation of a translated letter,
which purports to have been written by
Mr.. Chase to somebody in the north part
of the State, in which his views of the A
merican organization are given. This at.
tempt to impose upon the voters of the
State was too gross and palpable. even for
the unscrupulousness of the Statesman,
was accompanied by the following explas
nation: ~
This, let the ,eader remember, is a
translation from a translation. Mr.. Chase
writes in English to the German editor or
some other person or persons at Sandusky.
The letter is translated from English for
the German paper, and appearing there
this extract is re-translated into English
for the Statesman. Ii is more than proba-
BILE that the phraseOlogy is thus modified
from that Of the original copy. The Ger
man copy, as appearing in the Sandusky
paper, is in the hands Of gentleman in
this city"
Since the article appeared in the States
man, Mr.. Chase has sent the following tel
egraphic. dispatch to the 0. S. Journal: (
MOUNT VERNoN, Sept. 5, 1855
/ II have just seen an alleged translation
Of translation Of letter, in the States
man of Tuesday. 1t is so grossly garbled
that il might as well be FeaGERf. In no
letter have expressed any views inconsis-
tent with what have constantly declared
on the stump. Will write by mail.
r @ S. p. CHASE,
The JouruM comments on the above as
follows
This is precisely as we supposed it was
Somebody having come in possession Of .
letter of Mr.. Chase's in which the ques
) tions Of the day were discussed, has, thro
ignorance of the English, OR possibly thro'
, ignorance of the German language, at
tempted 10 convert some passages of it in
to German, fo, the Information of the Ger
} man voters, a large portion of whom are
}, anti Slavery men. And it may be that tn.
thing has been done designedly by somt
+ enemy of the Republican cause, for th'
purpose Of trying to create jealousy in tn,
: Republican ranks. The latter is the mort
natural conclusion, when we consider tha
the first the public see of this miserable
$ trick is in the columns of the Ohio STATES
7 man
t The editor Of the West5ote, German
t and Democrat" too, as we understan,
: it, at once pronounced the whole thing
S bungling affair, and cited the inconsisten
cy of its parts, the following among others
e ''The naturalization term of FIVE years va
nevsr too long for ms-and if it were with
: n my power, 1 would gladly concede
shorter term to any true friend of libert
among emigrants."
g Even the Statesman felt it was asking to
} much Of its readers to swallow the rud
: dose, and therefore apoogized for the pro
! bable modification of the language "fror
that Of the original copyP' If this is nc
!, confession of belief in fraud or forgery
: then language has lost its usual meaning
n And yet, after this warning, CAREFUL
T worded for any contingency, the Statssnaa
!, of this morning, on finding itself taken a
a it's words for once, says it has faith in th
: genuineness Of the letter! We have draw
Il the teeth of the animal so it can't bite
y may run now.
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