Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-08-10
4 Very ptyty rriC,s.

A Very Dtgty Erick.
The Ohio Statesman after battling
Inaniully against the Administra ion, has
mt last surrendered, and is now trying to
atone for his past effort at independence
by doing some Of the very drtiest worl,
that even that party requires of its devo-
teos. On the goth of July, it published a
letter purPorting to be written by the Hon.
John Sherman, Republican Member of
Congress- from the Mansfield district. 1t
headed the article in which the letter ap
pearei thus: "JoHN SHERMAN CAUcuT
IN DIRTY TRICK-TnE BLACK REpUBL1-
CANS REDUCED TO DESPERATION
The Sandusky Register published the
'Sla'esman's" article, and from its char
"cter' and by the authority of Mr.. Sher-
man. pronounced it forgery as follows
1t says
we pronounce the letter forgely-a
oaSe lraud-and denounce il as such. If
tile correspondent at Mt Gilead has IN his
possession "Lhe original letter" as he claims
to have. he is either party to, or "dupes
or the forgery" If he has not the letter
ne Is ooth torger and slanderer. But
"he'her ne has or not, any such pretended
orlginal'" the document is a wholesale
lorgery-an Infamous attempt to belle
poI'tIcal opponent, to which none but a
knave would resort, and not even knave,
except under the most desperate circum-
stances. Again we repeat, Mr.. Sherman
never wrote the printed in the ''States-
man." We should feel fully authorized
to make this statement from our personal
knowledge of Mr.. Sherman, but we have
in addition thereto his direct and explicit
declaration that. the letter is forgery"
ButMr Sherman, not choosing to lie un-
der the infamy of so base forgery, wrote
to The Statesman" as follows:
MANSFIELD July, FL, 1858.
SIR: The letter published in your paper
OF the goth inst, puIporting to be signed
by me, is FORGERY, and its author Il
ScOundreL
Please do me the justice to publish this,
and also tho name OF the man who imposed
upon you the forgery. Truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN.
Editor Of the Statesman"
Could there be anything more reasona-
ble than the demand OF Sherman for the
name of tie "ScOundyeE' who had norno.
lla'ed the forgery ? And if the "States-
man" had been really imposed upon by
villain, and supposed the lettert to be genu
Inc, WHY did he not feel thankful for the
opportunity of exposing the scamp? But
no; he will neither publish Mr.. Sherman's
denial, nor give him the name of the for
ger Whereupon Mr.. Sherman publishes
The following in the estate Journal -
MANSFIELD, O., July 24Lh, '58.
To lie Editor Of tile Ohio State Journal:
SIR : The Statesman" of The goth
published letter p'rporting to be signed
by me, which is forgery. l promptly
wrote to the "Statesman. that the letter
was forgery and its author a scouudrel,
and demanded as an act of Justice that my
note should be published with the name Of
the man who uttered the forgery. This
has not been done, but the editor of the
Statesman" writes me, 81 cannot publish
his name without apprising him Of your
demand aud awaiting a reasonable time
for his answer"
An editor may be the victim of a for
gerry or fraud without fault, but | submit
that he ought promptly 10 expose it, and
not allow me to rest u moment under a
charge Of writing so discreditabe letter,
and one which l have and do now de-
aounce as base forgery.
Very truly you,s,
JOHN SHERMAN.