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allowed himself to be duped (that is the sub
stance of ~ r this Forbes" TO The tune Of t
SEQ; that Forbes" dupcd other people 10 the |
harmony Of some 300 !; that he ds3ppta,td
these fellows arc always rhiskins about, now
here nov the1e, now b1 Tho ire-plac jpud suop
upth chimney; tl.at he eaue bncla,-this per.
son calling himself : Forbcs"- said he Ind
bren 70 Kansas; that he wanted money, Which
iMr. Grceley's common seuse having returned
TO him} he did not get. This il positively ull
that yr. Greeley furnishes us as to the i3ea,ity
If "Col Forbes" put it to Mr. Grcsley
whether q jury would give moments attention
to testimony Of this sort il" Col. Forbes we:c
OF trial for sheer stealingy But 3lr. ha,e's les
timony is eyrn less to the point than that Of Nr.
Greeley. lie says tia. man Ealing h;nsstJ
:" Forbss.:: forced a-acquaintunee- oa~ him on
tso or thEee different occasions. Twice be
wished to secnre Mr., ,1Ia!cs services as public
speaker in behalf Of koszta aud Ingrala.p, aud
once be wanted to beg money. Not . word Of
direct testimony as to Forbes" Kansas sersi-
ces; not i word Inconsistent with the theory
tans Forbes WIS gil impostor {aud a veEy inapu-'
dent .one) whose real name was Smith OF
Thompson. ...
II cannot forbear 10 notice one ether eircum-.
t. -stauce cotroborative Of py belief That "Col.
Forbes" il a fiction w are not only required
| to believe TINT "Co}. Forbes" has acted in oil
! manner OF unaccountabie ways, that he has Tun
cnuatcr to the dictates both Of reason and it,
etinct, That his correspondence has been mystt-
,ionsly brought tolght,- but that 'tcol. Forbes
rn1 IL 1aDr FfI40
principle Of transmitting hitherto hoccst people
into arraut falsifcrs! I might instance Mr.
Watts Sherman aud his associates on the Fifth
Avenue Hotel COMMITTEES, LIS well Us the editor
of Mt Asto York Tinsx. These persons tell lis
that " Col. Forbes" SAYS So and SO, but when We
read the Forbes correspondence we find that
"Col. Forbes" does not say so aud so: It is a
plain case of witchcraft or :econd sight, unless
we believe that there is no " Col. Forbes ut all.
Ifthere is no 'Coi. Forbes" and il he is tic por'
ulsr dclusion for tie time being, We can easl>y
perceive how Mr. Waits Sherman may uuaer.
stand him to say oae thing. Ar. Henry J. Kay'
mond another thing, old Mr. Bennett another
thing, anl AIr. Horuce Greeley still another and
wholly different thing! but the idea TINT al
these diverse beliefs can proceed from pa1pa
b!e entity in the city Of New York, easily to b'
seen and couvcrsea with and understood AMI
ascertained about-tell that to the mariues
Vow ask the unprejudicc3 reader, in conclu
sion, il old Mr. Bennett and the other person
who hare turned this fsby correspondence +
account had had Oh Object TO serve in naan"fat
turing ;" Col. Forbes" at this exigcney, wl,ethe
they would not have pursued substantially tn
line Of policy which las jt<" pars"tl, ard whett
/ ! CT they would not naturally isuch is the pronE
acss Of error to land its disciples in the ditch
) lurc led their j" Col. Forbes" 1hrous this MAJ
, ufinconsistencies and at last have fallen then
selyes into hopeless confusion to be ex1ricate
! only by downright faIsehoodx The tiirc tran
e l,iriug betweenthe uarpcr's Ferry outbreak GIL
I the necessary production Of the Forbes corrc
|. iondence, If it were designed to affect tAe th
ton ia Nttr 1etI), did mol permit The weay1a
: cfaperjecUy dtre'eptd p1ot: 1t was essential
,aye few facts connected with kansas }isto'
q however imperfect, however erroneousas
q dates and places-and it twas indispensable
e i,are . man who had at sclnc time or auoih
It seen Horace Greeley and John T. liale! {Sen
e Tor Seward being in Europe, there is no fear
|. =. contradiction from him lefoE< the t{teion}.
d With such fimsy materials we will suppose th'
s l.are pieced together" Col. Forbes" / ask Il
E reader il this suppositioa does not answer Ill Il
J. requirements Of the case, and open an ayen
/. through which the real Forbses, oil and siuguls
|, mar escauc crave im2utatious. II. W.
, Chicago, Nor. !, 1852.