The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-30
The Wilson Forgery Again.

EE The Democrats, beaten in their at
tempt to fasten that infamous libel upon
a Republican elector of Massachusetts,
fell back upon the declaration that Mr..
WILSON was an assistant elector Of that
State. This proven to be also lie, they
have now shifted the responsibility upon
the Republicans of Indiana, and released
those of Massachusetts. 1t seems that
Mr.. JonS M. Wilson is a contingent cleo
tor upon the Republican ticket of Indi-
ana, and that this lie was concocted two
years ago, when he was running for Con-
gress and Notwithstanding it was re-
futed then fully, the Democracy have
again revived it for capital during the
present canvass. Mr.. WILSON puts a
quietus upon it in the following letter
and certificate to the New York Iri-
June
SlE:-The speech attributed to me and no.
ticcd i'll the Tribune of the 18th inst, under the
title OF " The Party of Forgery is a torqery-
In the \ ear 1893, made speech in the town
! OF Salem, Washinton CO., Ind before an audi
ence of 5000 or 500 people. In 1856, was
a candidate for Congress in the ID District
OF Indiana against VIM. II. English, but no
pretended speech of the kind then appeared
In lo5o | was again candidate for Congress
against the same man, and during the canvass
some one wrote the pretended speech and pub
llshed it in the Salem Democrat. 1t was inlme-
diately refuted by a certificate of 80 men, native
and foreign born Democrats us well as men be-
longing to the Peoples party-to which l then
belonged-who We're present and heard my
speech of 1888 herewith send said certificate.
1t was published in all our papers in the %
Congressional District during the canvass and
the result was that in our district, which has IL
very large foreign population, Mr.. English
majority over me in 1858 was near 900 less
than it was in 1856.
This year was made contingent Eleetor
for the State at large in Indiana on the Repub-
lcan ticket, and the counterfeit Democracy have
republishcd that lie in all parts of the West
Where there was a foreign population 1t has
been followed, however 10y the refutation, and |
thank 1T has done no harm.
Yours very truly, JOHN NJ WILSON.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Oct IL, 1860.
The certificate to which Mr.. Wilson
refers, is as follows
" The undersigned citizens of Salem lay-
ing seen in THE Washington Democrat of the
10Th inst, an article purporting to be a part of
II speech delivered in tins place in September
1880, by John NJ Wilson, conceive it to be
their duty, in justice to Mr.. Wilson and truth,
to say that the pretended extract of the said
speech is gross misrepresentation from beginn-
ing to end, both of the sentiments and langua ge
uttered by Mr.. Wilson on that occasion-that
the spirit and sentiment of Mr.. Wilson S speech
We're wholly different from that represented by
| the Democrat-that he did not use the low
flung abuse, neither in language, meaning nor
style, toward the foreign population of this
country, as represented in the article alluded
| to.
(Signed B f. Huston, ". r. Bentley. f.
! '. Hogan, q. e. Zornman, J.. Stnsbury j. b.
! Glover, l.. b. Hopkins, VIM. Thompson, d.
/ Knight, NJ. NJ. Birdsong, Robert Strain W II
Munson, James Courson, A. Martin, H. Mony-
han, K. Chamberlain, j. II. Mccoy, g. 5. Nc
Coy, I. s. Webb, Daniel Richardson, John 5.
Teagarden, I. g. Glover, ST., 5. Meredith JOS
| eph Hays. O. NJ. Lemon, B. Lee, Robert Upp-
lnghouse, Ezra ID. Davis, Thomas Robinson.
james Dixon, VIM. Hitchcock Robert Morris,
|. McClackey, Vim. Strain, VIM Martin, Geo
Price, Jessie White, James II. Caube. S. b.
Baker, VIM. H. Bright, Joel X. Martin, w. A.
Ferguson, John Blackman, Ezra H. Martin
Ransom Wright, l.. NJ. Charles, Thos. Graves
James Martin, Frank Martin, Hanson Martin
" The undersigned was present at the Mass
Meeting referred to above and took copious
notes OF Mr.. Wilson's speech, which were pub
lished in The Salem True FIag few days after.
wards. lie has no hesitation, therefore, i'm bro
nouncing the pretended speech of Mr. Wilson
rs recently published in the Saien, Democrat, a
miscrably false and caluminous fabrication from
beginning to end. He made no such speech rs
that imputed to him, nor anything like it.
L. 5. HOPKINS.