The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-08
THE FORGED LETTERS.

CARD FROM HON. ANDREW JOHNSON.
We give below the letter OF Senator Johnson, OF Ten.
exposes the base forgeries which put In
circulation by the Richmond EaQuirer.
correspondence twcen himself and Amos A. Lawrence
of Boston, and then proceeds - folows-
No one, am sure. could have been more surprised
than at the appearance Of the above article AS had
ect Of East Tennessee AFFAIRS with the view Of obtaining
T aasSoy that
bass OF ths mendacious article, and therefore wrote
to Mr. Lawrence he nrst aud only letter ever written
evor) requesting him TO forward TO me the original
loier letters upon which bis draft had been predi
Gated. :.
have just received hsreply thereto in which he OK
presses bis regret the deception prsctsed encoses
two letters, parporsng 10 have been written By me- as
foows:.- ~ Il.
IPrlva;s.l . Eso3yn1x. Tenn, May Is, 1861.
Ss .nd 10 81
aid IA the way Of money men ana sTms lean sa0lsed IN
as
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stat: Wi, no. lei have money there
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pronounce both Of the above letters deliberate, 1u
the view not only Of njurns me- but Of Damaging the
Union patty & Tennessee, BY connecting wS North.
ern men and Northern means IN manner supposed be
obnoxious 70 the noble patriots OF my State Tho
letter Of the 18th ultimo seems the private letter
to which Mr. Lawrence refers In his eter as published
IN the Enqairer aud upon which the draft drawn.
Tnis Is the hrst forgery st ss; 81
The letter OF the 9th inst coarly SHOWS that the daft
which could not be made available palpabe WAS tho
irauawas to be retained and used In the OF nur
ing me Just ~ circumstances might favor while the call
for or $4,000 In New England currency In large
bs favorAby responded to, would have served indi
vdual purposes, and doubt not would have been un.
heetatngy used therefor To make this fraud and bold
attempt at robbery still more conclusive will state the
fact that on the 10th Nay the Of the first letter
a. and large Union meeting
Knoxville, where the above letters were written ana
Mailed and the 9th Of june the date Of the second let
ter was filling one o. the series o. appointments a. Mont
Of Knoxville, let be remembered s about seventy ave
miles distant from Greenvile, my Post Office address
the letters the signatures thereto, the slightest stint
larity to my handwriting or SIGNATURE. 5 saArssf
II would have been Impossible for such fraudulent
and mail obbng transaction to have been carried on In
the Post Olco, 1t Knoxville without tho knowledge or
consont at the Postmaster and he and his confederatss
must be held responsible for II by enlightened public
Judgment Time may develope all the facts connected
with this aud other transactions similar character
peTpetraed at the Post Once. have not ade
this statement Of facts for the purpose OF generating
tion based upon the publication Of the Richmond En-
9uiry, for feel that stand beyond the reach Of their
shafts Of calumny and defamation but my object is TO
expose the dshonorable and wicked means reeorted 10
by accession" to carry out its nerous and corrupt de-
s'gus in attempting TO overthrow and break up thu best
government the world ever saw.
WAsH;s0roy CIR, June 80, 1851.