The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-06-10
Letter from the Editor of the New
York World to the President.


proclamation forgery. The letter is quite
lengthy, and we have only room for
some extracts from it We begin with
THE FoRGA FRY AND THE ANTIDoTE
That proclamation was a forgery, writ
ten BY person who, ever since Your de-
pnrrur- from Springfield for Washington,
III 1861, has euj "!ed private ~ we'll Il,
pnnIc opportunities FOL learning TO coun-
tcrfeit The pecuiiaiItles OF your speech aud
style. and whose service for Years AS "A
CIV ediro, OF The New York Times. ana
upon. he New York 7'riLune. acquainted
him with the entire Newspaper machinery
OF the city. and enabled him to insert his
clever forgery into the regular chanrels by
which we receive news, at a time wien
competent inspection of its genuineness
was Impossible, and suspicion Of its au
thenticify VA, improbable. The manifold
paper, resembling in all respects that up
90 which We nightly receive from our
agents news, ard from the government it.
self oruers. announcements. and procla-
na'ion>, WAS letl with night clerk ahou,
3 or o'clock in the moaning. after the
departure Of every responsible editor, and
WAS a. once passed bS he night editor in
to the hands Of the printers. put in type
and published. No newspaper IN the
country bu, would have been deceived as
We were
Our misfortune was complete AT An
esrIy hour, however. before the business
OF the city had fairly begun. /, was discov-
cred that we had been imposed upon, and
were being made to appear the ins'ru
ments of deception of the public. There
was no delay in vndica'ing our charac-
ter Cur whole machinery for spreading
news WAS sol in motion instantly TO an
nounce that we had bean deceived by 4
foreerv-that your exceiencv had issued
no Proclamation. The sale Of papers over
our counters was stopped. Our bundles
TO the Scotia. bound for Europe that day,
were stopped The owners and purseF's
flies were stopped. New~-room bundles
ana flies "er~ stopped. and 'hs agent o!
The !ns wa, informed thar the pr"clama
ton 80, forgery. Our printers and
pfeesnen were brought from heir homes
and beds to put in type and publish the
news of our misfortune. Our bulletin
boards were plscarded with the offer Of
re wsrd for the discovery Of tie forger {:
and to the agent Of The Associated Press | |
sent a telegram reci'ing all the facts. for |
him to transmit at orce to nearly every |
daily paper IN the North, from Maine TO
California Thus. before the Scotia sail |
ed. hetole Your Secretary Of Safe had of
ficia!lv bra, ded the forgery. he wings
which ~e had given TO Truth had enabled !
her 10 outstrip everywhere the fal.ehood |
manv places the truth arrived before the |
forger had come TO tell his tale
INJURY AND Austria ACTION.
believe. though cannot state of my
own knowledge. that 10 The commanding
generals assertion Of our entire blame
le.sness il was owing that The order for
our ayrrsi and incarceration was rescind
ed. Bu' he order for the suppression of
the World was not rescindrd. Bv your
command General Dix sent strong mill
tarv force TO its publication office and ell
ltoriaI rooms, who elected their occupants.
aud for two DAYS aud three nights heid
possession there. III urins aud ab~'racting
some Of their contents, and permitting 40
one 10 cross the threshold.
II NOT, WHY NOT
I, i. the theory of the law that afe r the
OF any crime, al! proceedings
taken before Trial shall be merely preven-
tive: bur the proceedings taken against
The IF"rM were II The nature OF n sun
mary execution ofjudgment Would tri-
al by law have been d MED, would the
law itself have bpen sci aside for the BAY
onel, would a pr recess a. summary as
drum head courtiDsrtial have been resort
I'd TO by Won, IL peaceful city. far from
the boundaries Of miIirar, occupation. had
the presses which consistently applaud
of This f,rgcr: Had the Tribune and
Times published the forgery (anG The 7ri
bune canadiy admit. that il u,ighr have
published it apd was prevented only b>
mere ciancel ~onld Won III. have sup
pressed the Tribune and Times a. yon
the World aud Journal Of
Conamerce3 You know you would not, =
4 not, why not!
NENT.
The World had sustained the govern
m nj m to