Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-23
The Cincinnati Commercial and
ssCompIlcIty Will Ircason.r

ssCempiioity with rreason.-
The Cincinnati Commercial bits the nail on the
bead oDee IN eoumeptng upon the GaREIELp
correspondence. for the ex-Geueral and present
" c. assumes the responsibility Of the fraud by
vouchiDg for the authenticity OF the forged let
tiers signed by DAVIS and EcxLts which he caused
10 oe read IN the House a. genuine II .ays:
The Indianapolis Sentinel seems in trouble
about ihe letters Of Introduction. DHrporfiBg 10
have been written by Congressman J. q. Da-
VS. ani Judge ID X Eckles. Of Indiana.
Again the same paper say:
The probability about the letter 70 that Judge /
Eckles aud Mr. Davis will not venture 10 deny /
that they wrote them They bear upon their 4
face evidence not Of forgery but of suthentici- +
~"
Mr. DAVIS does deny most broadly that he ever
wrote such letter. he pronounce- il not only
forgery. but states that he never wrote a letter
70 JoHs @. BRrcxISnIpeE upon any subject
Judge EcKIEs. We understand. j. not Mt home,
but as soon as the infamous charge reaches him.
his denial will be equally emphatic and general.
The course Of the Commercial in this matter
proves Il to be maIicou. partissn press. I.
srrsigns and condemns men upon ex parte
evidence TO advance party schemes and CRAFTY
its party prejudices. Gen. GARFIELD. according
70 the testimony Of the Commercial. admits that
for months. During all that time he takes no
steps TO procure the evidence of their auihentici-
ty; he does not even institute judicial inyes
tigation Of the matter, nor does be give
those gentlemen any intimation that such
letters in his possession the opportunity to
exculpate themselves. Throughout the whole
matter Gen. GARFIELD has acted the partizan.
Judging the honor and integrity o. mis- political
opponents by his own standard and that of hs
party friends, he takes il for granted that they
are equally INSCRIPTIONS and dishonest This
seems 20 be his rule OF action
But the evidence Of the fraud does not rest
upon the denial Of Messrs. DAVIS and EcKLEs. |
We published. yesterday. the most ndubitable 4
proof that the letters which purported To have |
been written by those gentlemen we're forgeries-
that they had nothing more To do in writing or
preparing them than the Commercial folks them |
selves. The Commercial has been swift in its
efforts 20 convict Messrs. DAVIS and EcxLEs of
''eomplicity with treason" and We will now see
whether 1t will be equally prompt to relieve those
gentlemen from the unjust charges against them
which IL has been so fast TO circulate.
The Commercial charges. also, that Messrs.
DAVIS and EcKLrs are "sympathizers with the
rebellion In that regard the Commercial
should remember what our Savior said upon a
certain Occasion-'He that is without sin cast |
the first stone" That paper aided and abetted
he rebellion. II was in favor of disunion rather
than civil war. IL conceded that secession was
only revolution. and that the rebel States had
the same right to throw off their allegiance to
the Federal Government that the colonies had
to declare their independence of the British
Government. 1t also contended that the with
drawal Of the rebel States would prove no dis
advantage to the North. if liberal commercis
Intercourse was secured. and in that event
II would be an advantage. The Commercial has
proven false to its own convictions of right and
expediency. and Why? II could make more
money by being dishonest than honest. And this
spirit of svarice, so forcibly illustrated in the
case of the Commercial. has done more to con-
terrible burdens which will follow il. far more |
than all other causes combined. Hereafter, /
whenever the Commercial feels like denouncing |
its political opponents for disloyalty. advise it
to first apply the mirror to its own face-to first
witness its own short eomings and deformities. |
before il charges delinquencies upon its adverse
ries
From the Terra Haute Journal.
An Abolition Lite from the Halls of
Cenxress-A Forgery ON Hon. John
q. DAVIS, Ex.Mcmb Der OF Congress,
fross this Distrtct--A ytilainOus out I
rage.
In the published proceedings of the House of
Representatives on the l9th the following para
graph appears:
The Committee rose, when Mr. Garfield, of
Ohio. proceeded to make good his former asser-
sertions. nv producing letter from Judge Eek
les, OF Indiana, which came into his possession
recommending Young mn 10 John Breck-
euridge. DESTROYS of entering the service of .
the South in some cspacifv. and recommending
him asa faithful man. The writer said that the I
bearer OF the letter Was formerly connected with /
the Union army. but became Disguised with it /
Sir. Garfield also produced similar letter from I
Mr.. John q. DAVIS. remarking that Mr. Davis I
Was formerly member ut congress from lndi- /
ana and the predecessor OF Mr. Voorhees,"
We are authorized by Hon John G. Davis. TO /
pronounce the letter produced nv Garfield. pur-
porting to have been written by Mr. Davis to
Breckenridge. a FORGERY base lie from 1
beginning to end He authorizes us to further I
say that he has never written "A letter 10 Breck- I
enridge on that any other subject The let
ter il forgery perpetrated by the abolition lea
ders of this district for political purposes
cowardly and villainous crime for which they
will be held responsible before the people.
STATE ITEMS.