National Republican., 1880-11-10
THE MoREY FORGERY.

There was more inlamy and more mis-
chief in the MoREY forgery letter than in
any political invention that has occurred
for years. Tr fling and unimportant as
it would seem at n glance to be, it was never
theless an Internal machine, charged with
disaster TO the republican cause on the Pa
cific slope and in the state of New Jersey.
1t was grave crime, which only the in
carnatiou Of deprayity would or could en-
act. The states of California and Nevada
are deeply interested in the question of
Chinese labor and the people there are so
sensitive that they are easily excited and
influenced by any indication that the senti-
ment that labor should be obtained where
IL can be bought cheapest has obtained or
Is gaining force. The forged sentiment
which was attributed to General GARFIELD
is repulsive to the workers of the country,
and the first impression became too strongly
stamped upon the laboring mind to he cn-
tirely effaced, even under an exposure of
the rascaity that sent forged document
all over the country Truth did not sue
cessfully overtake the lie, and hence great
damage was inflicted upon the republican
cause by that bold and unmitig ated crime
II, however, failed Of it's ultimate purpose.
1t did not defeat General GARFIELD, though
1t weakened his majority. 1t did not kill,
though it wounded. But the failure in ac-
c0mplishing its most heinous ends does not
mitigate the crime or palliate the depravity
of those engaged in the internal scheme.
This instance of party bas eness is with
out parallel in the history of American
politics True, TWEED robbed the state of
New York Of its rightful governor and
gave it one who had not been elected, but
that was fraud in the count-not n crime
like this MoREY forgery. This letter was
gross forgery, AMI hence was q cri me that
entities the perpetrator to penitenti ary life
as n punishment. Then the Rccomplices
in this crime have added to 1t that of per-
jury showing that one crime begets another
when men lease themselves to acts of crimi-
nality.
The conduct of Mr.. HEWITT when on the
witness stand to give testimony in the
PnILP case was such ns to impress the
spectator with the opinion that he was
ready in his desperation to resort to any
measure of perlidy that might aid an escape
from his dilemma lie swore in very posi-
tive terms that the letter which Genera
GARFIELD had emphatically pronounced
stupid forgery was genuine in signature
II he did not write the body Of the mssive
There is no doubt that when HEWITT thu
testified he knew that the letter in question
had never been written or seen by Genera
GARFIELD before its uterance to the pub
lie. In this he dove deeper into perfdy
than any politician who pretended to b.
respectable was ever before known to de
scend into that pool. This should dis
tnclly establish his status in the public es
timation and permanently hold him upor
the estate he has accumulated As we have
said before, and as we now repeat, Their
are three men-BARNUM, HEwGTrand RAN
DALL--wllo should be taught by Presiden
GARFIELD that there is to be no socia
recognition at the presidential mansion fol
men who will trent any candidate as they
have treated him during the late campaign
They should learn that there is such q
thing rs social ostNcism to reward politi'
cal outlawry.