The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
THE GARFIELD-MoREY LETTER.

We publish this morning photographic
| fac siniIe of ]. A. Garfield's letter to H L.
Morey The sentiments contained in the
letter, which the New York Herald RIO
nounces ''atrocious and indefensibN,"
should sink down into the hearts of work
ingnen like lead into still water
The letter strikes a deadly blow at the
dignity of labor and absolutely favors the
monstrous proposition of reducing labopers to
chatties.
1t is General Garfield's brief in the case of
employers VS.. employees, in which he takes
the side Of the employer and boldly asserts
that to enable his clients to buy labor
where they can buy it cheapest, the impor-
tation of Coolies, the most abject race on
the globe, should be the Americah policy.
Mr.. Garfeld's partisan and political
friends are now crying out forgery"
The first question of importance suggested
by the Morey letter is, are the sentiments
embodied in that letter in consonance with
General Garfeld's public record upon Chi
nese immigration?
The public mind vii, not fail tosgrasp the
interrogatory in all of its importance, and
the reply will be that the sentiments ex-
pressed in the Morey letter are absolutely in
accord with General Garfield's votes to defeat
a bill having for its express object the re-
striction of Chinese immigration to the
United States. The bill in question restricted
ships from bringing more than ten Chinese
to the United States at one time and inn
posed fine OF 800 upon the vessel for each
Chinaman in excess of that number. Gen.
eral Garfield opposed the bill 1t passed;
President Hayes vetoed it, and General Gar
field voted TO sustain the veto.
Again, if the Morey letter is a forgery, why
did not General Garfield promptly pro-
nounce it forgery over his own signature?
The Morey letter was published in the
New York Truth Wednesday, October 20,
and telegraphed over the country. On
Wednesday evening Mr.. A. S. Hewitt in a
speech said:
Some people may incline TO pronounce 1t a for
| gerry. have seen IL. / am familiar with General
| Garfeld's signature. have compared it with his
letters in my possession. and have doubt 1t Is
| genuine. II 1t be forgery. IL Is the work of a
consummate artist: but II thought. after exam
fnation. there was the slightest doubt OF Its au-
thenucity should not refer to 1t.
The New York Herald took deep interest
in the matter, as is shown by the following
editorial paragraph in its issue OF Saturday,
the 23d:
On receiving report of Mr.. Hewitts speech the
Herald on Wednesday evening telegraphed Gen.
eral Garfield at Mentor, stating what Mr.. Hewitt
had 50 positively asserted adding that he tGen-
eral Garfield) would probably think It advisable
to deny over his own name the authorship Of the
letter. offering. If he had not the letter. to
telegraph it to him at once, and opening the Her
AIDS columns TO him for denial
General Garfield took three days TO de-
liberate. His denial was not written until
the 2Sd. In the meantime the Republican
organs and managers had created terrible
pressure upon him. Uncontradicted, his
case was lost and the Republican party was
defeated. Under this pressure General Gar
field denied the authorship of the letter, and
pronounced IL a forgery. His delay was