, 1880-11-14

E: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER
celved in New York aud stamped in the receiving
department ou- the Hth or I'D dny OF the san1e
month, as those are the only dates of which the
tigt,re "2" can be the terminal number; that Il
WIS sent to the station and delivered tp tho per
| SON 10 whom 1T was addressed. whose na1nc bc'
you'd ull doubt, was NOT " II. j.. Mercy. for III thai
case no crasurc woudhHte been necessary: that
this envelope hns, since ts receipt anu delivery
III New York, been taKen mud used by some per-
| son bcntGo criminal purpose, who erased
therefroiu the lame OF the person to whom IT
| WINS originally addressed and delivered, and
every date Of the month and day that would
I Clearly show when it WIS in tact mailed ind re-
ccived, for the purpose OF putting into It let
! ter antedAted to dAy prior to the nomination
1t Gen. Garfield, and on which he wits known to
| have been III Washington; and that such person
wrote Or caused TO be written thereon the ad"
dress, :" H. L. Morey, Lynn, Mass. for tho ppr-
pose Of deccivinR the publisher OF the newspaper
j to whom itmiehs DC delivered into the belief
| that the letter it should inciose WIS tho genuine
letter of ]. Il. Garfield. Doubtless it was not
supposed that tho envelope would be the subject
| of much scrutiny The letter itself was the
great subject Of bis thoughts, and the envelope.
| ho probably presumed, having served its pur-
pose, would failsunheedcd into tho publishers .
! wAsIe- bnskct.
| All tho facts above enumerated, which dis
| close so clearly the character Of tits envelope
bear with no less force upon the question:. Is
| the letter forgery? It is next to Impossible
that they CHI be true and the letter be genuine:
but they are reinforced by other facts which
remove from my mind the last shadow OF doubt.
There was no such person rs "John W.
/ Goodall, Of Lynn, MaseL." by whom the letter
! which accompanied the Morey letter to Mr.
Hurt purports TO have been written. 1t is proved
most clenrfy TINT no such person as Il. {. Morcy.
Us being the person to whom the letter purports
to be addressed, ever existed. The experts on
both sides agreo that the Morcy letter, both in
body and signature, was written by the same
hand, some OF {lom declaring there. eau be no
doubtabout It. An examination Ut the letter itself
seows tha fuct to every person whu is free from
obljQulty Of vision or perversIon Ut Judgment
HEWITT.
Mr. HeWitt's connection With this letter, and
the transactions that have grown out Ut IL arc,
to suy the least of the most extraordinary
character. According to the testimony OF Mr.
Hart, when he tlart) received the letter, the
very singular manner in which If reached him
aroused his suspicious He saw its Importance.
If genuine. rs d weapon of deudly powerin the
hands Of Garheld's political foes. He wits not
satisfied t0. publish it Upon the examination
which he anu bis editorial stat could mako. and
therefore took tho letter and envelope to the
Democratic National Committee for inspection.
He there saw M= Hewitt, Mr- Barnum, Mr.
Randall aud several others. Mr. Hurt showed
them the papers. and suid, in substance, that no
did not want to publish the letter II it was Il
forgery, but II genuine he did, and wanted
no other paper to get ahead OF him in its
publication. dc says tt was examined by
all the persons named, but Mr.. Hewitt
made the closest and most careful examination,
and spent fully half an hour in its examination.
and thon pronounced the letter, both the body
and signature, to be III
TIE HANDWRITING OF GEN. GARFIELD.
Photographs were then tuken for tho use Of the
Nationni Comn, itteo, and Mr. Hart returned
with the letter to'his Office. But his mind was
not fully satisfied. and so, late in the eyoning,
he sought and found Mr. Hewitt agui,l, and was
again assured. Hewitt had examined Il large
number Ut Gen. Gar1eds letters, and said the
Morey letter was genuine, and this WAY cnchcd
by tulpressing Mr, Hart's mind with the idea
that he would have made it out forgery II he
could. 1t Is not very surprising thar Mr.. Hart,
with the usuul anxiety Of newspaper publish
ers to be ahead Of their nclghbors,
should have published tho letter without
further inquiry. but it is astounding that u 1nan
OF known sag.clty, Of great experience in busi-
ness and IN PUBLIC affairs, and who Is supposed
to have decent respect for truth and JUSTICE,
and who speaks % i'm expert In reading and
writing, with au the suspicious circumstances
that attended the reception Of the letter; with
the envelope and It's erasures before him: with
the city Post~O Otfcc and station stamps on Its
back: with the efter marked "PcrsonaI rrd
CONFIDENTIAL" and addressed to some person
whom he certainly aid not know; with that let
ter before him. th4 ecdntents of which, II true,
would be greatly Injurious, and, II false. would
do wrong to bis Ultimate friends as base and
wicked as an assassh' stab, should have thought
4: Just to press andrause Its publication without
urst removing all doubt na to its character. >
However much the equitable division may
leave tor others, upon Mr.. Hewitt must rest
THE LARGER s4fARE sR1 % OF TIE RESPONSE
OF the first publication Of the base aud shame
ful forgery, and his subsequent relation to the
forgery dogs not lift Il single shadow from his
conduct. He was member Of the National
Committee. He doubtless knew the extentan
purposes for which It was taken and used By
that Committee, and that 1t went forth to tho |
country with the sanction OF his Endorsement
He knew beyond question that it met speedily
with an Indignant denial Of Gen. Garfield, who
denounced the letter as "a base and stupid
forgery and its sentiments as brutal"
Under our statutes the uttcrer OF forged In |
strumcnt, with Knowledge of its falsity Is
placed in the same rank Of criminatity with the |
forger. Had the subject of forgery in this case |
been Instruments purporttug to be obligations !
Of Gen. Garfield, and be had publicly declared |
them to be forgerie$ who could thereafter send |
them forth and circulate them throughout the !
Commonwealth With his rcprescntion OF genu-
incness, without ineurrlng the penalties Of the !
law? The difference IS purely statutory, and in |
u moral forum wholly vauishcs. .,
Ny mind has reached the clear convlc ton
that the so-calied Morey letter, in body. sIgna-
ture, and all its parts, Is not In the handwriting
of Gen. Garfield. but is
,ALTo0ETlIER A FORGERY
perpetrated by some person or body Of persons |
for the purpose Of deceivng the people and de-
fraudng them and Gen. Gnrticid OF their votes
Tho evidence bcnrlug upon Philips guilt or In
nocence Ut forgery. Is vulufninous. and would
demand careful analysis Taken In connection !
With other evidence in the case, it tends to es-
tnbish conspiracy to accomplish a National
crime. The conspiracy points to men in other
quarters, and OF far. higher POSITIONS Of whom
he may have been the accompl4ce. or only the
tlupe and tool. 1t ia better, therefore, that tho