Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-27
THE MoREY LETTER.
statement Issued by the Democrat
ic National Committee.
tonuection with the Chinese Le''
ter fully and Clearly
Explained.

1Npw YoRK. Nov. 12.-The execu-
,;v.. committee of the Demscratic
National Committee held a private
m Getting to-might. which was NOT 6sea
n,,,ii~ne.rly9 midnight. Members
| ureseu, were - w. h. Rarnum, Fred
erick q. Priuce of Massachusetts
Abram S. Hewitt. VIM. W. Arm
| sAonu. Ohio land William g.. Scet.,
PENNSYLVANIA. Hiram seAtsinson'
c,,airmam OF the democratlc STATE com
| mi,tee of Vermont, acted sss P'oAy
for Bradley d. SIN m,lley,GofeVermon.;
Charles j. Canda, treasurer Oh .nr
Alyah w, Salloway, aud Wm. =.
Whi,ney.corporat counsel Of this
city. as proxy for rOuterbridxe hoTSey
nf MARYLAND. Barnum presided. Inc
J committee issued the following ao-
dress fEae esDaq afds{ssts.
! In response to inquiries, the nation
al democratic committee makes the
i following statement i'll, reference "
q The sn-calied Morey letter:
q |. Neither the committee nor a"y
!. subcommittee thereof has ever ~"
~ ,rv mc,ipn in reference 10 .ne ie''o,
70 , That It wa. first called TO the at
i ,..-,,i,,n of the Chairman of the COM
- mi,iee on the night before its paeil.
, lion in ihe Truth on-the ZOth o'
~ 0 tpber. ,s s!.l ,.-
- 3 That tie chairman thercupo" re-
% aus ,ted Sm,ite. member OF the 'o''
%. ulttcr to examine the ie'tcr' wv
B. o,ru,ission 10 do SD was reiueea AT
''5 the = iii T.. If tie Truth.
~ l. That no member OF the comthi'-
81 Ii, ever saw the letter, or any copy
''o or p,.t on ii, reuf until alter ite P"o
rs iic.,iun. or was in any wise concefieo
ahy
"a, thereto, or gave ANY a"si'e
PSI .uce thereto. ,,n
IA > rnai Hart. publisher Of Truth.
5%s ~. n,o.ybt the originsl letter I" lhe
s5s u,.auouurters, No. 1873, Fifth ave"uc,
2i2 nm the afternoon OF the, ZOth OIL Oc-
,.is 5,s I,her where it was seen tor the first
-. Inn. by anv member of the commit
,3s tre nud linen examined by several
> 20 members OF the committee and other
3ls uprsous not members. All those VINO
-. were famiiinr with the handwriting
lo2 of Gen. Garfield came to the coheius-
W. S$ ion that the letter was genuine.
ga 6, The committee decided 70 pur-
iss ,.h,se reasonable number Of electro.
~ ,ype plates of the fac-simile when
s44 mad already been prepared by the
~ Truth. e..
s. 7. That no denial having come from
eS Gen. Garfield of the authenticity o
i1s ,Ss The letter, notwithstanding the teie
s48 ,raphic demand of the New ort
ls9 s,s Herald and very sharp leader II
lhat paper, the committee decided I.
-. s,ve out the eiectrotype plates. W hic'
a.i au was accordingly done. The proprie
% w of this action was not douDteo
10 10 the committee as the letter seemeo
i'H De in harmony with Gen. Garneia'
Il views upon the subject covered
39s 39s the letter, gathered from public rec
$50 ords of undoubted genutneness; :.
40 8. That the first complete denis
10 Was not published until four days a
42l ar the original publication In IL
emni IA ruth, and 10 this denial, uusuppor
SIS ed Nv any other evidence, the con
49,; nittee, in view Of Garfeld's conne
~ ion with other scandals, attached
LOSS weight.
g 9. That therefore, when :, 'd., eviden ~,
vas offered to show that Morey W
s5g real person aud not myth. I
20 20 committee called for his productio
.s thew were bound to do in order
so arrive at the truth. dslrI
W. 10. That il tho letter has be
lS5 forged or any fraud committea
%. reference thereto, or any false e
2s5 ience been given, il has been do
sss sei without the knowledge, consent
- priyi,y of the committee, or q
4s member thereof
isS Finally, the committee approse>
1865 III honest measures to punish
81! md ali persons who have comhli'
IS ls5 my vioi"tioi OF the law, anu ~
no interest IN this matter but 10
CAN i've AT the very truth of the an
That there should be doubt as TO
authenticity OF the letter is lare
I'd anu due To The faiiure of the prosecut
}, they TO put Gen. G4iiield on the stand.
By order of the. committee.
III the WM. H. BARNUM, Chr
ninery FREDERICK o. PRINCE, Sec'ry