Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-25

The most stupid Of all these unbl1sh
ing lies is the one charging him with
writing the following letter, to Mr. Fl.
L. Mercy Of the employers Union,
Lynn, Massachusetts,:
personal AND CONFIDENTIAL
HoUsB or REPRESENTATIVE,
WAsHNeTsN, D. c., January %, 1850.
DEAR SrR:-Yours in relation to the
Chinese problem came duly to hand.
take it that the question Of en-
ployes is only question Of private and
cooperative economy, and individuals
or corpora atoms have the right to buy
labor where they Gan get it cheapest.
We have treaty with the Chinese
Government which should he religious
ly kept until its provisions are abro.
gated by the action of the General Gov
eminent, and am not prepared to say
that it should be abrogsted until oar
great manufacturing interests are con-
served in the matter of labor.
Very truly yours, J. A. GARFIELD.
H. L. MoRKY, Employers Union,
Lynn, Mass.
TAe letter was given TO the public
last Tuesday through suspicious and
obscure paper misnamed The Truth OF
New York. Since that time the Demo.
cratic papers have been proclaimirg
the lie all ever the country, coffee pot
Wallace giving the Democrats Of viii
mington IN ipstslment of it last Friday
night in the Opera House.
General Garfield being notified Of the
letter telegraphed on Friday to the
National Republican committee as fol
lows:
MENTOR. Ohio, Dot. %, 1880.
To THE HoN. ii. JRwELL AND THE HoH
s. W. DORSEY:
Twill not break the rule / have
adopted by making public reply to cam
paign lies, but l authorize you to de
nounee the so. called Mercy letter as q
bold forgery, both in its language and
sentiment. Until it's publication
never heard OF the existence OF "The
Employers Union" of Lynn, Mass, mol
of such person as H. L. Morey.
J. A. GARFIELD.
In the meantime inquiry and search
was made for II. L. Morey, and no suct
q man could be found at Lynn, Massa
chusetts, or any place about Lynn
neither could any trace be found Of thu
''Employers Union" he pretended t.
spresent. The Truth, however IL
order to bolster up the fraud, will
brazsn faced effrontery dared Mr.. Gar
cid to deny the letter over his owl
ignature, and If he did, 1t promised Il
roduce the original Mercy and the let
er. General Garfield Immediately 40
osptsd the challenge and on saturda,
wrote 40 follows:
MENTOR, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1880.
To THE Hon. MARSHALL JEWELL:
Your telegram Of this afternoon ia re-
oeived. publish my dispatch Of Las
evening, II you think best. With
the last hour the mail has brought m
the photographic copy Of the forged lei
ter. 1t Is the work Of some olums
villain, who oaunot spell nor writ
English, nor initiate my handwriting
Every honest and manly Den ocrst /
America who Is familiar with my hand
writing will denounoe the forgery 8
sight. Pat the case in the hands Of tn
abIest detectives at opce, and hunt tb
rascal down. J. A. GARpIELD.
The burthen Of proof now rests wit
these who started this stupid lie. 1t
lie in the whole cloth, . ft matter
be palmed of az truth by a man wi
was engaged In issuing fraudulel
naturalization papers an 4 ooloriug the
with coffee essence to make them loo
old. Barnum's lie thatthe Republica,
were sending rspe tiers to Florida
csrry the election in that State
smother lie that Is recoiling with fes
ful eftee upon the heads Of the origin