Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-10-28
HoUsE oP REPRESENTATIVES,,

personal and Confidential.
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON. u. C., Jan. %, 1880.
DEAR SIR: Yours in relation 10 the Chi
nese problem came duiy TO hand | take il
that the question Of employees is only ques-
ton Of private and corporate economy and
individuals or companys have the right TO
buy labor where they can get j, the cheap
est We have a treaty with the Chinese
Government which should be religiously
kept until its provisions are abrogated By
the action Of the general government, and
] am not prepared Ia say that il should be
abroga,ed until our own great manufactur-
ing interests are consulted in the matter Of
labor. Very truly yours.
J. A. GARFIELD.
To ii. L. Morey, Employers Union, Lynn,
Mass
Mr.. Barnum, Chairman,,of the Democratic
National Committee, claims TO have the orig
inal and youches for its authenticity. But
now comes the evidence that i, is a forgery,
and this evidence nc; only establishes tina,
fact but it also establishes another fact, tina,
the Democratic Committee have been guilty
Of resorting TO the meanest and most con-
temptible plot for injuring an opponent that
has ever been resorted TO by any party in
the history of the country. First comes the
denial of Gen Garfield. He telegraphed
to Hon Marshall Jewell as follows:
MENTOR, o., Oct %, 1880.
To Hon. Marshall Jewell:
Your telegram Of this afternoon is received.
Within the last hour the mail has brought
me photographic copy Of forged letter
II is the work Of some clumsy villain, who
cannot spell nor write English, nor initiate
my handwriting. Every honest and manly
Democrat in America who is familiar with
my handwriting Will denounce the forgery
ST sight. Put the case in the hands Of the
ablest detective at once, and hunt the rascal
down.
(Signed) IA. GARFIELD.
To Marshal Jewell.
In addition to this declaration from Gen.
Garfield, comes the testimony of the Post
master At Washington, where the letter pur-
ports TO have been mailed, who states that
no such eanceling stamp as appears on the
envelope that contained the alleged letter on
the Chinese question from Gen Garfield to
H. L. Morey, was in use in the Washington
postofhce on the sd of January, the date
the letter is claimed to have been mailed.
An entire new set of cancelling stamps
were placed in use in the Washington post
Office on the 18th of April. The stamp in
question is good representation of the new
stamp but is totally unlike the one in use
in that Office on the 23d of January. the old
stamp being made of rubber and the new
one Of steel. and very unlike in their ar
rsngement.
Nor is this all The most diligent and
careful inquiry in Lynn, shows that no such
person rs II. L. Morey can be found in that
city or is known to have been living there
in January last or at any time in the past
Nor is there any such association as the
Employer Union" existing there nor can
any one be found among the employers in
that city who remembers the existence of
such an association in the past. In short,
the entire weight of evidence supports the
declaration of Gen. Garfield that the letter
is - clumsy forgery" Comment is unnec-
essary. Fair minded people, and this coun-
try is full Of them, viii put the seal of their
condemnation on such practices when the
time comes. Is it viii on Tuesday next.