The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-10-28
NAILED.
The Latest Democratic Lie About
Garfield.


THE CHINESE LETTER A FORGERY.
The ptndacator of last week, and the
Democratic papers generally of the country.
published the forged letter purporting to be
signed by Gen. Garfield. issued from the
Democratic Committee by Mr.. Barnum, its
Chairman. 1t will be seen from the notice
taken of it, that the whole affair was pure
fabrication. resorted to in the last DAYS of
the campaign, in the hope of arrestipg the
terrible and widespread reaction which
has set in against Hancock and the Demo-
cratic party:
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, d. c., January 49, $780,
Dear s1r,-Yours in relation to the Chinese prob
lem came duly to hand. take it that the question
OF employees is only question of private and cor
porate economy, and individuals and companies
nave the right to buy labor where they get 1t
cheapest. We have treaty with the Oh inese gov
eminent, which should be religiouly kept until Its
provisions are abrogaed by the action of the gener
al government am not prepared to say that it
should be abrogated until our great manufacturing
interests are conserved in the matter Of labor.
Very truly yours, j. A. GARFIELD
To H. L. Morey, Employers Union, Lynn Mass.
The Democratic papers print this and a telegram
with 1t from Chairman Barnum of the National
NEW YORK. October 90
The committee hold that it is of no consequence
whether the man to whom 1t the letter. Is addressed
is alive dead, the important question being as to
the genuneness of the signature only On this point
Speaker Randall recognizes the signature, and Mr..
Abram S. Hewitt, in public meeting at Chickering
Hall tonight, declared that, by comparison with
letters In his possession the signature is In the
handwriting Of Mr.. Garfield.
WILLIAM Il. BARNUM.
A number of the most prominent manu-
facturers of Lynn, Mass representing
100000 of capital, sign the following GER
tifcate:
LYNN, MASS, October q, 1880
The undersigned shoe manufacturers of this city
hereby state that there never any organization
or association called the employers Union and we
do not know any man by the name of H. L. Morey
who was ever employed by us or a resident of this
city.
Samuel M. Bubier, B. II. DaakeS & Co., sss>
John Shaw cd & Bro. Joseph Davis Co,
e. ;. SWeetzer { Co., Luther H. Johnson
:. BuDier Bros, A. F. Breed,
S. J. Hollis, Jerome ingalls,,
G. A. Coffin & Co., G. D. Pecker 4 Co.,
Keene Bros, Morgan & Fore.
Charles B. Tebbetts, F. W. Breed
b. F. Spnney Co.,
To put the whole matter at rest, however,
and place the brand of W ilful and deliberate
forgery and falsehood on it. the National
Republican Committee. on the 23d, issued
but lUllOWluS
eve have received and have in our possession the
following telegram from Gen. Garfield in reference
to the forged letter recently published by the Dem
ocratic Committee on the Chinese labor question:
MENTOR, OHIO October o. 1880.
Sion. NJ JetoeU and Hon. S. w. Dorsey:
I" will not break the rule have adopted by MAX
ing public reply to campaign lies but I authorize
you to denonnce the so-caled Morey letter bold
forgery, both in its language and in its sentiment
Until It's publication heard of the existence
of the Employers Union of Lynn, Mass, nor of
such a person as Fl. L. Morey.
lSignedI HJAMES A. GARFIELD"
The same committee also furnish the following:
HEADQUARTERS NATIONALLY
'REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE,
"October %, 1865 P. M.
"To the Public: The following dispatch has this
moment been received from Gen. Garfield:
"MENToR, OHIO, October %, 1SS0.-Io Hon. Mar
shall Jet0eU: Your telegram of this afternoon is
ceived. Publish my dispatch If you think best.
Within the last hour the mail has brought a
photographic copy of the forged letter. 1t is the
work of some clumsy william who cannot spell, or
write English, or initiate my handwriting Every
honest and manly Democrat in America who is ia
miliar with my handwriting will denounce the for
gerry at sight. Put the in the hands of the
abest detectives at once and hunt the rascal down.
lS1gnedI 50. A. GARFIELD
FORGED CANCELLING STAMP