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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-10-31
NOT A EORGERY.

The arrest of one of the editors of Truth
for libeling Gen. Garfield in the Chinese
letter is evidently a desperate effort to break
the effect of unpleasant facts. The Repub-
licans have been most industrious in their
falsehoods on this occasion. They have as
serted that % there was no such thing as
an Employers Union in Lynn. whereas it is
now proved that there was such an organiza-
ton (2) that there was no such person as
Morey, whereas it is now proved that Morey
lived in Lynn at the time and was actively
engaged on the side of the manufacturers
against the strikers (3) that the stamp in
use at the Washington city post Office had
been changed on April 49, SO that the post
mark on the alleged Morey letter could not
be genuine, whereas envelopes have been
produced in this city which prove that Post
master Ainger's statements are falsehoods,
and that the postmark of the Chinese letter
bears prima .jacie evidence OF genuineness.
Great stress has been placed upon the evil
dence of the handwriting. Now, whatever
hireling experts may say to the contrary,
(and L. II. Rauch, the noted Pennsylvania
Chinese letter is Garfeld's,) we concur with
| the dozens of other gentlemen who have ex-
amined the two fac-similes in our presence
that the Morey letter and that of Garfield Ia
the New York Herald declaring it a forgery
were both written by the same hand. They
do not differ as widely as the penmanship o
1.-THE present writer often does. The misspell-
ing of " companys" is the,very kind of blum,
der which would be made in writing hastily,
but would mol be made In carefully preparing
a forgery, The misplaoing of the i dot il
another evidence of haste, not Of spurious
ness.
This misplacing of such dots is one Of th,
| incidents of hasty work We have often OBJ
served in our own manuscript, but whicl
We would not find in any of our more care
fully written letters or notes. These points
as wcll as the peculiarly Gariieldian Language
used, are evidence that the Morey letter il
genuine, and not a forgery.
The activity of the partisan officials in New
|, York in instituting prosecution of the Gus
tojians and publishers of the letter prove
nothing in their favor, but rather tho reverse
!! If a comparison of the fac-simile of the 7rm
letter with that Of Garleld's denial (writtei
purposely for reproductiOn) is enough L
convince the public, (who can judge as wei
as experts,) there would have been no at
tempt at the prosecution, (Which, II shoul'
be noted, is not for forgery, but for libel
perhaps because il was feared that II woul
afford an opportunity to prove the genuine
ness Of the letter. because II would hav
then been unnecessary and supernuous.
But we do not expect the public to tax
, our view of the case. The Overwhelming
prepoDderance of the partisan Republica
press is a constant force at work to proven
the truth from reaching the people Of th
North.
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s ., t,o,,,,,,c,,s a, ,am,rco xy,s A tho pciuro of
w " WV ..' .,. - =. ..o =, Y, -. -.
washington, tnc tather OF our 'ouhuyf NJ "w"s
the portrait Of Alexander Hamilton, the hntcr of
Re,nb,lc the lover Of monarchy and arlstocracy and
-, =, ,,o .,o,.,,,,,,.,, =, ,ho ,r,,,o, s,,,.s
,no n',c' y. '"o .v''s''."'o. y, '"o
And what did ex-eovernor bfown' o, eeorg'' s'y
claimed bv the Republicans and which he asscnted
,op UTh,, tho sword had decided IN favor Of Alex
,,am',,,. ,,oor, y, ,o.asn,,a,, .,,ns, Tho,
"nue' ,a'.'o" ."ov,s y, sV,e,"'.'.. "e",u'' wy"
-. ~. o,os,s, Co,,ron,,on .ns,o.s,c ,n,,
w, -, na.,,.n, ,,o,,, a., s.'a,,.,.o soasa,a,r
as.., ,.soa,,so ,a ,,no,a s,,,o ,a,,, 40, ,s a.,
not in favor Of reducing the States to conquered
proy,pccs. which form Of government, did Abraham
Lincoln cal, ON the soldiers to sustain that Of WASH
,pctop who refused the offer of n crown. or that Of
Hamilton who dcspIscd Washington because he would
mn, bo n t,,y instead OF n father over b,s people
Lincoln called forth the armies of tho United states
IN prcscrye Tho Union tho Consultation and govern
mont founded nv Washington jefferson Madison and
samue, Adams, and other pntr,os OF ,77o. Then who
are traitors tu Lincoln Ms wei, MS to Washington but
The marty who would pyetthrow o,t republican Gov
crnmcnt and found monatcty On its tuinsg Now,
who took Tho sword In their hand again after pcace
had been deciatcd and the Southern people were a
ready to return to the Union and had been pro-
nouuccd by Gen Grant loyal to the Government and
to the Constitution aud had sworn allegiance TO both
Mr. randagec one OF the trainers Of the reconstruct
,lon acts, said;
This oc, commences nj tho r,gh, and n
at the point where zen. Grant left OIL the work two
years ago IL had one purpose TO hold the southern
peopS pp ~, m ,ns G,asp VI WY, W. u, mc sPs U, , tvoyu %
two Years nro lie saw I'm the b,ll pro,n,se that the
sword ot tho Republic sl,oild he unshcathed again
Should We placed IN tue hanu OF the greatest captain OF
w. @ ~. s,a na,, ~ MI, ~ ,i ,, ,i'" ,, '.So at s s,
| memory Of the rcyerberatjon of the cannon which
| opened Richmond to the Federal arms.
| Mr. Garfield spoke I'm favor Of the b, AMI said II
points the ,ayonct at the heart of every rc, In tho
South.
.v.,, s.,,,,.rn ,,. ,,,,.n ,,.. .,..n,no,., 90 A.,
| 80; ..,, s,.,,,' - 20. ,,..s,.,..'. | ,.'
'g"i "''" ,ooo'.'o"s' WV se'.o ',e' 'o'"'on' ,'
coin anu President johnson had Invited them baCt
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The attempt at a Star Chamber prosecu-
ton of journalist in New York for a new
offense, ingeniously compounded of libel, al
legged forgery of a damaging letter, and po-
litical activity against the powers that be,
is of piece with the hastily trumped up
suit against Mr.. Tilden for income taxes Just
before the last election. 1t illustrates the
danger under the freGst government of leav-
ing political power so long in the hands of
one party that it begins to consider itself as
consubstantial with the frame of govern
ment, and entitled TO use all the means
which official machinery puts in its grasp
to crush, thwart, and persecute its opponents
The object of the extraordinary criminal
proceedings in New York was palpably the
possession of the original manuscript of the
Garfeld-Morey letter, to be dealt with as OK.
pediency might dictate. To this low parti
san work all the paid servants of the United
States devoted their energies, backed by the
overwhelming wealth of the Republican
campaign fund. Mr.. Philip may be only al
obscure newspaper man and foreigner, bu
just now he represents an important Ameri
can interest, and unless the people rally OF
him as their cousins in Great Britain did OIL
Jack Wilkes and the cause he represented
they may wake up some day to find big
slice of their liberties gone. " No politica
prosecutions ~ should be the cry, and tn
law should never be more strictly construe,
in favor of the accused than when MAJ
has bloated and powerful political part,
thirsting for revenge on him at any cost.
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rnr,y ANA Trnn.parent.

When Cakes Ames, indignant at the can't
ING sefishness and cowardics of Garfield, re-
fused to be any longer made n scapegoat of,
and produced Garfeld's own handwriting to
convict him of perjury, the Ohio statesman
skulked away, promising, however, to come
before the committee again and confute
Ames's testimony. That promise Mr.. Gar
field did not keep, and the Republican COM
mittee adjudged him guilty of bribe-taking
and perjury. But when Oakes Ames died,
then Mr.. Garfield rushed into print to vindi-
cate himself by rowling the dead man who
could no longer reply. When the Chinese
cheap.labor letter was published last week
every radical editor and. worker" in the
country deluged the candidate with urgent
dispatches calling for n prompt and explicit
denial. But Garfield would not deny, al
though he authorized all his friends to stig
matize it as forgery. Finally the message
was winged to him: Z" lforeyis dead, and the
letter was found among his papers," Tha
put a new face on the matter. If MOrey couid
not testify then it was safe to deny-and ou
at once came Mr.. Garfield repudiation of tht
document. 1t is too late and too transparent
N Y. Star, Oct. 25.
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LITERARY NOTES.

The International Reriep Tor November,
1880, has the following contents: ''west Point and
the Colored Cadets,' by Professor George H. An
drews tWest Poiut;) "Tbe French Republic and the
Jesuts, by Il. DE Pressense, ParIs, France;) The
Muster vorstcllungen' ut Munlch.' by Il. G.
FELTON,, (NIunich:) .The state AMI the Railroads, "
by Charles y. Baker. New YOrk:) Z" Boston Lawyers
In tho Old Days." by John T. Morse, Jr., tBos,on:)
estate Debts and Reputation. v by Robert r.
Porter, CWashington, ID. G. - Contemporary ltera-
ture: Denslows ''Modern Thinkers principally upon
Social Scencc:'' Cards introduction to the Phil
osophy of Roiigion;'' Renouf's Origin and Growth
of Religion, " Northend's "Elihu Burritt;'' WOOL
sey's ''Dlary and Letters of Frances Burney, Nine.
D'hrbay.'' A. S. Barnes Il Co., Publishers, III
and ii3 william street, New York.
Mr.. j. II. Soule has published n useful
little volume, ,entlcd 'Tlle United States Blue Book
Register OF Federal Onlces AMI Employments in
each State and Territory and the District Of Columbia
with their Salaries and EinOluments together with
Manual of Information and Instruction for Persons
desiring Public Employment ut tho Seat OF Govern
met or Elsewhere, showing who Is Eligible Tor Ap-
pOntment, tho Mode and Form Of Application, by
whom Appointments are Made or Controlled the
Tenure of Once etc., etc. ~
'Brigitta," by Berthold Auerbacb, au-
thor OF .'On the Heights etc. New York: Henry
| Holt Il Co., 1880. 16no. PIP. 2Ii tLeisure Hon.
Series. No. il6.) Those who remember the higl
quality Of 'On the Heights and other novels by
Auerbach will welcome fresh work from the same
| pen. The present ono Will to maintain the
authors reputation of the rst Of contemporary
| German novelists. For sale by Robert Bcall.
How Found It, North and South to.
| getl,er with Mary's Statement" tBOstOn: Lee
Shepard is not book of fiction of theory, but o
facts giving the experience OF New England farmer,
first In his old home and then In Florida from wicl
place he was driven by maarial fever.
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

Mr.. u. l.. White assumed his position as
editor of the Providence (. ID Press md Star last
Monday.
Senator Lamar is stumping Mississippi
though physically so weak that he has to talk sitting
In chair.
Mr.. Clarke Patterson returned from Kan
sas last week, whittier he went last winter and Is now
In New York.
Mr.. Randolph Kaufman, who has been in
tho far West since last March, Is expected in WASH
ington next month.
The wife of Francis Bravay, the original
OF Alphonse Daudets ''Nabob, ~ has just died at
Asnleres In q state of absolute penury.
Mrs. Fillmore. the widow of the late eX-
President, Is dangerously III with paralysis at her
home In Buffalo. She attacked week ago, and
one side rendered powerlcss and speech nearly
destroyed. She is scarcely expected to recover.
Miss Kate Field has been successful in ar
ranging with Mr. Anthony Pulbreok the founder OF tho
and start the association OF this city In connection with
| the parent establishment, but each as separate
undertaking. Mr.. Pulbrook expects to leave Eng
land early in November and on Ills arrival the public
will DO Informed OF the manner In which the assoca-
| tlon Will be conducted.
Lord Rowton, formerly Mr.. Montague
Cory still remains with Lord Beaconsield, rarely
leaving him for . day. The Young secretary cannot
be said to his patron for salary alone for he Is
| a man OF independent means, and member Of an
excellent Irish family. But In spite OF his money ho
IL to be made si more fortunate; It is rumored That
he IL tO inherit the ex Premier entire property, In
Guiding Iiughenden Manor.
The house of Peleg Barker, in Pembroke,
Mass is supposed to be the Oldest house In the United
States. In the spring Of 1929 Mr. Barker great great
great grandfather and Frederick Davis built fort OF
stone and mortar. with portfolios, from which to de-
| fend themselves against the Indians. The fort has
been used dining room by the barker family for
years. The main house Is two-story building, and
is only ten years younger than the part that formed
the fort 1he house Is furnished throughout with old
| furniture.
| Mr., Thomas Hughes, in speaking of the
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-10-31
WHO ARE THE BEST FRIENDS or
THE CLERkS?
WASHINGTON, October 20,

WASHINGTON, October 20, 1850.
To the Editor of The Sunday Herald:
DEARS SIR: While leading Republicans here
are continually calling for the removal of
every clerk not known to be of their party,
have been pleased to see that you support
the true policy have always advocated of
making the clerkships in the departments
permanent during good behavior. OF course,
every appointment should depend on good
character, efficiency, and faithfulness, and,
so long as these aremaintained and the occu-
pant does not make himself Objectionable
by engaging actively in partisan struggles,
he should be reasonably secure against re-
moval. The course now pursued of requir-
ing large percentage of every clerks salary
for campaign purposes, and that he shall
absent himself from his desk to take part
actively and vote in State elections is not
| only great, abuse but it imposes upon him
in most cases cruel hardship, and renders
his position in Office at least uncertain.
Read what Mr.. George Ticknor Curtis said
| in an address a few days ago in New York :
Another of my most earnest wishes for the
the Democratic party In this election is to the
collar stricken from the neck of the Federal Office
holder believe It can and will he done. In other
words believe that the system of assessing the Office
holders for political party purposes can be and Will be
@ tam m emu a. ~, 70 :, y. nv use "
spect. They are not. In corruption and all tho
means Of corruption the Democrats cannot begin to
rival !he hepuohcans' hesides' thihk Know Gen
mower or r,cs,snt who ,s resnectes nv HIS Marty
General Hancock is, and viii be, II he is chosen.
think. too that know the kind Of men who will be
'ne neais o. uepa,r'en,s nlluer Nun, anu say u.'
snch system ., ar,nd,n. .,octon .,srn.nsos y, nm,
of their subordinaes as has prevailed under every
Republican administration from Lincoln to Hayes.
III s ~ y. ,ea" s..ss . ae ., s""u may "
ro there ia notb,nr more ahhorent IN tho 1ee,,ncs NJ
an educated and high-bred officer Of the Army thar
the Idea OF using power Tor the oppression and plum
,rrn,o m ,.,r a"sy ~" y, s nmrus r,,a,.v., ~ 'U ~"
lofty and delicate sentiments and stern, unbendn,
principles on such matters, the Army is bette
scnool ''ah civil ire WIN 'S 'oose Practices anu e'S
IL 'aAs 'no ''a",' Wv on 'n'' 'u'''''
oon''nu cH'y .o' w"a' n''u " De p'op'
"A" r. -, -, "'i '"'
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Last Mondays National Republican con
tanned tho following.

Last Mondays National Republican con
,ained the following:
TuE SUNDAY HERALD seems to he guided In Its
poticsby the principle that "a lie well stuck to Is
'bctter than the truth when Postmaster Ainger
punctured the Garfield Chinese letter fraud by show
ing that the forgers had counerfclted tho wrong
ccng stamp, and one not In use In the once at the
date the letter claimed to have been mailed, TnE
HERALD, actuated by the principle named above, at
tempts TO bolster mp tho fraud by saying;
MIR. Alnger's statement proves nothing. Letters
mailed at the branch ONCE at the Capitol arc sent di
rect TO the postal cars. There Is clerk dcsignncd
by Postmaster Anger In charge Of the branch ollce
a the Capitol building who cancels the stamp himself,
and " Is stated on the best authority that the stamp
un the letter to Morcy Is exact fac-simile OF that
| used ut the Capitol branch ofncc In january.
Now the "best authority ~ FOR this assertion Is
simply authority Mt ALL but Is manufactured In the
same spirit that Inspired the forgery Of the bogus
letter. The canccng stamp used by the branch
oicc at the Capitol has IN II tho word "Congress, ~
and is no like the stamp the bogus envelope
than white horse Is like black Wonder what
dodge they will take ueNtg
It is of course too late for anything which
may be said OH this point TO affect the result
of Tuesdays voting. But the character oi
| TnE SUNDAY HERALD for truthfulness is i'm
| portant to us and to our readers. AT oui
I
| business office can be seen various envelope.
bearing the Washington city postmark, and
which prove that Mr.. Postmaster Ainger ant
| the Republican are the ones who have liet
about this matter. Our contemporary may
have been deceived, but when Mr.. Ainge
asserted that tho arrangement" of th
letters in the stamps used at that time wa
different from their arrangement in the post
mark on the Garfield letter he asserte,
what he ought to have known was untrue
1t is ior the purpose of proving the falsity c
the charge that we are sticking to a lie tina
we now have and shall keep on exhibition
postmarked letters of dates prior to Apr
l3, an arrangement Of which prove the con
trary, and corroboratc, so far as those point
can corroborate, the genuineness of the Gar
field Chinese letter. None of these STAMP
have the word " Congress on them. On
of February 81 is exactly like that on th
Morey letter.
We may add that the letter, wheth,
forged or not, is wonderfully Garfeldiap
composition. The forger, if such he wa
succeeded in a way little short of miraculor
f in conserving" the pompously pedant
, style of the conscienceless Ohio trimme
; be-taker, and perjurer.
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The anti-license agitation of certain dis
senting ministers in this city, whom it would
not be libelous to call busybodies. has reused
less opposition than might be expected,
probably for the reason, deep based in hui
man nature, that each retail liquor dealer
hopes that only his rivals in business will be
affected, and himself left more profitable
field of operations. And this consideration
exposes the fallacy of this vague and inde-
oisive license fight. A prohibitory move
ment we can understand, but harrassing
persecution of the retail dealers can only
result in giving some few of them an im-
mensely valuable monopoly at the expense
of the others, without stopping the use OF
drink perceptibly. Either license all proper
applicants or license none at all; there IL nc
middle ground in reason. The object of the
existing law is plainly TO raise revenue and
conGne the trade to proper localities, and thai
il has had this effect none can properly deny
There are long distances in the dwelling par
of the town where saloon is not TO be found
intruding, and in the business districts il
seems 10 have been considered, we thinl
sensiDly ny the authorities, mat II mad
little difference whether one or two OF NOR,
restaurants were allowed on. a block, ant
whether man thereabouts was compelled h
so round the corner or only across the stree
for his lunch and accompaniments. Compe
tition and its natural effects were left TO thin
out the excess, If any existed. II seems tn
baldest soplistry to arguethatmen will drinl
more in two restaurants than in ono-wha
is called an Irish bull. With the reporie,
fact that the Secretary Of the Interior ha
signed all applications for a license presentec
TO him, while tho new Postmaster Genera
has protested against all, we have nothing
TO do further than TO say II is characteristic
of the two gentlemen personally, and to not
how useless II will be to expel all tn,
'sAd victuallers between and + streets
ave up and reopen between !
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A New York Herald despatch from Cleve-
land represents Garfield as prasing ex-Sena-
tor Dorsey's campaign work in Indiana, and
saying that "he regarded Dorsey as his
lieutenant OF course Garfield knows the
character of the man of whom he thus
speaks. Birds of feather flock together -
If the honest Republican voters knew as
much of both men rs is known in Washing.
ton-but then, the voters who can stomach
the Credit Mobilier report, the uncontested
facts about the DeGolyer bribe, and tn,
Chinese speeches and votes Ito say nothin.
oi the Morey letter. can stand anything.
looks as if the bigger the rascal the better
he suits the party which was once led b,
Chase, Sumner, Trumbull, and Lincoln.
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hancock mas s''u Wn'' ,"r''os ''' "c 's "o. "o'"
ooncd any OF nus hopcs o' o'ecuon''u ran
eock Is NOV nsr in'' pc'So"', peo"''''V w 'o'-
tuna'e", connncu' as among army men' 10 one
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Is conceive" W W, sa"o sr'''' y"
w ''''t s'nue's ou. oo'''N co"'''u'o's '',e'" w
rep'csvn'"'g "ene'o hancoc' Us superior " '"c con
s'uoi'.'on VI '',e hohnouoh' """ WIN 'no ''es'-
ue"o'' ueo '" nis uonne'' anu ""o " V'hhy ioi
'ne pace ooes nor ''h o "c.n'og ,''e mrs. u'ncu''
s,eP w w ,'o no"nha'on' "'e. " co"'c'reu on
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u"" F" 'he inpe'a's's n'u oeeh ao'o W seko " io'
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what % Prominent GreenbacIscr Says.
Hon. II. nj. Plaisted, Governor elect of
Maine, writes to Gen. Butler as follows:


cannot be Indifferent regards the Issue between
Hancock and GARFIELD. The peril TO our country in .
sixth term for the Republican party Is too great We
have heard much Of tho dangers OF 'third term ~
and from the Republican side. Yet that party do
mands q sixth term. change Of candidates IL no-
Ing unless " Involves change Of parties Glve tho
Hepublican party sixth term, and then farewell 10
the constitution OF Jefferson silver viii be deinone.
tied the whole field Of circulation surrendered 10
the national banks, and the refndng scheme carried
out; banks Of Issue based upon perpetual national
debt-the british system constitute here AS In
England the basis Of governing arlstoeraey win the
'strong government to Keep the masses Ia subIu
CATION, This Is the meaning OF sixtl term. can
moi bs indifferent 10 the struggle; my hearts desire
and PRAYER 10 God is that this Republican deyil may
he east out aOw, even though II bo not done In tho
name OF my candidate. Better bc done IA tho nauo
Of IIaucock than not at all. Hancock Is not a
..trained statesman 'trained Ia the atmosphere of
Washington. What Is nGnitoly better. he Is trained
executive This Giinggle regard MS Involving in Its
results The fate Of American democracy. govern
ent Of tho people, by the people and for The people,
| thank God We are not out 81 the fight In Maine.
we shall give four votes 10 Weaver and keep seven
out Of tue Republican column. God speed Jie right.
renaiil with great respect your obedient servant,
III. Nj. PLAisTkD.
Gen. B. \. BUTLER.
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THE Philadelphia Times, referring to wha,
form in his letter of acceptance, says with
great force that if Garfield shall be chosen
" on Tuesday next, it will be the first posi-
tive deliverance of the nation in favor OF
the open prostitution of the civil service
"and all who aid his triumph must be con
"sistent to accept their full share in til,
proclaimed degradation Of our whole pcliti
"cal SYSTEM