The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
THE CHINESE LETTER.
The New York Herald Rakes the Shuf-
fling Candidate Fore and Aft.
Mr.. Garfield Given Every Opportunity to
Make n Denial Nearly Week Ago.
The New York Herald says editOrially,

The New York Herald says editorially,
after reprinting Garield's letter to Morey:
On wednesay evening Mr.. A. S. Hewitt gen
tlenan OF character, a personal friend OF General
sd m pec in This c a concerin II this lette
'Some people may incline TO pronounce it
forgery. have seen II. am familiar with Gen.
eral Garfield's signature. have compared il
with his letters in my is l and hsye i no no
work OF consummate artist; but III thought,
after examination, there the slightest doubt
OF its authenticity, should not refer to it"
Mr.. Hewitt is Democrat; he Is q strong parti-
san; but he Is a gentleman, and while Of course
his opinion is not final on question OF hand
writing, what he said has certain weight. 81.
Herald on Wednesday evening telegraphed Cen
eral Garfield AT Mentor, stating what Mr.. Hewitt
aad 30 woyS erobabT sk IL de
to deny over his own name the authorship of the
letter offering, II he had not seen the letter, to
telegraph il 20 him at once, and opening the Her
aids columns 70 him for Denial To this dis
patch we have up TO this present writing received
no reply. There has appeared in the Associated
Press dispatches a very brief report, unauthen-
ticated in any way, that General Garfield had de-
clared the letter stupid forgery" From Re
publican sources in Boston came yesterday the
further assertion that no such man ss III. l.. Mo-
rey" has lived in Lynn since 1873. to which the
DsmScrsts reply that & ne live lived outsids side Of Lynn;
his existence If General Garfield denies writing the
letter.
Garfield would make such denial of the author
ship of this letter as convinced he ought TO
make If he did not write it,
about frank and explicit denial in his own
name II he did not write the letter. Some OF the
If he entertained them last January, or at, any
time, he Is not fit to be President OF Senator or
to hold any public Office whatever. II he did not
entertain them and did not write the letter, he
ought to say So not at second or third hand, but
over his own name.
This letter considers the importation. not the
r1nfcr of do he ra
of the United States. but only of small part the
employers of labor; it does not consider the
Chinese, but encourages the greed of those who
seek 10 make money out of their labor.
This is simply defense OF the Coolie system, or
interests according to this statement, 10 have
the special privilege of conserving themselves
by importing Chinese, and TO introduce here
new form of servile labor. under the guise OF i'm
migration. We repeat that General Garfield, ac-
cused by such men as Mr.. A S. Hewitt and later,
Speaker Randall, of having written this, wrongs
himself If he does not hasten 10 deny the charge
in the most positive and explicit manner and
over his own name. He has delayed too long al
ready.
The Republican organs are evidently dsmayed
at his silence. After waiting for some days. sew
letter of acceptance. In which he speaks fairly
enough on the Chinese labor question.
Unfortunately for their candidate this is in his
case not conclusive. for he has been in several
other cases so glaringly guilty of the vice of ter
giversation, that what he made public after he
real thoughts and beliefs. Before he was nOmin-
ated he denounced in Congress those who sought
To keep alive sectional and anti-SouIhern agita-
ton; but after he was nominated he turned
about and unblushingly hoisted the ''bloody
shirt" Before he was nominated he asserted
positively and circumstantially that reform in the
civil service was urgent necessity and that to
effect il all interference Of members of Congress
in the appointments must absolutely cease; but
in his letter of acceptance, to the amazement of
the public, he turned squarely about and de-
clared that the Executive must seek the advice
and recommendati..n of Congressman.
These and other instances familiar to the
public and To his own supporters that we need
not cite them, make any perfunctOry or second
hand deniGls in his of force; ii Is useless
for his organs to tell what he said after he
nominated What the public has a right 10 know
is whether he ever wrote such letter as that Of
which he is accused, and on that il needs his per-
sonal assurance If he did write such letter he
is not fit be President; he ought 70 resign from
the Senate; his support By any party would
rightly be fatal to IL. The American people do
not want q man in the Presidency who has even
in private letter countenanced a new form OF
servile labor. .lt