Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-06
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The confession Of the New York Truth
- to the forgery Of the Morey-GsrAsld
Chinese letter. given In Eastern tsls-
grams yesterday. ia . little the ismsst
affair ont. The suddenly assumed de-
sire 30 SYSTEMATICALLY oct forth BY the
propristors OF that venal sheet to DO
justice by General Garfield and make
full rsparation and apology for the
injury they have done him. savers
considerably Of the ridiculous. They
know full we'll that their confession
comes too late to do him any good.
They now coolly claim to have been de-
oeived and imposed upon in the matter;
that they accepted the letter In good
faith and really believed Ii to be genuine.
Yes; they have the oonsummsts iupu.
dsnes to write . letter to General Gar.
field. telling him that they really believed
hs wrote that letter. Notwithstanding bis
prompt and indignant denial Of IL; In
other words. that they believed no de-
liberatsly lied about 1t. II this 10 not
the brassiest kind Of cheek. what isf
Such On apology 10 worthy Of its source.
They say: "Aftsr . searching inves-
tigation in which Ne have spared neither
time. energy mol expense We have traced
the Msrey letter to Its origin and ssosr.
tained II to bs q forgery" But they
carefully neglect "a. state where they
traced 1t to and what vas its origin.
The truth Of the whole matter 10 that
they knew IL was . forgery from the
very fret. and Il vas not policy
ON their part to listsa 10 or consider
any assertions or proof to the con.
srary. They deliberately publishsd
the dsstardly forgery. and 10 connection
with the Democratic National Commit.
toe sent IL forth throughout the nation
last on the eve Of the election. for cam.
psien purposes. They rushed It across
the continent a. fast - steam could
vhirl IL, in order to defeat Garfield on
the Pacific Coast. How we'll the asfs.
rious scheme succeeded. all have seen
and appreciate.
Having NO further use for IL. and pos.
sibly fearing that they may yet DO
brought to grief in the matter. they
come on. boldly With an attempt to wash
their bands OF the nsstinsss. They a.
sumo q virtue which they have not, and
will be held responsible for their too
evident rsscali,y and duplicity. Truth
never had any character to lose. 1t was
no doubt we'll paid for its dirty work,
and it, aimsy confession. excuses and
apology comes with an exceedingly
in grace at this late date. Un'
less Il will now come out and
give the source and origin Of the forgery
lie acknowledgement goes for nothing
and does not In the least mitigate iti
share In the foul conspiracy and crime
New York Tribune: The movement
for the complete seeulsrization Of thu
State. recently organized In Chicago,
claims both the s1-Prsaidsat and the
next President - oo-vorkers. In 1876
President Grant RECOMMENDED to Con
Rrsss Q constitutional amendment r.
qniring every State to maintain frst
public schools In which neither "rslis'
ious. athsistic nor pagan tenets should
b taught" and also prohibiting thu
granting Of public moneys to any rslig'
ious sect. and requiring the equal tara
ton Of church property. General GsIfsld
said in q speech in the House in June
1874: "Ths divorce between Church
and State ought to b absolute. ]
ought to be 20 absolute that no church
property anywhere. In any State or IL
the nation. should b exempt from equs
taxation ; for 10 you exempt the propsrt!
Of any church organizaiisn to that q
ts,t you impose . church TAI upon tn
whole community"