The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-05
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ing: To-day the Truth voluntarily pro.
nUunCes AhN famous Morey letter a for.
gerry. The Truth was established Tor tho
purpose Of publishing the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth, In all
matters ol public concern, and from the
first issue neither effort nor expense has
been spared 10 accomplish this high mis.
sion, regardless Of whom 1t might help or
whom 1t might hurt. But 1t Is a mission
too high for human honor or skill to
wholly accomplish. tts attainment can
only DO apprOxmated, though In aiming
al perfection higher standard may be
reached than that OF the journals which
willfully distort or suppress facts, In u.
riOusly affecting certain interests, and the
inventors magnify others whose effect
upon such interests would be beneficial. 1t
Is sineVitable that erroneous statements will
be made in daily newspapers, however
carefully conducted, but while no news.
paper can be infallibly truthful, It is pos.
sible 10 remedy the injury which lie errors
cause, when tho errors are discovered, and
It is the recognition OF that possibility
which distinguishes the Truth from its con.
temporares. When the Morey letter
came to uB we believed II to be genuine
letter OF James A. Garfield. Our belief
became absolute conviction when Speaker
Randall, Senator Barnum, 0restes Oleve.
land, Abram s. Hewitt and other promi.
nent members Of the Democratic National
Committee, all better able to Judge than
were we, unhesitatinglY pronounced II
genuine. Upon this assurance we pub.
lished II In form best calculated 10 i'm.
press the conviction Of lls genuineness
upon the people, and while We believed
we were right, We were imperviouB to
bribery and firm against the thun.
derB OF intimidation and force. There
was no influence on earth eeduc.
tive enough or powerful enough To-
induce us 10 repudiate the letter. Be-.
lieving 1t TO be General Gartield's the
Truth could have been crushed out oil
existence, and itE promoters would have
submitted to the most relentless prosecu.
ton rather than that itscolumns should be
dehled by false confession or a hypoCriti.
cal apology. But when In court the envel.
ope was cut at the ends, and single thick.
ness OF paper held between tho eye and
The light revealed for tho first time the
fact that the original address upon the
envelope had been erased and that OF II.
l.. Morey substituted; when 1t appeared
that the Lynn hotel register, containing
the signature Of II. L. Morey, had no such
signature upon its pages; when II was
given by the hotel proprietor 10 the agent
OF the Democratic Committee when he
brought II hgre; when II appeared that
the same agent had procured the at.
tendance OF Samuel Morey, who falsely
swore TO the existence Of Henry L. Morey
when 1t appeared that the same agent was
active In procuring the Lindsay silidavit
In Maryland, which induced Us to send
for Mr.. Lindsay, who proved 10 be con.
sCienGeless petjutetj and when the pho.
togrAphic experiments with the Morey
envelope proved that at least four adj
dresses had been Upon Il, each erased in
turn, except the LAST two, with acids, and
the third with an instrument, then the
Truth made every effort to solve the mys.
terry aud ascertain the origin and history
Of the letter. In doing this We enlisted
the services Of b. q. Bayne, Esq, who
Ia well known 10 The country as
a special Ttetsuty agent. Our investi.
cations resulted In the discovery OF
positive proof that the letter Is an
nndoubted forgery. Having made that
discovery we1now announce II as ptomi.
nently as We published the letter, that
there may not remain trace Of the belief
which unquestionRbly stil exists that II
is genuine. We own this, not alone 10
James A. Garfield as an act Of Justice TO
him, but we owe II also 10 the principle
upon which the Truth is founded. The
Truth cannot avoid errors, but upon dis.
covering them the Truth can acknowledge
them, aPA thereby sustain the integrity
Of ita motto, and this II has never re.
fused 10 do, and never shall refuse,
whether the error affects the President OF
the United States or the meanest man In
the streets OF New York. In asserting, as
We do to. day, the true character oi the
Mofey letter as developed by our inveati.
cations, we make II public that all who
have desire to establish the truth and do
ustio5 can require the details OF out in
vcsiigation. The iacs discovered and the
parties implicated will be made public at
the proper timein court oi Justice, where
we now challenge meeting with those
who have vainly bent their energies TO an.
nihilate the Truth, come Of whom were
themtelves actually and knowingly con.
neCted with that forged letter before II
came 10 us,