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The Garland Forgery

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
January
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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The numerou conversations that are.being had conceroinp the recent etection, frequentie coll up the Garland forgery, and the queetion is nsked "What ia the real difftrence beiween the letter Mr. Birneydid write and ihe for g. cd one?" Ijk order to piesent this Wbig forgery in its odioiis but true light. we publish below Mr Eirney's letter and the only one he ever to Mr. Garland m juxtapositon with the forged one. Wil! those whigs who pu.blished the forged letter "iise 1hen" ihe real one, not to influence "20,000 voters" in the north, but to un. deceive their readers and do justice to Mr. Birney. THE FORGED LETTER THE LETTER THAT Sagmaw Sepi. 2i, "44. HE DID WRITE. Dear S.r,-1 have for owbk Sagí.w. severnl days. pnst heen gept, 3 J844 C senouslyrefleciingupon cDear Sir,-yuu theproposition ma ds me not fíndf n ,he by you nnd yaor fnends Star; the Proeeeding8l0f at our pnvnte meeung, our ,ncetillg he(] ,h on the evening of the 6ChooMiouse the !7th .nst. Tamorrow lerm oft)e courtOn I stort lor the -East. and niy return. J 8aked the shall not return until editor t0 blish (h tor the clecnon. My He refused to do o journeyisindiepensnble, and tüld lne jn tb else a dcklmst om presence of several oihovíímj wilj ! soon fill er8 lhut he d)d ün_ ihe seat of a der theinfluence of Mr ton a JeíTerson, and a wiHfains nnê Mr. Mil.' Jackson. ler j 1hén offered.to After matare pny him tor pr]niti non. i have concluded them in a handsom to accept the forrn; th8 too ,J8 rc_ non of representative to fugc(l t0 do iJe. seem_ the State Legislotute, ed to have been impresprovided yonr sed with the belief that tion see fit to nomínate if he shonId publisll me. In case my ,hem? c wou]c) make lition principies are himself liablc to an ncsigned as a reason why tion or prosecution. for Í should not receive the übel. I told him I nomination at the hands would s(and between of the Djemocrats, you him and all consenuenare hereby authorized to cesof (hnt sort, und'tbnt say to the convention, f he desired it. I wonlá ihat I am ííow, and gve hni a bond? to that kr havk bkkn. a eñect. But even thk ocratof theJeffersonian djd notituluce him t school. The detnocracy consent.of the country must be "-These ore highsvell satisfied, that tam handed' mensures takrendcr.ng tkem moren ■ ,.nem nltogether - effcctual service by nt Jf thïs occasion is.not ootiag abolüxin ,„ken by the people to. pies, thm if 1 were rebuke, in the most igOPK.NLY a Dkmocrat. nai. nianner, snch mYou are further tempt8 to keep from. ize to say to the tnem n knoujerfge of vention, that in case J ,neir Ovn .uflüirs. by should be elected to the muzzling the press, thejr office of representan ve mi.g{jt almost os welf from this county. I shslï gjve up die affüirg anci checifully and nianngement of thely perform tlie ouniy to those who signed me, and hereby geera, almost ready topledge myself to go for assirme the pince of democratie men and dictators. I nm determensures, and (as yon mined to do what I can suggested in our recent ro, setr matters on a righti conversation) wiH f()oring - but Ishallnot s;o the agitation of the be able to do it uníegsslave qiiestion irt oor the people stand by me. Stnte Legislature. I wébIi thot you vvouli! Commend me to your circulare the fact that I imiable lady, nncf have mentioned, n believeme truly yo:rs, wideïjr and as speedily J. G. Biknkt. ag yon enn, among-our J. B. Garland, Esq. countrymen. I have preptired ior publication nn account of our meeting in the schooFhouse. and what took place between the editor of the Nor'.h Star and myself. and shall eend it to Desroit or Ann Arbor to haye.it printed. As soon as 1 gel n, I vvill send you aome of ihft copies for circulation. lf the people intend to run another candidate for the house beside the regularly nominaied one by the parties. they ouglit to Iet it be known as soon as possible; at all events before the regular notinations are made. Yours, &c. ';JaMKS G. BlBNKT. 'Mr. Garland, liridgeport."{LA vahied fríend in Eaton Coimty sends us the ñames of eubscribers, and wrttes: "Since you have made the terms of the Signal so easy that it is now frithin the reach of almost every man, I have made eorne eÖbrt to extend its cireulation. In ïoing this I have not confined my efforts to aboTitionists nar to those who were favorably inclined towords me, but have presentad t he subject to men of all parties, r.ll ranks and dispositions among us. And I think I can truly sny that I find find much to encourage the friends of the 8!ave. I fiud, in many instances, men who werettrongly prejudiced against us and in favor of thetr oíd party before the election, now in a very différent mood. Amoog the Whige I find many who are begnrí.ng (now that the excitement of election has passed away) to look candidly and honestly át the subject.- In tbo Democratie party also there are sorae who are in fact (I believe) ashamed of the victery they have achieved, aiid will soon be firm and stable Liberty men. I feel strongly encouraged. Every thing works well.- There i ever could be a more favomble time to ecatter light and truth." (E We are indebted to the Commissioner of Internal Improvements for a copy of his report to the Legislature. - . Also to Hon. John Allen, br sundry t gislative documents.

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