GARFIELD, J. A., President. 2 Autograph letters signed ("J. A. Garfield."), to Marshall Jewell, Ohio, 22-23 October 1880. Together 2 pages, 4to, repair to tear, neatly tipped to a larger sheet . PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE REPELS SCANDAL ON EVE OF ELECTION. Regarding the "Morey letter": a forged letter purported to be by Garfield in which he endorses the policy of importing cheap oriental labor. Garfield responds, 22 October: "I will not break the rule I have adopted by making public denial of campaign lies. But I authorize you to denounce the so-called Morey letter as a bald forgery, both in its language and sentiment." Now widely accepted as genuine, Garfield is forced to denounce the 'Morey letter', 23 October: "Publish my dispatch of last evening...the mail has brought me the lithographic copy of the forged letter. It is the work of come clumsy villain, who can not spell, nor write English, nor imitate my handwriting. Every honest and manly Democrat in America...will denounce the forgery at sight. Put the case in the hands of able detectives at once, and hunt the rascals down." -- GARFIELD. Mounted etching. (2)