Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-12-26
From the Missouri Democrat.
More of the Blnirs-Efforts made to
hive the Son oppose his F1ther.

F. P. Blair has but two sons living. One of
them is in the Missouri Legislature from tie city
of ST. Louis, and stands at the head of the
Anti-Atchison wing of the democratic party
there.
The other was until recently one Of the
Judges of Missouri, and resided at St. Louis
To in the vicinity of his father he recently
moved back to Washington City and resumed
the practice of law.
When the new Court Of Claims was established,
Gen. Pierce sent his name to the Senate for
confirmation as Solicitor The first Mr.. Blair
heard of it was some one came to him and told
him that the old nullifers, and all that wing Of
the present democrats who opposed Gen. Jack
son were trying to get him rejected Mr. Blair
replied that the Senate ought to reject him if
the Senator's thought him unqualified But
says his informant, they do not object to your
qualifications, but to your politics" "Well, if
that is all, do not see but that shall have to
be rejected, as / imbibed all my notions under
the jackson school of politicians, and no office
can make me disown them whilst every day
gi0s me fresh evidence of their correctness. y
The man left and went to the President and told
him that Blair was certain to be rejected
$50 and see Blair, and tell him he must ex-
plain, and that will save him." says the
President.
and will not explain, or what is worse, says he
is Just what he always was, and several of the
Senators says he used to write articles for the
Globe attacking the Nullifers; &c, &c.
This alarmed the President, and having nomi-
mated Mr. Blair without his consent he felt OBJ
lgated to have him confirmed. So he had his
horses harnessed up and drove to the Senate as
quick as possible, and got the Senators to with
draw their opposition.
Mr.. Blair then entered upon the duties OF
his Office and nothing more was said about
his opinions until his father wrote his recent
letter.
Then the Washington Union made an effort
to have the son oppose his father and undertook
to define his position for him and then leave
him to acquiesce under the penalty Of removal
| from Office
Mr.. Blair at once wrote the editors oil
| the Union such a letter as they did not see
| fit to publish. They called upon Mr.. Blair
and explained, and SO it was agreed to drop
the matter as follows, which we take from the
| Union:
| 1t will be seen from Mr. Biair's letter below
that he construed our article in reference to his
position, repr ,senting him as favoring the pas,
sage of the Nebraska act. Our purpose was to
represent him as being in favor of the principle
| of non-intervention which we consider the
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as well as of the Nebraska act Our article was
| written without his knowledge, and for the pur
pose Of removing the impression that he
agreed in his political views with his father
! That the exact position of Solicitor Blair may
! be seen, We republish our former article:
MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Eso.--It is not true, a:
stated in the columns of one of the know moth
ing organs, that Montgomery Blair Esq, Solicito
to the Court of Claims, concurs with his father
Francis P. Blair, in respect to the political mat
tiers discussed in his letter to the Republican As
ISOLATION in this city, Solicitor Blair is not obnox
ious to the charge of abolitionisna. He was de
cided supporter of Gen. Cass, in lS4s, approves
fully the compromise measures of 1850 and tn
/ Baltimore platform of 1852, and gave to tn
4 nominees of that convention zealons and eff
cient support. He is decidedly opposed to tn
proposition to restore the Missouri Compromis
is un eauivocally in favor of the great principl
of non-interventien contained in the compro
mise measures of 1850 and in the Kansas Ne
braska bill. In word, it is not only due to Nj
Blair to say that ne is an able and efficient Officer
but that he is a true national democrat, or
posed with like zealio know nothingism and at
olitionism."
A Mr. Biair's letter is as follows:
GExrLKxEN 81 addressed you mote on yes
terday in reference to the article in your pape
OF that Gate On tIe sGhJect OF my pOuelca couiS
and opinions. respected to see it in You, pr
per of this morning. As you inform me ii wa
not published because you supposed it was wri
ten under misrepresentation of the pnrpors {
your article, Idesire again to say. that the onl
exception take to the statements made in til
article is that as constrae it, il authorizes th
inference that favored the passage of the N
braska act. which was not the fact viii adj
that do not attach so much Importance to tt
correction in itself, but make this communic
ton rather that il may be seen that / was n,
! consulted as to the publication in question tia
for any other purpose.
i, Yours, respectfully, u. BLAIR.
y Washington. Dec. Is. 1855.