New-York tribune., 1872-10-02

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A WHOLESALE DENIAL-oNLY $l2,OOO SPENT
ON THE MAINE ELECrION-MR. GREELEY A
SLANDERER.
CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 1.-Speaker Blaine made
speech at the public square tonight In the course OF
which he alluded in the following words TO the personal
charges made against him:
In THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE OF Saturday last. and also
OF yesterday, / am charged not only as Represents
tive in Congress- but Speaker OF the House. with nav
ing received 81 1900 or the stock OF the Eastern Dys
ion Pacific Railroad Company for my services and
influence in procuring the passage Of the original Pacc
Railroad b OF 1862 THE TRIBUNE gives the date OF the
act in the article in which it makes the charge not
seeming notice in its blind desire 10 assai me that IL
was simply conyicng itself OF falsehood aud OF ioy.
Now gentlemen. please observe that IN 1862 when
this act was passed, 1 had not taken my seaat
in Congress had not beenleeced 70 Congress- indeed
had not been even nominated for Congress. When the
act to which THE TRIBUNE refers became aS l was
Lower House. I had TO do with Congress
legislation than the nshwardens and tdewaer on the
Kennebec River, and yet The NEw-fokk IhlBuNb
asserts and repeats that for services and influence IN
Congress at the time was member OF the Maine
Legislature 1 received nearly s2oOoooo ! IN STOCK
of great railroad corporation. And now gentlemen,
we're to stop here after demonstrating the utter a
suriity OF this charge The TRIBUNE would come out
cooy and say that Speaker Blaine had not denied H.
Let me- then deny it IN the presence OF THIS vast assem-
blage and deny in the most emphf nc mahhr ns'nel
in 1861 in any subsequent year dld l even re-
ceiye OF own directly or indirectly snse u0rss tse
Union Pacific Railroad Company, or any other oth
division Of the Pacific Railroad Company. Nor dld
ever receive dollar directly or indirectly nom the sas
of any stock of that Company. In short gentlemen
stamp the whole not only false on ls race put
absurd and ridiculous. But DO not expect 10 make
denial that will satisfy THE TRIBUNE. lew weeks
since when the story started that secretary bout
we'll Vice President CoaX, senator WILSON, MT Gar
field, Mr. Dawes, and myself, aud others, had Deeu
bribed by presents OF stock IN " Credit hOplner,
published card the eve Of the Maine eieeu0u, sd!
ing had never owned directly or indirectly, urOugn
myself or through another single dollar OF stock IN tha
credit Mobilier The NEwY0RK TRIBUNE pronounce
this denial evasve and unsatisfactory, ana sald ou
NOT deny that had received dividends or prons thete
rom Any candid man, think could see that my caro-
was intended TO exhaustive and 10 exclude all suppo
sitions OF ownership. Let say now, however ibat
nt onv aid never own share IN tue Credit MoOher,
but I never received, directly or Indirectly, single
nennv therefrom in any manner or shape whatever.
Rut this mania bearing false witness against your
peighbor has seized Mr. Greeley personally as wen as
HE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE, foI observe that IN Teeeht
sneeeh in ne states that more than siOO00
had been expended by the Republicans In Maine IN the
purchase OF votes at the recent ELECTION no" IN tno
very nature OF thinge it would be Impossible Tor MI
Greeley TO know that this true, but know II IL a
solutely untrue. / am Chairman OF the state COM
mittee and my order every d0ilar OF , sno
funds of that Committee was disbursed, ana uon
first 20 last we did not have IN All cODuo' Va
but little more than $4,000; aud iItncr as,
sert that every dollar OF this amount was eAPeueu
either I'm payment Of speakers, Distribution oi uoou
ments and papers, the bringing nome OF apscs.
voters These accounts Of the state Conmttee arc AsP'
with roid exactness and the entire committee oi VIZ
teen men will testify the truth OF WHAT suVc. ar
raign Mr. Greeley therefore, as slaboeIer o te W.
pu6lcans OF Maine, party OF as galiant anu lu' eu
As ever cast an unpurchased snd unpurchasaoe 'o'e