The Morning herald., 1876-06-14
TIL OMAS FRANCIS BAYARD
THE CRIMINATING LETTERS.
( From the N, Y. Sun.
FOR PRESIDENT !


There is a general belief, which is con-
frmed by the statement of Mr. M1lllgan
in Boston, that Blaine suppressed and
altered portions of the letters which he
read to the House. A careful examination
of them shows that they have been tam
pered with, and it is not at all unlikely
that substitutions haye been made since
they were seized and appropriated by
Blaine. A man who is capable of acting
as he did in regard to these letters, after
pledging his honor to return them to Mul-
ligan, is equal to any ether deception.
Various circumstances warrant the
strongest suspicion in this respect. the
memorandum of Mulligan which accom-
panied the letters, defines their order both
by dates and by numbers, and describes
each consecutively with a synopsis Of the
contents. There are several which relate
to the same subject, and therefore ought to
be classified and read together, for a
perfect understanding of their contents.
In reading these letters Blaine broke
all the connections purposely, scattered the
dates promiscuously, and confused the sub
jects, so that the general or careless reader
might not discover the fraud, Or see the
successive stages Of his venality, before
and after entering Congress. An honest
man who had nothing to fear and who
meant to defy the sternest investigation,
would have taken MulIigan's memoran-
dunn and given the letters by his numbers
and by the regular dates.
The practice of the House Of Represen-
tatives is, when a member himself reads
papers to hand them over to the official
reporters, in order that the exact contents
may appear in the Congressional Recond.
In this case there was no vcrification
whatever. Blaine retained possession Of
the letters all through and passed them
over to his own clerk as they were read.
So that in point of fact, the official report
gives only Blaines version of the letters
as taken down by the stenographers, with
out any comparison having been made
with the originals.
1t is discovered that one of the most
important letters dated October 4, 1871,
wherein Blaine refers to his services on the
last night of the session in behalf Of the
Little Rock job, a most suspicious omission
has been made between the copy sent out
by the Associated Press and that printed
in the Congressional Record. That altera-
ton could only have been made by Blaincs
authority, as the proof sheets were only
furnished at midnight to the press agent
by the Government Printer. The motive
of it is transparent.
In the memorandum of Mulligan is the
following item:
"s. Oct. a, u. Fisher to Blaine, urging
settlement of N. p. h. account, f25,00"
When that was read Elaine said,
"There is no such letter in the package.
The letter he speaks of seems to have
been from Mr.. Fisher to myself There
wasno such letter in the package" Now,
that letter was in the regular numerical
order, and was. doubtless, in the package
when Blaine sized it by force and carried
it off. He doubtl ess destroyed it, for the
letter furnished evidence Of demand
made by Fisher for the payment Of $25,
600, which Blaine had received from
him for an interest in the Northern Pacific
that he had failed to heliver.
Blaine would not have presented Multi
gan's memorandum to the House at all il
Mr.. Glover had not properly and posi-
lively insisted upon its production, and also
demanded that it should " be read at the
\ Clerks desk 70 avoid any false construc.
,tio1 III ia tsFms. hs conmittee of ipYes-
";