, 1876-05-14
RESTITUTION.
TIE HoH B, Il. cAMPBE11. DoEs TK1 SQUARE
THING. -

As will be seen from the correspondence below,
United States Marshal Campbell has done the hon
orable thing by Miss Ada c. Sweet, Pension Agent:
US11rn STATES MAnsHA1's OFFICE, NoRHEKs
p1srK,eT o. 11ItSo1a cnloAao, Nay Y 1S:em e.
the fire Of 1871, Mr. David Blakely aaked me for I
loan Of S. ooo OF my Endorsement Of bis note Ter
amenn aRon 1 "a1sh M os soaa a. e te 1es
did guarantee the payment Of his note Tor that
amount which was discounted at bank for his ben
sa he 1 the te 70 Leave w'9 e H.
pie accommodation 70 1r. Blakeiy personally,
a9d ~ a1ns psepe atf th
great suffering and loss consequent upon the fire.
Hr. Blakely had repeatedly promised to pay II,
agreed, son. time during the year Of 1879, to
commence paying Il in iasta1lments, and up to the
spring Of 1874 be had rsdueed The principal ,z6 by
when be came to me and stated that he had de-
cided to remove to Minnesota, that he had ar
ranged to resign the Pension Agency, and to have
lion I had of the contemplated arrangement
He said be had made business arrange
ments with you, by which the payments on on
continued tie same As Il ha had remained here, and
He stated st the time that Il desired any assur-
you, he would send you to me- to confirm his state,
ment- You Eery soon after called upon me and
reiterated and confirmed the ASSURANCE Of Mr.
your part in writing il desired it, to which re-
piled that your word was snfacient- You after
ward. between APRIL {s73 e o5 and ID. APr fs5S
account, for which Ifeceipted to him through you,
bank and indorsed on NJ: Blakely's note.
90 90 made sns By Says You u Up te tbst time, Apr
1873, had not been asked or requested to use any
influence, political otherwise. directly OF indi-
tcctly for you. Neither do remember Of having
done anything in TINT direction, as I never had
suspicion that there Was any necessity for 50 doing,
Mr. Blakely representing TO me upon his first n
ment was al arranged, and would be co1sum-
mated at once. These payments, amounting to
los in the they Msts made BY
had always supposed the payments were
made = business %tsT 5et,1s bstTssa Sssa
improper action political or otherwise. certainly
never had suspicion Of ofimpropriety in the trans
action until recent Developments which show an an
arrangement n between Mr. blakely and yourself:
Since learning the full particularly nave aecl1sa
B1akely's account. do this, not because now
feel that did wrong, or have rendered myself
the violent and abusive imputations which have
press. psss Gun apon M distorted statements Of ths
f1cf6 out because 0o Aot "aeu ~ 1eAs1A a9J ]Aus
OF which any one could reasonably complain, and
also because told you few days EiDce that II
yon under all the circumstances feltI ought not TO
retain the benefit Of 1t, would cheerfuy return it
to you. have therefore decided, and do now re-
turn you herewith, my check for Sc, 105 remain,
very respectfully yours =. H. CANPBEAL-
UNITED STATES PEHe1oH AGENCY. ADA c.
SWEET, Agent CHICAGO, May 13, 1878.-1he Hon
B. II Campbell, Chicago, M.-DEAR s1a: I
have received your letter Of the 1eth inst, in
closing your check in my favor for 81, Jos, being
the e1act amount paid to you By me on account Of
David Blakely. Since you voluntarily make this
payment without any request from me, or ex-
pressed intimation TINT considered you under
ezsion to present my THINKS, and to express my
wish that the motives and intentions which led to
this action on your part will meet with their Just
reward I an, aif, you1s very respectfully,