Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-02
INC, bears to The aggregate amount agreed
20 to paid. WARREN FNuEn, JR..
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Assignee
Tbs, this contract was carried ont APP
pears from memorandum In Mr.. Biaine's
own handwriting, produced by Mr.. Null'-
gan before the investigating ccxmittee IN
Mr.. Rlaiuc's presence without word OF
objection from HIM ~ TO ~ correctness
And In the face of this contract. ana OF the
fact that large quantities OF Little ROCK
bonds went TO Mr.. Blaine, acccrdingto ,nc
memorandum, without any payment on MS
part, ~ a grainity or commission Tor Little
Rock securities passing 10 A. " 7. CoOurn
and other parties from Mr.. Fisher, Mr..
Blaine had The bardihood TO say that the
Little Rock Company never parted with
a bond TO any one except ut the regular
price fixed for their sale" and that he
himself "ncyer had one except at the
regular market price" In both these
eases Mr.. Blaine evidently said what was
NOT true: he knew IL TO he untrue when
he said it. and he said II with the OBJ
yiofIs intent 10 deceive the House OF Rep
rcseutatives ard the "ioriy-four million OF
his countrymen." whom MIR. Blame "took
into his confidence" How do Won call
tbisy | know how YOU would have called
u before Mr.. Baine's nomination. but
that nomination seems 10 nave had 4
straraely-coniusIpg effect upon party
mems notions as 10 public morals. To
call II brilliant audaci,y in the hand
ling Of truth" may suit the vocabulary
Of the modcrn era better.
8. You say that lay too much stress upon
Mr. Blaine's energetic protest against "the
prying into lis private affairs y; that | Tor
Get the circumstances; that Mr.. Blaine was
then candidate for the presidency; that
the inquiry was Instituted by his Democrat
ic opponents, etc. Do You mean TO suggest
that a public man In high station, WI Ose Off
clal integrity is seriously questioned, should
accept and facilitate Investigation only by
his party friends! You will certainly
not deny that Mr.. Blaine had strong
friends upon that committee. But
public man OF high sense Of
honor, rather than submit TO continued
suspicion, will invite investigation by his
opponenis, not try TO battle IL. Feeling
himself innocent, he will throw wide open
the doors OF knowledge, The wider The bet
ter. lie will not fear the appearance OF
suspicious circumstances, for he VIII be
ready aud eager to explain them. lie
will not increase and justify suspi-
cion by cOncealment. Only the guilty
Will rest under suspicion, because
he fears exposure and conviction.
The character OF the things MIR. Blame
succeeded in covering up We are left to
infer from the character Of those which
came out against his rCmoDstrancc. You
think George Washington would have
rayed with anger If his "priyatc corre-
spondence" bad been inquired into by
committee OF Tories? Neither you nor !
know how that would have been. But OF
one thing am very sure-In Washington's
private correspondence nothing would
have been found IN the remotest degree To-
semhhng the Mullgan letters.
6. You say that Mr.. Blaine's offences
have not been "condOned," hut that he
has been "triumphantly acquitted" that
this has been done by the Governor and
Legislature Of Maine sending him TO the
Senate, by his appointment TO the Cabinet,
aud hy his nomination for the presidency.
Let us see. Did these events in the
least change the facts in Mr. Blaine's
recordy Can il be said after these
events that Sir. Blaine did not write the
Mulligan letters; that he did not
make the false statements before the
House; that he did not protest and strug-
gle against inquiry into what he called his
"privatc businessi" OF course not. Did
they change in any sense the character OF
those factSi Certainly not. What, then, did
they effect: They showed only that some
people when they bestowed public honors
upon Mr.. Blaine, either did not know those
facts. or chose TO overlook them for party
reasons. or regarded them a. compatible
with the standard according TO which, in
their opinion. public bonors should be be-
slowed. But does this relieve other people
Of their duty as citizens 10 form cOnsci.
eniious JUDGMENT upon these same things,
and TO vote accordingly? wonder whether
you would apply your triumphant ac-
quittal rule with equal readiness 10 other
cases. am Informed that your opinion OF
General Butler has long been quite I'M
favorable. General Butler was elected 10
the governOrsbip OF Massachusetts, two
Yeas ago. He has been nominated for the
presidency by Greenbackers and Anti-Mo-
nOpolists. Did that change in any wsy the
facts constituting his record! Did II
change your opinion Of those facts
Were that election and these nominations,
in your opinion, Triumphant acquit-
talf" The mere statement OF the propO-
sition is sufficient TO show the absurdity
Of ii.
As 10 Mr.. Blaiue's case, the generality OF
American citizens are now for the first
time called upon 10 declare whether his
public record is regarded by them ~ COM
paiible with the STANDARD according to
" hich the American people are willing to
bestow the highest honor and trust In this
republic. II the American people declare
that II is, then our public men. great and
small, win have learned that they may
work in their "yarous channels OF useful.
ness" 10 make themselves rich, with the
same spirit OF enterprise and the same
brilliant audaeity In the handling OF facts
which they will have been taught TO admire
in the model set up for them, without fear
OF endangering their preferment 10 the
highest places. What the consequent effects
Of this upon the future Of the republic are
likely TO be have cndeavored to set forth
in nv Brooklyn speech. OF the effect
which Mr.. Blane's mere nomination Ia.
already produced, your way of defending
him furnishes, regret to say, an insiruc-
tive example.
:. You are greatly mistaken when you
"take ii for granted that what MIR. Schurz
has not sand in this speech against the per-
sonal honesty Of Mr.. Blaine is not worth
SAYING There are many more facts IN
Mr.. Biane's record which Just begin to
form the subject OF popular discussion aud
which may in a most urgent manner
call for your attention before the
end OF this campaign. | confined
myself carefully to a few representa-
tive points which rested upon Mr.. Blaines
own letters. speeches and oral testi-
mony alone. Neither can | accept the
compliment that my Brooklyn speech Is an
unusual exhibition of "clear and skllliul
statement" Whatever strength that speech
possesses consists simply in the circum-
stance that it is the sober truth, plainly
spoken. And just there is your trouble.
Truly yours. {. ScHURz.
The Butler Ffzafo- = Strong Cleveland
Reaction Expected This Week.