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A.-No. sir: quite different.

A.-NO, sir; quite different.
Q.-Was the percentage which was re-
rlized by Mr.. Fisher on those other sales
different from that realized on this sale?
Att averaged about the same.
Afterward, what? A long gap in the
correspondence. Even now, 1t Is evident,
Fisher and Mulllgan still hold other let
ters which they dare not publish, but
deliberately suppress because, at this and
other points in the history, the whole
truth would vindicate Mr.. Blaine COM
pletely. But in December, 1870, it ap-
pears that Mr.. Blaine was trying to bor-
row money for Fisher and Caldwell to
help them through, and at the same time
appealing in vain for bonds, promised
by Fisher to him, and by him to his
friends who had purchased. As he states.
December 20, Mr.. Blaine did borrow on
his "indiyiduap promises, but in the
letter of January 26 he had to beg in
vain for good notes for the $25, 000," and
for the $4,000 bonds which were made
by yourself and Mr.. Caldwell the express
basis Of the $4,000 loan." Thus entrap-
ped by deliberate breach of faith, he
says ats personal hardships to me are
bitter and burning, and humiliating in
the last degree" Yet Fisher and Cald-
we'll left him to bear the loss; a note fell
due March l, and he was compelled to
meet it. Another came in April, and he
wrote: ut is no more my debt than the
debt of President Grant or Queen VictO-
ria, and cannot believe that you and
Mr.. Fisher, both or either, intend to leaye
this burden on me, If you do 1t will
crush me-" Caldwell, April %. acknOwl-
edged the justice of the claim and APP
pealed to Mr.. Fisher. being unable to
act himself Nevertheless, Mr.. Blaine
was c'liged 20 write, June Ia, about the
$4,000 (which borrowed here on my
own faith and credit on the distinct un-
derstanding with you Fisher) that 1t
was to be repaid" and urges some trans
| fer Of securities. Fisher still refuses,
praying for honest fulfillment of con-
| who have paid their money earnestly de-
| ised by me, but which am not able to
give because do not receive the bonds
| to which am entitled by contract? y Il
II 1t is not a question Of money making
with me. 1t is simply question Of saw
| ing my word with others"
Is not this the language Of thorough
ly honest and upright manp Is 1t
not clear throughout that Mr.. Blaine
was conscious of no wrong, but suffering
keenly from injustice? Yet, after all
this, when settlement was made, and
| it was agreed by Warren Fisher. as he
admitted in his testimony, that the let
tiers on both sides should be given up, 1t
was this same Warren Fisher who broke
his agreement kept letters, or allowed
Mulligan to keep them, for the purpose
of defaming Mr.. Blaine, and now, in
baffied anger, he prints enough OF them
| to show what sort of man he ia. BY his
own betrayal Of fAith the letters now
como to light, which show how he took
all the money he could get from Mr..
Blaine and his friends, broke his own
word, and trusted for immunity to a
public mans dread of scandalous mis-
| representation.
To such a man Mr.. Blaine appealed in
vain for the truth. His letter of April
| 16 is an honest mans urgent plea for
| simple justice. "The letter is strictly
true" he writes, and every man knows
| that he would never have penned these
words, with such request, if his con-
science had told him that the statement
| he wished Fisher to make was false,
The testimony of Fisher and Mulligan,
already quoted, proves that in the vital
point Mr.. Blaine stated the truth. He
bought bonds. ON the same terms offered
to others, and by doing so involved him
self in heavy loss while making good the
losses of friends. On that very state
ment which Mr.. Blaine asked Fisher to
sign. in the belief that a man he had
helped at such cost to himself would
not refuse an act Of simple justice: his
friends may we'll rest. Not one Of his
letters, not one of the letters to him, be
it observed, contains any hint or trace
or abuse Of his position as Speaker or as
member of Congress. Neither Mulligan
nor Fisher ever charged him with any
dishonest or improper act. In all the
transactions he was an honorable gen.
tleman-and he was in the hands OF
Sharpors.
What has the public to do with the
business relations of Mr.. Blaine and Mr.
Fisherp Nothing, since they do not
concern his official conduct in any par
Iicular, nor his personal integrity. The
public has judged them rigidly. Eight
years ago the worst that could be said
about these transactions was said, and
the people hearing both sides, sustained
Mr.. Blaine. as they now do. From that
day to this public confidence in him has
been growing stronger, public regard
for him greater, and the latest efforts
of his defamers enly serve to bring upon
themselves the infamy they deserve.
The Democratic Congressional cORven.
Fl on of tho seyenth district renOminated