Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-25


due on the 20th inst, is for -, 2,57s $50.
II seems extremely hard and unjust
that / should be compelled 10 pay this
money. IL is no more my debt than
the debt of President Grant or Queen
Victoria, and | cannot believe that you
and Mr.. Fisher, both or either, intend
to leave this burden on me.
If you do, il will crush me. i have
no possible means wherewith tO meet
these notes, and beg of you and Mr..
Fisher, either or both, to come TO my
relief. Tn a letter from Mr.. Fisher un-
der date of January 24th he writes me
as follows -
ain regard to the $4,000 which you
borrowed and loaned to Mr.. Caldwell
or rather Mr.. Pratt, as il was assumed
by Mr.. Pratt, because you received from
him $50, 900 Land Bonds for the amount.
Upon my visiting the office for the first
time after you left the city, Mr.. Pratt
said he and Mr.. Harrington gave to you
their individual bonds. and they kept
the money; and in order to obtain the
money, and get it out of Mr.. Pratt's
hands, / obtained $50, 900 Land bonds,
and took what supposed to be money;
but it was not there. Part of it had
been misapplied to other matters; S15,-
600 Of IlOdned to Mr. GaldaUeU: the
balance went into house at Little
Rock without my knowledge or con-
sent, and Pullman Cars, &c. &c"
Now, my dear Sir, If this be correct
statement, may I not hope you will re-
lieve me to the extent of $4,000, and
Mr.. Fisher will surely pay the other
$4,000. .'--
AS wholly innocent third party do
ing my best to act as sincere and
steadfast friend to both of you, I ought
not to be left exposed to financial ruin
and personal humiliation.
Please read this to Mr.. Fisher. Ihave
advised of my writing you.
Sincerely yours,
J. G. BLAINE.
JOSIAH CALDWELL, Esq.
AN IMPORTANT MAN.
JOSIAH CALDWELL,
No. Pemberton Square.
BOSTON, April %, 1871.
DEAR FIsHER,-I enclose letter from
Blaine. I forgot to speak to you about
them when l saw you this P. NJ.
ilopC Nou WVulu IL
were in my power. Blaine is an i'm
pOrtant man for us to have feel all right
toward us, and I only wish that I was
so situated that l could help him.
j. CALDWELL.
This letter enclosed Mr.. Blaine's let
ter to Caldwell of April q, 1871.
LIBERAL AND FAIR PROPOSITION.
AUGUSTA, Me-, 18th June 1871.
My DEAR Mr.. FIsHER,-I tried very
hard Yesterday and day before Monday
and Tuesday, to see you, but was not
fortunate enough to run across you. |
am in very painful and embarrassed
situation growing out of my connection
with the Fort Smith enterprise. l have
paid and caused to be paid into your
treasury about S250,000, and the only
result to me is the most painful per-
pleXity. The most painful of all and
the most oppressive is the $25,0 900 which
paid to Mr.. Pratt for you on Jan'y Cd,
which l borrowed here on my own faith
and credit on the distinct understand
ing with you that it was to be repaid,
and that | was also to receive a certain
proportion of Bonds. l have reed only
a part of the Bonds-the larger part
and not a dollar of the money. And
now in addition to all other troubles, 7
have $4,000 of Coupons, little over
that amount, which am held to take
care of partly through verbal under
and partly through written
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS due in April on
Land Bonds and to fall due in July on
lst Mortgage Bonds. Now, 1 have a
proposition to make to you, which I
think is most liberal and fair, going as
far as possibly can 60 without running
myself past all recovery. If you will
look at copy of our agreement in your
hands, you will find there is still due to
me $4,000 Of Land Bonds and $32, 900 of
1st Mortgage.
In order to square myself with nv
friends, need and must have $36, 900
Land Bonds, and $4,000 1st Mortgage,-|
S45, 900 in all,-still leaving S57, 900 of
mine in your hands.
Now,s If you will take up these $40, 900
of Coupons, paying me the Cash there
for, and give me the $4,000 of Bonds.
| will let all the remainder of our mat
ters stand until you are perfectly at ease
and ready to open correspondence on
subject yourself. I'm other words / will
leave the matter in your hands until
the Fort Smith enterprise is out of the
woods, and its tangled affairs we'll
out.
trust in consideration of our many
years of friendship, as we'll as in view
of the peculiar relations 1 have held in
this matter, you will make all effort to
do this.
Pray let me hear from you at your
earliest leisure, and greatly oblige Yours
truly. J. G. BLAINE.
w. FISHER, Jr., ESQ.
SOME ADVICE TO BLAINE.
.,-..,.s...,.- BOSTON, Sept. 80, 1871.
My DEAR BLAINE.-It is the greatest
that the parties owning the
interest in the $25, 900, and invested by
them in the Northern Pacific Railroad,
should receive what is due them.a and |