The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-27
BLAINE AND LOGAN IN 1859.

A correspondent In Saratoga asks
us TO reprint the "two important
Molligan letters" There were fif.
teeo letters in the package obtained
from Mulligan's possession by Mr..
Blame, On the pledge of his word OF
honor that he would give them i'm.
meolately back, and they are all i'm
portant. We suppose, however,
tnaG our correspondent refers par
Glculariy to the letters In which Mr..
Blaine urges Mr.. Warren Fisher,
Jr., to let him into the Little Rock
and Fort Smith Railroad enterprise,
ana recounts his services as Speaker
OF the House in preventing the for
TEXTURE OF the land grant to that
railroad. There are four letters
winch are essential to the proper
development of this episode in the
career of the Maine statesman.
The letters were all written while
Mr.. Blaine was Spe5 ker of the
Forty first House of Representa-
tlves. In the earliest of these
interesting epistles the third officer
OF the Government of the United
States goes down on his knees to
the Boston capitalists and tells them
that he knows how to make himself
useful:
AUGUSTA, June 90, 1869.
my Dear Nh. Fisher:
Il thank you for the article from Mr..
Lewis. It ia good in itself and will do
good. He writes like man OF large in.
telligence and comprehension.
Your offer to admit me to q partici-
patton in the new railroad enterprise is
IN every respect as generous ss I could
expect or desire. l thank you very sin
cerely for it, and in this connection
wish tc make suggestion ola somewhat
selfish character.
You spoke Of Mr.. Cald veil disposing
OF share of his interest to me. II he
really designs TO do so, / wish he would
make the proposition definite, so that I
could know just what to depend on. Per-
haps if he waits till the full development
OF the enterprise, ne might grow re!uct.
ant to part with his share; and I do not
by this mean any distrust of him.
II do not feel that / shall prove 8
deadhesd in the enterprise if once en-
bark in it. see various channels in
which know can be useful.
every hastily and sincerely, your
!'iend, 81. g. BLAINE.
"Mr. Fisher, India street, Boston"
In his second letter on the subject
the Speaker and statesman ex.
presses his appreciation of Mr. + ish.
er's s'liberal mode of dealing" with
him, but intimates that The ether
Boston capitalist, Mr.. Josiah CaIdS
well, may need little prodding:
Augusta, July I'd, 1869.
My Dear Mr.. Fisher;
"You ask me if I am satisfied with the
offer you made of share in your lew
railroad enterprise.
tOf course, l am more than satisfied
with the terms of the offar. think it q
mcst liberal proposition.
IF l hesitated at all, it is from con-
slderation in no Wny connected with the
character Of The offer. Your liberal mode
of dealing with me in all cur business
transactions Of the past eight years has
not passed without my full appreciation.
What wrote you on the 29th was inteu-
deo to bring Caldwell to definite FRO
position, that was all.
81 go to Boston by the same train that
carries this letter, and will call st your
Office tom orrow ct 12m. If you don't
happen to be in, no matter. Don't put
yourself TO any trouble about it. Yours,
"W. FISHER, JR." J.G.B.
1t appears from the third letter
that Caldwell did need to be remin-
ded how useful the speaker had been
to the Little Rock Sc Fort Smith
people, at time when their land
grant was IN imminent danger Of
forfeiture: