The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-31

VIC eNluoh'o winch property pciOuBeu 10 tno
matter under investigation, make report,
and spread it before the people. But
delay after delay occurred. The con-
vention for toe purpose OF nominat-
| ing the presidential candidate Was soon
tn he held, atd these letters were held back
| and efioY t. were made TO retain them and
Mr.. Biaiue, after using every effort in his
| power To get the matter presented and TO
| keep Irrelevant matter from the committee.
obtaite the letters, and like au honorable
| man, conscious that there was nothing in
| them that he leed be afraid to have go
| before the American people, at once APP
| peared IN the halls of congress, arose
and holding the letters aloft, spread con-
sternation among his enemies by reading
them to the American peopl'. IRE
mendouS cheers He kept back not
single scra Gu he bad received.
| Every article and every letter that he had
| received on that occasion was read ana pre-
SO ted 10 the American people, and yet hese
facts were DOT stated ny tue honor Bile gen
tleman with the f'anSnrss and candor that
til y ought tu have bon.
nov call Your attention TO the two letters
| of Ju re and July aud read from one of them.
l viii not read Ill Of II, but will omit no part
that has bearing upon the no orable gen.
IT, mans argument. This is the Letter of
June 30, 1869:
"Your offer to admit me to a participation In
the nr railroad enisi puse is in every respect
ger eryus as cnul expect or desire. ! thank
Y Il very sincerely fpr IL: ana in tins connection
wish 70 make a Su g'stion of q som what s-if-
lsh cha acier. IL is this You p FAX of Mr..
Cal wells offer 10 dispose of a sha OF his in
tertst To ne, II he ealy cesr~s To do 81, wish
haps Il h. waits until he fuIl development OF the
enterprise, he may grow re NC ant 10 part win
HIS share: and DO no by this man any distrust
or him. do not feel that shall prove a dead
| head in the en- erprse II once embark in IL.
see various channels in which know l can be
use'ul -"
Ant then, in the letter of July 2. 1860, he
says;
fed with the offer you make me II share in
your new rsllrold enterprise or course ] am
more than satisfied it'll the terms OF yoW off-r.
thirk II most liberal proposition. Ihe-ilata
at all Vt is from considerations IN no way meet
ed with the character of the offer Your liberal
mode of dealing W th all our business trans
tNns OF the past eight years has not passed WI b .
ont my full APP rec aon What wrote you "n
tile 29th was INTENDED to bring Caldwell to a def
mite proposition. That was all"
Now. Mr. SEIZURE points cut who these two
men Fisher and Caldwell W. re, and he points
out he c. also that Mr. Blaine was sp~ake err
OF the house nf REPRESENTA- ives, and shows
The eSal ed position he us occupied, Second
ouly in the < vrTnment, and tue powers and
position of the speaker. He then states that
tho speaker was CORES Jonding with these men
to control a railroad enterprise, q LIANT graft
r. ad, TN snliing them for the offers that thew
had made him, that lie asked for more. ami
that he would not prove ueadhead, bur
would MAKE binsel' useful. Mr.. SchurZ then
rea two letters Of Ocr. 4, which | will not
take your time 10 real ut pr sent, but
simply refer to them. These letters
call attention to his rulings while
speaker MIR. Schurz ssserts that they were
writ en- as an in6ucement for Mr., Caldwell
AID Fisher 10 ct him (Bainr) have She inter
est In the railroad he desired You will
bear in min throughout that his is the point
or the entire argument, thai Blaiue was G II.
rup' ly using his position and Influence as
-ptaker. and hid ont Inducements u, to
what b. could do as such for the purpose Of
getting this interest The OILY evid-' CT tNat
Is produced for the purpose of main aiming
thes. charges is the four letters to which !
have caleu your tention. There is no
admission mnGe by Mr. Bl,iue outside OF
them, none Of his speec1e> are cte tina
lie natle fer che purpose OF maintaining this
charge. Tnere is cobtra"t referred To bv
the honorable speaker ut he did nor read
It. | will at n later peri Of my address
read it, so you may be + what is in II.
h also makes assertion OF the fact that
this is laud-grant railroad; and to hat
gu st'ou as 10 { e laud-grant road aud the
charact' II It, l shall have occasion TO ref L.
L. order that We may cUufine ourselves
closely to tn argument. ! ag in, in a some
what different rn, all atten' ion to tn spe-
cite charges: first that Mr.. Bl inc hal sold
S64 of Lit Rock bonds TO the Union
Pacific raj road compa' y for moro than tn
ma ket va u, aud mus ther, FORE at the
same time have doue That COMPANY special
favor therefor: condll, that his ownership
Of the Little Ro ks Was harml S. ~ congress
bad nothing t. do with that c mpany:
thirdly, that he had p,i full market value
Tor he bonds; ard, fourthy, that Blainc's
prr cipl.s ss pol tician are that n politician
Is to ms Ike all h. can.
THE CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED.
Now, ca your attention canddly to the
fact that none OF these letters sustain any Of
the propositions that he has hero stated,
unless il may be the second, in reference to
the fact that congress had nothing TO do with
this railroad company. The first, third aud
fourth propositions these letters have no
nearing upon, and in no way tend TO sustain;
and Ill der that You may follow more
closely aud ascertain what they do tend TO
supyor'. l call your attention to what
the letters prove, III anything. Thew show,
frs, mat Fisher had offered to aiuit Bl line
TO participa ion in the new railroad inter-
puse, and that Mr., Bl inc considered he
otrer as. generous as he CT I'D tXpecr
or d-sire. Secondly, tNat Fisher
had spoken Of Nr. Caldwell also offering
to dispose ~ a share If tis interest TO Mr..
blaine. Thirdl>, that II Mr.. Caldw IL really
sired t. sell an interest, he should m,kr a
definite proposition, so Mr.. Blaine could
know " hat to depend upon. Amt fourthly,
if Mr.. Blaine conclu ed to embark in tie
ent' rpri.e he would not prove u dead
head, as he saw vari us channels in when br
knew he could make himself useful. This,
say, is the far t udency Of the letters and
IT, VIII be seen that lev do hot refer tn
Union Pacific b nds or sale of bonds 70 the
Union z, cific company at all, [Appl us".
They do not refer 60 Little Rork b nds, or 70
bond, OF any kind. they do not refer 10 a
sal. or ri t OF bonds or securities Of any
Kind. and certain Y d not tend to show that
Mr.. Blail o had conf rrei any favors upon he
Union Pacific railroad Company, or that
such conn any was under any obligations to
him whatever.
THE LETTERS ANALYZED.
desire you to follow me closely while
analyze these letters, because you will see,
when come 10 that part upon which Mr..
Schurz relies as sust staining portion Of his
argument. that he has entirely misconceived
the language used and attempted to apply it
TO foreign matt r, dir, CITY contrary to tho
letters themselves and the object and inteht
of rue writer there +. [App au,el
What, then, was thu. offer maIe by Fisher
or Caldwell to Mr.. Blame? have shown
you what it was not. Listen me while I
snow you what It was. 1t was, quoting
from the letter, "a par icipation In he new
railroad ent. rprise." That is the language.
My friend says Caldwell and Fisher
were engaged in the enterprise of building
that road The letter again save, You
sOoke of Caldwelps offer to dispose of share
of his interest to me-" Mr.. Blaine, when in
congress, in clear and explicit {, rms, stated
hat he offer was to cell him an interest in
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