The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-25
with me to take charge of the bonds.
Yours in great haste,

with me to take charge of the bonds.
Yours in great haste,
J. G. BLAINE.
FoRTY-FIRST CONGRESS,
L. 5. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1871.
My Dear Mr.. Fisher-I have this
moment written to Mr. Caldwell, sug-
costing that in case l can rise mees-
ing in this city next week Wi1h Gel.
Thomas A. Scott, to come on here. l
have some reason for believing that
very advantageous arrangement may
be made for taking, say, 100000
l will telegraph Mr.. Caldwell by Tues
day evening if 1 can arrange the
meeting and ask him to hold himself
in readiness for the journey. Your
letter is this moment received. You
ask my advice; let me have an &C
curate and reliable statement of your
financial condition, and can do some
thing. l feel very sanguine with
Thomas A. Scott. 1 think you will
not deem me unreasonable when |
again and persistently urge that
ought to have good notes for the $685.
0O0O, and that ought also TO have the
$4,000 bonds which were made by
yourself and Mr.. Caldwell the express
basis of the $4,000 loan. l do not be-
lieve your company has stronger or
more equitable and legal claim than
mine, while It's personal hardshipS to
me are bitter and burning and humlli-
atlng to the last degree. Sincerely
your friend, j. G. BLAINE.
Forty-SecOnd Congress-,
United States House of Representatives,
Washington, ID. G., April 81, 1871,
My Dear Mr.. Caldwell:
On the Goth instant the second note
of the loan L negotiated IN December
last falls due. The first for $2O32.5O,
which fell due March IA, was COM
PEELED to meet at the greatest possible
inconvenience to myself. 1 drew on
Mr.. Fisher for the amount, but he de-
clined to notice the draft. The note
which falls due on the goth instant is
for $2,578.35. 1t seems extremely hard
and unjust that l should be compelled
to pay this money. II is no more my
debt than the debt of President Grant
or Queen Victoria, and cannot be-
lieve that you and Mr.. Fisher, both or
either, intend to leave this burden on
me. l have no possible means where
with to meet these notes, and 1 beg
of you and Mr.. Fisher. either or both,
to come to my relief. In letter from
Mr.. Fisher, under date of January "a,
he writes me as follows:
"In regard to the $25, 600 which you
borrowed and loaned to Mr.. Caldwell,
or rather Mr.. Platt, as it was assumed
by MI. Platt because you received
from him $4,000 in land bonds for
the amount. Upon my visiting the
Office for the first time after you left
the city, Mr.. Platt said he and Mr..
Harrington gave to you their individ-
ual bonds, and they kept the money.
And in order to obtain the money and
get out of Mr.. Platt's hands," / OBJ
tanned $4,000 in land bonds and took
what 1 supposed to be money, but-it
was not there. Part of it had been
misapplied to other matters. Fifteen
thousand dollars of it L loaned Mr..
Caldwell. The balance went into a
house at Little Rock without my
knowledge OF consent, and the Pull
man case, ETC., etc"
Now, my dear sir, if this be a cor
rect statement, may l not hope you
will relieve me to the extent of the
$15, 1000, and Mr.. Fisher will surely pay
the other $4,000? AS wholly inno-
cent third party, doing my best to act
as a sincere and Steadtast friend to
both of you, ought not to be lett eX-
posed to financial ruin and personal
humiliation. Please read this to Mr..
Fisher. L have advised him of my
writing you. Sincerely yours,
j. G. BLAINE.
Josiah Caldwell. Esq.
No. l PEMBERTON SQUARE,
BOSTON, April %. 1870.
Dear Fisher enclose letter from
Blaine. l forgot to speak to you about
them when | saw you this p. m. J.
hope you can help him. 1 would if it
were in my power. Blaine is an i'm
portant man for us to have. He feels
all right toward us, and / only wish
that L was so situated that L could
help him. Yours very truly,
j. CALDWELL.
This letter enclosed Mr.. Blaine's let
ter to Caldwell of April 81, 1871.
AUGUSTA, Me, June IA, 1871.
My Dear Mr.. Fisher-I tried very
hard yesterday and day before (Mon-
day and Tuesday, to see you, but was
not fortunate enough to run across
you. am in a very painful and en-
barrassing situation, growing out of
my connection with the Fort Smith
enterprise. have paid and caused to
be paid into your treasury about $780,
600, and the only result to me is the
most painful perplexity. The most
painful of all, the most oppressive, is
the $4,000 which l paid Mr.. Pratt
for you January 2, which l borrowed
here on my own faith and credit
on the distinct understanding with
you that it was to be repaid, and that
L was also to receive certain pro-
portion of bonds. l have received
only part of the bonds-the larger
part-and not a dollar of the money.
And now in addition to all other
troubles, l have 10000 of coupons, a
little over that amount, which 1 am
held to take care of partly through
verbal understanding and partly
through written agreement-coup
due in April on the land bonds and to
fall due in July on the first mortgage
bonds. Now, have proposition to
make to you which l think is most
liberal and fair, going so far as 1 pos.
siblG can go, without running mysel
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,-
600 of first mortgage. In order to
square myself with my friends l need
and must have $4,000 in land bonds
and $4,000 in first mortgage -$45 600
in all, still leaving $57 600 of mine in
your hands.
Fow, if you will take up these $1O,-
600 OF coupons, paying me the cash
therefor, and give me the $4,000 of
bonds, will let all the remainder of
our matters stand until yon are per-
fectly at ease and ready to open cor
reSpondence on the subject yourself.
In other words, will leave the mat
ter in your hands until the Fort Smith
enterprise is out of the woods and its
tangled affairs well smoothed out.
trust, IN consideration of our MANY
years of friendship, as well as in the
view of the peculiar relations 1 have
held in this matter, you will make an
effort to do this.
Pray let me hear from you at your
earliest leasure, and greatly oblige.
Yours truly, j. G. BLAINE.
W. Fisher, Jr., Esq.
BOSTON, september 30, 1871.
My dear Blaine: 1t is a. tie great
est Importance that tie u LII s own
ing the interest, the $4,000, and in
vested by them in the Northern
Pacific railroad, should receive what
is due them, and unless something is
done about it shall be forced to turn
the document over to them. 1 am
constantly reminded about it, and