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

Fisher, either or both, 10 come TO my
relief.
II Is very important to me that
have some Bonds next week. II you
don't accept the proposition / have
made, suppose you consider this:-Let
me retain the Land Bonds now in pos
session as satisfactionfo for loaned money,
and you pay me the SO, 900 Land Bonds
and S32, 900 1st Mortgage due to me un-
der the contract. / do not make this
proposition to be bound by it; merely
suggest it. But must have the mat
ter settled in some way quickly. .
Now, IL you will take up these 10000
of Coupons, paying me the Cash there
for, and give me the S45, 900 of Bonds.
/ will let all the remainder of our mat
tiers stand until you are perfectly at ease
and ready to open correspondence on
subject yourself. In other words / will
leave the matter i'm 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 view
of the peculiar relations have held in
this matter, you will make an effort to
do this.
=
WU sacrifice a great deal to get
settlement. | feel assured of your
friendly disposition towards me, and
therefore | do not wish to seem
importunate and troublesome; but
if you knew the agonies | have suf-
fered in this matter during the past six
months, you would pity me am sure,
and make great effort to relieve me.
Pray let me kno'c 'ohdt lam to Erpect.
My DEAR FIsHER.-You can do me
very great favor, and I know it will
give you pleasure to do so,-just as
would do for you under similar circum-
stances. Certain persons and papers are
trying to throw mud at me to injure
my candidacy before the Cincinnati
Convention, and you may observe they
are trying itin connection with the Lit
tie Rock and Fort Smith matter.
l want you to send me letter such
as the enclosed draft. You will receive
this tomorrow (Monday) evening, and
it will be favor | shall never forget il
you will at once write me the letter
and mail the same evening.
The following is the enclosure refer
red to in the preceding letter:
Boston, April, 1876.
Hon. JAMES G.. BLAINE,
Washington, d. c.
DEAR SIR,-I observe that certain
newspapers are making or rather insiD-
uating the absurd charge that you own
or had owned S150,000 of Little Rock
and Fort Smith Railroad bonds, and
that you had in some way obtained
them as gratuity.-
The enterprise of building the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was un.
dertaken in 1859 by company of Bos.
ton gentlemen, of whom I was myself
one. The bonds of the Road We're put
upon the market in this City on what
was deemed very advantageous terms
to the purchaser. They were sold
largely through myself You became
the purchaser of about $4,000 of the
Bonds on precisely the same terms that
every other buyer received, paying fol-
them in installments, running over q
considerable period, just as Others did
When the original enterprise failed,
l know with what severity the pc
cuniary loss fell upon you, and with
what integrity and nerve you met it.
Years having since elapsed, it seems
rather hard at this late day to be COM
PEELED to meet SANDER in "a matter
where your conduct was in the high.
est degree honorable and straightfor.
ward.
You may use this letter in any way
that will be of service to you. Very
sincerely yours.
w. f., JR.