The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-24

that there were other, and, if anything,
more damaging letters, which were not
embraced in the package which Mr..
BLAINE obtained from MULLIGAN by
false promises, snd portion of these
(fOr there are still others, are now, for
the first time, made public.
Of the new series, that which is the
most damaging, is the draft of a letter
prepared by Mr.. BLAINE and sent to
Mr.. FISHER, to be by FISHER copied,
signed and returned to Mr.. BLAINE.
| We print the draft and the letter &C
companying it:
CONFIDENTIAL.
WAsHINGToN, D. c., 10th April, 1876
My DEAR Mr. Fisher: You can do me
very great favor, and know it will give
you pleasure to do so-just as / would do for
you under similar circumstances. Certain
persons and papers are trying to throw
mud at me to injure NV candidacy before
the Cincinnati Convention, and you may
observe they are trying it in connection
I WIN tuC L4AStAC ANONh anu IOIb s1LIlLu mat
ter.
Iwant you to send me a letter such as
the enclosed draft. You will receive this
10 morrow (Monday) evening, and it will
be favor shall never forget if you will
at once write me the letter and mail the
same evening.
The letter is strictly true, is honorable
to you and to me, and will stop the mouths
of slanderers at once.
Regard this letter as strictly confidential.
Do not show it to any one. The draft is
in the hands of my clerk, who is as trust
worthy as any man can be. II you can't
get the letter written in season for the
o'clock mail to New York, please be sure
to mail it during the night so that it will
start first mail Tuesday morning, but if
possible, pray you to get it in the 9
o'clock mail Monday evening. Kind re-
gard to Mrs. Fisher
Sincerely, J. G. B.
Burn this letter.
Endorsed on the back.
Not knowing your exact address, send
this to the Parker House, in order that ii
may mott be subjected to any danger in
the hands of carrier. J, q. Z.
BosToN, April -, 1876.
Hon. James g. Blaine, Washington, D. Z.
DEAR SIR: observe that certain news
papers are making or rather insinuating
| the absurd charge that you own or had
owned $4,000 of Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad Bonds, and that you had
in some way obtained them as a gratuity.
The enterprise of building the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was under
taken in 1869 by company of Boston
gentlemen, of whom | was myself one.
The bonds of the Road were 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 $780,
600 OF the Bonds on precisely the same
terms that every other buyer received,
paying for them in installments, running
over considerable period, just as others
did. The transaction was perfectly open,
and there was no more secrecy in regard
to it than if you had been buying flour or
sugar. | am sure you never owned bond
of the road that you did not pay for al the
market rate. Indeed, l am sure that no
one received bonds on any other terms.
When the road got into financial diff
culties, and loss fell upon you, you still
retained your bonds, and you held them
clear through to the reorganization of the
company in 1874, exchanging them for
stock and bonds of the new Company.
You acquired also some demands
against the new Company by reason of
your having joined with others in raising
some money when the company was in
pressing need. For the recovery of that
money proceedings are now pending in the
~. Al L.
you are openly a party of record. Con-
cealment OF the investment and everything
connected with it would have been very
easy had concealment been desirable but
your action in the whole matter was as
open and as fair as the day. When the |
original enterprise failed, 1 knew with |
what severity the pecuniary 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 |
compelled to meet Islander in a matter
where your conduct was in the highest |
degree honorable and straightforward.
You may use this letter in any way that
will be of service to you.
Very sincerely yours, VIZ, JR.
To make it certain that Mr.. FISHER
would get the letter in time to reply by
the 80 o'clock mail Monday evening"
Mr.. BLAINE sent the following dis
patch:
The WESTERN UNION /
TELEGRAPH COMPANY. ! |
Dated WASHINGTON, D. c., 1876.
Received at ga, April 10th.
To WARREN FISHER, Commonwealth
Hotel:
Please go Parker House tomorrow.
Monday evening; on arrival morning mail
from New York, find letter. Answer BY
return mail. ]. G. BLAINE.
10 ID. II.
zsm.
Mr.. FISHER refused to write the let
ter prepared for him by Mr.. BLAINE
because it contained falsehood in the
statement that Mr.. BLAINE ssbecame
he purchaser of about $4,000 of the ,
bonds on precisely the same terms that
very other buyer received" This false !;
statement was intended to help out the
statement made by Mr.. BLAINE before !
he House Just one week later when he !;
aid: 'sIn common with hundreds of j
ther people in New England and other !,
arts of the country, bought some of n
hese bOnds-not very large amount !
aging for them at precisely the same {,
ate that others paid. I never heard s
nd do not believe that the Little Rock !,
'ompany-which ! know is controlled +
, highly honorable men-eyer parted s
it'll bond to any person, except at the :
sgular price fixed for their sale. !,
astead Of receiving bonds of the Little :.
ock and Fort Smith Road as gratui- :;
!, / never had one except at the I,
'gular market price, The truth of =
le matter IS told By Mr.. FIsHER s
letter written to Mr.. BLAINE, {.
ne Of The new seriesl on April 16, 1872, s s
st four years before, in which be used S
e following language: a0f all the s
rites connected with the Little Rock 8
ID Fort Smith Railroad, no one has s.
en- 50 fortunate as yourself in obtain s
s money ont Of il. You obtzined 6
descriptions from your friends in s.
aine for the building Of the Little
sck and Fort Smith Railroad. Ont Of
cir subscriptions yoa obtained large s
aoant, both Of bonds and money. FIRE Il
cost 70 you. ! have ypur own figures Is
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