The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-09
An Open Letter From General r.
A. Alger to Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher.
Packed Humanity at Massillon, Ohio
Blaine's Eight-Mils Trip in Car
riage and What He Saw.
Mr.. Tilden's Answer-What the Coun.
try Needs and How to
Get Ii.
An Open letter From r. A. Alger to
Henry Ward Il ,echer

An Open letter From R. A. Alger to
Henry Ward Bsecher.
DETROIT, MICH, October THE fol-
lowing open letter from General r. A.
Ager, OF this city, to Henry Ward
Reecher, was made public last night.
DETROIT, MICH, October Z, 1884.
Rec. Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn:
My DEAR Sin: The newspapers Of to-
day publish your letter OF yesterdays
date, directed TO me, concerning the JOY
Blaine Little Rock bonds affair, and pos
sibly, In due course ef mail, | NAV re-
celve the original letter from you. How
ever, | hasten to reply through the same
medium which brought your etter to my
notice.
beg to inform you that where Mr.. 10y
Is known, he is not considered to be
the gulleless individual who can be mis-
led by cablegram from any person, nor
Is he man to allow the character of an
other to be uujusty taraished when it Is
In his power to do justice. My cable to
Mr. Joy was intended to call his atten-
tion to the Little X OK bond affair, mat
ter which he doubtless understands thor
ough y, aud believe his reply, clean cut
as it is, was intended to refutc the whole
scandal.
had conversation with Mr.. Joy some
years ago concerning the after, and
before his nominating speech of Mr..
Blaine in 1880, and although | cannot
give y the full Diet ais OF the converse
ton, the Impression LETT upon my mind
was that he at the time the proposition
was made to him by some thi d parties
to take certain bonds Ia Washington,
supposed the proposition came rom Mr..
Blaine, but subsequ nifty became con-
viuced that the parties themselves were
the cues who were trying 10 sell the
bonds and that h. had done Mr.. Blaine
an injustice. Doubtless had he remem.
bered mentioning the matter to you he
would have given "a further expiration
OF it h opportunity been given him.
This impression was SO strong in my
mind that when | saw your communlca-
ton concerning the affIir, at once
cAbled Mr.. ~ aud received the reply
expected, and have no doubt he intended
to fully and thoroughly refute every
charge against Mr.. Blaiue in connection
| with the affair
Mr.. Joy Is not the MN to bat around
the bush and say things he does not
mean, nor to shirk any responsibility,
and those who know him know that he
deals in no uncertain language In what
ever he has to say, and that he never
lodges an issue. 1t seems to me incred-
ible that any business man should be-
ieve Mr.. Blaine so weak as to
send such q proposition to
another business man as was
alleged in this matter and thus
allow himself to be subjected to ruin,
even thou n he had no moral objections
to making such criminal proposition as
is reported to have been made in this
charge. If | believed him so weak
would not support him for the Presiden.
cy, though he might be as pure as st.
Paul himself. When Mr.. Joy returns
from Europe hope you will seize the
first opportunity to have an inter.
view with him, and II you find
you are doing Mr.. Blaine an in.
justice, as thoroughly believe you are,
that you will as publicly apologize to the
American people for the wrong you have
done him and the Republican party as
you have been active in trying to ruin
both. Mr.. Joy is not the man to have
accepted the great trust he did in 1880,
when he presented the name of Mr.. Blaine
to the Chicago Convention for the
nomination as President, had he be ieved
him guilty of any unfair dealing or of
prostituting his high Office for gain"
[Sigued] Il. A, ALGER.