Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-09-25
BOSTON EXCITED.
Intense Indignation Against the Re.
publican Candidate.

A Demand for His Withdrawal.
Especial Despatch to the Evening Telegram.l
BOSTON, Sept. 15.-It would be i'm
possible to exaggerate the excitement
aroused in this city over the newest
Mulligan developments published this
morning. The subject is on everyone's
lips, and there is a prevailing opinion
that it is q deadly blow to Blaine's
chances for the Presidency. The ques-
tion has become SO grave that the with
drawal of Blaine from the field is seri-
ously discussed
The Boston Post says:-"The people
OF the United States have presented to
them this morning the most important
chapter of campaign literature that has
been produced or will be produced this
year. 1t is overwhelming and damning
testimony. IF the people of the Re-
public can vote for Blaine after reading
the cold and solemn truth that is here
presented, then is public dishonor rated
a qualification for the highest official
trust, and the man who makes mer-
chandise of his official influence is but
taking the first step to prepare him for
official promotion. Let the reader fol-
low the merciless logic of this
co 'respondence and weigh it inn
partially, then report his conclusions.
Will Blaine withdraw or be withdrawn?
Something should be done to break the
force of this hideous exporure.n
The Boston Globe says:-"Mr. Blaine
must now withdraw. This is the third
and last call and caunot be evaded.
Further continuance on his part makes
the race a procession. The long miss
ing letters at length appear. Even the
white feather drops to the earth and
the whilom knight must be taken from
the lists. To further force him on is
sheer cruelty, and if the party mama
gers lack sense to do their duty, then
the society with the long name should
step in and perform its work. Mr..
Blaine before now has stood convicted
of using his official position for private
gain. In the new letters he shows HIM
self up as having defranded his own
friends in Maine and elsewhere of per-
juring himself concerning Tom Scott,
ofseeking Fisher to stultify himself by
copying and forwarding as his own a
letter from Blaine to Blaine, of having
called Almight God to witness his viii
lingness that all the world should see
the letters, which he had even then ar
ra lged to have destroyed of offering, to
use his official influence in gettingspec-
ial bargains for those desirOus of start
ing banks, and of defrauding those who
for years had been to him of the utmost
service. Mr.. Blaine will, of course,
withdraw, and Mr.. Moore should be
watched by the Society fof the Preven-
tion.of Suicides. Meanwhile Mr.. James
Mulligan has been completely vindica-
Gated. He stands now where all the
world may say, This is a man.'n
The Boston Journal is silent.
The Herald says the documents are
given to the public through a sense of
patriotic duty by Mr.. Warren Fisher
and Mr.. James Mulligan, who have
placed the originals for safe keeping in
the hands of Messrs. Sohier & Welch, a
legal firm of the highest reputation. If
any one questions the authenticity of
the letters, their genuiness can be es-
tablished at glance, but this time Mr..
Blaine cannot get the proofs of the base
ness into his hands to grable or sup
press. The letter of April 16, 1875,
written by Mr.. Blaine to Mr.. Warren
Fisher, Jr., enclosing draft of an ex-
culpation of Blaine, and requesting Mr..
Fisher to "burn this letter." is of Itself
sufficient to bring conviction for cor
ruption and untruth home to the
shameless author of that dishonorable
request for the exculpation which Mr..
Blaine desired Mr.. Fisher to copy in
his behalf was purely and simply q tis-
sue Of outrageous falsehood from begia-
ming to end.
The advertiser -"These docu-
ments are of the utmost Importance as
evidence sustaining the grave charges
against the official integrity of the
candidate of the Republi-
can party, and must be read in the
the light of other letters in the same
series already made public. We find
in the whole correspondence no denial
or disproof of the gravest of these
charges. Mr.. Blaine in his reply of
April Is, 1872, which isGhe next letter
in the date which has been publish,
rests meekly and pusilanimously under
these imputations the slightest of which
would not be borne by man of hon.
sr."
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