Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-09-26
The MuIllgan Letters.

The publication of the recent batch
Of so called "Mulllgan letters" has
brought confusion to the Democracy.
These letters and their careful perusal
by honest and intelligent men, were all
that was needed to vlndicate Mr..
Blaine from the foul charges which the
Democrats have made in connection
with them. The New York zIiDune
forcibly calls attention to une impor-
tant fact. and that is this: "When
Mulllgan and Fisher ransacked their
correspondence eight years ago for
material to blacken Mr.. Blalne's repu-
tation, their cold and deliberate malice
rejected the letters now published. If
there were then any in their hands
which could have done him harm, we
may be sure those would have been
produced. cut the letters now printed,
though they contain no new charge,
nor scrap of evidence that tends to
sustain any old charge, do contain
much that is of the greatest value 10
Mr.. Blame. For that reason, his ac-
cusers, when cool, were shrewd enough
to suppress them. But now they see
public opinion moving forward with a
resistless sweep toward Mr.. Blalne's
election; they hunt their pigeon,holes
again for the dregs of ancient scandal.
and in their fury they brand them
selves with falsehood, and for the first
time disclose the true character of the
transactions between Mr.. Blame and
Mr.. Fisher"
The Tribune proceeds to show that
the very letter of October "a, 1871,
which Mr.. Blaine has for eight years
been accused of suppressing, is among
those now published. The oft-reiter-
ated charge was reduced at last to
this one letter, which was named in
Mulligan's memorandum, but which
Mr.. Blaine declared was not in the
package received and publicly read by
him. Continually Democratic papers
have repeated that Mr.. Blaine lied,
and had deliberately suppressed this
letter. Yet now the laundering rage
ofhis baffled sccusers produces it from
their own stock, and makes one thing
clear: Eight years Mulligan has seen
Mr., Blaine falsely accused of suppress
ing this letter, and has known all the
time that the charge was false. because
he held in his possession the proof,
and silently allowed the lie to go on
doing its dishonest work. and thus has
made that lie his own, in order to
blacken the character of Mr.. Blaine.
There is not in all OF this correspon-
dence 4 sentence to prove that Mr..
Blaine was either personally or official
ly impure. On the contrary, accord
ing to the entire evidence, his transac-
tons were not only honorable, but
they were financially disastrous to
him and to his friends who were in
duced by him to engage in the enter
prise Mr.. Blame appealed to the
men who had swindled him to make a
settlement which would save him and
his friends from loss. And there is
not letter in the whole lot-either
from Mr.. Blame or to hlm-which con-
tains solitary intimation OF abuse of
his position as Speaker of the House
or any act disronorable as a member
OF Congress. No one can honestly
charge him with anything OF that char.
acter. The people know this, now
that the letters which were declared to
contain damaging revelations have
been published. Democratic cam
palgn managers over reached them
selves completely in this publication.
which stamps their co-conspirators as
the basest and most contemplate per-
sons, wholly unworthy OF belief under
any and all circumstances.-Q Quincy
Wing.