Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-02

ffected by congressional legislation In
hitch they would nave vote, and the
spirit Of Avarice and utter lack
I official dslicscy revesled In the letters
Iritten by James @. Blaine to Warren
Usher. "..#
In 1858, when the gigantic Credit
dobiller fraud was spreading it's sinuous
,oils around the halls Of Congress-, with
Iuoh sncoess that even men OF hitherto
insulIied regulations were seduoed into
ts meshes, the late Hon. James A.
BAyard, then 8 senator in the United
States Senate from this State, and father
Of Dslawsre's present honored senator,
raosived letter making him tender Of
some stock in the concern, the swindling
character of which was not then suA-
pected, To this letter Mr.. Bsyard made
the following reply:
WASHINGTON, January 18th, lS6S,-MY
DEAR Sin; 1 received this evening your
letter of this date, informing mo that Mr..
Ames Of Massachusetts, had u 900 or $4,000
Oh sJOch III Lne bIbuil mODuler luI uo' my
son, in letter which l received this morning,
me Of yonr short conversation with
him and that it was to your friendly feeling
was indebted for the subscription to whatyou
tell me is 'igood thing" l am, however,
utterly in the dark as to the nature and
object OF this corporation, and you will oblige
me il you will give my son as much informa-
ton as you have in relation to them. / do not
know MIR. Ames personally, and must wait
80 I,a adH ha anil
ject. take it for granted that the corpo-
ration has no application to make to Congress
on which shall be called to act officially, as
/ could not consistently with my views OF
duty vote upon question in which have
pecuniary interest Whether l become the
owner Of this stock or not, am obliged to
you for your intention to benefit me. As l
must, Of course, pay for any stock may get,
please let my son have full information as to
its prospective value. Your communication
consider, az you have indicated, confidential
except as to him, and he and / are almost
one person. Yours, very truly,
JAMES A. BAyARD.
This Ia the letter which the committee,
afterwards appointed to investigate the
great scandal that followed the operations
OF the Credit Mobilier, referred to when
they said Of the guilty victims "We
" commend TO them, and to all men, the
" letter OF the venerable ex-senator
/" Bayard In response to an offer of some
I" OF the stock" Compare these plain
honest utteranoes OF an honest man with
the dishonest suggestions and thievish
innuendoes contained in the following
letter which Blaine wrote to Warren
Fisher :
AUGUSTA, June 20, 1s69.-MY DEAR, Mr.
FIsHER-I thank you for the article from MIR
Lewis. It is good in itself and will do good
| He writes like man Of large intelligence ant
| comprehension. Your offer to admit me h
| a participation in the new railroad enterpris
| is in every respect as generous as l could OK
pect or desire. thank you very sincerely TO
it, and in this connection / wish TO make
suggestion OF somewhat selfish character
1t is this You spoke Of MIR. Caldwells offe
| to dispose Of q share Of his interest to me
II he really desires to do so l wish he woul
make the proposition definite, 30 that coul
know Just what to depend on. Perhaps il
waits to the full development of the entel
prise he may grow reluctant to part with th
share, and | do not by this mean any distrul
of him. do not feel that shall prove
dead. head in the enterprise il | ONT
embark in it. | see various channels in whiC
know can be useful. Very hastily ar
sincerely your friend, JAMES G. BLAINE.
Mr.. Fisher, India street, Boston.
The one was the expression Of an no
orable man, who held that public offiois
should be strictly honest; the other W
, the fcheming suggestion OF CORN
politician, who sought to use the hill
influence OF a position conferred mp
, him by his fellow citizens to put mon
into his pockets.
! Again. When John Quincy Adam
a after honorably filling the exalted off
n to which Mr.. Blaine now aspires, "
n elected to seat in the House Of Represe
/. atives at Washington, he stopped
q Philadelphia and wrote the followi
ia letter to friend:
PHILADELPHIA, 9th. II called uI
Nicholas Biddle at the United States Ba
" and received two dividends OF my ba
"a stock, by an order upon the branch bank
Washington. left with Mr.. Biddle my c
d titicate OF stock to be sold, and the procet
az | may give. | told him that, as l mil
~ be called to take part in public measu
ID concerning the bank and WAS favorable to
wished 10 diyest myself OF all perso
interest in it. j. y, ADAMS
" On very similar subject the thri
'r Blaine also penned letter, addressed,
e usnsl, to "My Dear Fisher" in VIII
Is he gave his peculiar views, rs follows
IN My object in writing is to ask, in season
Ia your friends would desire to establish bi
in Little Rock. 1t will be, to some extent
matter Of favoritism as to who gets the ba
h in the several localities, and it will be in
power to least an anchor to the windwa
10 in y'r behalf il you desire it, Please th
d over the matter and confer with Mr.. Caldy
a, and let me know y'r desires as soon as
% reach any conclusion.
70 Comment is needless. When tn
N letters are contracted, almost sida
20 side, in cold type, II cannot be wonde
u at that the widow Of Senator Morrill,
g that she had reason to thank God i
Or her husband was 'fcalled home before
~ "party he loved so we'll and did so mi
q "for had so disgrSced itself as to no
40 "nste so wicked and corr5pt man
~ "the highest office, within the gift Of
American people as l know and
=, husband knew James G., Blaine to b