The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1884-09-26
BLAINE'S RAsCALITY.
More Light Thrown Upon the
Mulligan Matter.

When Mr.. Blaine was speaker Of
the house OF representatives, he
said: 81 profess to be a plain,
blunt man." Subteriuge and COIL
cealment were foreign 10 his ma.
ture, he desired every one to be.
live. To quote from the letter that
he wrote TO have copied and sent
to him by Warren Fisher, Jr., he
wanted to be regarded Gas open
and fair as the day. Read the
additional letters about the Little
Rock railroad affair, published in
this edition of the States, and OBJ
serve how frank and open are the
ways of this PLAIN, blunt man.
They intimate, suggest, urge and
pray tor concealment Of his connec.
ton with the jobbery aud bribery
of that railroad business. They
emblazoh his duplicity. They de.
velop bis dark deceit with hight
that is damniug.
The country knows all about Mr..
Blaine's corrupt connection with
the Little Rock and Fort Smith rail
road bonds. Now it sees how agon'
izipg was his anxiety that tue truth
should not leak out TO the detri
ment of MS political prospects. II
has come out. What will the yer
dist be, now that this man is OF
trial before the American people
lie writes to his friend Fisher,
under date of October A, 1869:
No one will ever know from me that
have disposed of single dollar ia Maine
so there need be no embarrassment il
talking with Mr.. Caldwell.
In 1876 he fears the railroad mat
ter will effect his interests unfavor
ably as a candidate before the Gin
cinnati convention, aud he begs
Mr.. Fisher to send him letter OF
exoneration, the draft of which he
eucloses to him. He says:
Regard this letter as strictly confden.
tial. Do not show it to anyone. The
draft is in the hands OF my clerk, and
who is as trustworthy us any one can be
If you can't get the letter within tune for
the 9 o'clock mail tonight, please be sure
to mail it during the night 80 that it will
start cn the first mail Tuesday morning
but If possible / prag you get IL IN the . ocioch
mail Monday crening. Kind regards to Mrs
Fisher. Sincerely, j. g. u.
[Burn this letter. Endorsed on tn,
back:
Not knowing your exact address, send
this to the Parker House, in order that II
may [uot] be subjected to any danger in
the hands of a carrier. j. u. q.
The draft enclosed contains posi-
tive misstatements. They are re
editions of other statements OF Mr.
Blaine on the subject that have
been refuted completely. The draft
says:
You (Mr. Blaine) became the purchase
of about $30, 900 of the bonds on precisel,
| the same terms that every other buyer re
ceived, paying for them in insta 'lments
running over considerable period, jus
az others did. The transaction was per
fectly open.
This assertion is not borne ou
by the facts, as Mr.. Schurz ha'
abundantly demonstrated.
More than this. Under date o
Nov. Is, 1869. Mr.. Blaine informs
Mr.. Fisher that he believes there
will he an expansion of the currcn
cy of from fifty to seventy ive mil
lions. Mr. Fishers friends nigh
like a bank at Little Rock. 1t will
be a matter of favoritism. "It viii
be IN my power 10 cast an anchor t.
windward.n. He did not want t,
be q "deadhead" in this business
either. He was up to every sort o
brokerage, where " favoritisnl" wa
| needed, whether with reference t,
the epaper credit frauds" by whicl
his friends cleared halt a million
or the use of his power as speake
of the house in the interest OF
railroad, or 10 obtaining a baul
charter by the exercise OF iu
fluence.
No wonder that Mr.. Blaine seek
legal advice and the aid of his mau
ager, Steve Elkius, for the prepara
ticn OF his defense. Ii they concoc
nothing better than what has bee
advanced in his behalf by Senate
Hoar aud Gen. Hawley, they nigh
as we'll leave the man to his fate.