The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
MIR. DLAINE'S !, MARRIAGE.

Mr. Blaine Tells All About His mar.
riage n Letter to willinm walter
Phelps. 3SsS s5s II N
NEW YoRK, Sept 10 = Hon. liam walter
Phelps gives to the public the following PIT
yate letter addressed to him nearly two weeks
tgo: 5Ss & .55s 81
Augusta, Sept 8, a So. Dear Mr.
Phelps: have your 1avorof tho s4tll, atviss
Eing me that issthe continuous Invention and
wide circulation Of evil reports render it adj
5visable lin yonr judgm emit not to wait tie
TO the public in my own wind icatioM T 81 III
this opinion many others, on whose judg-
Ement i rely, concur. 4 shrink instinctiYafY
from the Isugge shon, although feel sure Sc
could strengthen the comic ence of all who.
feel friendly to me BY bringing to view the
this endless tissue Of falsehood You& can
Imagine how inexpressibiy painful it must
be to discuss one,s domestic life in the press,
although I think with You that under the
circumstances I could count upon the gener-
5osity Of the public to Justify statement
I can in any event safely commit the facts to
you for personal comm unicaton to those
friends who have taken; so delicate and so
considerate AN interest in my affairs. The
leisure hours of to-day, whom our campaign
is ended, and we wait q, only for the election
ply and for the following essential details
At Georgetown, KY, IN the spring Of 1913,
when Twas but eighteen years Of 5ageFI first
met the lady who for moro than thirty four years
has been my wife Our acquaintance result
ed, Of the end Of six months, in an en-
~, SOUGHT TO KEEP TO OURSELVES.
Two years later, In the spring of 1850, when
:! was maturing plans to leave my profession.
in Kentucky and establish mysvH elsewhere,
Z / was suddenly summoned to Pennsyl yanin
\ by the death Of my father. It being very
doubtful il could return to kentucky, T Twas
threatened with an indefinite separation from
her who Il possessed my entire devo-'
ton. My Il one wish was to secure
her hssns myself e ,a
on the S0th Of June, 1850, just prior to my de-
parture from Kentucky, we were, in tile pros
$ence of trusted friends, united by what I knew
was in my state of Pennsyl vania perfect and
fully legal form Of marriage. On reaching:
5bereayed mother, strongly misunderstanding
business plans as involving too long A separa-z
ton from home and kindred I complied with
her wish that should resume OF least fora
time, my occupation in Kentucky, whittier I
returned in the latter part Of August During.
which were increased by legal consultations, I
became alarmed least doubt might be thrown
upon. the validity of our marriage by rea-3
son of non compliance with the law Of
the state where it had occurred for
I had learned thu. the laws Of Kentucky made.
court, an indisre nsable requisite of . legal
marriage. After muchle ALTERATION and with
an ardent desire 70 ghard In the most effectual
manner against any possible embarrassment
resulting from our position, for which Alone
was responsible, we decided that the simplest
and Of the Same time surest way, was to repair;
to Pennsylvania and have another marriage
service performed This was done in the pres
.ence of witnesses, in the city of Pittsburg, in
the month OF March, 1851, but was not other
wise made pull bic for obvious reasons. twas
gsolemnized only to procure an indisputable
validity, the first marriage being by my wife
and myself always held sacred. u At the ma
ture age of fifty -four lido not defend tho wis
dom or prudence Of o secret marriage, sug-
gested by the II
ARDoRsAND INExPEREycE OF YOUTH
but its honor and it's purity were inviolats as
4 believe in the sight of God, and cannot be-
made 70 appear otherwise BY the wicked devices
of men. It brought to mo q companionship
which has been my chief ;happ from boy
hoods years to this hour. and has crowned me
with whateyer su ccess i have nttained in life
My eldest child, q som was born in his grand
motliers house on tho 18TH day Of June, 1851 ,in
The city OF Augusta, NE ,sand died In her arms
threeyears later Hin ashes repose Ii the comes
terry OF his native city. beneath a. stono which
recorded hisname and the limits Of his Innocent
life Thatstone which had stood for almost an
entire sgeneratio has been recently defaced
by brutal and sacrelig ions hands. As q
candidate for the preside ncy IL knew that ~
should enconnterl many forms Of scalumny
and personal "a defamation, but I cOnfossI did
not expect to be called ! upon to defend the
name Of e beloved and honorcd wifi, who isa
the grave 81 MY little child would he cruelty
desecrated. gainst such gross forms 'of5
wrong the law gives no adequate redress, and
know that in the end my most effective appeal
against the unspeakable Outrages resist, d
must be TO the noble manhood and the noble
jwomanhood Of America. Your friend, very sim
cerely, 3'.
5 81 James G. Blaine
sSz Z, REGARDS IT, CONCLUsIvE M III
New York, Special Telegram Sept 70. s..
The Times this morning says: saFs s5S5:
n The statement which Mr.. Blaine makes In his
letter 30 William Walter Phelps should close 4
all lips upon3a subject which has been intro