The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-20
MIR. BLAINE SPEAKS.
IN REG AnnTo TIE LArEsLANpEn,
William Walter Phelps-Thc Story
of His Marriage Told In II Strnigltfor.
ward lInnncr-yhy tho Second hnr.
ring0 Took plnco mt Pittsburgh.

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NEW YORK, September 19.-lion. VIII
linn Walter Phelps takes tho respon.
sibi|i.v nj yivinc n ,,to nuh,;, t},e foliov..
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"S l''''a'e 'c''cf 'ua'esseu 70 nm hear's
TWO weeks ago. 1t
| /; iiES(a AUGUSTA, September q. 1881.
MI Dear Mr. ph,,Ds. es912 a. I,
I h,,o 49,. f,,.o. !, H. ,.,.,, !,
nave your mvor OF the fourth, I'D
nv .,.!: ..a. ..:o .u''.auo's ,, inVcntton
It advisable lin YOUR r. iulpmrentl ota not to
wait tho slow process Of tho law but
to SPEAK, directly to tho public in my
"Mm o,nar. sinu'sl.,om ,., ] in .s oMhioll many
| shrink instinct'vrly from thc si,c,nst;on iu,
although feel sure could strengthen The
confidence OF all who feel friendly to nc
byDringing 10 view tho simple thread of
truth which Is concealed in this endless
tissue OF faIschood. You can imagine
how incxprcssibly painful it must be to
discuss ones domestic life IN the press.
although, IG.ra think with Vol
that under the circumstances !
could count upon the generosity of The
public to Justify Il statement which other.
wise might seem objectionable, can. in
any event, safely commit ti,e facts to Won
for personal communication to those
friends who have taken so delicate and so
considerate an interest in my affairs. The
leisure hours Of to-day. when our cam.
paisn is ended and We await only for thr
election, gives me the opportunity for this
prompt reply and for tic following essen.
tlai details: rasyEg-s
MS EARLY iA ENGAGEMENT.
"a. a. ueolerloSn, NY ID Inc sprng o.
tov' VIZ, : "'s w. 10 se'''s s.1 u age ifst
my 'i' H''y VINO LOT more than,th'rty-
IVY ea'e nus peeh my wi'e. Our ac'
4''tn''lee reselteu ~ inc end OF slx
months IN an engagement which without
the prospect OF IL speedy marriage we ma
tnrally sought to keep to ourselves. Two
years later in the spring Of 1850 whenI
was maturing plans to leave my position
III Kentucky and establish himself
elsewhere, was suddenly summoned to
ienhsylvania by the death Of my father.
1tDeinS very doubtful if could return 10
Kentucky, l WAS threatened with an in
definite sepa alton from her who possessed
my entire dtvo..on. My one wish was to
secure her to myself by an indissoluble
tie against every possible contingency in
life, and on the soil, day OF June, iS5O, |
Just prior to my departure from Kentucky
we were in the presence of chosen md |
trusted friends, united BY what I knew
was, in my native State OF PENNSYLVANIA, a
perfectly legal form of marriage.
1 = y ,s5,, s.'.l,5 PLANS c,,,<crp
IN xooo,,;,a ,,o,,a -
: ~ ie.'t'''''s LONE loahd that my
family, andespeciallymy bcreayed mother,
strongly discountcnanced nv business
plans. as INVOLVING too ,ono . son,ro,;,n
t.a., !, ~, J.: ' ~ = ","'.o'
"on t'o'ne ara Ai"dfed. computed With
her wish, that should resume at least for
..,,,:m. ny o.eul"t!on Ill hehtucky,
August. Durin" tho ons,;n" @ a,.e ,il';ntos l;,,t VI
induced by nIis.iyinss which were
increased by legal, consultations,
,n;.,. .',.e i,o .,,.n.n,' ,.,'e' .est donht
nt 'o,r Worr".,o w ;.o"M H., ul'on tne validity
rl;an"o ,,;,I, ~, ~ tG.Son ~ . VI 'ioii-com.
rnJ nonmrrnd " ~ fos ""9 I " 'te otate where II
!" @ ws ~ Enn,nri.r ~, naI .,Io 'garheu that the
hv tho ~ ccrh 81 tIo ae co',n., ! .'eenss @ cer!ilea
sEensihle reo,;s;to & % nv ,ooaI eoJf, am lmae-
Ait"r m,,rh drI;I"r,t;or ard ies.;. GU, ,iatrse
one dos;ro ~ n,,orI ~ .h !'a' viii al AIM,
%an,rr @ % o,anst NJ u n.v - noss;, tnG mos. euecsuai
wont ros,iit;mn ~, ir'n possIoe e1i.natrass- s
wh;cl, : .ajo,a no'n ,, uue pos,alon .o .;,l, iof
wo doc;dod tbo. M"' iespeusl1le,
anl ,t Su Nv. S.,,o ,;m" a1 a. s .ne !, slmplest
~ ronoir M ~ s nnnns,,' ,i,u ,;le suIGss way WIS
~ NJ rr;,oo w sar,:a ,"'.l. nn;a ana ''"fS ~ aho.n.
,lonn @ ~ .io He''.e i'essor'heH' Ii'ls was
IN , tho ";t,. 'n ai itsgi.ec p;,t, u Witnesses
montS ~ ~ S,,ua,> ,es, s1'I's', i ~, ~ the
m.;sa ode ot , WIFI. 200. for nut was not olher.
was only to secure nm undisnuted valilitv
the first marriage being by my wife and
myself Always hcid sacred.
Al HONORABLE MARRIAGE.
AZ ti'e mature "se OF fiity-foar do not
defend the wisdom or prudence of Il Sc
crct marriage suggested blythe ardor and
tic inexperience of youth In, ;ts honor
and its purity we're invrste, M as T r. hnl;nra ]
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