The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11

no was iOusiH InnfnluHf uuflufi Nh
Hlaine was "a prOfeszdr Of languages,
think, IN tho schOol at any rate one a
the military or literary stan uriur 4
this which have stated, MhoI
the awful fact was discovered on Mis-
NtanwuUd, she, or IL, broke up III
female school. She, with her mother,
nice old lady, cau0 from GooTgetown I
my house, here In Louisville, ON thei
way Ia New Haven, Maine. A. shl
stood before the mirror In my room
preparing Ia 90 out Ia my carriage, Ia H.
some shopping, ! thought she was
magnificent woman-a JunOl NJ
father thought 20, too. We were un
aware of her condition, Amer awhil,
We learned the facts rom Cousin Ma
garet, whom l met at Drennon previous
Ia her husbands death, Cousin Thorn
ton, failing to persuade Maj. Blaine
10 go TO Now Haven and do III,
honorable amende, asked my father
assistance, and through their con
joint persuaiuns he went. My under
standing from Mrs. Johnson was tina
the child ~ one year old when Maj
Blaine married his wife. When hol
mother reached home with her daugh
ter. She, b~rokcn-hearted, | suppose, in
troduced her daughter rs u widow.
Mr.. Blaine has always been "a FRIEND
lat least | think sol To Cousin Thorn
tons widow and sons. She IL now liy'
ing at Dallas, Texas. Her oldest son
generally known rs ~red-headed Will,
Johnson, IL there, too. Unless expect,
ing favors from Maj. Blaine he will tel.
tho positive facts.
Mai. Blaine did not have to marry
Harriet Stanwood at the point of the
pistol. My father and Cousin Thorn
ton persuaded him To do the upright,
manly thing. | never saw him alter ht
left Dronnon,
II he IN sensitive about his wife he
ought 10 take his family and go Il
Europe, tho whole posse comitatus.
The awful and responsible office oi
the President of the United States
should he filled by a man sans reproche
ia religious man. He should recognize
and fear the presence of our Divine
Master. We are u nation, MI august
nation, capable OF approaching the maj
esty of independence and freedom OF
conscience beneath the eye of God, and
not man alone. The whole sum total of
time Is u segment of eternity, and the
man Tho does not realize divine guild
ance Is unit in himself to guide "a ma
ton.
1 would not injure Mai. Blaine. He Is
associated In my heart with my father,
with my early home, DrennOn; but, as
Tom Marshall ono said in my presence,
"Truth Is omnipotent, and will prevail"
So, ~ the phantasmagoria of earth
PUSHES ahead IN the dust and wind of
Time, II Is best to think before we act;
so ! have thought, and now act. ! am
not an avenging Nemesis on the path of
Mai. Blaine-no. | would rather show
him mercy. But the nations welfare is
n mighty and q sacred matter, and Gods
angels are III board our ship.
At Drennon, ass0ciating with my
father and Col. T. +. Johnson, the very
atmosphere vibrating with truth and
honor, Maj. Blaine would have been
less than a man to have acted otherwise
than to have repaired the wrong he had
done Harriet S~tanwood. q woman con-
cerned in the same institution under
the guidance of Col. T.. Il. j., Col. Il. X.
II. and Maj. Richard Dale owen. l tell
you, editor, the very scintillations from
the brains of these men purified aud
made brilliant the common atmosphere,
where the sword of Justice flashed from
every point of the compass.
The above letter was received the
18th, and on the following day the fol-
supplementary letter came to
hand:
Aug. l4.-MR. EDIToR: There was
what might to you appear as a discrep-
ancy in my letter; but when | tell you
that my fathers mother, q Scotch
woman, was married three times the dis
crepancy disappears. II said nv father,
DIR. Robert Hunter, was Maria Faunt lie
brother). / have no disposition to
Maj. Blaine; indeed, it would be
my advantage for him to become
II good many of my family, near and re-
mote, expect favors of him.
AS i sad to you, / never thought of
expressing my knowledge until !
from the Times last evening
that he had brought suit against that
Now, if the editor only stated
what | did this morning he stated facts
bold, palpable facts. The last winter
| spent in st. Joe, Mo-, Cousin Mar
lie vas indebted to Blaine for the office
he held at that time--a Civil Engineer
he was. What he expects now / don't
but / would disown him as a
kinsman if he denies n knowledge of
Mr.. Blainn's life. Mai. Blaine, when my
demonstrated with him, did
not wait or the execution of threats,
which wer5 made in case he failed
% acquiesce. He, obeyed-T don't
whether II was fear. What / don't
know won't vOuch for, but I am n
tiled to IA opinion, which is this: That
f Maj. Blaine's illegitimate child is dead
md he thinks all witnesses are dead ex-
,ept a few. who are his friends, and can
10 bribed by selfish expectations, he
in a proper state of mind to WELD
he power involved in the Presidency of
,ur States.
This is all I have to say. Lethim with
lraw his suit, and remember that if he
wants to put a fire out, W. must add no
more kindling." By p~rotestation of in
locenee where guilt exists, the exposure
If that guilt is made prominent.
There are grandchildren of Robert
)wen, the spiritualist-one Minister to
know all about the geneal-
of the Faunt lie Roy family. Maj.
ohm Faunt LIE Roy, a Frenchman,
anne to the United States, entered the
rms and proved his = illegitimacy,
of the King of France. He was my
second husband.
You say what has this to do with
faj. Blaine? Birds of q feather flock
But I can't believe that Cous-
n Margaret Warren could lend herself
D a Misrepresentation. l had up to
his time excused Maj. Blaine's
outhful error, but after a lifetime
Experience to deliberately deny a fact
nd build a nations security upon this
~aseless assertion is objectionable.
hose grandchildren Of Robert Owen
re Faunt LeRoys.
Why have 1 told you these facts? Be-
ause / hate a liar. / have more respect
,r a thief l have for a liar. l can lock
p from a thief, but there is no redress
ON a liar until the mischief is done
nd past remedy.
Oh, what a sad. sad thing it is to look
pom a mana grand massive frame, a
anne of wonderful m~ystery--and know
in the deep ave of his life lies a
lonster, a destructive power, defying
cd himself.
But, look again. See the young strip
ng just entering the arena of life, pale
it'll thought, realizing his true mission