Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-03

Sir. You have furnished the public with
remarkable production under the caption
of personal statement. ! consider II my
duty at this time to address you with that
degree of dignity which your position as
public man entities you to. acknowledge
your well rendered, richly deserved fame
as diplomat, and appreciate fully the
weight which your utterancss possess rs
fully us do appreciate my own weakness
and my total inability to cope with you
in n personal encounter, but shall expect
from you that considerable and honorable
treatment which | am sure your keen
sense of equity and fairness will dictate.
The powerful man of a great nation will
surely accord to weak and defenseless
woman her full need of Justice. You
surely can ill afford to withhold it. | wish
it distinctly understood by you that am
not asking sympathy / respectfully de-
mandl justice. 1t is in. your power to grant
this simple request II remains to be seen
II you will do IT, | will aid you by a sugges-
ton. Have the kindness to publish in con-
nection with your statement the full text
of the letters you have quoted from: Do
not, like shrewd and unprincipled per-
son, select only such pages as may be
needed TO make out case, hut give the en-
tire contents to the public, that they
may be Judged righteously You
have the documents surely, else
you could not quote from them
] will give you a sufficient time in which
to conform to my reasonable demand, say
10 days. If at the end of that time you
fail to respond, shall deem ii my duty to
give in substance their contents and cor
roborate my statement by publishing let
tiers from your son both prior and subse
quent to our marriage. You know full
well that your charges against me regard
ing the marriage are unfounded. give
you ample opportunity to retract. You
have two alternatives, the one suggested
or silence. Your consideration for your
| grandson will surely induce you to decide
In favor of the first. This is not pro-
| posed diplomatic engagement. on my part,
| for your success in dealing with powerful
nations is too well-known for me to meet
| you on any ground than as the mother of
| your grandson. take ii that your senti-
| ment was prompted chiefly by the re-
marks of Judge Thomas in rendering his
decision which gave me my freedom. |
| have no defence to offer in his behalf.
| simply declare now that you have ar
raigned me by the use of fragmentary
quotations from my love letters to your
son, that you be fair enough to publish
the originals in full. / will then prove to
the world that your son was far from q
weakling, and that you, his proud father,
well knew it long before he married me.
Truly yours, MARY NrvINs BLAINE.
To Mr.. James G. Blaine, Washington, u. C.
| POSITION OF JUDGE THOMAS.
| DEApwooD, S. D., March Judge
Thomas was interviewed by a reporter
of the United Press in regard TO the let
ter of Hon. James c. Blaine, made
public last Sunday. The judge was
quite adverse TO talking on the subject
but, after much persistence, consented
TO explain his position. lie said:
under the circumstances | deem the
matter somewhat indicate to discuss
in the public prints after having passed
upon the case in judicial capacity
In regard to Mr.. Blaine's opinion thai
he was too severe in his criticism oil
Mrs Blaine, the elder, and her son he
said; "ltseems that Mr.. Blaine believes
was too severe, and / regret it very
much, as | certainly did not wish or in
tend to be unduly harsh or severe in the
remarks made from the bench, though
thought at the time--and still think =
they were couched in the most moderate
and conservative language, and upor
the clear and undisputed testimon,
in the case, which, in my judgment
would have warranted much stronger
language. In regard to Mr.. Blaine's
| Va tiC NuaC w lOb Unit u
express an opinion, as they were no
before me for consideration. Hence
would not consider them in arriving al
my judgment, however true and weightS
they may be. His defence of his wife
and son were natural and tilial.
admire him for his defence of his wife
Doubtless, from his standpoint, he be
lieves she was right, and may be SHIT
was; but, as | said before, my remarks
concerning her were justified by the
undisputed testimony in the case.
have nothing TO say in regard to Fathe
Ducey's statement, except that ] have
for Mr.. Blaine the deepest sympathy ii
the sad aliliction brought about the ill
advised marriage and unpleasant no
toriety. | am heartily sick of the no
: toriety, and believe the matter SHOULD
now be dropped in the interests of al
concerned