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Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
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Frank Blair's letter from St. Louis on Oct. 26 declines to discuss a private conversation with Douglas, clarifies his prior letter's intent to ease press hostility, and notes surprise at Douglas's reaction to his electoral defeat.
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St. Louis Oct, 26.
Frank P. Blair, jr., publishes a letter in reply to Isaac H. Sturgeon, declining to answer certain interrogatories of the latter in reference to a conversation between him and Douglas at Washington last winter, on the ground that he holds private conversations sacred. He says, however, that the letter written by him to B. Gratz Brown was in strict accordance with the wishes of Mr. Douglas himself, and that he deems that the object of the interview was to mitigate through him the hostility of the Radical Democratic press of St. Louis. He also states that he had no agency whatever in giving currency to the contents of that letter.
That the character of the invitation and message of Douglas, received through Mr. Colfax, was not such as to prepare him for hearing Douglas calling for three cheers over his defeat in this district.
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St. Louis
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Oct 26
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Frank P. Blair jr. publishes a letter replying to Isaac H. Sturgeon, declining to answer interrogatories about a private conversation with Douglas in Washington last winter. He states his letter to B. Gratz Brown aligned with Douglas's wishes to mitigate hostility from the Radical Democratic press in St. Louis, denies giving currency to its contents, and notes the invitation via Colfax did not prepare him for Douglas cheering his defeat.