Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-07-29

name IS not mentioned In the noto VI wi
Brooks Very truly, yours, &c, ,,nr,,
LEWIS ID CAMPBELL.
Hon. JOSEPH LANE, Washington
This note and Mr.. Burlingames reply were
delivered unsealed to Gen Lane, who read
Them at nv request Our interview was brief
He smoke of the point named as incopvenient,
and desired to know in the event Of their GO
ing there what kind of weapons were to be
ussd. l replied to this that I regarded the
note of Mr.. Burlingame as legitimately and
fully responsive to that of Mr. Brooks, and
that I declined any negotiation at that time
having reference to weapons as premature
1t is due to den. Lane to say that he has to-
day informed me that he derived the impress
sion from my remarks in regard to weapons
DC that was not then authorized to il upon
terms Tor hostile meeting, and that he so in
formed Col. Brooks informed him that
DIR. Burlingame, acting under my advice,
could not be seen in the District but that
could either be found at my lodgings or at my
seat in the House, and would receive and de-
liver to him any communication touching the
subject matter of the correspondence. After
few suggestions, in which we mutually con
CURED, as to the propriety of keeping the af-
fair from the public, We separated, Gen. Lane
saying that, if after an interview with Col.
Brooks he Col b deemed any further COM
munication necessary in the premises, it would
be handed to me on the next day.
The foregoing statement as to what oc-
CURED between Gen. Lane and myself has
been examined by him and admitted to be
substantially correct
At II o'clock 1 reported the facts to Mr..
Burlingame, and he Immediately left the Dis
trict IN private conveyance, accompanied by
Mr. James, of Wisconsin.
was either at my lodgings or at my desk
in the House during the whole of the next
Gay, the 221 No communication f.om the
parties, verbal or written, was made to me,
and l was surprised at the dinner table of the
hotel on that day when 1 heard friend of
Mr. Brooks publicly state the contents of the
correspondence.
On the morning Of the following day the
25d) the Union newspaper contained the pub
LEGATION of Mr. Brooks, embracing his note and
the reply, with the statement from Gen. Lane
appended, in which he discusses the matter as
to the place of meeting,) and the intimation
made that his arrest was the result Of the con
duct of Mr. Burlingames friends. 1t is not
improper here to say that no information was
given to me by Mr.. Brooks or his friends of
design to publish the correspondence, nor that
the place designated was Objectionable to
him, except verbally by Gen. Lane in the in
terview mentioned, prior to his publication in
the Union.
Up to the present hour | have learnt no
Of newspaper publIcat;ons,) except on the
24th, when, on inquiry Of Gen. Lane, was
told that Col. Brooks would not be at Niaga.
ia Falls to day to meet the appointment sug
sested by Mr. Burlipgame. l therefore took
measures to have Mr.. Burlipgame return to
his seat in the House, having previously pub.
lished in the - Union" Of that day, Oath } in
his absence the following card
GA CARp.-Mr Burlingame has been alb.
sent from the city since the evening of the 2lst
instant. As his friend who suggested tho pro-
pTiety of his absence, l ask a suspension of
the judgment of the public who may have
read Mr.. BroOkss card and Exhibits ap-
pended thereto, published in the Union Of to-
day, until Mr. Burlingamc returns and has a
hearing LEWIS d. CAMPBELL.
WASHINGTON, July 90, 1856.
These are the material facts in the case, so
far as they are embraced within my knowl.
edge. With the interviews, conversations,
writings, explanations, cards. &c of the par
ties and their friends prior to o'clock of
the 2lst have no connection, direct or indi-
rect.
For the contents of the note of Mr. Burlin-
game in reply to that Of Mr.. Brooks, (espe-
cially that portion designating a time and
pierce for a meeting to negotiate" &c y as
we'll as for his bearing as a gentlem an in
every respect, from that time to this, am
umaccounta6le. Mr. Brooks had requested
a place to be named GO outside Of this Dis
trict" convenient" to Mr.. Burlingame. Not
aware of any rule Of courtesy which required
me to consult the wishes of Col. Brooks or his
friends on that point, it was settled without
any conference with them. If this justifes
complaint the error as NINE.
1t is proper TO say that the suggestion of the
Clifton House, on the Canada stde of Nj
aga"a Falls" as the place was presented by
me to Mr. Burlingame. At first he disap-
proved Of it, and added, with some feeling,
that If Mr.. Brooks was anxious to meet him to
" negotiate" DC he would, if necessary, go
even to South Carolina. L insisted on the
y that, if was to be his adviser, he mast be
governed by my counsel, and that I 1coukd be
responsible for mig decision. Mr.. Burlin-
game then acquiesced, stating that if COM
munication was presented to me Directing to
the tme and place in his absence, should
change either or both at my discretion L
deem u knowledge of the facts on this point
alike due to MIR. Burlingame and myself, in
view of the unexpected publicity which Col
onel Brooks has given to the matter through
the press.
1 took a carriage at 9 o'clock and sought for
CO.. Brooks, with a view to deliver the reply
to linn Failing to find him at his lodgings
L looked for him unsuccessfully at the hotels
until II clock. MIR. Burlingame having ex-
pressed great anxiety that his note should be
delivered Immediately, then repaired to the
residence Of Gen. Lane, and found him enter
tanning visitors. AS soon as his company left
L wrote at his table the following note, ex-
planatOry of my reasons for delivering to him
Mr.. Burlipg ams's reply to Col. Brooks:
From the spirit of Col Brooks note was
induced to hope that no hostile action would
result from the meeting which he invited
believed that the retired place l had desig-
nated-being accessible by one days travel,
in cool, healthful, and magnifcently pic
turesque region, remote from the excitement
Of metropolitan life-would be far more ap.
propriate In the hot season than any point in
the region Of the District of Columbia
But Mr. Brooks seems to set out with the
assumption that his note was in spirit, if not in
form, ''hostiLs message, or, in other words,
a " challenge" What right had he, in this
view of the matter, to driUe the challenged
party outside of the DtStTict? If the an.
swer be "to evade the laws of the country"
then that answer admits the place to have
been well chosen, because there is no State,
North or South, in which the laws do not for