Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-29

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the friends nStitutings a nference sandanof
Especially officially acting only as theI friend
q one 3partysl Recognising this COL TaliaferFo
s3la he.eoald not undertake 3of1ciall as the
llrendto WISE to .commuicStesit In. tt,e
same spirit Of Econfdence, sMr.Seddonf uree,l5o1.
4 Iol. Iallaferros consideration, that8Etir: Old
oeing9the challenging andsas herconceiVedsst
Iaggrleved party, he (Mr. IS )could not officiaIlv
as one OF Str, Qld:s friends, recommend to him
59 g 5aGef the lnitiative upon a.lnere suggestion
made in conference s'tii go 9se Fi5s'isSS5'
Col. Faliaferro then reported to BIr. wise the
Sqostance of the foregoing conversation with
lisiF: .s: 4eaa9n, Mr. isee dictated
which was approved by his friends 7andFcon.
veyea to- Seddons as Col Taliaferro' sdsgcs
"Ge II5aliafsrro suggests that, under the,cr,.
t will be proper for Mr. Old to in
fsrrcgate Mr. Wise as to whether his letter Of
thursday q was Intended as a. disclaimer of nh,
mention TO- express in his editorial articles;
p9gnnsnt, OF MraO honor ayeracity
replied to Col. Taliaferro bv again
1fadyertlng to the view before urged that Ia.
eolldnot officially recommend t5e He
inc initiative; ndethch, ii The conferences MI
ISeddon suggested: a. Tf''sStt.: -:
Fhatthetfriends ftheparties On tba t.ro,,,,53
asathe result Of their conferences sUnite5in re-
commendtng 10 their principals respectively the
Pt:.!lSe ana execution Of the adjustment,
suggested by Mr.. Seldom, as follows VIZ ali
controversy as to the import of. the tsnaciaj
phrases and general Intent of Mr. NVis6'.s s5orti
cics beng considered as swept away throno,b
the exchange of fires, and mutually GliscorJs5i
NJ Mr: wise dlSclaltns, as, from the assurance ~
COL. Ia!lalerro, he had heretofore intended 10
th an intent OF lmpeachinglin his articles
the honor ~ r and yerqcityI Of Mr.. Old And then
matters being sunk, as OF the past, the parties
resume their former relations"
CoI. Iallaterro reported this to AIR. Wise rs
the suggestion of Mr.. Seddon. Mr. Wise ex.
pressed to his friends the following objections
to its acceptance: is
lst. No controversy about the import ofl
phrases could be discarded without a witlirav,.
al OF correspondence, to which Mr.. Wise. would
not agree. WV
- Ind: The parties could not resume their for.
lner relations, without a final withdrawal Of the
cHallcnge by r.Oid, and Mr. Wise could not
agree that his friends Should Unite in rsc61;
mending such withdrawal -:
MraWIse then dictated the following, which
was approved by his friends and conveved ia !
MI setdon as Col Taliaterros Suggestions
=, That the undersigned shall PROFOUND to Mr..
va ana Mr.. Wise respectively, the following
question, simultaneousIV:
"Didyou, Mr. Wise, intend by vour letter ofl
g O'Clock, z NJ, Thursday, to diSclaim all i'm.
pntatlon against the veracity and honor of Mr. |
last 9''ess : 0eS'Auy
Did you, Mr; Old, in refusing to. recognize
as sutnclent and satisfactory the explanation
436GtocR ii III sIf tfIu
ner the sincerity Of that explanation?
Mr.. Old5and Mr.. Wise l.be requested to /
subscribe negative or affirmative replies to /
these questions, md thereby Of each shall be
immediately presented to the other"
< This was to he signed by the friends Of both
hy AFrs.-t n :
friends as a substitute for Mr. 3Seddon' s}propo.
sal; it was intended entirely to supcrcede Mr.. |
Sc ldon's Proposal;5it was intended as a basis
for mutual understanding only between
Messrs. Old and1Wise,s which6would still leave
Mr. Old free to renew or finally to withdraw
his challenges, and which might even result in
such manner as. to obge Mr.. Wise to demand
an exchange of shots This was distinctly un.
derStood by Mr.. Wise and his friends.
Mr.. Seddon then proposed to amend his own
suggestion, By striking out the proposal to dis
card all controversy as to the pnrport fphra-
articles. = r. faa
Cot Taliaferro reported this TO Mr.. Wise.
The latter suggested TO Col. Talaterro that there
was no necessity to amend Mr. Seddon's Sugges-
tion; that'it could be inserted in its original
form, in ap account ofthe res gest@ or progress
of the conference, since it was now proposed to
substitute and supercede it entirely by the sug:
gestionAlast proposed bye Col Taliaferro
After this Mr.. Wise gave no further advice
to his friends as to- their course in the confer
euce. sEsfS
After further consultation will, the friends,of|
Mr. Old, Mr.. YiSe's friend 's.undeTstood thcmltoI
accept Col. Fali1ferro's Suggestion, with theI
offered.
The proposed questions we're then. submitted
simultaneously to Messrss Old and WiseyrcspecII
lively. .n4J a.,H a5zss sti;s &stI
Mr.. Old dictated and signedsthe following re-
s'No: I did, not intend TO imppgn the since
rity of Mr.. Wisei in his explanation believed
he5cntertained the views expressed therein. e
But did not consider it a disclaimer Of impu-
tatiohs on my veracity and honor nor salts.
factory explanation" &;
[signedl WILLIAM o1n, ,Jl:.
eAt the same time Afr. Wise dictated and
signed thefolloWing reply:
II did intend to make such disclaimer, and
i thought such intention was distinctly conveyed
in that s!etter.n iss5 !. !. .I-1.s2s Al -. :
[Signedl O.sJENNlSGs WISE.
The answer Of each was then h!apded 10 the
other. Each Immediately announced .thnt the
answer Of the other was satisfactory: " a fter