Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-19
Col. MOsby and Gov. Kemper.
WASHINGTON, d. g., Juuc Ii, Isl

To the editor of the Wush;nton Chunicte:
Virginia is Just now excited over ruuors in
yovng one of the gravcst political scandals OF
her history.
1t will be remembered thai u few months
since Governor kemper visited Prc~dcu' Grant
and had an interview with him; that the lutcD-
ton 10 do so had before that time teen made
public through the press, and that it was then
broadly iniiuated that the visit was the lOcep-
ton of a political alliance between President
Grant aud Governor Kemper; it VS. also un-
derstood that Coluoel Mosby was instrumental
iu bringing the President aud Gov. kemper
together, and statements were made through
the press to that effect. all of which the friends
of CIV. Kemper have constantly denied, aud
declare that he is and has always been hostile
to Grants administration.
Col. Mostly was one OF the mcst active aud
energetic of Mr. Kemper's friends, aud his Op
position to Judge Hughes, the candidate
of the Radical party, be (Mosby) being
cordial supporter Of President Grant con,
centrated the entire support of his tr"rd-,
political followers aud large number OF the.
white Radical vote in favor OF k"mper.
COL Mosby is now an Administration caldl.
date for Congress in the S.h Congressional dis.
trict of Virginia. 1t Is charged that General
X mper has recently written Il letter tn Mosby 5
district condcmung the independent candidacy
| Of Musby, and expressing his dlsapprovai or
Mosby' giraffe political course.
COL Mosby's friends charge that he has IT,
iSputable evidence Of the corporation oil Gov.
Kempcr in his schcnc 10 bring the Virginia
| Conservatives over to the support OF Grant 5
| administration, aud that kempcr had pltdg"d
himself for Grant, not only for the Minf, INT
the sereuth term. and had PROMISED that Eity
M0usund Ton eIernte brarcS would follow han
| (kemper) to Grant support that Mostly, III
good faith, and with rrtt"n criience 10 sup
port it, looked upon kcmper as an ctf2c i've
coadiu or in bchpf of Grants administrator;
that Gov kcnper submitted his first messag"
to COL M,sby, and Two days thereafter, III
January last, got Col. Mvsby to visit Washing
ton to ask Graut TO invite him TX, mpcrl to
pay him (Grant) visit for the purpose Of et:
tectiug political alliance and further, that
| Gov Kemper sent a prominent citizen OF Eau
ouer county to Grant last December on spe-
claI embassy to let Grant know that he was
about to wheel into line, aud inform him as to
the contents OF his message.
| | have confidence in COL Mosby'S integrity
of character, aud believe that he vas attempt
ing to relieve the people Of the South for
whom he fought SO gallaDlly, trom the oppres-
sionS that followed the war by attempting TO
place them 90 friendly relations with the Ad
ministratop; int Ialso Jelierc til tile urs tcrohg
and mistaken | cauuot doubt, from the high
authority from which the foregoing information
10 regard to this controversy reaches me, that
Gov Kcmpcr induced Col. Mosby to believe
that he would cooperate with him 10 his pollti-
cal scheme to bring the Virgiuia Conservatives
to the support of Grant. | am authorized by
my informant to challenge denial of the above
the charge in substance being that Gov. kcm
per was thoroughly in accord with Col. M">by ;
political policy, and that the only difference
between them was tina; COL Mosby openly de-
clared his adherence 70 Grant.
GEO. G.. WEDDERBCRN.