The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-03
The Press ON Che Kenper. MOsoy
Enr2eaDOndence.
from the lille Gazotte.1

from the GordOnsv lie Gszotte.l 40
IF there Is any handle of offence in thei
letters we fail t0.see IN The reply to the q
cusations made against his political integr1f
+ "a calm and lignified. and hardly homogt
neous with his telegram published last Weel
/ In our judgment the letters needed no eA
!. pIanation whatever, and we regret that the
were not merely permitted toexplain them
, selves.
from the Petersburg News.1
THE KEMpER- MosBY LETTEEs.-Wc do no
: hesitate to express the confident opinion
: that it is thorough viudication Of Gov
ernor Kemper from the malicious imputa
tions upon his political character, and that i
will be so pronounced by an impartial pub
, lie sentiment. In tone, temper, language
aud sentiment it is excellent, and in bis ex
! PLANTATION Of the whole part he has performed
in this political drama be makes LII:
conduct as the chief of the Conservative
party Of Virginia appear entirely con
sistent, bold, and honorable from The
beginning to the ending, and suffuses witt
shame those who have sought to involve him
in political and personal dishonor. From
1 his straightforward statement Of the case he
has not expressed an opinion or performed
an action in this matter, private or public,
which we do not commend, and which eau.
not be successfully defended. He has only
acted in strict accordance with the platform
of his party that nominated him last year
and with the new Legislature which endorsed
it last winter; and his whole design and
efforts have been to maintain the good faith
of the Conservative party, and to promote
the best and most permanent interests of his
native State and section.
10, ri nt1nn 1
Colonel Mosby, which has been so much pa
raded before the public by his enemies, it
appears to US to be simply "tempest in a
teapot" There is not a salient point against
| Kemper in either of the exaggerated letters.
1t will be observed that the first letter was
written as far back as the 18th of last August,
soon after the campaign opened. The decla-
ration therein contained, which has been the
| leading topic of denunciatiop, is this:
at were better to elect Grant the third
and the seventh term than 90 under Hughes
md his neg'oes.'
Would not every other good citizen of
| Virginia proclaim the same sentiment to this
| !ava Is there any treason in such q dccla-
ration: any new descrtion of the Conserva-
tive party Of his State? In that gubernato-
rial contest Governor kemper wanted the
| influence of .:Grant and all northern gem
tlemcu" thrown in our favor, and hence he
EXPRESSED the opinion that Grant had better
respect the good will of "iity thousand
Confederate braves" and make them his
"friends" than to "Spurp profler OF recon-
Citation from such men for the sake OF
Hughes and his hordes." Is there anything
reasonable in all this? anything to depre-
ciate Kemper il the minds Of his people:
ANYTHING that was not sensible and wise! If
| there is, none but Jaundice and malicious
eye can see it.
| But it is useless to discuss this matter fur
Their, Not only will the world pronounce
| Governor Kempcr innocent Of any OF the
| infdeity and wrong imputed to him by his
| enemies, but public sentiment will consign
those who instigatcd and inaugurated this
conspiracy 10 ruin him with his party to
anything bat pleasant situation in Fir-
| GINA.
| [From the Petersburg Appeal
| THE GovERNOR's EISuCATIoS.-lft the Co.
vernon Of Virginia has any real enemies in
| VIRGINIA in the ranks Of the Conservative par
tv even these must be satisfied that the letters
of General Kempcr to Colonel Mosby and the
message which accompanied them, all Of
| which were laid in full before our readers
on Yesterday. constitute bis full vindication
against the charge Of political inhdeIlty and
| hereSy. The explicit accusations Of Mr..
Wedderburn have been wiped out COM
pletev by the Governors candid answer,
and the arragnment i, shown to have been
upcllled for and wantoD, if not personal and
malignant. The charge 50 grayely brought
AGAINST the Governor was made up as APP
pears from this last statement OF the cir
cunlstances and from the publications which
30 along with it, out Of the odds and ends of
gossip and rum0r,( and amounts IN toto to
nothing D0re substantial at the worst than
proof of indiscreet utlerancc made in the
heat Of the campaign and in the privacy Of a
confidential correspondence. The letters TO
| Colonel MoSUy are not perhaps such letters
as a sage and cautious politician would have
written: they do not, as we believe, fully
and faithfully represent the feelings OF the
Conservative party Of Virginia they contain
unwise and injurious concessions. And yet
there is nothing in them, so far Is we are
able to discover, which reflects in the least
on the truth and worth Of the Governor S
Conservative position. Whatever he may
| have said that Was beyond the ordinary
usage and acceptance Of the Conservative
party at the time, Was inspired no doubt by
| the motive only of Strengthening the Con-
sentative ticket, and saving the State from
| the bands Of Hughes and his barbarian
| horde.
| from the Stanton Tirginian.l
! GOVERNOR KEMPKR's ExPLAsATIoS.-Goy-