The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-20

8eftt that the QeDtsUIltZ nSn n . 49, ..s ~.
ssft-es.fr was no Wnterfoc, noWever.no
disastrous .deieat--bnt the back eone OF MO-
aartfsn In Rockingham had been Violently
Encsad is not, broken, and the delnsion
81 ri the , neopIe OF, his native county would
failaw paul to any extreme melted away.
'hnId. aggressive fight wf align old Rock
ineham. as,she has ever been, on the roll OF
tr,,a establishment, though we never would
have believed it had we not been awitness
Ia The proceedings Of Monday" ln.
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|, VIA Jory DRnsea Proves that General
h aaahone has Thfeaaened 10 AseorSa.
slnaxe tile Court OF Appeals. g.,
fssnt to the Dispatch by Major Daniel for PUBLISH
LYNCHBuRG, September Is, 1879. 81
TO 7ass- EDITOR Of The Richmond Wig:
| 1fy Dear Sir,-My absence from home
md siie engagements o" THE canvass have
prevented earlier attention to the letter OF
6eneral Makone, addressed to Colonel Z. Il.
Faintieroy, Under. date September 9th, and
lpublishestd in the wig of, the, 10th instant.
L General Malone Sssssto Colonel Faq I'm
1feroy!tt stYou represent Major Jonn W.
'Dauia as Stating ID. his, speech at Winches-
ter 81 w Ind what he said, to General Ma
bone, rT0ukipS. utA tnS pvAohf " W a''h
1fts lie, and I infer frotnl your statement
TINT Major Daniel omittedto state that Gen.
ernl Muhons answered NwyYell the question referred
top. :" '''.' I,.s. t,~..
This language is used in reference to my
statement at Winchester as to what trans
ipired at Bland Courthouse. when I asked
CAPTAIN Blair; MIR. Massey, and General
Malone. successfully, how they proposed
to get rid Of the taX-receiyable coupons,
which the courts had held toconstitute IRE
neaIabIe contracts. The Inference drawn
by General Malone from his correspond
ent's letter, that / omitted to state his an
swer, Is not according to the fact. did
State that answer as then remembered it,
and us still remember it.. 1t was not so
fulli if mistake not, as he now gives it;
and my memory is that at Giles Courthouse
he first preached, the idea Of adopting the
principle OF the. Allen amendment to the
McCufloch bill to get around the coupons,
and that / thereupon commented on the
discrepancy between himself and Mr.. Mas
sey, VINO had repeatedly, in my presence,
denounced that amendment as ruinous.
NV impression is that at Bland | offered
General Malone and each Of his colleagues
ten minutes, or some other sufficient time,
to state their plan. Be this as it may, [
have always, without suppression or en-
largennent, related the facts as recalled
Thorn, and am glad now to have an indica-
ton or the plan, proposed in print, which
will prevent those differences Of memory in
future. which can scarcely beayoided when
only verbal statement is relied on. ....
= II. General Mahone says to Colonel Falln-
tleroy ?:is. You further say that. Major Da-
MEL stated that he. had been told bga prom
inent gentleman in Winchester that he had
asked General Malone, when here on the
4th ultlmo, what his plan Wasof settling
the debt, and that General Malone replied,
looking around, 'Well, don't know that |
ought to fell him; but : it is to dis
place. twomembers Of the Court OF Appeals
and put Readiusters IN their place. VINO
will decide for US"
II does not appear that Major Daniel gave
rho name OF his informant, anu do not
lSn6y who lie tue person responsible Tor
this extraordinary statement, nor does 1t
matter upon whom the authorship may rest.
The statement is an absolute fabrication.
false il fact, in letter, and in spirit-abso-
lutely aud wiifulIy false. ....
III. In reply have to- say that at Win
chester stated in effect as follows: "That
I had been told by gentlemen there that on
the OCCASION Of his visit to their city Gene
raj Malone had been asked bya well-knoWn
citizen: how he proposed to get rid OF the
tax.receiyable coupons, and that be bad re-
piled, as they told me, according to that
citizens relation, 'Wel I don't know that
T ought to tell him., but +** I'll do it
ANYWAY 1t is to displace two judges OF the
Court OF Appeals, and put others in their;
stead who viii decide with the Readiust-
ers,' ," or some such phrase conveying simi-
lar ideas. I also stated that was ready to
give! my authority for the statement-a fact
which Colonel Fauntleroy omitted to re.
late-and I will now give 1t with clrcum-
stantial minuteness: l,'@.:' .''tia ..s
Just before the speaking. commenced at
Winchester, on;Septenber 1st, was in the
Office OF MessTs. Barton d Boyd, near the
stand, with number OF gentlemen, inclu-
ding Messrs. cambridge, Conrad, Barton,
Boyd, Dr. Williams, Major Hunter, String
fellow and others. ''iHo1o- do the Reid
5usters propose TO get ria OF TIE coupons
tobtch the courts hGye! held to be fIitieS ?"
was aquestion brulted nconversaliou; aud
thereupon several adyerted TO the alleged .
fact, which was said to, be VIGOROUSLY circu:
lated, that General Malone had stated to-
MI Henry Evans, q reputable citizen OF
Winchester, that they proposed, to change
Iue SOuIG VI aPptuio, uoluS tuC iahFo"S
heretofore quoted. Some one suggested
that should allude to this in my speech.
replied that had understood Mr.. Massey 10
intimate u similar idea in his speeches a'
Wytheville and at Liberty, but 1t was Sc
tious matter, and could not rely upon eui
rent rumor for any such Statement. A.,
One of the gentlemen relolnea talI M W.
Evans had that very morning Ie'ateu tne
circumstances infinitely to him, and that
AFR Evans woe reputable mae, whose
trnthfnlness might be relied upon. re-
rI,a5 6. fTbor NAV be; but unless such a
s,atono,t &c this comes directly, circum.
stant;ai,v and from men who are RESPONSE
l'in So 10 correctness, need not feel just
, 9is in IN repeating It," The gentleman then
so;d ho would see Mr.. Evans again. AS
Taior Strlngfellow, Of Petersburg, and my
salf were together gong on the stand, a
little later in the day, the gentleman re-
armed and in his presence and that of
others, said that be bad just seen Mr..
Evans again, who had reafirmed his decla-
rations in the premises, and that was au-
thorized to make use OF them. Thereupon
| did make In effect the public utterances
ascribed 70 me; and ], now.y ouch as my au-
tbority for doing so the names OF MeSsrs.
Edmund P. cambridge, Holmes Conrad, j.
r. Mesiner, and Major r. W. Hunter.
also refer to Major Charles S.. Stringfellow,
OF Petersburg, who heard the statement re-
lated to me in Winchester. I,,.-.. -n
Nv. In conclusion, l will add that the let
ter, copy Of which I enclose, was sent
me without solicitation on my. part, and
that was careful to- avoid doing Injustice
to any one by declining to make the state-
meuts contained In my speech until their.