The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-25

THERMOMETERS YESTERDAY @ A. NJ, 40;
| 8 a. NJ, 54; noon, 81; 8 7. NJ, 55i . :.
NJ, 80; midnight, 40. ,c.igt,
Mean temperature, 80 5.6.
The Kemper-laabonoC oCorrsspoHdsncs.A
LYScHBuNG, October %, 1879.
Captain John s. Wise:
Dear Sir,-Your note Of the 18th instant,
In manuscript, was not received by me un-
| iii the afternoon Of the 18th, 1t having
come to this place by mail. Before that,
however, 1 had read 1t In print, together
with the card accompanying the CORE
spoudence between General Malone and
Governor Kemper, rs published by you in
the State.
Iregret the necessity Of my saying any.
thing at all in reference to that correspond
ence, but the connection by you of my name
with it renders it necessary for me to make
q statement in order to prevent misappre-
| hension.
[ have not been in haste to make this
statement for reasons it is not necessary to
specify, and now do not desire to say any
thing calculated to reopen difficulty which
regard as at an end, or to raise any side
issue in regard to it.
! Your statements, in your note to me rs
|
culated to produce the impression that
bad more to do with the correspondence
than I really had, though can readily con-
ceive that such was not your purpose. /
must, therefore, remind you Of the fact that
I reached Richmond after nightfall on the
1lth, and after the first three notes Of Cen
eral Malone to Governor Kemper, the re-
plies OF the latter thereto, and your note Of
the 18th TO Mr.. William L. Royal had been
delivered. Before reaching Richmond
was not informed o. the pending corre-
spondeuce, though called there by tele-
gram in way could not disregard. On
being informed that there had been a
correspondence between General Malone
r and Governor Kemper, which might be
continued farther. l stated at once that il
; that correspondence led to hostile COLI
sion could take no part in the latter, be-
, cause there were no personal relations be-
tween General Malone and myself. I,
however, avowed my willingness to give
!, Governor Kemper the benefit of my opin-
ions and advice. On being shown the cor
r respondence, as far as it bad progressed,
saw and at once declared that there
was no necessity for hostile collision
=, between the parties; that Governor Kem-
per's reply, to General Mahene's first
note OF inquiry ought to be satisfactory to
: to press the inquiry farther. I made
\ similar declaration to yourself at our first
J, interview on the morning OF the 18th, and
endeavored to press my views on you. In
|. every subsequent stage OF the correspond
:, ence my advice and influence were given
in favor Of pacific settlement OF the mat
|. ter, and no opposition was made to it by
+ Mr.. Royal. / make this statement because
i the declaration in your card that "being
y the only actor friendly to both where df-
. fcuIty was so easy, [you] was instru-
:, mental ia avertipg collision between two
brave men," &C., might seem to imply that
Il Mr.. Royal and myself were desirous OF
, producing such collision because OF hostil-
ity TO one of the parties.
r Your statement in reference to the note
delivered to Governor Kemper at 1880 A.
NJ. leaves loom for the conjecture that the
r note was challenge, and l therefore call
your attention to your subsequent state.
. ment to me that it merely contained sus.
L. gestion or request that some point outside
| of Virginia be selected where the discus.
sion might be continued. AS the note was
not read by Governor kemper, but was
withdrawn by you, I do not see that it was
necessary to refer TO it at all. 1t certainly
. had no influence in bringing about the re-
suit subsequently arrived at so far as either
Governor Kemper, Mr.. Royal, or myself
: was concerned. Mr.. Royals last note oi
the 18th, written in response to your sug
gestion, was in our view in exact accord
with Governor Kemper's first reply to Gen.
eral Malone, and hence there was no hesi-
tation about making the statement therein
, contained.
In reference to the publication OF the cor.
respondence, l must remind you that in oul
: first interview on the subject on Monday.
7 during Mr. RoyalPs absence from the city.
when you desired TO know il Governor
i Kemper would not make some publication
|. on the subject in the paper in which his re-
marks had appeared, I suggested TO you that
the best way TO preventany nisapprehension
: was to publish the whole correspondence
1t was then that you stated that you wished
r before you had delivered challenge to
Governor Kemper. I told you that
that was a new thing to me, and
requested you to meet me at your
!. office at P. NJ, when l would
. give you an answer as to what would be
/ agreed to on the part OF Governor Kemper
: 1t was but short time before p. nj. when
this conference took place. When I re.
turned to your Office, little after P. M., ]
told you that you must be mistaken about
having borne a challenge to Governor
| kemper, ana gave you my reasons 1Or SO
thinking; to which your response was, as
before stated, that the note you bore was
not challenge, but mere suggestion or
request to select some place outside OF Vir-
ginia where the discussion might be con-
tinued. told you that was what I sup
posed it was, and then told you that
could not advise Governor Kemper to
make any publication Of the character
Suggested by you. but that he would con-
sent that the first note OF General Ma
hone to- him, bis reply, Mr.. RovalPs last
note to you, and General Mahone's last
note to Governor Kemper, might be pub
lished, as containing the gist OF the CORE.
spondence. stated further that did not
I wish to, discuss the question, and that you
could take until next morning to consider
the matter. On the next morning, when
Governor Kemper and myself were walk
ing up town, you came to me on the street
and asked 81 we desired to make any pub
lication; to which replied that 1t did not
seem to me that any publication whatever
was necessary on the part OF Governor
Kemper, and you then stated, In substance,
That you did not know that any publication
was necessary; that the public bad nothing
to do with the matter, and II any OF the
friends OF the parties wanted to see the corr
respondence they could do so. Cur inter-
view was. very briei, and do not pretend
80 give your exact words.