The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-17

PLANT AND WHAT CAME OF IT-ABeUT
| THE CHALLENGE REPORTED TO HAVE
BEEN WRTTTEN-fNTEREsTI DETAILS
OF THIS FEATURE OF THE CANVASS.
RICHMOND, October 10. 1870.
To the Public;
| In the Richmond Slate of to-day Mr..
John 6. Wise publishes the correspondence
recently held between Generals Malone
and Kemper, Including that part OF it
which took place between Mr. Wise and
myself. He also adds to it letter written
by him day, to General Early, which
begins as follows: "Dear Sir,-When
we agreed that the correspondence between
Generals Malone and Kemper should not
be published had no idea that Mr.. Royal
would be furnished with copies OF the let
ters to show to whomsoever he saw 1T and
excite public curiosity. feeding it with re-.
ports OF all sorts." This language might
mean that the public was fed With reports
might mean that I was improperly
feeding the public with reports which
| the true facts did not warrant. In
consequence OF this ambiguity called Mr..
Wises attention to il, and beauthorizes me
to say that it was intended only TO mean
that the public mind might get erroneous
impressions from reading the correspond
ence without the additional statement which
he wished TO be considered along With it,
and not that / had been "feediug the pub
| lie with reports Of all Sorts" and that lie
| had no intention to reflect upon me BY it.
I wish to say that have been
informed of no agreement between
General Early and Mr.. Wise that the
correspondence between Generals kemper
and Malone should not be published.
When that correspondence was closed, IN
the conferences between General hemper
and bis friends, / took the ground that II
ought to be published. General Early in
sisted that it should not be published, and
| Welded to bis opinion while dlssented
from it. 7 understood bis position to be
this: That General Kemper had used lam
guage in regardlto General Malone, which
had been published, which the lat.
ter thought insulting to him, and
recurring notice at his hands; that he had
called upon General Kemper in regard TO
it, and the public was informed. or would
likely be informed, OF that fact. General
Kemper having made his statement ABOUT
General Malone, and General Mahone haV-
ing called upon him in regard toll, II Gene-
raj Malone desired to publish the CORE
snondence it would be right for him to 40
so "a an answer to Kemper's pubiIshed
statement regarding him; but for General
.kemper to publish it would look like his
attempting to play the part OF bully ana
bragadocio. I did not then yield to TINS
reasoning, but begin now to think it Just.
I did not understand from General Early
that he had made any agreement not TO pup-
lish the correspondence, but l UNDERSTOOD
that our side was not to publish IN de1er-
ence to General Early's reasoning and op'n-
ion, while the other side was to be at Liberty
to publish or not, as it saw fit. When L
Welded to General EarIy's opinion that the
correspondence should not be published, |
insisted that rs L was very intimately in
yolyed in it I should have copy Of 1t, and
that should be at liberty to sbcw it to any
OF nv friends that I chose to-. This was
assented to by both General kemper and
General Early. l have showed it to ten OF
my friends. .-...,..
AS to Mr.. Wise's statement regarding q
note which he handed General hemper,
which is not one of those published, have
this to say: His statement to me TO-
day that he handed such a note to General
Kemper is the first that bad heard OF that
fact. I had been out of my house (where
Generals Kemper and Early were during
this correspondence Sunday morning from
!, about II to about II O'Clock. When |
came in, at II NJ, / found General
Kemper in one room who told ne
that General Early and Mr.. Wise were
in the next room. He told me that MIR.
wise had note, but that be General Kem-
per) did not know what it contained. L
went into the room where General Early
and Mr.. Wise were, and there, after con-
siderable talk, Mr.. Wise wrote aud handed
me his note asking me to agree TO have a
mutual friend appointed as partial arbl-
TRAITOR. [ heard nothing then OF the other
note, and all ever heard OF 1t is what
General Kemper told me, as above stated.
T repeat now that never heard OF any
agreement, expressed or implied, that the
corresDoudence between Generals Kemper
and Malone was not to be published; ana
I repeat that was expressly authorized by
both OF those gentlemap to read 1t TO Whom-
soeYer pleased, and that in reading II 10
any gentleman did so with the assem- OF
General Kemper and General Early. 90
far from there being any agreement not 10
publish the correspondence, understoot,
that it was expressly understood ana agreed
that General Malone was to be at liberty 10
publish it when be pleased. but that zen
eral Kemper would not publish it unless he
should see hit. W.T..
I showed this letter to Mr.. john ). W lse
before publishing it.
WILLIAM L. RoYALL.
The following is the correspondence
above referred to:
/ PETERSBURG, October 0, 1879.
General James l.. Kemper: .....
| General,-I find in the Richmond DaS
patch the following, purporting to De ian
guage used by you in public speech:
At King George Courthouse on Thursda!
4 Governor Kemper said In the course OF hi;
speech
"Gentlemen of King George, what Touc
YOU do il William Malone should come into
your county and urge your citizens to do in
respect to their private debts what be is
urging you to make the State do In regard
TO her public debit You would drive him
j out OF the county to the tune OF the Rogue's
March,"
While, in view Of many circumstances,
cannot believe you used such language,
es specially as was absent, two hundred
i miles from the spot, desire to ask if you
are correctly reported by the extract Sc,
i forth above, which construe to be very in
}sulting to myself. Respectfully, &c.,
~ 'sIE WILLIAM MALONE.
PETERSBURG, 9th October, ,71s79.
General t''i!liana Malone; 49,.
sir,-In reply TO your pote OF this date