New-York tribune., 1882-04-08

take in the Judgment OF my associates warrants un
qualified frankness and rely upon your g0Od sense ho
to mistake frankness for rudeness.
Tbe next letter ia dated November7, and says:
Washington several days last week
inc be seeretary se M sp1roved the precise
tOn taken An American protectOrate was drecty ois
should directly apply for it, think Congress would
approve the application; but only on the ground na'
large private American interests there need protection
II cond not be populArzed on any other footing am,
Mr.. Caleron should base his application directly ana
ley Is here and the large interests he controls are also 10
be considered He and will WORK in entire harmony
and hs ndenV Pero, S Sn%Ind % 70 reat RESPECT
henor Martinez "a uncomfortable since our deanos
were served and while he talks gOOmly. have the Dcst
OF advice that he Will be ready 10 discuss terms win me
at no distant day The papers are giving increased az
lily with
The next letter is dated November 25. II merely in
forms Mr. Hurbu Of the forwarding of copies Of letters
Mr. Rce-was there anything else between yourself
and Mr.. Hurlbut The witness-To the best OF my
knowledge have submitted the entire correspondence
between General Hurlbut and myself.
After somewhat protracted examination OF Mr.. Ship
herd relative TO the breaking of relations with Mr. Hur
ruvian Company pnt upon Mr. Hurlbuts action. Mr..
Rice said As understand, you have answered my
Now ask you what yon have 10 support tine statement
which you made in regard to his colleague, the late
correspondence from Mr.. Blaine which has not been
already published
SHIPHERD TO WALKER BLAINE.
shphcrd replied: I have u letter here addressed
to Walker Blaine. which has not been printed, and
which, in chronological order prior to the letter to
James G. Blaine. This letter, dated August 0, 1881.
and marked Personal" follows:
favor OF the 2sth ult duly received and the
further advces therein promised Will doubtless ar ve in
The of letter confirming the per-
sonal impression at our chance meeting induces this
purely personal note. | am charged with the manage
of "a great interest interest destined to pOss
bites from the mere magnitude OF which am accus-
toned TO OF affairs shrink. We're capable OF
aiectation ! could not ahect q CONFESSION OF !;
zone line OF ettepress copy here illegbe seek aid
on side a. nstnctiyely as one painting seeks air
or high and generous ald cannot hnd 700 mnch l DO
not seek aid 10 accomplish determined result. / can
way straight as the arrow flies to that, but In
6niteiy important than the result TO my mind
IS the method-the long and complex series
OF methods-that must be chosen out OF many alterna-
tives. Here | want hep-the help OF wise counsel
above all else the wise counsel that will hold ne back
NV conference with the Secretary Of State gave me
large salts The broad and well stored mind, the
high and aspiring ideals the instant and comprehensive
grasp Of all themes with equal and familiar ease, re-
frcshcd 50 many wines, and came away more
than content you Will read my note TO inc secretary
Of July D. yon viii see how perfectly the dispatches sent
(as am told on the 2d of August covered all the wish
expressed II MT. Elmore twho am toid VIII
Minister has wise instinct is wisely advised
he will to at once and negotiations Will, hope
result to the content of all parties Who are content with
equal justice and the greatest good to the greatest
In such case my original plan will be realized and
neither the Department nor the President will be asked
q take either
claim. so far from having taken any interest in this
claim. in special reliance or with leading intent tO lean
upon Governmental aid every plan, choice and expeca-
tion lay In the opposite direcion AM MT Emore hai
early wise not what the Department has al
ready done would have been necessary. All men, how
ever not born wise, and the further possible need OF
Executive cooperation IN prudence bound To
ditonay anticipate and provide for
Ny conference with the secretary made me conscious
Of the relative disadvantage we may be subject to IN dis
cussOns OF state questions with statesman and this
consciousness turns me to yolI whO az at once an al
tOrney and statesman, may interpret for me my mean
ing TO the Secretary in terms he viii not mistake and
again, may make plain to me In attorneys tax what
do not directly comprehend. If II shall be necessary to
adudice the rights OF the successors TO Cochets title In
and every like bearing scarcely less OF The result
sente and the law discussed than upon the facts and
the law III actual existcnce and in suca ease profes
sona brief submitted To ur1st not also ~ home among
professional Briefs might hinder quite as much as II
should help.
altogether the narrowness of habituay professional
modes thought and idoms of phrase DEEPEN my hest
tatOn proceed with the preparation az my brlef an
incnos rather toward statement and further in
cnes suspend all work upon until have clearer
Senator Blair has kindly aided me, and his aid has
been great-so great as to deepen my desire, ana TO
heghten expectation for His intimate acqualnt
with the Secretary has enabled me to interpret to
him what could not alone understand, and am sure
you could supplement- that aid Win help Which you
alone able to render.
do not hesitate to apply to you in the premises. be-
cause, the responsibility put upon me- the advo
cate, he great ar greaters is the burden Of the tudge
whose word must be final and who, by crring on either
hand in such a this, must do not only an IT.
reparable but an immeasurabe injury.
come to yon therefore, in the character in which you
st--eminently an amicIs curip--and ask your aid,
solely in that character to the sole end that the Court
may fail. Judgment shall be- asked. to judge justly
other parties. need such aid. While the Depart
meat becomes in such cases quasi court, and
limitations hedging mere court and IA mere
judge are absent. Tho Secretary sits more
sovereign than judge, and TO degree he is also
necessitate ofci an advocate as well Given pIima
right of clearly American citizen and it Is prime
function OF his Office to become presunptyely the Official
helper Of the claimant 80 understand the law and the
practice. It is own choice however, TO lean chiefly
to judicial IDEAL and to ask only such ard original
equity comps every judge sitting IN equity to decree
had no thought to write AT sucn length. My intent
intent of what to have been brief note was 10
ask when and where can talk with y0u with view 10
such cooperation as have limited at or lts eqVa-
lent in any better form.
Odd YOU receive any answer to that letter A.
No. SIR except verbal An intimation came 10
me through senator Blair
Ono matter if Walker Blaine did not give it to you.
Al had no written
o-And you had no oral answer from him to you di-
rectlyi A-Not naked and direct received an answer
which supposed from him, but 1t not markedly
stated as coming directly from him
O-who brought you ihat answerl A-Senator Blair.
O-state what the answer was. A.-Senator Blair
remarked TO me- few days after tlls letter
was Cas | supposedJ received. that the Secretary
had suggested to him that he wished l would
not correspond in relation with this matter, or
negotiate in relation 70 H. With any of his assistants IN
the state Department understood that intimation to
be reply to tins letter II the only reply that re-
ceivcd aud coaormed myself to the suggestion there
after an. /, ~
other way than that A.-NO
Mr. Belmont desired to put some questions to the VII
ne ISIS i'm relation to Mr. Banc's letter OF December 3,
speaking referring shpherds e0tor OF June 20 te
Attorney General for criminal action Dut at the suges
tion Of Mr. Rice thai that matter would como UP III ''
due order. be did not persist
The committee adjourned until tomorrow