The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-15

J IL iA4. 1oied conference
! .You are al liberty g. make use Of ms
f, .etier &s yoa dcsI p;cl~T, aad u YOU
I care 70 publish u yo1 saa do SO. ;eie'
prapaing ~ o. h&t day it VIII appear
. ard I wi.l r.ys it s1narli4uscns publication
( Il tie Coas;.tuiion. %e-y truly you're
Evan z. Howell
{ This Is sufficiently conclusive. But
/ coming from another and different
} quarter and equally without sollcilA-
( ton. is che following statement from
/ Felix g. de FontAile The famous Per
some OF ihe Charleston : C., cear.sr:
} NO ia Fstth Avenue. New York. Mag
} II. lss5.--Faom time TO time c. late
( have read in various newspapers denlals
/ o. The ruth Of your statement that MI
7 Lincoln il the famous Hampton Roads
/ conferences between Confederate and Fed
/ eral peace commissioners said 10 cur then
/ VICE President Stephens: Write "Union'
{ a: he TOP o. that page ard you may write
/ below Il whatever you please
/ i, Is no, my purpose 10 enter into any
/ public controversy. but in Justice 10
( yourself, remembering our pleasant re-
iauons from the time We left Missionary
Ridge until We parted in Atlanta, deem
70 proper 10 adj some pertinent and direct
testimony In proof Of your assertion.
Between Vice President Stephens ami
myself Friendship existed that was al
most trs'ernal, not to say confidential In
character. We knew each Other when nc
Was 4 member 81 The house of representa-
iiyes prior 10 the war and subsequently
10 l'Si s.. whenever he passed through
( Columbia s. e., ii wes his inyar,able rule
20 Visit my 0ffire- the Daily South Caro-
linia1 Of which wes the editor and
u-ot -tetor. and there snrnd a marion n.
The dav In r4ailug the sxchalgeg errot
iug his lonp-stemmed nine and enfayfna
con- ersstiou.
His last visit there was within few
davs after his rati,rr tro-,, no u,t,,,o,
Roads corference s,a 4, 4. -, ,,'
yesterday re.,,e,,ber sba -. -, ~
cilrt,ue'arcex H. ,,,.'o,r-5 s - ~
AMI srnoLaa silar.l,, a,,d r..
a, bir tbongbt5,,i tioo3ies, az i'''htt
remark onre nt,n,rd cs,,a hsot. go
that ~. ...,,,f N"''' .9eh =" M
-. 80 d'''"7' see me royal eolI
o.. ~. Wv >'elhNdtea frame
"tieF aesuNoFy conversation concern
a. 10 -, a. -" one and only topic
az peSah 70 Describe MS re-
inc ui,t, ttaesi, w we i'o'oin"c' ms meet
~ Lincoln anC seward anf his re-
maj peaceful mission so full OF
Eau 'al.tn- lie mentioned in de-
n4Eon Of the conyersation between
tespecl'Fe commissioners that took
. ana repeatedly emphasized the state
'ani' blank sheet OF paper-he waA stand
~ az me tlme-said in way that Is
iaiAIiar among his cid friends; Hero
N1tphens' Jet me write the word Union n,
me t'p Of this page and you may wrjtc
unler Il whatever you please
Il was also represented bv MIR tinno,,
lAdt reasonable indemnity would nm.
dounte9ly be paid for The jos, 80, ui
mission Of slaves. and tho s,,tta,, -
.Aily discussed by the oornujissio,,ats w.,
have stated that the amount oss ste', o1o Vu
o91 Concerning these fpurea 1900.
Il larger er,, 10y mp easloh Is that even
Toned by Mr. s,s,.t ,e.l' terms was mem
Federal authnritif1 as one mat the
Fay for this pnrnoaa ~ oe wiling TO
an imrnateriaI Doin, i"'s' however is
1T is enough ,b.,
iected. and for The s''a 81 me terms were re
could be no recorbitian ~ reason ,s nat there
which ,bn coi,L separate government for
ia ina, bo,, - %" DseA ccntending up