The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-30
The Prophecies-Mahone's Disciples

The Prophecies-Mahone's DISCIPLES.
We have prophecied that General MALONE
will be beaten and dethroned if ne perse-
yeres in a policy which separates large com
munlties of Virgisians from one another
and seriously Injuries Virginia commerce.
Our respectable neisbbor of the Peters
burg Neus upon the SINE premises Predicts
a prolonged reign to'the railroad king. Let
the prophecies stand; We are willing that
they should.
Now, our contemporary of the Neacs Is
about The most courteous and civil OF those
who have supported the so-called policy OF
General MAHoSB, which is no policy at all
vet even he trenches upon proprlcty in
charging that this paper is only personally
hostile to General MALONE and iaoorlng TO
break down the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad. 1t is for our contemporary
to decide for himself the prOptiety OF re-
peating this unjust accusation when the Tea'
sons for Directing to General MAHoSEs ad-
miristration are not only abundant but have
never been answered. Answer those OBJ
iecsIons satisfactorily and we will surrender.
But the MALONE press has failed to answer
them, and has made up for its failure in the
only way left it, by attempting to break the
force of our criticism by questioning our
motives. No better eMpedent could have
been adopted to show the utter weakness
and hopelessness Of their cause, and we re-
gret that our Petersburg contemporary has,
apparently, fallen into their error. why
should he? Would he not better think well
of bis own judgment and taste by believing
that personally MALONE is TOO commendab'e
a man for a well.meaning gentleman to ie-
card with disfavor, and that no such person
could raise an objection to him, but
must be governed by something else than
personal prejudice ia opposing bis policy.
ibis would be wiser and more sensible.
We again declare that we have no other
motive than the public welfare in what we
have said about General MAHoNB's admins.
tra,ion and policy. We repeat: ,a.,@
That he has, like the one man on the jury,
denounced the eleven differing from him as
fools-he has declared the decision Of all The
railroads wrong, and determined to I'm the
express on his own plan, different entirely
from theirs, by which be has separated COM
pletely large communities of virginians
They have no commercial intercourse, and
can have none. This is a serious injury to
the whole State, and deserves the genera
ccnsurc. ..
If General MALONE is right, let him con
vert all other railroads; but let him not under
take to run bis plan until they are concerted
TO it. We cannot stand the priyation he i'm
poses upon us while he plays the part 0
propagandist.
TO prosecute his system alone, while al
others differ from him,-aud he cannot run al
express outside of his own line,-is the e,,
hibition of an impracticabie temper which
shows him unfit to manage railroad, AM
upon this basis rests our prediction of hi
downfall. We are not a prophet, nor the SOL
of prophet. We know, however, that Ger
tain causes produce certain effects, ant
I" when the wind is southerly we "knov
a hawk from hernshaw."
Now, then, if General MALONE will giyt
us the express-so greatly necessary L
the prosperity of that town in Virginia which
| Is equal in wealth and dignity to all th'
considerable towns in the State combined
he will please all hands and advance his owl
prospects. But if he denies to US express
facilities, and ruas his independent and un
recognized line till he converts all Other
lroads-till be converts the eleven men of the
|jury-he leaves US indefinitely injured and
disconnected, and he brings upon himself
the realization of that prophecy which we
have proclaimed. s..s.,,.,
Let General MALONE be practical and ad
minister bis office wisely, freed from the
feeling of self.suficiency and arbitrariness
and he will rise in public opinion like the
quicksilver 10 the thermometer on warm
day; but let him pursue different course
and he will sink as that same mineral on q
freezing DAY, oetooo zero
Let it be remembered that General Ma
HONE is more of politician than railroad
man-that it has come to that that peopl
now ask how MALONE stands for this man o.
that man-and even little clerks fear thei
fates in committees of the; Legislature
They are afraid that there may be hAHosl
man too many on the majority side, and i
they say word in opposition to Genera
MALONE they will lose their places. Their
is not State office filled, we believe, tha
he does not have something to say about
His finger is in every pie. In short, he ha
tried to run the Legislature. He wants t
control legislation, and to be able to proven
the passage of what he don't like and secur
the passage of what he wants. Is there an,
one in the Stale who does not know. this?
Il Non, xuecnn o5 in thar