The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-21

he really had no more interest than the ll'a'
/ Ia the moon, but with which he nodded. u
he has done With every railroad bill that ha
been presented to the Legislature since tn
j war. He intruded himself into the discus
sion of that particular bill in aeeordanc
With an alliance he had formed with Others
and for Others benefit, not bis own not
bit Of it.
Well, General MAHoEE's exceeding zeal il
opposition to this bill, and his activity in dis
puiiug its passage aud proposing ALTERNATIVE
measures for it in committee, unayodabl!
drought him and his administration unde
discussion in the Legislature. EpMUND Pen
DLEroN, who possessed the strongest mind il
the Senate, addressed himself earnestly to
discussion of the General and his admnistra
| ton, and be did the work so forcibly and eff
| fectvely that he brought down upon hmsel
the hatred and hostility of the Railroad King
and all his followers; aud the burlhen o.
| their song was, g This year ED. P. must die
| MALONE was heaten-the Legislature adj
journed-NED PEsDLEToN went home to resi-
in the bosom of his constituents.
Time wore on. The nominations were
made and NED PENDLEToH was renomlnatcd
by the Conservative party of Botetour',
Roanoke, Craig, and Allegheny for reelec.
ton to the State Senate. The oath that he
must die bad, however, gone forth, aud the
mareuyring for his defeat began. W. M.
LAKELAND, of Botetourt, whom the, Wing
sneeringy now calls the ''great Statesman
of Botetourt" was brought out as an indie
pendent candidate, and the machinery for his
election over the regular nominee, Mr. Pen
pLEroN, was put in motion.
This machinery was ingenious. People
said he was not so bad q man although ac-
cused of Radical predictions. He was
better than some other people. He was
even tolerated by the EPHRAlM" of Roa-
noke, whose influence was too well known
to be disregarded. The RAIDS aud the Ma
honeitets began to fraterniza in good feeling
for the gentle LAKELAND. The were
on the track, and the fires were lighted on
every hill. A noble stag was in the noun
tains holly pursued and he must die.
To help in capturing and killing the bait
ed statesman the Wing cunningly deemed a
word or two timeous. So Notwithstanding
that as Conservative light it bad been
pledged to discourage independent candi
dates, it made an exception in favor of Mr..
LAKELAND, and deemed certificate of re-
spectablity a matter Of sufficient import
ance to devote TO him paragraph or two. t
stated that Mr.. LAKELAND was proper sort
of man, and that he haG very good pedi-
gree-that it learned that he was descended
from the LAcELANDs of Cumberland. whose
understanding and game favor. it proceeded
to dilate upon.
The result was that the Wing made out for
the "great Statesman" quite certificate of
nobility. He was a good LAcKLAND, Of a
first.rate family nearly, and the Conservative
party would gain rather than lose by his
election.
lord Bateman was noble Lord.
A noble Lord Of high degree"
Certified and reiarorced-c certified from
the headquarters of the commissary depart
mept, and sustained by the Botetourt
EpHRA1M-the LAKELAND was elected, and the
hunted PENDLEToN was defeated and driven
to 'sPurgatory mouptain," to reflect upon
the mutability Of human honors.
LAKELAND came, and be sat in the Senate,
and be did his "great craftsmanship" and
nobody said anything about it. The people
who elected him seemed satisfied.
Well, IA has come; new question has
arisen: The dreaded BISMARCK gar.
RETT-is on the war-path. He wants to run
bis line of road from Salem to the Tennessee
boundary, and MAHoNE rises angrily and de-
family before him and forhlds him from
doing so. MALONE looks about to call IN
his followers. Where is LAKELAND (who owes
his place to Mp Where is STANLEY! Where
are all of them? Well, LAKELAND answers
as above, and receives the Whtgssneer' He's
no trne LAcKLAND--he is no Cumberland
LAKELAND now. Indeed, he lacks everything
to please the Wing. He is derisively called
athe great statesman of Botetourt," "the
gifted LAKELAND"
The "poisoned chalice" comes home to
proper lips-tbe /" vanity of human" expec'
tations is illustrated-in LAKELAND is found
q Tartar-and PRNDLEToN may descend from
Purgatory. The history is both instructive
and interesting. Good lessons may be de-
rived from it. 1t is valuable in any view
you may take it, and our Virginia society
may consider it all as worth happening.
The important question growing out Of
this is; Is Senator LAKELAND descended
from the LACKLANDs OF Cumberland