The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-12
A Specimen letter from q Malone
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A Specimen Letter from q Malone
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NANsEMoND COUNTY, VA, July 10, 1871
Ny absence from Suffolk Saturday, eve
ming last prevented my seeing the article
signed T.. j. Pretlow, one OF. the secreta-
ries, in the Dispatch Of that date, until yes
terday evening, too late to notice in to-day's
Issue. This, presume, is intended as
reply to q squibof mine in the Whig ofthe
25th ultimo commenting on arstring OF.
words f-deemed~an-unfair repre-
sentation Of the, sentiments 2of any county
in this portion Of the State, at least to-
wards General Malone, which were pub
lished tn your columns Of the ed ult-.
imo. Thirteen days after the appearance
of my comment and remarks on his de-.
scription of the Southampton meeting, and
his positive declaration Of the views oil. $50
of the voters of that county, this second
production is presented to the public, an d.
he says but for Illness !, he would have
answered sooner Thirteen days OF, illness,
and 10! g P0rturiNnt monies, sauScetar
ridicuIus mas ''-and such'a |tT1uS..,N Good
gracious, Mr. Secretary, had no intention
Of producing such an effect upon your sys-
tenn as would throw, you into a mental ira
vail OF such duration and .agony, and then
to- end ia such q miserable abortion. i
knew not that you were so delicate]y
organized that while you could indulge
I'M such a TRADE OF abuse and Injustice
against one whom you seem to hate as
would do no discredit to dwefter in Bill
lingsgate or asEond0n ifsh-mengef yet you
could not bear up under q Eeply.>aF or the
future I.shail refrain from being the cause
OF so much unpleasantness.5 ], Now, Mr. Sec
rotary, you say in your-las article, "My
account of the meeting, written hurriedly,.
under the influence of some excitement,
and the next morning, after having been up
all night with. sick patient" Lord, be
merciiul to that patiently ..perhaps did not
do either the Conservative party OF the
county, General Malone, or myself full JUS
tice; for my opinion 7so,o IS that the Con-
seryatiyes of this county will, as a
sgeneral rule, cast their votes for any
zone who may be; nominated as Gov
ernor, and, I. do not at all hesitate to say
that the undersigned will do So" Now,
Mr.. Editor, it would puzzle Mr.. Jimmy
Cowardin himself to know how to take
this man, or where to, place him. On the
22d of June he says the people OF South
ampton sshaye known William Malone for
fifty wears, and in all that time have never
known any good Of him." and that $3.50
voters lin, the county would under no cir
|,cumstances support him." and that /" the
delegates representing that number would
enter into any combination in the Conyen-
| ton to defeat him." ..,3y.4
On these assertions my remarks were
based. I made no other ISSUE. Now, do
not propose, Mr.. Secretary, to follow you
Through all your VIKINGS, in and out, but
simply.to pin you downto the point from
which you started: !. -, - -.
In the first place, IL have accomplished
tnaupht else, + have wrung from you the
admission that not only nearly all OF those
! e5Amen will support Malone (and which
knew to be the case with those gallant men
tof SouthamptonG but that even your poten-
fiaIself will do SO. t',''o2 24' 'tsSs. ~ .
You have admitted altI. desired; and more
THAN / anticipated. Your generosity quite
isurprised me. But why did you not stop
1iust here? Surely LiHy lived among o peo-
tpIe where there must have been o. "secre-
tary ;, when he wrote: g Envy is blind, and
tsheshas no other quality than that Of de-
ttracting from virtue -
/ when you acknowledged that you had
made assertions your cooler moments did
1 not. sanction. why did you fyyoG at. q tam
gent from the issue j. had made with you,
/ and waste time, ink, and PAPER with your
| weak--yery weak-and uRmeaning Philippe
against &c. H. sC.2'p Truly - cacoettes
iscribendi" had seized you And why did
you drag all the big men in the State into
your effusion can imagine no other ,rea-
son. than that YOU wished TO add the crown,
inggIory to the list by writing. Z. j..
PretioW, one Of the secretaries, n at the
bottom. And why, my recanting friend,
.ay,S9 2
/ Was 1t merely because after mentioning
some OF the acts which infmy poor iudg-
ment entitled General Malone to the favor
able consideration OF his felloW-cit citizens, I
/ did not also narrate what every other man
In Virginia bad done; including, cot scourse,
| The deeds of T.. j. Pretlow, one Of the Sec
l retaries Il When that patient gets wen let
| me know and will publish it, w bile / like
to see man frankly own his error / do not
like To see him too generous, and when you;
offer to call me can ass " you are unjust to
yourself. 1t is more than / can accept, And
after you have recanted fairly and squarely
! oil any Malone man caRs desire don't try TO
give away your name. Still, il you insist,
let it be so but hope YOU viii also admit
that as, ene star Giffereth from another star
| in glory, 30 one ass difereth from another
ass in sense, rs well aR In the length OF dis
thGs OE tl1S k9taSSsU Ats9yA n. s'$tk..R
Now, MIR. Secretary, 9 word OF adYlce
q pay my taxes, say my prayers, and pre-
pare to die,,,,s so 1. say III. you, Lay aside
Your pen, stick to yohr lancet and pill ox.
! aud when next yen feel your bad Blood
boiling and YOUR hillary organs ont OF tone,
let ont nieWs DROPS OF tho former, take half
| o dozen compound cathartie pills, and go
| TO bed and thus yeu viii prevent the pub
Itiic thinking even for moment that il
la Doestickse be dead his friend still sur
wives, and has moved Ito Southampton. *
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