Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-05-01
The GovernOrship.

The Whi9 Of yesterday gives Cen
eral MALONE good send of. 1t
sets forth in his behalf claims which
We are inclined to think it cannot
rightfulIy advance for him. How,
ever, our columns aIc just now so
crowded that the editor is not allowed
room enough to 'spresS his views; and
therefore, if we were SO disposed, we
could not take up the gauntlet thrown
down by our nelgkbor- Such inteili>
genCe as we have on the subject leads
us to believe that in the State Con.
vention HOLIDAY will receive the
largest vote on the first ballot :
TALLIAFERRo or DANIEL the reXt
largest one of the same two the next
largest; MALONE the next; whilst
TERRY, WALKER, FITZ. LEE. and
the rest of the aspirants will each
stand better chance Of succeeding
as a compromise candidate than 9TH
erwse. We don't think General
MALONE will ever be elected Covers
nor OF Virginia as the nominee Of the
conservative party. Every body
knows that We prefer almost any olh-
er of the aspirauts to MALONE as
well as that the Wig prefers him to
any one of the others. Nevertheless -,
unless compelled to take part against
him, we shall let him take his chance
with the crowd. -D'spatch 26h.
The following is part Of the Hhigs
reply:
And is this 10 be all of it? Are the
people throughout this contest to
witness nothing but the united efforts
of an unrighteous alliance to defeat
the strongest caud date. and TO hear
nothing but defence of that candidate
from trumped-uP charges, Skilfully
distorted reports, aud Ingenious miss
constructions Are shields alone to
be used by those Conservatives all
over the State who seek lepitimately
10 place the standards Of the party III
hands that first unlured and have
most CALAMITY maintained them? Is
the record OF Gen. MALONE such
that his friends should stand Mt bay +?
A brief recital of It's salient entries
might answer here. And to which
Of them does the Djspatrh or any
Nirginian openly except
Is il that throughout the darkest
days Of war he CLOSED the breach.
aud held The lr"ut, aud Sa,et Toe
flank ? l. il doNO lic vawur. . avs
Of the Cralcg ,hat tive D,ar,tA would
trust as an uuNmthy tj,c the p,'rr l-
ism and vulor at MALONE ?
l. it The people VINO are rcap,uG
now the fruits Of Ihr WALKER move,
ment that his political services VIII
be denied Was it nothing 10 nave
escaped the fate OF Louisiana TO
have been masters of our Cwn de>li-
mics for these eight years ? Shall it
count for nothing to have been the
pioneer and architect, the designer
and achicver OF the means by which
that delh erauce was effected Are
the policies and the men of that year
TO be rcpudlatcd [: snail the history
Of those times still live. aud WALKER
wear the civic crown, and MALONE
be given tie fate Of WARWICK ? Or
shall this Virginian leader be made
the mark of common war because he
saved the Tennessee road from the
ever>ready clutches Of Baltimore? Or
because he opened up to Richmond
unknown sources of demand and
supply Or because he raised Nor
folk from slUmbcrouS hamlet to be
the second cotton port in the United
States
4 strong list Of Indictments truly
Let Virginia ponder it and rejoice.
She has a son, Of whome such are
the offences. - " hjg,
1--WE claim some sagacity on that
score ourselves, and we predict nov