The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-15
r,na Great Agatator.

srbsnE God III IT, Out tuA A's !" ''S'.s -
.,o-,r,st.r. seisow.ritizens, 10 the NY "
s s,as.ann witch decides the sate OF this dear
s s,s rnrsmon wealth whether she shsli be
Az ssar.,sed to the tyranny Of that frost AFRO.
rant, unreasonable, aud selssa O. men
WILLIAM MAHoSE, or be hnaits freea i.ou
Al, b,s t,ictation, trouble, md agllatioh.
Th,s 4 the question that Is On election-aay
90 he decided, That it has tcen the delioe-
ratio oh,ec, OF General MxsoSE to captufe
virginia and put bis power ever nel mas
heen apparent to all observant persons
E;,.t came the consolidation OF Tour nun
aras miles al railway dong near the oase
s,nc 81 Viryinia--the longest straigas .nfe
,w,,b;n the boundaries Of the State. 1hen
come his election as president OF the whose
line. Taen the bestowing upon ann Tue
mons,rous salary Of twenty-five ase~sa11a
.to,,ors per aa,ssn. Then followed the
EXTENSION OF his presidential term 10 J'ee
,,en-s. Then successfully fosso"ea .na'
dreadful epochtof corruption w1ach ts'a a..
,;shea the most alarming system OF part''
sanry In and out OF the Legislature '""'
eyer existed I'm this State.
t. there ausbody in Yirgiata so ignorant
as not 60 knew something Of this system =
ef the personal solicitation, the aaspehsa.
sson OF things palatabie. staznusae'os, anu
nropi,iatory-the wet groceries, the luSu-
rio,,s ieasts, the terrapin seews, toe e'a'e
dinners, the festive and iocuna enter.ain.
n,entse do not all men understand 'n'e
To every appliance to inc corfup'es'
.o,r,s in time. when vice diourished vas
in the Richmond Capitol and ne'gnDor'ns
~;,,es added many times the patronage OF
the Governor Of Virgioda-nGl through his
control of the consolidated railroad llne'
which paid the largest salary ever paid 10
the South.
General MALONE pressed his system In
cesssntly, and his followers multiplied IN
that manner which in dcstes how gratitude
flows in for favors expected. The system
was potent and though, ;as is unavoidable,
there were aggravated eases OF dlsappoin1-
.pent and alienation, the means employed
by General MALONE We're too powerful not
to be effective.
Those days are we'll remembered by US
all, and no sensible man not. himself seek
ing the way TO personal advantage or cor
xupt alliances can ever forget the fearful
forebodings which erept through his mlnd
as he discerned those proceedings IN the
State relating to public polices and personal
strategies.
General MALONE soon, with an eagerness
aud presumption without example. pressed
his claim for the office OF Governor. LII
amazed all rejecting men, who had never
y ,rceived his peculiar fitness for the high
est executive Office in the State. His plans
were open and daring. He had entire con-
troll OF prominent newspaper. de COM
PEELED it to support all his views. and OPP
pose other peoples. Upon him tina: paper
bestowed the most fulsome praise, and
upon rivals, or thosewho would not praise
him, depreciation and vilihcation.
The general statement is sufficient. Ev-
rybody understands the things OF world
wide notoriety Ceiating to the terrible de-
bauchery which bad come SO near subjuga-
ting the grand old Commonwealth OF Vlr-
sinia to man who would scruple ut nothing
that would IN his view minister to his
qualification and pomD and power.
Before he carried the road which he gov
erned into bankruptcy and into the hands
OF the receivers he lived in Richmond nearly
all OF every winter. Here he ran his COM
missary department and continued the dis
tribution OF those tempting Viands and
LIQUIDS which maintained that continued
So booming which showed the lusty pre-
dominance OF serrile partisanry. Latterly
the great Agitator has>showed alike his in-
genuity and bis insensibility to reason and
Justice by raising opposition to the State
government and State:laws where there was
no cause for it. lie held his I" mock govern
ment," so TO speak, here in the capital, and
at bis nightly caucus Of bis agitating partl-
sans he concerted plans and put in motion
expedients to Obstructive government and
bafle the pubhc otHeersiin the performance
OF their duties.
This is true; and it is thing without
precedent In this republic OF States.
At last the conspiracy to break up the
DAVIS, 'disorgauiae the judiciary, and bring
upon the State the most fearful disorder and
trouble eliminated in the Mozart Conyen-
ton, where it was plainly the object to
break up the best!tnown and most respect
able of the parties Ahrouehw4hich we have
been endeayoring ts preserve peace and viz
tue in the State, and gather up new mate
rial, new malcontents. and uaeEucated aud
destructive theorists, that by>snch combi-
nation the better pant Of the people OF Vir.
ginia couiG be brought down! to degrade
ton as well as submission, and she peace,
property, boaor, and Integrity of:State and
people should be placedat the mercy OF the
sordid and unscrupulousleader Of Sic party
devoted wholly to the rule and ruiz Of the
best part of the body polite and ssst und
fairies. OF the prospects ;snd hopes OF all
Virginia.
FeIlow-citizeus of VirgiHia, the election
on the 4th OF November is to put an esd to
the course OF corruption so Isng conducted
by General MALONE. and to deliver all our
people from the fearial tyranny and public
deprayity that must surely follow longer
continuance OF this dreadful career. Lei
the struggle continue until the public de-,
liyeranee. \
A WAnNING.-JoRN RUsEN, in his
IS Fers Clavisera.' says:
Sooner or later, within the next few