The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-02
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e77,e2o 8 meaning q ,rsat sgIss ana 20
iinuity. ii ID both epersetlc sn a enduring
q Is il the sum OF money which was WIN. |:
d Anu ;f ,ua ne treasury oi the Atlantic,
1iiata.ppats and Ohio railroad By direction
81 its then president. General VILLAS Y III
s MAHosr, aud handed over 70 the Richmona
Whio, It was an extfaordinary transfer q =,
money-a large amount OF it--iron = lallii
road corporation to anewspaper. y y Per per-
shans nuexanpled, and has not been s o. !;
nlained or accounted for thst We are aware y
Of. WHY was II transferred, and WAT ntls Ior
these are questions that should have been !
:.nexp,alned eontemporaneousiy With the
transfer that nobody wonld have felt
prrompted to PROFOUND them now. ii Sd
But, people 81, Virgins, there arc reasons.
WHY YOU should ask these questions and.
why ou.should not be content WITH any
other than a.elear aud satisfactory answer.
General. WILLIAM MAHoSE strategized
himself In the presidency Of the Atlantic,
Mississippi aud Ohio railroads road iohrtI
hundred miles long, withsR patronage many
times greater thar that OF the Governor OF
virginia, and With "a Inonstrous salary ala OF
$4,000 year. as great at the time as that OF
the President OF the United States. Indeed.
1t Is not altogether improbable that the pay
ment OF such salary, through arts and!
appliances by no means beyond suspicion,
led TO the increase OF the salary OF the
President OF the United States from $2S,-|
600 to $4,000. 1t was shame that the
salary Of the president Of a poor railroad
company, which was soon to De o thrown
into the hands Of q receiver, snouiu
be equal to that of the President OF
the United States. IL was more than the
Federal Government could stand, and the
salary Of She President Of the United States
was soon after doubled. Exactly what
should have been expected, and the poor
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, In
the poor State OF Virginia, forced the Fed
eral Government into this extravaganza 10
time OF universal financial prostration.
Well, so it was; and then the transfer OF
S77,220-good, hard, solid money-from the
treasury Of the Atlantic. Mississippi and
Ohio road to the treasury OF the Richmond
Whig newspaper took place. What for !?
Well, thereds nothing In the books and IN
the written history OF that extended but
Impoverished railroad line from Norfolk to
Bristol that clearly explains this point.
But the world knows that the Richmond
Whig was devoted to the personal inter- i
ests OF General MALONE, and never differed
with him, aad never failed to sustain every
view and interest OF his. Therefore Gene.
raj MAHoNE directed the appropriation OF
the money to the use OF his strongest sup
porter and most unalterable partisan.
The world knows, more, that no, sooner
vas General MALONE made president OF the
long line Of railway than he began to ex-
plot his strategy in strengthening his
number OF partisans in the Legislature, and
developing his schemes for the promotion
Of his power, and maturing his, plans for
capturing the State Of Virginia. ,.,.,.
Tt was not long before be put forth the
pronupciamento OF bis claims for the office
of Governor. That pronuuciamento, which
proclaimed the principle that the public
debt must be settled through the process OF
reinforced equity: process unknown to
the most learned statesmen and jurists, and
really incomprehensible, unless to the class
of men who take other peoples property
and dispose Of it forcibly without the pres
ence OF the real owners. n-@t.. Isl. i
> A man who had such large expectations
and who aspired to be the ruler OF the no
BILE Commonwealth Of Virginia needed the
support OF powerful newspaper. Seventy
seven thousand two hundred and twenty
dollars should have secured him that. And
1t has been seen that it has, done this thing
from the day 1t was transferred from the
treasury OF the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad to the present time. ~ ~
AS it departed from the one to the other.
without a clear statement, 1t has gone be-
You'd recovery, we suppose; but 1t is lit
tie singular that the property obtained'byi
it. should belin the possession of General
MALONE instead Of in the Atlantic, 'Missfs-
sippi and Ohio Railroad Company, -,,,...,
Now, this is matter OF serious consider
alton with the people of Virginia. That
General MALONE has meddIed in the affairs
OF the State instead Of attending to bis OIL.
cial duties ever since ne was inaugurated
into the presidency Of the 400 miles OF rail-:
roadis too we'll known to be controverted by
anyb body. He has been ut the head OF a
party agitating through Virginia, for some
purpose or other, from that day to this. 1t
is matter for consideration with every
Yirginian. In the whole history Of the Com
monwealth there has never been an exam
pie OF the sort There has been more trou-
BILE and apprehension from agitation for the
promotion OF the personal ambition and
schemes Of General WILLIAM MALONE than
there ever was for the accomplishment of
the personal desires and gratifc alton OF
any other man who ever lived.
The money-the $77, 2a0--was paid to the
WITTY. 1t then was the fulsome partisan, Of
General MALONE. 1t still is. 1t is un-
doubleday his property, or so completely
under his control that it never supports an
enemy OF his, and sustains without qualifs-
cation bis most Objectionable yiews-views
which so sensible man Of practical wisdom
who had money enough to print daily
newspaper in Richmond would espouse.
There is greast deal in this matter to ex-
cite reflection, and nothing is more proper
than that it should be considered by the
people Of Virginia. who have been for