National Republican., 1880-09-01
THREE VIRGINrA PARTIES.

this city. 1t appeared some weeks ago in The
Loudoun Telephone of Hamilton, Va, the only
non.partisan sheet published in that county
There are to-day three political parties IN
Virginia, namely, the funder democratic
readiustar, and republican. The funder demo.
cratic party is composed chiefly of the bour
bon element of those who arc fatal TO progress
Of those who remain the same, yesterday, to-
day, and forever; Of those whose pieiudicial
outburst of short-sightodness renders them
contemptible; of those who hold TO the ideas
and superstitions Of bygono days; of those
who think themselves q small class Of legiti
mates made to suck The land Of its
nourishment, and bettor than the mechanic
and the children of the soil. owing to their
srlstocratic genealogy, Notwithstanding they
may be destitute of brains and resources; of
those whose fortunes arc the result Of the
labor of hands long ago still in the grave,
which labor Is now invested In lands, build.
ing etc; of those whose burly habits super.
clious mon, and straightforward dignity
mako them dotestablo to every man Of thought
who realizes how foolish it is for man to be
vanity blown, creature of an hour that
must soon crumble into the dust OF
those who represent the interest Of dead
labor; of those who are selfish, illib.
eral, hating innovation, and continually los
ing members by DEATH" kThis party.U mean
INC uemOCfHllC) mas nUu COnlIOl Ol virginia
politics for years, and yet to-day she Is poorer
and feebler than they found her. Their at
tempt TO restore Virginia's departed glory has
been, in principle, suicidal; and it is to-day
obvious that Virginia has served this party so
long as she could identify her interests with
It,, The roadjustor party is an effort Of nature
to relieve herself of the funder democratic
party, which, with its ogotism, has narrowed,
impoverished and absorbed the power and ex.
tgl 90 tha hnpa o,,A rc ,t,t,
If the funder democratic party would
survive this fierce onslaught 1t must
adapt itself to the nature Of things, or
the eternal law of man and Of the world will
bals and founder it. The spirit of the times
demands u change. Virginia must take hor
place among tho states. She cannot afford to
lag behind any longer. The instinct of the
young, ardent, and active mon, everywhere in
the state demands that the narrow, selfish,
shoepish policy, which has too long been prova.
lent, over limiting the means and opportuni-
ties of q certain class, must cease to exist.
The old, iron.bound, feudal Virginia must be
changed, for day of expansion aud demand
| has como. There must he fair play, open
| field, and freshest laurels to all who win
| them" to the negro as well as the white
man-to tho poor mans son as well MS tho rich
| The malversation which has been re-
sorted to by the stationary party to influence
| DOilblNdl otHllultnb ~ lhNb bolhB W thV N'ii'
The day is coming when men will think and
vote as they please without being snubbed and
treated with contempt The day is coming
when the party of monopoly aud abuse In
| Virginia will be subverted. Yea, tho time ID
already at hand even now. The people are
beginning to see tho one.sidedness of the pol
| icy which tho funder party has so volubly
commended. General Malone had enough
intellect to perceive, also, that affairs in Vir
| - -. A., al
| that so long as they continued in this way
thore was but little prospect for individual
merit being recognized aud promoted that was
not of special class. He also had enough
of courage to raise the war.whoop against
| tho old.timc feudalism, which has been re-
sponded to throughout the state Hence, he
is to-day tho representative of the readjuster
| party-its agent or attorney-and he well de-
serves tho honor which has been conferred
upon him. Ho Is a man who Is capable oil
| leading his party-a man compact instant
and prudent. The party which he represents
is active bold, encroaching, selfrelying, out
| numbering the flnder democratic party, and
recruiting its numbers daily. twill succeed
| because IL represents tho interest of living
not dead labor. 1t is true the funder party is
doing all it can to choke of this party and
stop its career. 1t has hurled opprobriou'
| epthets at it, and striven to brand their leader
|
q rogue, who is seeking self.aggrandizemen
aud political promotion for self alone-noth
| ing save "Billy Malone" aud his interests
This, though, we do not believe but we do be
| ieve that General Malone is no more for Gen
eral Mahono than General Hunton is fol
| General Hunton, or any other man is for him
self; and we think that 1t is high time for tht
! funder clique to cease to underrate the ability
| aud shrewdncSs of General Malone, when h,
| L., L.; bla m
with all the brains and power Of the party com
bined. What Malone has done to release Nir
gnia from the grasp Of the bourbon Gle
meut, whose ruinOus policy has beel
| reducing, and is now calculated L
reduce, Virginia to the last stage o
an abominablo depletion, and oxter
inmate free suffrage, Is sufficient to induce u.
| to believe that no is the champion ofthe mid
die class of modern society; Of the throng who
I'll the fields, shops markets, manufactures
ETC., Of Virginia, ut this day, striving TO bG
rich. look upon Malone as the agitator, the
| opener OF DOORS the destroyer of prescrip'
| tion and old.timo regime, liberal inventor oI
means, whose desire Is to keep open every
avenue TO the competition of all, release the
| people from their absorbing homages, and
to show the funders and "a syndicate o
| Wall street and London brokers" that they
cannot strap upon the backs of the producer,
of Virginia scheme which will be instru
mental in onriching their Golfers, owing 10 thC
| privilege it confer5 upon them exclusively
| | look upon General Malone still fur
| hor as man who is at the head of 4
party that will show a large majority
| of those who bold our bonds and urged us into
| the fatal and silly war Of secession, which de-
stroyed our property upon which these bond;
were based, by making our grand old state
battle ground, thereby tearing her to pieces by
the shattering artillery OF war, spilling the
| blood of her citizens, exhaustng her by civil
feuds, laying waste and making barren hey
| fields, burning her barns and homes aud
| squaudoring her possessions in every way till
"her actual losses in property amounted ia
| five hundred millions of dollars; till her as
sessed values were reduced from seyun hundred
and twenty.three millions TO three hundred
and thirty.six millions; till her annual income
was reduced from over four millions to two and
a.half millions" thus crippling her resources
aud drawing the very lite'blood from her
Yes, | say, | look upon General Malone as the
| leader Of party that will show tho fundeIs
that they do not intend TO submit TO the Nc
Culloch, bill because it is specific and ,"irre'
pealabe contract" agreeable TO tunderisml
| plodging the revenues for forty years (Which
we have but slim prospect Of raising, Thereby
! tying the hands Of future legislatures for that
| period" and thus trausmhting tho debt upon
! incoming generations, which we have no right
/ to do. Further they do not intend to submit
| TO it "bcGause it binds the state rs tightly ~
it can but does not bind the brokers. II