The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-01-29
NO. ~.
A Few conundrums..for Gen. Malone.

A Few Conundrums.fo for Gen. Mahoue.
The Daspatch of the 18th, under the cap
ton OF Virginia. propounds number of
difficult conundrums which are evidently in
tended for Gen. Malone to solye.. It is not
so stated, as the reader will see from the
article, which we publish below in full
But who else in Virginia can answer the
interrogations satisfactorily? Read them ::
the Democratic Nationsl Convention is but few W
months of-say four months. In 1875 they were
appointed on the 3lst OF May.
Who is to represent Virginia in thai lboiaya Is
che to have two sets OF delegat es Are there to
delegates knocking at the door? Il srsrsssfs
II Virginia sends two sets Of delegates and one
have at home Can we carry Virginia for e ven
Seymour or Bayard II the present state of things
sh Mbo oo wi'1 he s To- sxsi =
this year? Won't the Republicans. electal the
members from Eastern Virginia if the Conserva-
vote carry this State for General Grant or any
| other nominee of the Republican party
body? II so, BY whom ? Whose is the duty yGA' Il
not, why not? Have the white people Of virginia
| the short space OF year
OF course the Dispatch could not CON
sistently mention Gen. Malone by name
The bitter personal warfare it has waged
against him, and the proscrlptive pro-
gramme it formulated, at a time when it
thought the Re-adiusters would be over
whelmingly defeated, would forbid that it
should make personal appeal to him to
save the shattered hulk of the late Conser-
vatiSe party. But having been driven from
the old dugout, how could it now be ex-
pected that he would return to take the
helm, and save the crew which had not only
planned to scuttle his ship, but cut his
throat? With old Shylock to Salarino, he
may answer, "the villiany you teach me
will execute, aud it shall go hard, but I
will better the Instruction ST Jew
wrong Christian, what is his humility ?
Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew,
what should his suferance be by Christian
example? Why, revenge
''signor Antonio. many time and oft
In the Rialto, you have rated me
Still have borne it with patient shrug,
You call me misbeIieves,s cut throat, dog,
And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine.
And all for use OF that which is my own.
Well. then. itnow appears you need my help
60 to then; you come to me and you say,
Help the Conservative party. 1t is in the
last stage Of dissolution. We have de-
nounced you, piled upon you all the cpl
thets that could be coined out of the bitter
est hate, and branded you as a traitor to
all the interests Of Virginia, yet you must
save us or we perish 1t will not do, how
ever. Gen. Malone cannot tamely lick
the hand that would have smitten him. He
cannot surrender the rights he has acquired
by conquest. The black flag was raised by
the Dispatch, and the law of the black flag
will be laid upon it.
I'll have my bond; will not hear thee speak;
III have my bond. therefore speak no more.
In not be made a soft and dull eyed fool.
TO shake the head, relent, and sigh and yield
To Funder intercessions. Follow not,
I'll have no speaking will have my bond"
And the forfeiture Malone is going to
have. He will be satisfied with nothing short
of full and complete mastery Of the whole
political machinery of the old party and
the surrender of the name land his relentless
opponents will only be permitted to serve
as a very small tail to the Re-adiusters'
kite. The plaintive and bewildered appeals
of the Dispatch will amount to nothing
It's occupation is gone, and hereafter il vii
not even be permitted to eat the crumbs
from the Re-sdius5ers' sable. aEahono
knows with whom he has TO deal, aud he
will be careful how he will admit into his
political camp gift bearing Greeks.
The political malignants who haye fof-
lowed and traduced, and would ilave sp!s
upon him had they dared, and who are now
cozening and fawning about him will be
made to understand that ''revenge is
sweet" and that however abiect and SER
vile their proffers, they will be rejected, if
equality is condition. When the Dis
patch and it's Committee undertook to purge
the ''great Conservative parity" by reading
Malone and its followers out of it,, they as
sumed serious responsibility. They sim
ply tore the vitals out of the thing, and left
it without the forces of life. Dissolution
had to follow, and it is now as dead as a
herring. Malone understands this, and is
prepared for all the mellow wines and
supplications Of his prosecutors. Old Shy
lock-who is greatly misrepresented and
Inexperienced character-answered An
tonic as Malone will answer the Dispatch.
IT II not be made soft and dull-eyed fool
To shake the head, re lent and sigh and yield
To sFuQder' IQterCeSSiOnS