The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-23
General Malone.

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Editors of Dispatch: hope you will
pardon me for expressing my astonisLtneut
al the importance your paper attributes 10
"Maboue" aud his opinions and probable
position. The public are sick OF tnis thing
YOU have dosed your readers al nausedna
with articles on this subject. doubt u
his most seryi|c ndnistors have done as
much to minister 10 bis vanity, and give him
fictitious importance, ~, your paper and the
Stale. The veil hrs been rent from the lace
OF this modern prophet Of Khorsssan oy the
recent vote OF thc people. He viii soon
take hH seat Ia the senate, when be Will he
IN a broad glare OF light, and then, ven
ture 60 say. that he VIII sink into tusignH.
canoe. when brought into coatrast with
swch men as Thurman, CoakNng, Bay
arb, Edmeu&s, &C., there Will DC
Aroaf, gria from one end OF TIE country to
The other. " will be the UA storysf the
Nv IN the enber--the only wonder viii be,
how n the devil IL gcs there! SoDe may
be curlots 10 know Ghy The land OF Wash.
inptor, jefferson, Henry, Madison, Marshall,
Ma.os. and the Less--Jthe State that was, In
later Aays, represented IN the Senate by
Tay,ug. Giles, Is:zewen, Barbour, b. W..
Leigh, and others se1ccly les famous
coukh be contest to throw her senatoriT
robes around the shoulders OF William Ma
bore. Bot the deed rs done and cannot be
unfione. | pray yusl. therefore, "lesTe
htn aIone"i ar he be the great man tis
friends believe him 10 be, he will have ample
opportunity ef showing itiR the Senate. IL,
on the oiher band, bfs broad brim covcrs a
narrow migd, Adopted op,y TO adroittina.
neuvring on provincial boards. he will
soon tind his proper level. Leaveshim' then
alone 10 work out his own destiny
A SUBSCRIBER.
1t would not do for us to infer that our
respected correspondent does not read the
northern papers; and yet II he has done
so, he must Know thai the New York He
raid, Philadelphia HfTesS, and numerous
other papers printed in the northern States,
rs well MS number printed in the southern
States, have attached much more importance
10 General MAHOSEs utteraDces than we
have. We have claimed always that he will
act wah the Democrats. Indeed, most OF
the ARTICLES and paragraphs width have APP
pearedin the Dispatch touching him and
his probable course In the United States
Senate have been articles and paragraphs
commenting upon the undue importance
which those Journals have given to the lit
lie General. 1T sxlazes us toltind ourselves
charged with magnifying General MAHoNE's
qualities or bis influence. He will doubtless
be as much surprised as we were to learn
that we have been ministerine TO his vanity
in saying what we have said about him-as
for instance, In saying last Saturday tina.
"tbe idea is absurd and preposterous, or
perhaps we ought 10 say ludicrous, that
General MAH0AE.eould control the votes Of
the men from Virginia who voted for TIL
DEN in the st. Louis Convention (which
is perhaps fair specimen Of the praise
We have bestowed upon General MALONE.
Our correspondent ought 10 know that
General MAH0NE's name has figured largely
in the press only because it has soiong been
doubtful whether be would or would not
have the casting vote in the United States
Senate. III either party had had decided
majority in that body his name woAld very
seldom, il at all, have appeared ine.he pa.
pers outside OF Virginia. There is nothing
in him that can give biu; any influence in
the Senate over and abOte that belonging
TO his one vote. 1t is only because that one
vote is likelyto be casting vote. and be-
cause no other Democrat allows himselfto be
represented as occupying position OF neu'
trality as betwese the two parties, that
General MAHoXE has been looked to wths so
much interest.
But, otter all, our correspondent, we sus- /
pect, has an idea tSat the public debt OF
Virginia can be readSusted without either
recognizing General MALONE as tGe leader
of the Maboneites, or askiDg The Readjust- |
ers OF 1879 to take pat in such reatiust-
inert. lfsucb be his opi1ion, beg leave |
TO say that living in the capital OF Virginia,
and being IN constant communication with |
all parts Of the Commonwealth, aud as Well
posted as anybody could we'll be OH the
subject, We haze to give it as our opinion
that the public-debt question was not set |
tied on the I'd day OF this month. On the |
contrary. good many thousands Q6 900 is |
what we have supposedly of those who voted |
adjusting The pu6Iic debt In some way, and |
Will accept the RIDDLEBERGER bill unless
we offer them a substitute for II. They
are not at all hostile to General Ma
HONE, but would go with him now
IL he would adhere to his Mozart. Hall.
scheme, for which they voted last year.
How can we refer TO that scheme without
naming iis authorf How can we detach
them from him without showing them how
he has deserted them? II is easy for our
correspondent 10 sit down in his office in O
quiet town, and tell us how to edit paper.
But II he would invest few thousand dol
lars in the attempt TO establish such Jour-
nal as would advocate none but his views,
he would soon find that editors know their
own business, and learn TO respect the maxim
which BLACKSTONE quotes with approval
each man is entitled 10 be considered as an
expert in his own business.
Nevertheless, we VIII try 10 prof. by the
counsel OF our correspondent. We shall of
course not lind 1t easy TO do so and at the
same time profit by the advice OF our good
friends who say that we do not abuse Gene
raj MALONE bali enough. We shall, how
ever, do our best to follow the path OF duty
as 1t appears 10 us, and we are not without
hopes that all Of our advisers viii unite
with us next fall 10 rejoicing over glo-
rious victory achieved either Ia spite Of the
waywardaess of the Dispatch or else in
Of its wise course.
"Let us have peace"
+. 3. The STATE must answer for itself.
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