Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-04-07
Tic Observation-Disclosures Com.
bination.

try. 1t is not only temporary expe-
dient to gain control of the petty oiIi-
ces of the Senate, but deep seated
and elaboratc!y digestcd plan of opcr.
ntions, by which the dominant party
seek to gain foothold in the South.
Malone, fresh from his attacks on the
credit and good name of his native
State, is the entering wedge of the new
dispenSation, and the humiliating spsc.
tacIe Is presented to the world of
party which boasts of its achievements
IN placing the financial policy of our
/ government on firm basis of honesty
and faithful performance of every
obligation, laying its laurels at the
feet of the bcsoitcd ignorance and
criminal disregard of the plighted faith
OF sovereign State which actuaie
and inspire the Readiuster party of
! Virginia. When Malone discovered
after the November election Of las,
year that be had been broken on the
wheel of popular condemnation on his
own chosen battle ground, he deter.
mined Mt once upon his course. Al
though distinctly di.owncd aud over.
wheImingIy repudia;ed by the honest,
debt paying Democrats, he still had
IN his pocket commission a. a Scna.
tor oi the United States from the Old
Dominion. He saw his dreams of
power and political omnipotence dis.
solve and disappear before the stern
reality of the peoples rcprobation.
/ There was but one avenue of escape
open To him. He would 20 to the ac-
kaowledgcd chici;aius of the Republi.
can party, aid with his army of Read.
Juster Swashbucklers at his back offer
his vote in the Senate rs the price of
an alliance, offensive and defensive.
with the party of great moral ideas
and his reputation contingent, for
the control of good old Virginia. Gar.
field was consulted, for it was neccssa.
ry to Malone that he should manipu-
late the Federal patronage in his State
Barkis.like, the administration was
willing to lend itself to this crowniug
infamy. Choice flowers, culed from
the White House conservatory, graccd
the desk of the Virginia apostate and
an unseemly struggle was inaugurated
by Republican Senators to further dis.
charge their obligations to Mahone by
making Riddlcberger, his reputation
lackcy, Sergpant.at.arms Of tho Uni.
ted States Senate. In the meantime
the administration threw itself into the
breach to further strengthen Mahone's
hands and bind him closer To his new
~ found allies Miss Van Lew, the
patriotic postmistress of Richmond,
who had lost every farthing of her
property in the war of the rebellion on
account Of her pronounced Uniun SEN
timcnts, has been displaced, and Re
pudiation camp follower Of Malone Is
nominated in her stead Already the
coming election in Virginia engages
the attention Of the high contracting
parties, aud the voice of our own Sen.
ator Cameron is heard away at the
front rallying the cohorts of rcpudia.
ton under the mystic banner of free
election and fair count. Such de.
liyeTance from such source demands
more than passing notice. The free
election and fair count which this
spawn Of political debauchery asks for
Virginia is the same kind which he
has been in the habit of securing Ia
his fellow citizens Of Pennsylvania.
lie would ztilie the will Of the people.
and through corrupt bargains with re-
pudiators aud iguorant negroes. over.
throw her carefully buildcd up credit
and make The name of Virginia a
hissing and a rcproach among men.
But with people of the Cameron, Lo.
gan, Dawes and Hoar stamp, the cud
justiiies the means, and when Virginia
shall have been swung from her Dem
ocratic moorings aud safely anchored
in the harbor Of Republication and
Reuudiation Mahnne aod C.u,crns,