Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-21

STA u NTON. VA.
FRIDAY MORNING. JAN. q, 1881.
THE JOHNSTON LETTER.
The "Whig'' Of Wednesday INDUCES
in a little premature chuckle after this
fashion:
There seems to be some hitch in the al
legged answer of Senator Johnston to Gen
eral Malone. 1t was promised to-day; but
we have been forewarned that there will
be some delay. Better put it off altogeth-
er.
The ''Whig':' was not well posted as to
the programme in better Informed cir
cles or it would have kept quiet twelve
hours longer, and had no occasion to speak
its disappointment at not seeing the cal
legged answer" Of Senator Johnston to
General Malone. The Wednesdays dis
patch, and BALTIC. dailies published the ''al-
legged answer and mastery statement il
is of the whole matter with no garbling and
suppression and subverting of facts. The
''Whig'' will, after reading it, say with
ten fold more heartiness than it did We'd
nesday, "Better put it off altogether"
The letter would occupy over four COL
umns in the INDICATOR and comes too
late to appear in this weeks paper. We
hope to be able to give it to our readers in
full' next week, as it is a document that
ought to be read carefully by everyone and
preserved Tor future reference. We give
below the comments upon the paper from
both Democratic and Republican source
and will ailude further to the subject here
,f+or
"iVei'
LAle1anorla "Gazette, - Dem.J
Every one at all interested in the Ma
bone movement should take the little time
ston's reply to Senator elect Mahone's eff
fusion concerning the State debt and Viz
glnla "b0urb0nlsm, Tor IL makes their
numerous inaccuracies SO PLAIN That the
captlOus WILL De iea 10 DelleVe InaI recK-
leSSneSs, II noI ueuUeIatioh, was Gne cause
OF the measurements, ana not haste. IN
CORRECT lniornatlon anu Ine eXaggeratlOn
incident 20 palGlsan Ieehng' senator
Johnson I9piy SHOWS clearly JhaI 0en-
eTaI Manone mas unaerIate9 me revenues
OF vHgllia ana 0versGatea ner expendl-
tules. anu Gna1, WINE neI lakes are Dy no
meanS onelous as ne Wouia nave tnem ap-
peal, IsI uaIerlal conaltion Is lnnnlCely
pe1eer Gnan ne represents II TO pc, ana tnat
her plogreSs Lds peen neavlly handicapped
Dy oeneIn Manole anu nis parry, whose
G Gisaiai anu lulDluuing picture VI cne old
oCase, anu, wnese Inr9aIS VI pracIlcai re-
p uulaclon naS9 Ienueu II w sinai uegree
20 Keep capital IIom seeking investment
ara Immlgran1s Iom nnolng MONIES wltnln
her borders.
Baltimore American, !" Rep.]
The clearness and fullness with which
Senator Johnston discusses the financial
Situation of Virginia warrant the nnbIica-
tion which WE Give this morning tn his
omen letter of renlv to Cen Malone II
ID nv ali odds the most cooent and salts.
factory defence that has vet heen made nf
the McCulIoch pIan for a settlement nv
VIRGINIA of her ohlirations and AFT the
same time. is a demolisher of the sophis-
ficaI Meas and distorted fionres nv which
the Raadiusters have souoht tn vind1care
their scheme for virtually defrauding The
creditors of the State of a large share of
what; ia dine them. Senator Johnston skill
fnIly Turns upon General Malone his own
batteries. and comneis them to do most
effective service AGAINST him. Rv fioures
drawn from the official renorts and from
the sneeches and writings IF the leader of
the Readinsters. the Senator convicts him
of having understated the revenues of Vir-
ginia and 0verstated the annual interest
nayment ON account of the debt as fixed