Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-06

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papers should be sent.
The Malone Party. |
NEITHER DEMOCRATIC NOR REPUBLI-
CAN-HAs NO CLAIMS TO THE
SUPPORT OF EITHER DEMO-
Gratis OR REPUBLICANS. |
AS Malone and the other leaders OF
the Malone party have openly renounc-
ed all allegiance to the Democratic
party, and refuse to avow themselves
Republicans, that party has no claims
upon the support of either Democrats
or Republicans. The members of that
party have no connection with either OF
the two great National parties OF this
country, and could not gain admittance
to the National Convention of either OF
them. Those who vote with that party
cut off from, and place themselves
in antagonism to, both the great Ma
tional political parties of the country,
and, of course, can expect no favors from
either of them. It had its birth in hos
tility to the Democratic party, which
hostility was the result of personal ven
geance on the part of Malone and others
who were ambitions and disappointed
office-seekers. Finding that they could
not have their greed for Office gratified
by the Democratic party, they resolved,
if possible, to effect the overthrow OF
that party in this State, and this they
sought to do by dividing the party, and
to effect that division they mounted the
popular hobby of REIMBURSEMENT" and
rode it hard, and thought, in the last
Presidential canvass, that they had suf-
ficiently divided the Democrats to ena-
BILE the Republicans to defeat them, but
found that they were deceived and sig
nally failed; whereupon their astute
leader changed his tactics, and shaped
his policy to effect united vote of his
followers and the Republicans. To do
this, he had to convince the Republi-
cans outside of the State that he was as
anxious as they were to effect the defeat
of the Democratic party, and that he
was, practically, as good Republican
as they were, and, to effect this end, he
took his seat on the Republican side of
the U. s. Senate, and voted all the time
with the Republicans, and gave them
the organization of that body.
This was the first step to gain the con-
fidence Of the Republican party. The
next was to assure them that in the pre-
sent canvass in this State, he mo longer
considered the debt question primary
one," and that the policy of his party
was to redress the wrongs which he
claimed the Democratic party had in
ficted upon the rights of the Republi-
cans of Virginia; charging that they
had been cheated at the polls, and
claiming that he was in favor of "a free
vote and fair count" In this way he
secured the favor and confidence of the
Administration and of most of the Res
publican journals of the North, and re-
ceived all the support they could give
him.
To effect united vote of his followers
and the Republicans, his next and most
important object was to prevent the Re-
publicans from nominating State
ticket. This end he accomplished by
inducing "by ways that are dark" suf-
ficient number of negroes to cooperate
with him in opposing the nomination
of Republican ticket, under the idea
that the objects they wished to accom-
plish would be more certainly effected
by voting for the Mahene ticket than
by supporting Republican ticket. The
Reputation spider gave the invitation
-''walk into my parlor"-and the col
ored Republicans walked in :" but the
white Republicans declined the treachen
rous invitation, so that the probability
is, that the scheme. to effect united
vote of the Malone followers and the
Republicans will fail to a sufficient de-
gree to prevent the defeat of the Demo-
cratic ticket and thus furnish an illus
tration of the truth that
1.-THE best-laid schemes o. mice an men
Gang aft a-gley.'
The white Republicans who know
that for them to support the Malone
ticket, running upon platform that
endorses the boldest kind ofrepudiation,
embracing as 1t does an endorsation of
the Riddleburger Bill, would be to stul-
tify themselves, as they would thereby
be violating in the most positive and
direct manner that principle of the Re-
publican party which, more than any
other, secures for it the respect of the
country-fidelity in the discharge Of
public obligations to creditors that
they cannot, as true Republicans, faith
full to their party and its principles,
vote for the Malone ticket without
abasing themselves, and FORGETTING their
own respect and that of all others who
have proper regard for principle and
party consistency, and feel pity for the
"colored man and brother" who suffers
himself to be induced to violate the
principles Of his party.
The Malone party claim to be neither
Democratic nor Republican, and both
Democratic and Republican as may best
suit where the avowal is made. It is a
Janus-faced party and in Democratic
counties the Democratic face is present.
ed, and its leaders say the real issue is
the settlement of the State debt, and
the burden of their speeches is denun-
citation Of Fundsrs but in Republican
counties, where the negroes are nume-
rous, the Republican face in presented
and there "the debt question is no lon-
ger primary one,n and the rights and
wrongs of the negro are made the sub
iects of their declamatory harangues.
The organ Of their party-the Rich
mond Whig-says that their party il
neither Democratic nor Republican
but Cameron, the candidate of that par
ty for Governor, says that he Il both