National Republican., 1881-04-26

from every section of the country and might say
| the world. Recently coal beds have been found
which promise astonishingly well, and will prove
of vast Importance in developing the mineral re-
sources of the Territory. These are said to be
mostly within the limits of the San Carlos Indian
reservation and, if so they should at once be cut
/ of and put into market. Although l would not
like to assume the responsibility of advising my
friends to come to this forbiddng country for the
purpose Of making their homes here, Will say
without hesitation that there are opportunities Tor
enterprising men Of small or large capital to hew
out fortunes not to be excelled by any other
| ton. With the multitude coming all the trades
and professions miDgle, and the farmer finds his
way here with the rest of them. The probabilities
are that in a very few years every available acre
of tiIlable land will be in demand, and those who
have the fortune to possess it will hold valuable
property. The scarcity of il makes it doubly i'm
portant that none Of il should be locked up in
railroad grants or reservations of any kind. Ne
eessity viii require the cultivation of the whole
TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS
and demands of the people. By the way, have
just received very interesting letter from an old
friend i'll London, who is occupying ex-Secretary
McCulloch's former residence there, and once an
energetic business man in Washington He writes
me that he had Just received letter and copy OF
THE REPUBLICAN from his brother in Bombay,
which seems to have excited considerable interest
in this land of the cactus and deserts. Just eigh
teen DAYS ago this letter started on its westward
fight and how long THE REPUBLICAN was travel
ing from Washington to Bombay, thence to Lon
don, l will turn over to PacPS prompt de-
livery man" of the Post Office Department to tell
you. The whirligg of time works great changes
in the fortunes of men, and my London friend
seems to have been rewarded handsomely for his
Dlu md AS Tor q oit of 7
wish to say
ONE WORD FOR BILLY MALONE
before closing my letter. I was born a RepubI-
can, and my friends in New England, as well as
my friends in Virginia, know me to be somewhat
radical and uncompromising in my views. have
held-and believe was correct in my premises
that when the people ofhe old Slave States had be-
come so thoroughly demoralized and lost TO true
sense of shame and honoras to forswear allegiance
to the National Government, and who attempted
revolution in behalf of that base institution that
had debauched public conscience to that extent
as to make perjury and treason palatable, could
never be sufficiently recas morally politically,
in one generation to become trustworthy devotees
of the old flag or sincere in their professions of
loyalty to the Government. Sixteen years have
worked some changes under the new order Of So
ciety, and personal and community interests have
led men in exceptional cases to advance rapidly |
holders regime TO position in harmony with the |
spirit of progress and REFORM marked by the civil
iZation of the age in which We live. Senator Ma |
hone appears have reached that position and has
his disposition to readjust the affairs |
of Virginia so that the State may take on a new |
character and occupy that position which her |
agricultural, mineral, and commercial resources
may enable her to take Not only as relates to the
finances, but in all material things affecting the
welfare of
THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA,
he seems to be Readjuster. The job is big one,
and the necessity of its accomplishment is patent.
If the little Billy become the great battering
ram, capable of breaking down the old Bourbon
ism that has blocked the wheels of progress and
bankrupted the State, he should have the sym
pathy and support of every one able to assist in
work of readjustment which promises such large
results To my Republican friends there I say,
gather up your jaw bones and slings and stand
by Billy while he Stays the giant. Sniff not the
battle from afar, but gather to the contest remen-
bering that one man in good cause is better than
thousand on the other side and if Billy wins let
him have the glory he has earned You will all be
he better for it. c. Z. DALEY.