, 1881-11-27
B1ChUS INTER MOTOE.


J. H1anONes
tire a;th bad long tax about Virginia poll
tn Washington the other day, Of which the fol-
io"s1nns y ns M ls passaxe; @ -,
Mahvne is a graduate Of stonewall Jack
! sons Military institute at Lexington Every
| body knows thur he is little silver Of min,
hardly bigger than a thigh of one good-stzei
| man, with u pale head put on it, After elec-
tions we measure men by their success. which
Is u good iatnp-quite as good to shed light On
| bate preceding that success. alahone is un-
aucstlcnaoly IN orsanIzer Of more skill! and d.
| ut uny rate since Henry 4. Wise. Hts conyer-
sacons show that he can plan and talk, too i
good deal OF tals from the South Is opinion With
one reason-. The Bourbons in Virginia gave
Mahone the name OF !, ieputl!ator. lie resented
! 1t. u1ad took his seat In tha Seuate. and voted
with the Republicans in tho organization. The
Bourbons made personal issue with hin. Ho
keot his temper but showed ILLS spirit He could
not carry out his alliances in the Senate,
himself in Virginia. He had many followers )
full OF greed hut he 'rcconced their differ
ences with ffrin hand; and put one Of them, q
young 1n"n. in the field for Governor During
the cNmpa1gn attempts we're mAtle to Involve
Mahone in duel by the drunken Confederate
Gen. Early. who has been SOBER but very little
since the War Malone, without naming afr.
Earlys disability, said that he was in such il
condition, known to nen everywhere: that it.
ticket has succeeded
~"Wei, what next?'
tie nus now made q Governor who Is sur
rounded. nor By parusltlcal Northern men and
donghfaces, abu1 By the two great clements Of
s1aa virgnla1the III, & young white Rebels nd and the
lie viii bo aSie to m it, anohor @ r4 seat IN tho sea:
ate with one OF his supporters, and will prob
ap 2at q 4sPan!iea there thus sestn aa
ad ot thn OF nrref sa
Impression Of Mahone. In short. Vtrglnia has ha
got a virtual Republican Government. and two
and Bench, the latter for ten years. which will
make the code Of the Suite conform In every
point to the amendments to the Federal Con5ti-
tuition. The mAn who has carried out this, with
nearly the Whole od-fanIiy foree OF the Stata
nEansr him. cannot be hypos:rlt, and must
!snye some business and political character-
will the example reach further?'' asked.
=" "Aanones former railroad run from Virginia
nessee also bus Republican Governor SO tbxt
from Hampton Roads to Memphis there are two .
e'orthernized States separating West Virginia
Gulf. The States are not the black belt, but tho
nountMtneer belt of the South. it is the same
:sit Sat John hrown chose for MS ca,npaixn in
lsa3 against the peculiar institution, menn-
"a T '1:,.,.' @are66 IN g o East Teqnss:ss.
9 represent the extreme latituue in which
Northern principles can work. such us labor,
:oeration. and respect for law; but Mahone's
Example IS liable to spread into adjoining States
Ffc belongs TO It c1ass very numerous IN the
south, the original Rebel soldier, which made
= i1liance with carpet baSgers but studied tho
with it,
~ Will his victory last?''
'sty and fidelity. II he can make bis followers
moderate their passion for office, and cultivate
mo and Eenial zen views, and the expression OF
neIn, he Fill reconstruct Virginia tu TACT "a
veil as III nu,ne- Meantime the public creditor
sill DC disposed to meet Mahone's Leglsntureln
eruS,"