The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-14
WELLINGTON, O., THURSDAY, II,
Senator Malone Defines His Position.

Senator Malone Defines His Position.
Field-days in the United States Senate are
becoming SO frequent that they can scarcely
be considered novel. The little Virginia Sem
ator considerably stirred up the Democratic
animals when he replied to Ben Hills on
slaught about the time the committees were
formed. and ON tho 2sth of March he did it
again. The pending question was the election
of Senate officers, to prevent which the Demo
Gratis had for several days been filibusteriug.
Mr.. Malone promised his speech by express
ing regret that he should be compelled to in
terrupt the deliberations OF the Senate. He
said:
ahas so this ssemn2 ann
provoked. IL may fail TO challenge generous
consideration for those who would appear TO
their varied and ungenerous assaults, do
not doubt that shall command the respect OF
brave and independent spirits here, as know
i shall among my own people. i shall not
complain of that indirection which has
characterized the manner and method OF
Senators in their allusions TO me. 1 must 40
cept the fact that they comport entirely with
their own sense OF manly department and
my own. Virginia is accustomed to meet oc-
casions where the Independent spirit Of the
% Virginia % has ever met with for,isude and be.
coming dignity every duty which destiny has
imposed, always however, with much contempt
involved in wSichl her faith and honor
was committed. With absolute confidence
in my loyalty to her and my devotion eve ion
parchment of the constituents who sent me
which they and comprehend. 1 was elected
to the United States Senate to do their will;
earned Sr e her eausn title Of Old Domnion BY the
broad and independent action of her own peo-
pie, by the loyalty of her sons, by the instinct
those who would now interfere with her
affairs However fecbly I may express that
sPr hea s tne Of 1 70
her trials, to her sacrifices, and to her will
feel that the spirit OF her people inspires me
self, the ungenerous attempts to instruct
Virginia Senator rs to his duty to them and to
himself. Senators should be willing to deal
with their constituents. I answer for mine.
To him that would insinuate that my action In
regard to the organization Of the committees
of this body and the proposed election OF offi-
GERS has been controlled by impure consldera-
tions (and 1 am io;h b to believe that any Senator
has SO intended, In the language Of another
say:
II thou sayest am not peer
To any lord Of Scotland here,
Highland or lowland. fur or near,
Lord Angus, thou hast lied
"Now, permit me to say that Senators can
no more realize my regrot than they can
Johnston, should have felt 1t incumbent on
himself to Join the assaulting column in this
my political consistency, or, IL he prefers, In
consistency, and next he would introduce me
to this honorable body. no; az bis colleague, s:
sense of Justice to my fellow Senators renders
1t necessary for me to apologize for noticing
his perversons on the other. However much
he and his cohorts may endeavor, by the cheap
ought to be, be i am. Sy my M convictions aud my
sense of honor, what am. In this particular
have largely the advantage Of my colleague,
It is, he neither knows what he is or what duty
he came here to perform"
Mr; Ma Malone then PROCEEDED to give An s;s, sa,
history of virginia from the Last decade.
He proclaimed his allegiance to Virginia-
bonism% 81 % and prsdicalis@ @ "" IN Virginia Virginia. " He de-
clared the colored people part Of God 9
.hs% san Unit, and a. ne ISe4 rights sG
secured-until they arc given the same op-
portunity to progress and push forward as
Empire was auenched in blood. and the South
accepts the decision. He was here to renew
in all truth and sincerity, and would do ali in
mis- power to aid Virginia to resume her place
Is a loyal State.
He declared the Readjusters had never re-
Virginia, but asserted that the hill passed in
as tSs ls Brores S .sioh snd anf BEEN sd,
yocated by his colleague, repudiated, and
IOIClDiy Tepuu1ateu, Ont-t0lfu OF tne 0eDt Oh
virginia The Readjusters held that two
thirds the money Virginia borrowed should
be paid, the other third belonging to West
and equity snee Isl s. the keedjSstns U party
had denied to the creditors war interest, and
mad proposed s to pay the rest in full dts & I'D;
proposed to repudiate one-half OF that which
Virginia WAS in law and honor bound to pay.
He would like the Senators from West vtr-
einia to tell the country what that State had
done with reference to payment OF one
third the debt contracted BY the Common
posed 70 pay one silver to maintain the honor
and dignity of an old Commonwealth. He
tending the people Of Virginia from the accu
sation that they were observation-disclosures
ed States which, by arbitrary legislation. had
reduced their debts from $243. 3.0oo,0Uo to $s4,
00o,O00. "Oh, Virginia" he said, " IL was fol
tread and horses foot. II was for this you
laid waste your fields and displayed your forti
tnds and o9Irase your heroic snnsring ans
berment Of your territory and sent your son.
to the field, to return to ruins that were once
ly abandoned your allegiance to the common
country, to be last in war and last to 20 out
Oh, ingrattude! Thou basest and meanest Of
crimes" He would not occupy any more o.
| the time of the Senate with the subject of tn,
/ Virginia debt, but would refer now to the in
terrogatfon put by Senator voorhees, to Sem
tor Logan, as to whether the latter would in
dorse the papers Of the applicant for the small
Of a state or the National debt ep1A''0" '''''
81 would ask tho gentleman (Mr. voorhees,
how he found IL compatible with his principles
to associate with senators from States whs
had 'repudiated,' but had not 'readjusted.'
| He had never heard Riddleberger express
Senator from Indiana. on the National debt
He also quoted from John w. Daniel one o.
denouncing the iniquitous measures Of FED
eral finances and proposing to reverse them
He recommended the Senators from Indian!
/ md nalo IN md INV xar<i
| to try and reconcile their differences Of view
| on the financial question befo.e the Senate
from Illinois again discussed the subject. A
tustment, he questioned whether the wori'
resdjust himself to ali conditions and ali eli
SSa%ssanSes Gun a, .ss:a 1,SSShssI aug That sentIema,
cratic party in the EFFORT 10 dissolve the Union
and was the first Governor in the South to cor
fiscate private property in the Courts Of 81
act of secession. Rumor had II the Prc-idenc
of the Confederate States was the gentleman
VA. ssse fss se
| until its fortunes began to wayer, and then b
war he was next heard OF in the Chicago Re
publican Convention. In fact, that gentlema
might say with the poet laureate,s q Brook"
Men may come, men may go,
But go ON forever.
He was next heard OF as Radical candidat
for the United States Senate, but was beate
Joshua Hill He next appeared q. an ar al
pointee of the carpetbag Governor of GeorRi
| the prince of carpet-baggers, Bullock-to th
ohce OF Chief-Justice of that State. whic
position he subsequently resigned to,take th
Presidency of railroad company. Now tbs
gentleman was here as q leader Of the Dem,
cratic party, and his explanation was that th
Democratic party had erred and abandone
him, but that now It had riRhted itself and ra
lied itself on his (Mr. Brown's) grand reserv
Of undying and Interchangeable principle
ILaughter.1 That gentleman had alluded
rumors of bargain. II there were any truth