New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-17
SENATOR M1PONrS OFFENCE.

SENATOR N1FONL'S OFFENCE
Senator Malone his been guilty OF the I'M
paidOpable sin, III Bourbon eyes. lie has voted
with the Republicans. Your true BOulbon does
not care whether the vote was wise and
proper one in other respects; 1t is enough fol-
HIM that Senator Malone voted with the Re
nublicans. HencefoIth the lurid explicitly as
which deck the Bourbon dialect, as stars bestud
the sky will be hurled at the NIgiEi IL without
ceasng. The bound!ess wealth OF SANDER
which that party only can boast whose tcats
last year disguised friends, kinded the just
wrath Of honest men, and helped to elect PreSi-
dent Garfield, viii now be empricd upon the
Southern man who has dared to vote with the
Republicans. Yet the Democrat who can bring
ordinary common sense to bear upon the p0llti-
cal situation, whether he is pleased or not, must
know that General Malone is right. 1t is for
the best interests of Virginia, of the South, and
of the whole country, that the organization OF
the Senate should be in harmony with the new
Administration.
The organization has great power to push for
ward measures which it fay Ors and to delay or
block measures to which 1t is opposed. That ~
the very object of the organizatiOn-tO facilitate
action IN harmony with the wishes OF the
majority. But it will be found that, upon every
practical question which affects the honor CT
the prosperity of the country, the majority Of
the Senate Is anxious to carry ont the policy
which the President will recommend. Let any
Democratic Senator make a record OF the
opirious of his associates about the Presidents
p1oposal meet hearty response from more
IL No, .c;l. A. tn
rebuilding, Mr.. Bayard and others will heartily
agree with Mr.. Sherman. As to the develop
ment of resources and industry. Nj. Malone
Is not the only Southern Senator who SEES what
the South needs. But a narrow and obstinate
parisanship proposes 50 to organize the Senate
as to thwart or embaIrass every wise effort OF
the Administration. Every Democratic Sena-
tor save one was slavish enough to support that
obstructive policy. General Malone only had
the sense to hold that the Senate ought to be
organized in harmony with the will Of its real
majority, and with the Administration,
There is deeper reason FOR this cooperation.
Tie one thing that the So IA needs above oil
others is fair vote and an honest count for
every class of voters. 1t needs complete eman
CITATION from that most degrading and disgust
ing DOiltical slavery which BOuTbOnism has
established and still maintains in the Southern
States. Nothing else can give the South immi-
grafton, influx of capital or development OF re-
sources All sensible men at The South know
this. and realize that Bourbon Democracy has
done more than tongue can tell to cripple the
trade, PROSTATE the industry, and stunt the
growth of the Southern States. But the sonsi-
bic men who realize this rarely have the courage
4. - nt;n IN onfu II Ibnv
cover before the debauching despotsm which
makes the South an abode Of political slaves
In private, they know that Senator Malone lis
right in public, they dshonor themselves, but
do not harm him, by calling him foul names
1t happens tLat he has given ample proof OF
the sincerity and strength OF his convictions IN
this matter. Under his influence. q free ballot
and an honest count have been secured for the
Republicans of Virginia. Despsing partisan
dictation, he has given political freedom to the
State of Virginia, so that the humb!est colored
citizen. as well as the most naughty white en-
ploycr, can vote and speak rs his own judgment
dictates. The man who has done this deserves
and has the most hearty sympathy CT the Re-
publicans, and he ought to have the support Of
every man who wishes well to the South.
The one thing needful for the country is this
same political freedom at the South FOR which
General Malone contends. That issue is now
mole important and pressing than any other
that divides parties Indeed, it is the one vital
point of contest between them, tor Bourbon
Democracy does not dare to ayow hostility to
the public credit, or to the banking system, or
to hard money, or to protective tariff. But it
insists upon maintaining at the South that in
famous political despotism which seeks its ends
by systematlzod assassination. Make the ballot
free and the count honest, in all the Southern
States, and Bourbon Democracy will be wiped
out of existence as party within single year.
That is the secret OF the savage hatred which
Bourbonism has for Malone, and of his readi-
ness to cooperate with the Republicans. On the
one vital question which overshadows all
Others, he stands with the Republicans. On
other questions he may differ from them; on
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