The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-14

A Personal Canvass.
The Virginia campaign on the Bourbon
side seems to have degenerated into per
sonal canvess. They had great Bourbon
demonstration at Richmond OH Tuesday
night, wherein General Jubal Early, Rar
Tucker and ex.Congrcssman Goode took
part. "Old Jube," as he is called, was the
first speaker, and It would seCmas II the Ole
fellow must have been pretty deep in hi
cups, Judging from the undigniiied chNmc
ter of his discourse. lie spoke Of Genera
Malone as IL miserable coward and bNst
liar." Most people have the impression
that General Malone is anything
bnt coward. We have never heard
his record in the war impeNchcd In fact
he is said to have been very gallant
soldier But in Virginia, as in the South
generally, It is the telling thing TO put THU
sort OF u stigma on man on the stump
and oblige him to wear 1t or else vindlcatt
himself on the fleld-in the duellO. Ma
hone gave Ben Hill to understand very EN-
pllaticallyin the Senate debates last March
TINT he could not be personally referred
to in disparaging way, and he shut the
Georgia Senator up. II was understood
then and since that Malone would call
Hill out II necessary. Hill 80 understood
the hint and acted on 1t, and left off his
personal references to Malone.
1t does not follow, we presume, even by
the ethics Of the duello, that man must
call out every fellow who assails him per.
sonally on the stump, and Malone would
hardly be justified in leaving his seat in the
Senate ut Washington to challenge General
Early. There must be some place where d
line can be drawn even in the estimation
OF the Code people, and we should suppose
that Malone could pretty safely rest his
case with the Virginia adherents Of the
Code. One Of his followers (Wisc) went
out and fought Lewis the other day, shoot
ing his pistol in the air. after having vindi.
Gated himself as a target for the other man.
This ought to be enough for one campaign
OF that sort Of vindication, unless the deci'
sion to bearrived at is OF II purely military
md personal character.
II would seem MS II the Debt feature Of
the canvass had been lost sight Of, judging
from the tone Of discussion at Richmond
Tuesday night. 1t isno longer FundCr Vs.
Readjuster, but Bourbonism vs.. Liberal.
ism. The Readjusters have come TO occupy
nearly the same place in Virginia that the
Republicans occupied in West Virginia be.
fore the war. They are subject to u good
deal OF the same denunCiatiOn from the
trl.blue Virginia party. The truc.blue
Virginians Nreof course the Bourbons. All
others are Yankee allies - Republican
sympathizers scallawags and the like.
The drift Of the drive against Malone
can be judged Of by the following cxtrnct
from ex.Congressman Goodies speech,
which seems to have been the principal
delveranCe at the Richmond demonstra.
ton;
"rhe friends Of General Malone insist
that his coalition with the Republicans
does not necessarily make him Repub.
licah. II isan old saying, but no less trite
than true, that man Is best known By the
company ho keeps. We are told in Holy
Writ .thlt q tree Is known by It's fruits.
YCG, verify, by their fruits We shall know
them. II General Malone WIS not Re.
publican, why was he petted and lionizetl
by the Republican leaders in the Senate?
Why was he singled out by them us tho re.
Ciplent Of so many distinguished honors?
Why did they make him chairman Of one
important committee and assign him to a
leading position on three other committees?
Why did they permit him to designate the
Republican candidates for two OF the most
important Offices III the giit OF the Senator
Why did he vote every time with the Re.
publicans on the organization of the Sen.
aie2 Why did he vote for the Republican
Morrill,, OF Vermont against the pure and
gifted Bayard, Of Delaware, as Chairman Of
The Committee on Finance? Why did he
vote for that bitter and malignant enemy
OIL Virginia anu Tier people, roscoe COhk.
ling. Of New York, against our tried and
trusted neighbor and friend, General Matt.
Ransom, ok North Carolina, as Chairman
Of the Committee on Commerce. Why did
he vote In executive session to confirm the
appointment Of William Il. Chandler, Of
the State Of Maine, FOR the office Of SoliCi.
tOr.uenefal, a man distinguished, perhaps
over all men at the North for his misrepre.
sentation and persecution Of the Southern
people, AMI more especially distinguished
lot the part no played.ih manipulating
the Returning Board Of Florida In
1870, whereby the electoral vote OF
that State was stolen from the Dem.
ocratio party, and the great PrCsi.
dental fraud Of that year was accomplish.
edo liGeneral Malone Is not a Republi.
can, why did ho herd all the time with Re
publiCans in the Senate2 Why does he
select his seat, as n matter Of choice, on
the Republican side2 Why is he permitted
to dispense the patronage Of q Republican
Administrator Why Is he permitted to