Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-20
Malone Republicanism.


committed to the cause OF Malone in
Virginia, and must be held responsible
for the Malone doctrine and policy.
There is scarcely Republican news
paper of any prominence that does not
endorse Mahone's State ticket and that
is not urging the Republicans of Vir-
ginia to give il their votes. A majority
of the members of the Cabinet is also
announced ON good authority to be ia
vorable to that ticket. The party is
therefore thoroughly tainted with Ma
honeism and cannot purge itself of the
infection by any plea that its interest in
the success of the Virginia Repudiator
goes only to the extent of its desire to
defeat the Democratic party.
There is but a single issue in the Vlr-
ginia canvass, and that is so we'll defined
| that it cannot be ignored or misunder-
stood. The proposition of the Mahone-
ties to repudiate $13,OGO,OOO of the
debt of the State is the question which
the people of Virginia are called upon
to settle at the ballot-box. 1t was the
attitude of Mr.. Malone on this ques-
ton that caused the Democratic
State Committee of Virginia, in 1879. to
| read him out of the party, and 1t was
not until that gentleman found it nee
essary to attract the negro element to
his faction that he began to agitate the
repeal of the capitation tax, which he
had previously approved and support
ed. No intelligent and fair-minded OBJ
server of political events in Virginia
| during the last four years will claim, for
a moment, that there is any cause of
difference between the regular Democ-
racy and the Mahoneites, save only that
which arises from the firm adherence of
the former to honest principles on the
subject of the State debt and the de-
termination of the latter to swindle the
creditors of the State to the extent of
! $13,OOO,OOO.
But a brief time since the Republican
party shouted itself hoarse in denuncia-
ton of Southern reputation. The
party journals famed with fiery figures
of speech. and bristled with bold-faced
| figures of arithmetic in efforts to picture
| in startling colors. the dishonesty and
shame of the repudiating States. The
orators beloved from every stump till
| thew were threatened with apOplexy,
against the bad faith OF the Southern
| State Governments toward their credit
ors. The party voters went to the polls
and cast indignant ballots against the
dishonest. debt-repudiating South, which
they had been taught to believe aimed
at possession of the Federal Govern
ment in order to repudiate the National
! debt. Now, mirabile dictu! this same
Republican party becomes the apologist
and ally of the only formidable debt
repudiating organization yet in exist
| ence in all the South. Now the Repub-
lican organs blaze with brazen appeals
to party passion in behalf of the ticket
of a disreputable faction which propos-
es to bring dishonor and shame to a
proud and noble Commonwealth. Now
the mighty of the party are ready to
risk any number of apoplectic fits If
they can only be permitted to roar from
the Virginia stump in behalf of Malone
and the reputation of thirteen mill
ions of Virginia's debt. What the
voters. who formerly Rugged to their
bosoms the fond delusion that the Re-
publican party was the enemy OF re-
pudiatioE, will think of this remarkable
political metempsychosis, will only APP
pear when the ballots shall be counted
in October and November.
fFU1 Patriot