Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-03-22

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BoTEToURT AND THE VALLEY RAIL
Monday of last week large
meeting of the citizens of Botetourt
county was held at Fincastle, Ito consi-
der what course that county should
take towards the Valley Railroad in its
recent action, deciding to build the
road no further than Lexington for the |
present, the following resolution was
adopted -
"Resolved.- a'committee of four /
be appointed to cooperate with the
board of Supervisors in calling meet.
ing of the stockholders of the Valley |
Railroad Company, in which meeting
are to represent BOtetourt county In as |
certaining the plans and purposes of
the Company In relation to the COM
pletion of the road to Salem, and In
getting such measure of relief from the
present burden of taxation as may be
deemed best and proper. either by sale
of the county's interest in the capital
stock of the Company, or in some other
way"
In pursuance of the resolution the
following committee was appointed to
cooperate with the Board of Supervi-
sors frederick Johnston, William
Jolliffe, William A. Glasgow and Ben
jamin Moomaw.
Gen. Malone has said quite recently
that he vas democrat, Virginian,
and Southern man, and that he was
elected to the United States Senate by a
majority of the democratic members OF
the Virginia Legislature. Upon these
professions, his party, last November.
received the votes Of $4,000 Virginia
democrats. After his recent acts there
need be no further doubt about the po-
litical course he will pursue in the fu-
ture. Nor should there be any doubt
about the course the Virginians who
voted for him under the impression that
he was a democrat, will pursue toward
him. In his debate with Mr.. Hill, Gen
Malone said he was not elected to the
Senate as a member of the national
democratic party. If any one Of the
majority of the democratic members of
the General Assembly of Virginia who
elected him had supposed that in mere
party contest, In which no national in
terests were involved, Gen. Malone
would support the republicans and an
tagonize the democrats, he would have
cut off his right hand rather than II
should have cast vote for him.
How MALONE WAS ELECTED.-On
the 10th of December, 1879, the Rich
mond Wing published the vote by which
Malone was elected Senator over With
ers, showing that the Conservative vote
in the Senate for Withers was ID and fol
Malone II, and that in the House o.
Delegates the vote for Withers was AZ
and for Malone 43, SO that, said the
Richmond Wing, sit is shown beyonc
controversy, that Gen. Malone received
Conservative majority over Witheri
/ of four in the House and three in the
Senate a Conservative majority ove1
, Withers of seven on joint ballot"
1t is evident, therefore, says the State
3 that Gen. Malone was elected to the
3 United States by the help of majority
, of the Conservatives in the Legislature
: Will the Wing say that these Conserva.
tives, this Conservative majority, evel
thought for moment that Senator Ma
hone would vote with the Republicans
giving them control of the Senate Did
this Conservative majority ever suspect
that they were voting for man who
, would forsake them? Has any soldier
respect for deserter? Has any patriot
respect for q traitor?
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TREACHE-
RY.-When Senator Ben. Hill of Geor'
, gia in the U. s. Senate asked with en-
phasis the question of Malone whether
the Readjuster Democrats in the LIE
gislature would have voted for him il
3 they had known that he would vote
with the Republicans, he failed to an
e swer, which was, under the circumstan
3 ces, equivalent to an admission thai
they would not, and that, by so doing
he had deceived them, and betrayed the
trust they had reposed in them.
It is well known that he professed te
be Democrat, and that he professed te
desire the election of Hancock, and the
Democratic Readjusters voted for him
under the impression that he was sin
= cere. He has deceived them, betrayed
the trust they reposed in him, and is nj
longer entitled to their confidence. HI
has marched boldly into the Republican
+ camp, but the Democratic Readjusters
will not follow him thither. They will
let him severely alone.
HONE-REPUBLICA FUSION
AS anticipated, the negro convention II
Petersburg, most of the delegates t.
which were sent there on tickets sup
piled by the Mahoneites, declared agains
straightout republican ticket and il
favor of uniting with the Malone party
AS one good turn deserves another, Gen
Malone on the same day voted with tn
republicans, and against the democrats
in the United States Senate. There ar
3d. 900 negro votes in the State, which
with that of Gen. Malone will max
"a ,001, and. as the tail never ways tn
dog, the future OF the Malone party il
plain, especially as it has to contend
with 10000 white votes.
We believe firmly, with the Phila-
delphia Times that General Mahon'
wants the Federal patronage of Vir-
! ginia to help along his Reputation
schemes. 1t is good bargain for Ma
, hone he had no future in the Demo
cratic party of his State, and it is pos
sible he has no future at all beyond thu
six years of his term in the Senate