The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-31
Gen. Mahone in the sena+a

a. NJ
On Monday last Gen. Malone addressed the
limited Statoo Sanoto IN ,,ro,,ouod ,oo,,
o>' o'"'0o oon"So, LII d PIePaIeu speech
which consumed three hours in its delivarv
IN, 49, 1'S "e4i'e iJ :
Inc correspondent OF The Alexandra Gazette
reforo to tho occasion, nc f,l1o
AoANAo ~ 0nS oeNaoioii do iolioWo
AN immense crowd assembled at the Senate
to-day tn hear the sneech which Il hod 49,,
.J n 80 VIM" ~ nau pocH
annouHceu UeheIal Mdnone would denver IN
defence OF himself ana his cause. Every seat in
the gallery was occupjed and all the svailahJo
snoce an Tho floor in roor oftho $780,, 49,
epaoo VI 'no nooi III rear VI 1ne senator desks
and the number around the doors anxious to
obtain admittanCe was so great az tn imnada
seriously the massage of the corridors Tbe
a.: - IT, p ~ VIZ WI hHe
u'piolha'ic Sahery ior rarity was also nlled
and that, too, by the most distinguished mem
berS OF that CORDS among them Sir Edward
Thornton Aronn tho t;n.r,;,l,c 81 49,
=, ~ 6 'i.o uIo'iAis uienou PooPio vi
tHe HooI were GA y ustCe OWalne, y uStlceS Field,
Miller and Harlan, Secretaries Window and
Kirkwood ATTORNEY GanaraI MooVoomh ~.
SanotorS onis po,;;oo,s S.a.- -Aoo o"sn, %
OSu"ooAo AS"io, o'.ASou, oPCuCcI, uduy OK
and present members OF the House and nu-
merous Others Mr. Riddleberger occunied Cen.
oroI Mohnno,s .ao+ a. a. ~, 80,
G q 4aanono soa1, ene Oenerals Clerk Mr.
rrencn, nad seat IN the extreme corner OF the
republican side of the chamber while tho Can
eral himself snoxa from, tho do,I, &c NJ n
M i ePoNo iiOni VIC oosh VI WI. EAU
Hiunus, WHICH, IL Oh Ine 'front.' row OF the re.
publican seats.
The followinp Is q svnons;s of tho sreoob
~ 500 - 20 ~ :" ~ Aops-s VI 'ao epeoon.
49,
expressing MS regret tnat ne should be compelled
..5 +t M ip LIZ OF Ine senate,
will concede that TO this seeming forwardness
provoked If may fail to chalienge the generous
consideration of those who would annear to bava
found D. easure without tust1fcation in their vsr
led and ungenerous assaults do not doubt that 7
shall command the respect Of the brave and indie
pendent spirits here, as know shall among my
own people. shall not complain of that indirec-
ton which has characterized the manner and meth
% OF senators In their illusions to me- must ac-
CopU LudI IQ0y COLnpOrG 6nt1r6Ly with their
boI W iit41 ~ ~ LIZ su senatorlai dlgnlty,
m'tle sney 10 VIII my own; virginia Is
80 SUI oe W ~ 1S oIoastous Mnere Tue inoepend
Gs spiII .. sne AnsiooaAon Is required to assert
hecnnn @ e W. s ieI VIII lortlluoe ana
nosedawags Sowevsr uuSy t %I ,nh hestiny mas I'M
annoI1 $40 % m s VIZ uon contempt Ior
which bar faith snd h ~ W as inyolVeu IN
ahaoInta cansdna ~ @ ~ 1890, oonllittea. WIN
daUotion ~ auem- 1u+S puysA'y W nor, ana my
w osoly iueeIest u Ier people, Will not
70 ~ y purpose mere 10 repel every impeachment
" .io WHO SEM me 10 tn1s chamber,
$500 S5"ty uena ' u9tles, wnlcn tney and COM
p 81 was erected 10 the United States Senate
W ao snelr WILL not 70 caucus to do Its bidding.
virginia earned her title of sold Dominion by the
pIodo anu lnuepenqent act1on OF her own people, by
sne Oh ner sons, by the instinct of indepen
Womb now interfere VIII q ba G q,, u 'h9se VINO
feebly may express that spirit against the gratui
tous and for her at the hands of stran
gersstrangers her trials to her sacrifices and to
her WILL feel that the Shirt of her neonIe nsniraS
me- when scornfuliy rebel for them and for n,yself
the ungenerous attempts to instruct Virginia
senator as to his duty to them and himself Sena-
ILL.,
ents; answer for mine.
A POETIC Brrr EMPHATIC DENTAL,
u,, -,
70 MIN mat would lns1nuate that my action in re-
salu W we orga1ation Oh tne committees of this
ana sno Ploposeu eiecslon oI omcers mas been
~ ~ !nPuie sioerdtiohs-and am 10th
w Doese tnas any senator mas so lhtended-tn the
i"ns uase VI ano'ner say
'tIf thou sayest am not peer
To any lord of Scotland here
Highland or lowland, far or
Lord Angus, thou hast lied"
Now hermit me- tn cav that senators CON No n,ora
realize nv regret than thew can measnre NV sn,a1a
ment thai NV colleapue mir Johnsonl shonld have
felt IT incumbent on himself To ioin the assan1tin
column in this chamber. He first Introduces the
question of NV noItical consistencyN ~ he ,,ra
fers Observation-Disclosures neyt he would jntrod R
me to this honorable hodv not al bs coIa.ono NJ
as repudiator of nnhIic nhIioations The Ssns 81
Justice OF nv felow-senators renders In necessary
for me to APOLOGIZE for noticino NV coIeao crit
tcisms on the one hand and his nerversions on the
other However much he and his cohorts NAV an
deavor by the cheap logic of the attorney to demon
strate what ought to be- am by convictions and
my sense of honor what am In this narticular T
have largely the advantage of my colleagues for II
take him by his Observation-Disclosures as II is-he
neither knows what he is nor what dutvR he came
here to perform. lLaughter.]
LITTLE OF yIRGINI j. g FINANcr.r u,sronv
.AA nioioHi'
MT. Manone then proceeded 10 give an exhaustive
review VI sne polylca ana financial history Of Vir
adinsters had never renaoid a ~ Ist tne ne
made by Virginia, but asserted that the
bill passed in 1871 by the Virginia legislature and
known the ssBrokers bill and which had 'hean
advocated by his colleague repudiated-and forci
bly, repudiated-one third of the debt of Virginia.
The kead1usters held that two-thirds of the money
which Virginia had borrowed should be pa1d-the
other one-thtrd belonging to West Virginia accord
ing to every principle Of law and equity Since 1871
the Readjust1Eg party had denied to the creditor
the war interest," and had proposed to pay the rest