Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-29
MALONE.
MS SPEECH IN The SENATE YtsTeR-
DAY.
The Hall Crowded in Expectation Of a
Sharp War Of Words, but the Demo-
Gratis Allow Him to Speak
His Piece Without
interruption.
VOORHEES, PREPARING TO REPLY
WASHINGTON.
Senate


ment vas made that Mr.. Malone would
to-day address the Senate in vindication
OF his action and in explanation Of the
principles. of the Readjuster party in
Virginia. II had the effect of drawing to
the Capital large.crowd. AS early as
ten o'clock the doors leading TO the gal
leries were surrounded by an impatient
crowd, and within ten minutes after
they were open every available seat was
taken, excepting those reserved for the
diplimatic corps. These we're, however,
occupied before the hour OF assembling
the senate on the floor. In the rear OF
the senator's desks were seated : q
large number OF persons, many OF whom
were Senator's elect, while in various
corridors we're those who had the mis-
tEtune % arrive late and bewailed their
IN luck.
Tne Journal Ot Saturday having been
read the Vice President laid Leiore the
Senate a resolution for the appointment
OF Senate officers, stating that the Sena- |
tor from Virginia had the floor.
Mr.. Malone preiaced his speech by |
expressing regret that he should be COM |
prlled again to interrupt the deliberd- |
lions oi the Senate. Il trust, he said, |
";hat the Senators and the country will |
concede that 10 this seeming forward |
ness am provoked. IL | may fail to
challenge the generous cOnsldera-
ton oi those who would appear
10 have found pleasure without
justification in their varied and un-
generous assaults, | DO not doubt |
that shall commend the respect OF the
brave and independent spirits here as |
know among my own people. shall
not complain in that inGirectiOn which !
has characterized the rner and |
methli uitla senator's Ot their sllu- |
sionS u me. | must accept that they |
comp, II entirely with their own sense |
oi manly Department., and Senatorial |
dignity however little they DO with my |
own Virginia is accustomedito meet |
ucrasilns where the independent spirit !
of anylO-SaxCn il required to assert IT. |
self Virginia has ever met with fOrti- |
tude and becoming dignity every duty |
which destiny has imposed, always, |
however, with much contempt for small |
party lines when principal was involved |
in which her faith and honor were CON- |
mi,tyd. Ia absolute confidence in my |
LOYALTY 10 her and my devotion TO every |
interest Oi her people. i snail not 70
lax NY purpose here to repel every I'M
peachment ot NV constituents who sent
me to this Chamber. With clearly de-
fined duties. which they and compre-
hend, was elected to the Senate TO do
their duty aud not To a caucus To
do its bidding. Virginia earn
"a her title Of Old Dominion
by the broad and Independent action OF
hsr own people, hy the loyalty Of her
sons, by the instinct Of independence,
without help at the hands Of those who
would now Interfere with her affairs.
However ieebly | may express the
spirit against the gratuitous care and
concern Tor her at the hands ofstrangers,
10 her trials. 10 her sacrifices, and TO
her will, f,el that the spirit OF her Pe).
ple inspires nia when | scOrniully repel
for them ami iDr myself the ungenerous
attempts To instruct Virginia Senator
as 70 his duty To- them and 10 himself
Senators should be willing u deal with
their constituents. lanswer for mine.
To him that would insinuate that my
action in regard To the organization OF
the committees OF this body and the
proposed elertiOn os officers has been
controlled by impure considerations,
and am 10th to believe that any Sen
s,or has so intended-in the languags OF
another
IF thou Sayest I am not peer
To suy lotd ui Srulldnd here,
Highland or LOgy sud. far or rea-,
Lord Angus, thu hSs lied.
Now, permit me 10 say that Senators
can no more realize my regret than they
can measure my smSzament that my
colleague Mr. Johns,onl should
have felt Il incumbent on him
10 Join the assaul,ing column in
this chamber. tie first introduces
the question OF my political consistency,
or ii ne prefers u, consistency, and next
he would introduce me To this honoIs-
bic body, not as his colleague, but a.
repudiator OF public obligations. The
sense OF Justice Of my fellow Senators
renders L necessary Tor me 10 apologize
for noticing nv colleagues criticisms
on the one hand and his peryersiOns on
the Other. However much he aud his
cohorts may endeavOr by the cheap logic
Of the attorney TO demonstrate what |
ought 10 be, am, by my convictions
and bv the sense Of honor, what | am.
In this particular have largely the ad
vantage OF my colleague, for II l take
him by his record, diminutiys as il is,
he neither knows what he is or what he
came here TO perior N. Laughter ]
Malone then proceeded to give an eI
haus,iye history OF the political and
financial history OF Virginia Tor the last
decade.
He declared the Readjusters had
never repealed anv Of the Iunding con-
tracts made by Virginia, but asserted
that the bill passed in 1871 by the Nir-
ginia Legislature, known rs the bro
ker's BILL which had been advocated
by ms colleague, repudiated and fOrci-
bly, repudiSted One-third OF the debt OF
Virginia. The keadiusters hold that
tSo.thlrds OF the money Virginia Dor.
rowed should be naii, the other third
belonging To West Virginia according to
every principls OF law and equity. Since
1871 the RsadjuSting party had denied
to the creditors the war interest. and
had proposed to pay the rest in iull. Its
Rdversaries had funded that war inter
est, and then proposed to repudiate one
half of that which Niryinia was
in law aud honor bound 10
pay. He would ike the Senator's
from West Virginia to tell the country
What that State had done with reference
to the payment Of One-third Of the debt
contracted by the Commonwealth of
Virginia, whether it had ey.r proposed
TO pay one silver to MAINTAIN the honor
and dignity Of the old commonwealth.
lie criticized the action Of his colleague
IN not defending the people OF Virginia
from the accusation that they were dis
hoaordble-dishOuorAb.e, too, in the
opinion OF the men who represented the
STATE which, by arbi,ratory legislation.
had reduced their debts from two hum
ured and iorty-three million dollars 10
elghly four millions. lie sent TO the
S'erS desk and had rea !. table show
lng The extent to which the debts
oi southern States had byen scaled
uoSn- "RepudistiOn dishonorahle,
Tesdlustment dishonovable." "Oh,
virginia, be said, 1T was for this YOU
Dared your bosom 10 the soldiers tread