Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-27
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Rno oase - Gaheae.
ONllo " have not cared to say
- about the detection Of Ma.
1oo from the Democratic party
rs have carefully watched that
nA1oman's eourss and We are
nDolled 70 say that all the fsa-
~ = . disgrAesful political bar
- aad sale stand disclosed. Very
1noy 1epablican papers say that
1koae was not . Democrat, that
: 81 vas : Rs-adjustsr and, conse-
nafly, could be guilty of no
nonoey - . party to which he
= M beleng. This specious
nnaent 10 merely begging the
nGtloa. While, for some years
( - thors hae existed , local din
& ~ between certain wings Of the
& oGneeeatio party Ia Virginia on
= 16roly State issue Of how much
y ~ dit Of that commonwealth
oola " paid, that whole sontro-
Guov hAa No earthly connection
- nAlional politics. Mahens's
11n1o was really one of oppose
~ - tho payment Of that portion
m - 0eht q Virginia which had
- oentraetsd by Republican
1ogpo1 o1rbsggsrss The regular De-
noosncy. while they thought that
1n19 6obt had been upjustly y incur
- and Was = souvenir Of Repub-
loan Yeu1lgaey In the rsconstruc-
- dAys, wsrs In favor Of paying
Voty dsIlar Of It and keeping intact
- honeR Of their proud old com.
onWealth. The differences be-
Uoen the Democrat Malone and
~ 1o1low Democrats was one moi
= pafty but Of honesty. Mahone'a
oo1tude took him further away
onnn beeore the issue WAS raised
6pm sny Identification. with the
opubli1au party Of the United
1ntoe. But that was not oil. Las
! HQat Gen. Malone stumped the
0oato Of Virginia for Gen. Han
49, proelaiming himself to be Z
q boetef Dsmeorat than his opponents
= The regular Virginia Democracy
- attended the Cincinnati con
vontion and demanded admission
ohereto. He made application tt
tho Democratic National Com
~1tttoe for recognition Of the De
meoracy Of himself and his fol
IoWeRs. When Gen. Malone wa
4 olooted United States Senator from
S Viggtnla. II was never for q mo.
Uent supposed that, after bill
vshsnspt expedition to the deb
oontsaeted by the Republican party
q ylfHinis, he could be induced
~ The promise or guarantee o.
(; oG1eo, 10 asoist In buttressing the
NJ lbstunes Of the Republican party In
Oougross. Gen. Mahone's servicel
- ~ Republican party, In snabl
lng q te organise the leading COM
II D1tteees are simply invaluable
1hey have disembarrassed Presi.
b 0oot 0as0sld Of the obstacle Of Q
nootils Senate at the beginning oil
NJ adnainistrAtion, and the person.
~ - these committees could be
Gemenslrated to be worth
1l1hons 10 the corpora.
tlens Of The United States.
4 e nay b that Gen. Malone really
.&ets nothing for these nestima bls
services from the party which has
peo1ted BY bis trsaehery, but the
he. public sre apt to put = far
i dl1sFent Interpretation upon the
eransaetion., They believe that he
Nd bis price. that the Republicans
eeuod cut what 1t was and paid 1t.
We DE- not dispute Gen. Mahone's
right to change his political opin.
ton6b but . sense OF honor would
bove called upon him to resign be-
toeo marching over to the Republi.
ean party, bag and baggage, while
- : single national issue has
len changed since be effusively
40 emphatleally announced him.
oo1e = b Democrat. The fact
That he was Democrat who car
ried his Democracy to the extreme
g bejng willing to repudIate the
0opublican debt Of Virginia rather
1oeoae1Aes. than extenuates his
Dosey treaohery and gives the last
6ue Of elackness to the reasonable
elihoustte.
A. this distance It 10 hard to see
oae object Of the struggle by the