Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-05
PUBLISHED DAILY & TRI-WEEKLY By
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
WEDNESDAY EVEE'9.. JANUARY s.
The Washington Post CT yesterday said :

Ever since last June Seia.or. el(C. Malone
las been dckerng with tho republican leaders.
Mr. Gcrham, ex eec:e.ary Of the Senate, end
Senator Conkin2 have each held repeated. and
It is asd, satisfactory conferences with Malone.
Che republican programme for Virginia ia SIS
follows: To make Malone tho leader Of the re-
organiz I'd republican party Of Virginia, placing
hi5 hands tho control Of the Federal patron
age Of tie State. While tho negroes will be en-
coursged and supported to .hs best CT Malone 5
ability. they will be given 20 important Offices.
The carpe.,bag republican element is to be
thrown overheard. Ia return for the power
conferred upon him Malone i5 TO act with tho
republicans in the Senate"
Now, this may or may 40: bs -. The! it
will not be We bava many rcagons for believing,
among THIN The toI!oWios General Malone
says he is not ooIY dem?c:at, bu: Vlrgin;an
and Southern man. Sometime 10 June last.
or subsequent thereto, Sonator Corkog. " han
interviewed on TIE sub 20: By our Washington
correspondent. SAID that while no naturally ds-
sired hi' party in Vir2inia to obtain oil the nd-
ditonal strength it vas possible for i. to rccoiva
he WAS utterly opposed to ia making eny ali,
sncs with the mAhooe party. and desired and
would counsel aud advise it 10 lua o straight
ticket TO max, Maaoaa the leader of the
party 10 Virginia would. az Republican po!!-
clans ara human, necessarily artagonz, OIL the
old and tried naive, as wtl % adopted repub
lcars Of the State, such as Wickhsm. Rives,
Yost, orgensen and Dtz,Ddorf end boss CT
others upoa whom he hes nado, and is sill
maki0g ac.iVe Var. an1 who vigorously rcpel
his assaults. To give him tho Federal patron.
sge would, Of coorSe, Coz b o him to bcs.oR es
much Of it as 40 my choos, upon his friends,
snd they. Is is we'll kn5w1, arc ~. among the
republicans. and sloh disposition of it wou j,
Of course, BE- eminoctIy uasat;s sacory to the
republicans. who naturally Wlnt tac whole oi it.
sud who, il they don't &c. all Of i, wi | be dis
vos,d to re:sliats fo. what they may Justly look
upon IS ao uaprovakad. undesorved aud u, ls
ioiury. II the negroes, tho main s:rorgh Of
the party. are, by .p:cal prsarrarg,n. 10
BE- excluded from all the important Off ,ss, pro.
oious few Of them will vote for tho mon vino
offer them such a era:uitouI iosu's. AZ to
throwing tho cIrpc. Big clamon. ovatb olri. it
may be said. with exact truth. that there is 30
such clement nov in Virginia. Ii al lct; scoa
after the people Of the State reg lined p:sias-
sion Of their government, sol tho N,r:horn 70
publicans living boro orc as trua ci;iz,ns OF the
State and as much Interested 10 her prosperity
ss her own native pcople. There Dro. u5fcr!u.
ustelg, cot many Of them, to be sure. tu. 81
there would DO no republican parry . the SAFE
It it had not been Ter them, tho pubic I'd
uounc,ment that they. too. ere 10 be excluded
itcm Office will not only b POOR rtquital fer
past effective srvioo, but will provoke them 10
strike back, and if they and the u,grocs, VIC,
together, constitute the cntl.e republican party
Of the State, are to be tabooed. from whctc3 is
the "reorgauiz, ID republican party of Ei'gi1ia"
10 obtain the support requisite FIR o pui:s,pt
political organization ! Surely not from the
democrats.