Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

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FURNISH THE NAMES
of men who will say that he counted
over with them the names of the men fol
me and said that if vote was taken in
caucus then, l would get it.
PICTURE OF MALONE.
| would be almost ashamed to say how
| much / have been mistaken in Gen. Ma
hone, if every public man in Virginia VIC
| has had anything to do with him had not
made the same mistake about him that l
have, and did not hold the same opinion OF
him now tEat hold. How low you can
crawl and what yon can do for him Is tne
| way in which Malone estimates men. lie
| is a man of inordinate ambition and In
| finitesimal gratitude, who never forgets an
| injury and never remembers kindness
He has started upon the project OF gaming
| position and power, and II Dlotting out
the State of Virginia we're necessary to
Carry out his programme and he had the
power to do it, he would not hesitate mo-
ment to do it. No friend however dear
no obligation however sacred. if in the
way of his ambition, would prevent his
DESTROYING that friend and forfeiting that
obligation. 1t would be glad day for
Malone if he could say that l had de-
nounced the Readjuster party and gone
somewhere else. l DON It intend to, do it..
The success of that party depends on the
success of the good men in it in holding
it back from the destruction to which Ma
hone and his friends are urging and drag
ging it, 1 am with those good men In
their efforts. Gen. Malone knows as well
as you and do that he couldn't have car
ried the State without me. He was the
heaviest load we had to carry III the can
vass and the only unpleasantness [ ever
had on the stump was made by my efforts
to defend him.
HIS FOLLOWING.
Men come to me now and say eve can It
make war Cd him, he has strong follow
ing" Well he has following of certain
kind 1 raise sheep and sorae' very good
ones. When l go among them with corn
in my hand they follow me. And that is
the ,rt of following Gen. Malone has
They won't follow bim after the corn
gives out. Where you make one friend by
An appoin: ment to Office you make ten dis
appointed applicants. You saw some of
his following in the counties when the
struggle with me was going on. You saw
letters in the Wing with headings like
"Albemarle speaks!'' 1 found out who it
was that ''spoke" for Albemarle. Every
one of them a raw recruit and every one
of them after loaf or fish. In that
struggle 1 was right and there wasn't an
intelligent Readjuster Il don't ask the en-
dorsement of the Funders) who didn't
think was right. Some of my friends
came to me and advised me to accept the
terms of the caucus. and after I was re-
elected, do as l pleased about it. They
didn't know the man they were talking to,
my friends!
THE BRIBERY CHARGES.
The bosses knew if left the Auditors
office unstained, unscorched it would not
be wholesome for Malone and those with
him. after that, so they determined to at
tempt to smirch me. Search deep down
darkness and you could not find plot
more vile than they got up. They charged
that [ had been trying to bribe voters for
the place of u. S. Senator or Auditor.
There were two reasons for making this
charge, one. that with it they could exper-
iment on the credulity of the public, and
the other. that the men who got it up had
never gotten into an Office that they didn't
use just such means to get into. They
prepared resolution of investigation and
l prepared another enlarging the scope of
investigation to include past legislature.
When my resolution was offered by friend
of mine, Riddleberger, who is the sum of
all else but Gentleman, opposed it. He
we'll knew what might be the position OF
himself and some others. They said they
could do great deal if certain men were
got ten before them. The men came and
they didn't even examine shem. l defy
any man, white or colored, here in my
own county or out of it, to say that l ever
gave him as much as ten cents, or treat
to get bis vote. | have always said that
would never have an office if it had to be
gotten that way
MR.. MASSEY TO CANVASS VIRGINIA.
don't intend to stop this fight against
those who are trying to destroy the Read
juster party. 1 intend to canvass Virgin
la from one end to the other. Not for my
self-l can live without office. know it
is hard in these times to make men be-
lieve that other men can do anything with
out motive of personal advancement,
but my motive is not Office. If it had been
I could easily have retained the one had.
I had only to give up principle and re-
tain the place. The Richmond Whiq which
has done valuable service for the party,
but when. it has an end 20 accomplish IS
as INSCRIPTIONS as if there were no prin-
ciple at the cotton of 1t, has IN its cours'
towards me which was so ungentlemanly,
knowing the falseness of the assertion
charged that I wanted the clerkships for
my family. You all know better than
that; you all know that my family have not
had the places at my disposal. The re-
cord | had made in that office 1 can say
without egotism, was good one. 1t was
made with the aid of competent clerks
who faithfully administered the affairs Of
the Office while I was at home with sick
family and wi lie l was absent eanYassing
for our ticket and our cause. IT [ had
chosen to dismiss these men could have
kept the place. II had accepted the
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTING OFFICE BY CON-
GREssIONAL DISTRICTS.
l could have lost my competent clerks
and kept my place. Look how this district
plan works! Take the case OF the Super
intendent of Public Education. The Re-
adjuster members of the legislature from
the counties of copgressionaldlstrict have