National Republican., 1882-10-10
Garfield Blninc-Mnhone.

The name of James G. Blaine has been
canvnssed more favorably for the next
Presidency among Southern Bourbons
during the past year than that of any
other man. The favorite name asso-
ciated with him for the Vice-P Presidency
is sJoseph Brown, ofGeorgia. This is fact
as well known in well-informed political
+circles as was his alliance with the Vir-
ginia Bourbons prior TO his public an
nouncement the reof in his recent pub
lished interview. Mr.. Blaine did oppose
the Malone movement from the start,
although Mahone's desk in the Senate
received floral decoration from the
White House on the day following
his fierce encounter with Mr.. Blaine's
friend and political associate, Senator
Ben Hill. President Garfield assured
General Malone of his desire for coali-
ton between the r Republicans and Read
justers of Virginia. He oven went into
details with him as to the best way to
accomplish this. The plan he advocated
was the one adopted. All this occurred
between President Garfield and General
Malone in the presence of the writer of
this article. There was perfect under
standing between President Garfield and
General Malone that their influence
would be exerted together in Virginia
for the support of the coalition move
ment This broke down all visible bar
riers between them, and Malone naturally
gave his hearty support to the Admins
trntinn hnpoitcn II fhtto ,itia1 tn
Liberalism in Virginia. But this was
not the first expression made by General
Garfield indicating a favorable disposi-
ton toward Malone. AT Mentor, on
the second day after his election to the
Presidency, he expressed great anxiety
| about the Senate to this writer. The fol-
lowing dialogue ensued:
General Malone will support your
administration if he is not repelled. But
this he cannot do if you regard him as a
repudiator. You are quoted as having
sail something that could be so con-
strued."
General Garfeld-"I have never made
any such allusion or accusation"
Il am very glad to hear you say so.
May say so to him?"
II wish you would"
"Don't form any conclusion as to the
Virginia debt question until you hear his
side"
AZ will not"
Again, during the winter after his
election, and weeks before his Inaugural
ton, he was visited by Senator J. d.
Cameron, Charles L. Smith, of the Phia-
delphia Press; Frank A. Burr, of the same,
and the Editor of The REPUBLICAN, and
to them he declared that he considered
the statement of General Malone on the
Virginia debt question "an honest docu-
ment," upon the facts as therein pre-
sented, the correctness of which he also
said he did not doubt. Being informed
that General Malone would undoubtedly
continue in the Senate the fight he was
making in Virgi MIA against the Bourbons,
he said emphatically that if that should
prove to be so he should make no dis
tinction between him and any other
Administration Senator We have stated
that after the Inauguration he agreed on
the mode of coalition as subsequently
followed.
And all this time Mr.. Blaine, his Sec.
retary of State, was cheek by jowl with
Hill, Lamar, Brown, Morgan, and the rest
of the Bou rbons who were hunting Ma.
hone, and making every effort to break
him loose from the alliance he had made
with the President. This is Mr.. Blaine's
own disgraceful confession. Dare he pre-
tend that President Garfield had guilty
kno wledge of his conspiracy with the
Bourbons enemies who were thus re-
lentlessly trying to destroy the Vir-
ginia leader? If he says that he
was not concealing his Bourbon work
from his chief then he accuses
the late President of perfdy to
Malone or of retaining in his
Cabinet man who was engaged in
treason to the Admi nistration of which
he was member. If he did so conceal
his work then he was toward President
| Garfield
"a recreant and most dege nerate traitor"
Let Mr.. Blaine be interviewed again
on Virginia affairs, and sci ect his horn
of the delemma.