Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-09-06
indictment Complete.
Final Chapter of Colonel Ruff
fins Answer TO MIR. Massey's
Open Letter.


Final Chapter of Colonel Ruff
fins Answer TO MIR. Masscy's
Open Letter.
General Mahone's residence in Rich
moud last winter, and his superlnten'
dence Of the Legislature, did not ac'
complish, by good deal, all that his
efforts show him 10 have expected.
OF the Readjuster measures proper, the
debt bill, which in several respects did
not come up to the pledges given in re-
gard 10 il, and which was properly Mr..
Massey's measure, was passed without
trouble; and the rest, except the rail-
road reform, were pretty much matters
| of course. But of the caucus brood,
except the scheme for controlling the
patronage of the Capitol clerkships,
none other passed so far as can now
recollect. General Malone was fOlled
in his attack on the judiciary; he failed
to pass bis cOmmlssioner-Of.sales bill,
with lis hundred cfices; or his bill to
vacate the offices of the seven or eight
hundred notaries public, who had paid
for their commissions and licenses, aud
Gil their places with as many appointees
of bis own; or his unconstitutional bill
to remove the hundred superintendent
of schools and ill their places with as
many Of his own men; or to pass his
substitute for the railroad commission
er's bill, putting at his feet the rail-
roads of the State with their thirty
millions Of wealth and their thirty
thousand men-in a word, he failed in
his attempt 10 bind and rule the State
| by patronage and caucus dictation.
One other and only resource was lett
him-tO
"TURN OVER THE STATE TO PREsi-
DENT ARTHUR"
and the Stalwart Republicans; and the
whole force and fury Of his followers
has been turned upon those who deny
bis right aud defy his power to trade
them Off like herd Of live stock in a
Texas ranch for offices in Virginia and
influence at Washington, and who re-
fuse to be transferred bodily to Mr..
Arthur, the man who, as some Read
iusters have not forgotten, in his letter
accepting the nomination for the Vice
Presidency, sneered at the southern
States" as having "repudiated obliga-
tons quite as sacred as those to which
| the nation now stands pledged" D."
| Ofall that General Malone has at
tempted, his order TO the Democratic
Readiusters to face to the right-about
and march into the Republican camp is
perhaps the most audaclous. What ln'
fuencc has he shown in any matter OF
Federal politcs-here at home, l
mean-which can justify this assump
tion? In 1880 the whole Democratic
vote was l27, 900; the Republican S4,-
900. On the 28th of October, Eve
DAYS before the presidential election,
! with the figures before him, be told US
all to "rely" upon his assurance thai
"our election ticket, headed by Cam
eron and Riddleberger and pledged tt
| Hancock, will carry the State by
plurality OF q, ,OO0." But at the polls
| we got only $1,000; the other wing o
the Democracy $4,000; and Genera
Malone was 10000 votes out OF hi
reckoning. Does that look as il hi
orders would be obeyed now ? TheI
we had issues to rally upon, which arc
jnow settled. Then we had Mr.. Masse.
| to rouse our people, whom it is now at
tempted TO expel as traitor. TheI
we had harmony, which is now turned
to discord. Then be wanted us Demo
cratic; now he orders US TO be Repuhll
can. Does General Malone suppos
that
HIS SUDDEN CONVERSION
| TO Slalwartism has so increased his IN
fuence over these same men as TO bal
ance the loss from these causes? Can HI
lconyince men two ways almost in out
b-eatb? II would insult the commones
lnteli9ence to 90 about 10 explain an
prove in detail that Readjustmen
l(whlch made General Mahone-he dl
not make it) claimed TO be nothing bu
an aggregation OF issues purely domesll
IN their character, aud so wholly un
connected with Federal politics that
mcn might be either national Democra
or national Republican without impair
' ing his Readjuster orthodoxy. 1t
true there were some Of us-of the "ol
issue" they said-whO had neltht
forgotten nor forgiven the conduct
s. the northern Democracy Just before au
~ during The war, who resented bitter
\, their backslding from the ancient fait
and had our memory Of wrong quicker
ed iuto fresh resentment by the taun
flung at Readjusters. But led
General Malone we voted ''our e'eclor
n nd ticket" along with the rest, and
y. show our friends that whatever
might be se Lad no thought Of bt
: coming national Republicans, we quot
tha rnalark Of Gepelal Malone In I