The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-29
4 New Kind OF "Doos."

1t seems now 20 Oe 0Ou0CI0l WOetOer
the chief practical result achieved BY
6enator Malone and his followers 10 not
simply and solely . new denomination
Of the fact that the negro vote can be
used by unscrupul0,ls leadeIs who know
how . inlluence It, no matter what
their objects may be. It hardly needed
. readjuster party or the repudjation OF
Southern debts to teach ~ this; for the
corpet-bag governments ct up through.
out the south Ut the close Of the war had
proved It already. The demagogues q
the reconstruction period cast the negro
vote - they pleased, and they cast 1t,
too, for purposes ~ directly antagonis-
tic TO the true inlerests Ut the blacks ~
any for which the BOurb0ns since their
disappsarance have used It. It has now
been ''voted" by Malone in Virginia In
precisely the same way. The fact ts,
and the sooner the fact Is recs,Rnixe(l the
sooner We shall be rid Of many danger
ous illusions with regard to the future
of the country, that the negroes cOnsti-
tute = peasantry wholly unframed In.
and ignOlant OF, those ideas Of tOnrtttu-
ti0nal liberty and progress which are thu
hirthright Of every white voter; that
they are gregari0us and emotional ruth
er than intelligent, and arc easily led in
any direction by white men of energy
and determination. Such white men
may be demagOgllos, ~ In the case Of
Malone, or they may be flied with y
slncere desire to effect dosirable political
objects; but their relation tO the negrO
vote, until the character Of that w,te il
materially changed through education
and material improvement, will bc sub-
stantially what 1t r. now.
The importance Of the Malone move
ment lies In the fact that 1t will prol,ss-
bly, bc followed BY other movements Of
similar kind In other parts Of the
S0uth. Mahone'x imitatOrs will not
necessarily make use Of his cry, for In
most Of the Southern States reputation
IL dead question. But almost any cry
will, for the reason We have mentioned.
do equally we'll. In any movement, I'm
Independent now starts with the advan-
tage that he is necessarily Nh enemy
Of the B0urbOns, and can therefore ad-
vertlse himself ~ friend of liberal
ideas, and count upon certain amount
0f sympathy ~ a friend Of the negro.
Such movements, If they arr allowed to
remain local, can do little harm, and
may do much good II they fall ~ here
0UU tuetc VJ13y uUU9U JsSSSs 1uIO GssC SsSSssssS
of men with something more than mere
selfish interests at stake But it 10 evil
IDENTIFY the intention In certain .i,lartcrs
ut the North To utilize them for q ptlr-
l,osc which Republicans have the right
10 consider good in ilxelf, hut which can
only be advanced, IN this Case, by
means full of danger tn the country.
The purpose IL to strengthen the 1tspub-
lican party ut the South; the means,
the use Of Federal patronage In aid Oi
any independent movement that may
be started. How far the .Aoministra-
ton Of President Garfield actually went
in placing the Federal ''nlachine" In
; Virxinia st the disposal Of Glen. Malone
and his friends, It II difficult to ssy; but
that it wa% extensively used, and
became pl tent factor In the campaign,
there can be no doubt. 1t IL now pro
posed that in Georgia, or south Carroll
mn, ar wherever an independent leader
shows any ''strength" among the ne
groes, this scandal0us abuse u power
shall be repeated, and that the custom:
houses and pOstof1ices Of the general
! Government shall he converted into 10
! c~l political machines t" stimulate the
: movement.
It Is hard to believe that AMY admins
tration which avows itself in fxvor VI
civil service reform can lend itself to y
scheme 80 Inconsistent with oil prOfes
sions of reform "a this 7Hpic* III tn
Z. 1I...c." i" III. (%Mf"sy tor -il,rU.