Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-10-31
Publishing Private Correspondence.

i d. II.
As we anticipated, Col. Fulkerson Il
greatly outraged in his feelings by th,
publlcatfon of his private correspondence
| with Malone In the Wing, and In let
ter to the editor of the Lee Sentinel hi
speaks IN the most indignant terms O
this outrageous violation of the rulel
which govern gentlemen in their inter
course with and conduct towards one
another. We give the letter below as 6
part of the history of these strange
times: =
TOWNSVILLE, October 1s, 1882. Z
|." ITO the Editor ofthe Lee Sentinel,
sThe Wing of the 18th. instant has
been handed me at this place, in which
itpublishes large portion of my pri-
vate correspondence with Gen. Malone,
which Malone furniehed the Wing fol
publication. These letters were all pri.
vate, and written before readjustment
was accomplished and while Malone
himself prOfessed to be q Democrat, and
assured me that the Arthur Admins
tratiOD would adopt policy towards
the South that would restore it to equal
ity In the Union and bring capital, la
Dor and prosperity to her people q
policy that would be the very reverse of
that Of the Republican party towards
the South. He further assured me that
in the appointment of officers no pledge
would be required of the appointees to
support the Administration or go into
the Republican party. He requested
me to send him the names of all the
pOstmasters who were opposed to Read.
justment. and said that the cause of Re-
adjustment could be promoted by the
removal of Funders and the substitution
of Readjusters who would not be pledged
to the Republican party by taking the
Offices. The publication of this corroes-
pondence has been withheld till 1 came
to the back counties to fill my appoint
ments to speak, and thus rendering ac-
cess to Mahone's letters to me impcssi-
BILE The publication of Mahone's letters
to me would damn him in the estima-
ton of many of those who are now fol
lowing him into the Stalwart wing of
the Radical party. w. G. Pendletop
was the first to make public private
letter in this canvass, and D. F. Bailey
was party to the betrayal of private
Malone follows suit
and proves himself to be the Leigh Will
son of this canvass. Malone was the
chairman of the Readjuster party, and
the letters published in the Wing were
written before readjustment, and at the
time Malone was assuring me, on the
honor of q gentleman, that he was a
and that the Administration
would take new departure towards the
South.
mo gentleman would betray the con
fidence of private correspondence, and
Mahone's conduct in this respect shows
that he is unworthy of the confidence of
and should be classed with
Leigh Wilson-lower, indeed, as he is
more intelligent, and knows more of the
rules and prophecies that should govern
among gentlemen.
''In the face of the abuse of Malone
and the Whig now that 1 will not follow
him into the Republican party, / will say
that as late as November %, 1881, after
the last election, he not only offered me
a seat on the bench of theeCourt of APP
pesls, but begged me to take it.
"When Malone was in London in |
1874 he wrote gentleman in Virginia
that ] was the finest politician in the
State. In re urn, after the last election,
l wrote him that he might now be call
ed the Napoleon of American politics.
We are even on compliments, I trust.
But Malone must not forget that the
old Napoleon had his Waterloo, and the
new Napoleon will. find his on the 7th of
next November, when the people will
come to the polls to decide whether we
shall have white rule or negro rule in
Virginia. A. FULKERsON."