Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-22

had the power
The Wing says: He iFulkerson) con-
spired with Massey and others to bring dis
sensions and revolt in the party.
Thisstatement is unqualiiedly false The
truth is that all the troubles in the read
ulster party, have grown out of Mahone's
eternal inte,meddling, and his persistent
effort TO subordinate every Legislature to
his own will. and to use them to promote
his own selfish schemes If Malone had re-
manned in his seat in the Senate last winter.
and attended to his own and the peoples
business there, and left the Legislature free
to carry out the will of the people, as ex-
| pressed at the polls, there would have been
no war OH Massey, no caucus rule, no Dan
vile railroad bill passed, no court bill, no
bond printing scandal, &c; OH the con-
traly, the Legislature would have passed
the debt and submitted it to the people
! placed the schools on permanent basis,
| repealed the capitation tax as prerequisite
TO voting, elected readjusters to fiji all
vacant offices, and returned home in har-
mony. Malone is never at ease, unless he
is III war with somebody. He has had sole
and absolute control of the party's affairs
since the last election, and its condition
shows that he is wholly unfit to lead
after victory when craftsmanship is re-
qulrcd.
"In any true sense, therefore, Mr.. Fulk-
crson never has been a readiuster. rs re-
adjustment was first proposed in 1877 in
General Mahones letter to Col Martin"
There it isl This paragraph shows I'M
| Malone in his true light Nothing annoys
his little envious soul more than any refer
cnrc TO REIMBURSEMENT before he came into it.
lie and the wing have labored for years to
| liN the date Of read ustment in 1877, because
Malone espouscd the cause that year. He
has 10 use for any man who espoused the
cause before he did, and he is so envious and
mean III his nature, that he means to drive
rom The party, TO crush every man who
was prominent in the cause before he
Joined it,
Why, was ut his house before he wrote
the Martin letter, and found him studying
Alasscy's pamphlet on rcadustment trepu.
diation now,i and he said it was the slaartest
! thing he ever did, and that he had learned
more about REIMBURSEMENT from it, than from
all other sources.
After the canvass of 1877 for Governor
had progressed sufficiently to develope the
line of fight against Malone by the other
| live candidates, wrote Malone. that the
canvass against him in the 9th District was
entirely personal one, and that there was
so much prejudice against him on account
oi his railroad management and failure. that
| il 1t did not ito something to divert public
attention from him, that We could not make
any Roadway for him, and asked him to
come out for REIMBURSEMENT. He replied that
he WAS preparing letter to Col. Martin.
taking position for REIMBURSEMENT. and stated
two Or three points he would make in his
Martin letter had this published in ..e
Bristol NClr&. and this was the first intima-
ton the public ever had that Malone ever
sympathizcd with the cause. And vet the
"e&rlESh Malpnc and his mouth piece, the
| Ehia, insist That reimbursement shall date
! from 1877!
| No honest man will say that have not
been true to real reimbursement, MIR. Fulk-
crson and Mr.. Massey being opposed then
In the reorganization mozart, and its OBJ
| jjccts. and only nominally becoming read
.iu@tcr after they had found themselves una
bic to battle the Mozart Hall movement
y more malicious SANDER, or libel, than is
contained in the above paragraph was never
written, and its author is either wilfnl
liar or an ignorant ass.
And what has Mr. Fulkerson done for
REIMBURSEMENT or the readjustcr party - Let
the people of Virginia and the files Of the
| " n.y. when it had some claim to resnecta-
| bility. say.
"Where was he in 1880 and 1881 ," The
u hig knows that from 1871 to 1879 I was
III the field and the Legislature working up
readiustmenre while for much of that time
| the u nag was silent. and Malone himself
down to 1879, WAS so busy receiving his
S25, 900 4 year as railway president that he
could not he induced to open his mouth on
the subject During all the dark and gloomy
hours OF REIMBURSEMENT, where was Malone
and he gang of otlire-seekers who are now
the true readjusters 2" They were at home
attending to their own affairs, and abusing
the men who were struggling for the cause.
! Mo was 1t that canvassed the State i'm
1879, and who the 9th district? Massey
canvassed the State and canvassed the 9th
district, and if it had not been for the efforts
of John l.. Massey in that canvass, Malone
never would have been the United States
Senator. When that victory was won. Ma.
hone WAS the first to claim the fruit ofvicto
ry, and yet there is talk about gratitude
and &clshncss
In 1850 canvassed the 9th district and
carried il for Malone, who was for Blair,
the July ticket, the Democratic party. the
Republican, party and McMulin, and saved
the party i'll spite of their combined opposi-
ton. In 1881, was kept at home in the
first part Of the canvass because of the sick
ness and death Of my partner, but was in
the field the latter part of it. But having
pcrn III The same ten years. I might have
taken Il rest and turned the work over en-
tircly to John s. Wise and other new con-
vcrtS who have done nothing for the cause
and were camoring for all the spoils Now
Tor the future | shall stand by the cause and
save it if | can | shall not desert tba nan
" and follow Malone into the Bloody Shirt
wing of Republican party.
\. FuLKERsoN.
\ PLOT AGAINST THE EMPEROR OF ArS-