Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-06
rag NEW M0vEMFNT.

anu Otnef6 from tue DOutn nau
a conference recently at that
place. They discussed, as We
are informed, the political situa-
ton in the South and determin
ed upon extending the indepeud
ent movement into all the South
ern States and making a vigo-
rous effort to overthrow the
regular Democracy.
Malone for tho pastfew years
has been successful in Virginia
and 10 the W. solute master of
the State. He controls all Of the
Federal patronage and the State
Offices are in the hands Of his
followers. Gen. Chalmers would
like to accomplish the same
thing in Mississippi and become
its autoerat. The Virginia die
tator can tell him the mean he
used to subjugate the Old Do
minion and then we may expect
him to use tho same appliances
here.
Malone achieved his victories
by tho aid of the nolid negro
vote md a few Democrats.
Chalmers is expecting to sue
coed in Mississippi in the same
way The number Of his Demo
cratic followers will be very
small but he will not caro- for
this if he can rally around his
standard the entire colored vote.
In Virginia Malone used the
public debt question az n means
to divide and overthrow the De
mocracy. At the close of the
war tho State owed . very large
debt which had been contracted
previous to tho struggle. The
State had issued bonds in large
amounts to aid in the conatruc-
ton of railroads, canals and
other internal improvements.
She was absolutely impoyerish-
ed and unable to pay the whole
amount OF the principal and in
terest. She was still further
crippled by the creation of the
new state Of West Virginia
which took away one-third Of
her territory and fully thst
amount of her resources. The
new State absolutely refused to
pay or to become liable for any
portion of tho debt Of the old
State and there was no way to
force her to do 70.
The creditors seeing that gir.
ginia was unable to pay the
whole debt proposed q libersl
compromise whereby the total
amount was greatly reduced.
The Legislature accepted the
terms Of tho compromise which
were very satisfactory to the
people at that time. Malone
however did not appear TO like
the. settlement and he com
menced waging war against it
The truth ID, that he had d per.
sonai grievance; he had been
candidate for Governor aud til,
Convention had goen ft to Civ
the nomination to another. II
4 was bitterly disappointed AM
then and there no determine
. upon revenge Whenever a snits
|, Bile opportunity occurred. III
d occasion presented Itself whe
the public dsbt was settled b
the Legislature. He raised til
standard OF revolt and Gale
= upon the people to sustain hil
in his fight against the bont
s holders and the Democrac,
The solid Republican eolum
came to his support aud he W.
reinforced by q email array
r. Democrats. The combinatio
q was strong enough to carry tt
= State and sweep the Democr.
n cy from power.
1t should not be forgottc
that hahone in making his fgl
claimed TO be a good Democrs
and denied positively that i
had abandoned any Of his pril
ciples. He asserted that he Wa
as much opposed 10 the Repul
: lican party az any man in I'll
State and he scorned the imp
8 tatiou that he had any intentio
of becoming a member OF i
!, Hia followers who had bee
Democrats endorsed his decl,
o rations and were equally vocif
a rous N their professions OF ios
d for the principles of the old pa
ty. They were ready 60 fgl
T anybody who would accas
them of being Republicans