Daily Republican., 1883-11-09
MALONE SPEAKS.
lIs ssys the Dssvills nurder Of
Negroes Carried the 1sate for the
aSOuPhOms.

Ne&BOOS C0tb10O SwO OSo4O hVS INV
AsOusbOns.
The New York Herald this morning
published the following interview Of .
membe of the staff with the Read justel
leader
senator Malone was In his study this
evening when o Herald representative
called no one but his son and Colonel
Brady, chairman Of the Republican
State Executive Committee, was with
him. A large pile of dispatches from
different portions Of the State, having
references to the election, lay upon the
table, and received new accessiOns
every little while. Plunging into
medias res, your correspondent asked
the Senator If he would favor him with
some expression of his views concern
ing the recent election.
% i have very decided convictions a.
to the causes that led TO this thing and
as to the effect it will have, but lam not
prepared to state them at this time, =
was the reply. "The consequences will
be too far reaching to be touched upon
until matters shall have further devel-
oped. When man fires the grass he
ought to know beforehand what will bt
In the way of the fiames."
Have you any objection to state
Senator, what, in your opinion, will bt
the effect of the result of this election
upon the State, aside from the attitude
or the fortunes of the two political par
ties that were engaged in the contest 2
was next asked.
THE EFFECT OF THE R1OTs AT DAN
WILLIE
zone Of the most important effects o
this election will be the impression il
will make upon the people Of the North
Take this Danville affair, which
though it is by courtesy called a riot, il
in reality nothing but Durder-tht
diabolical, cold blooded murder of 81,
inoffensiye negroes. Do you suppose
that this will not cause an impression o.
the existence of state of lawlessness IL
this State that will make people afraid
to come here and settle in our midst
The first thing capital looks for is securi
ty of investment, and the investor
considers, particularly'if It be his inten
tion to live where bis property is, Il
whether the community with whom ht
expt cts to cast his fortunes Is orderly
and law abiding. Can 1t be imagined
that the people from the North vii
come among us as permanent residents
If they cannot be assured that thei1
lives at least will be safe? And it will
not do to say that this thing was spon
taneous outburst of passion.
DANvILLE AFFAIR PRECoNCER1RD
cit was preconcerted they wanted {
row, and they got it. Look at the facts
A colored man, in order to make room
on the sidewalk for white lady, step
aside, and in doing 80 steps on whit
man y toes. As he was polite enough
in the first instance so he Is now, and
he apologies for his inadvertence. Hi,
apology, however, Is not accepted {
scutfle ensues, some one he's drawn a
pistol; the parties engaged in the scnth'
fall to the ground; N the fall the pisto
goes off, and this is the signal for reg
ular fusillade. OF course, no one is kill
ed but negroes.
That is always the case. With snel
a condition of things existing what cal
be the effect of an election in which tn
element that instigated this slauRhte
has been partly victorious, except Il
deter from settlement those who nigh
add to the prosperity of the State. ba
In whom there has always been a ling
ering suspicion that lite In the South Il
not particularly sure, and who, b.
events like those have spoken OF, hav'
had their fears Intensified and thei
suspicious confirmed? tell you, sir
fraud, intimidation and the corrupt us
of money, have brought about thi
thing. This is not ar assertion mad
for mere effect. We have the proc
right here in Petersburg. A man wa
arrest d, Tuesday, for attempting Il
bribe a colored man to vote the Demo
cratic ticket
Senator Malone, while thus speak
ing, walked up and down the floor II
his characterlstically quick, neIvou
way. One could sea>from his earnest
ness of manner that he felt every wore
he spoke. His closing remark was th'
iteration of his first reply, that the tim'
for him to express himself fully as tt
the result of the election had not yet ar
rived.