The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-29
Governor cameron. &c. &C.

Governor Cameron, &C., &C.
10 The Editor of the Dispatch:
II we mistake not. when Governor Came
ron was a candidate for the position he
now fills he declared that "ii elected
he would be the Governor OF all the peo-
pie, and not OF n party Had he kept the
promise then made your many editorials
regarding "his duty" would never have
been written. He has shown himself 10
be the most " hide-bound party Governor
that Virginia ever had, and has done things
we don't think any previous Governor
would have done. Ii Is evident that inc
"maIign" influence OF one William Ma
hone has completely changed the once
popular Billy" Cameron. Permit us
respectfully 10 say that your editorials
las to the duty Of Governor Cameron
have been utterly thrown away. Facts
speak louder than words, and enough facts
are known as to show that he Is now
q complete slave to the " malign influence
he once so hated. Look, for instance, at
his action in Petersburg case. and wh!cn
case was rs follows: Mr.. Parham, sam
rler OF tobacco under State authority. was
elected q member OF the Council OF Peters
burg, and il being shown that he could NOT
hold both places. resigned his position OF
inspector or sampler OF tobacco, so as ne
might serve the Malone party in the Colin-
ell OF Petersburg. Governor Cameron
promptly accepted his resignation (and ala
| il, we think, TO help his party, and as
promptly appointed Mr.. Parham's son in
the place Of his father. Well. after Mr..
Parham, ST., had served the Boss's party
i'm the Council, his son was removed, or
more likely, as we think, resigned, and Mr..
Parham, Sr.. having accomplished in the
! Council what his party needed. resigns as a
co,lncilmen, and is again appointed as a
sompler OF tobacco by the Governor, and
| now fills that place. Again. BY Attorney
General Blair's opinion a sampler OF to-
bocco fofien called an INSPECTOR al a So
called public warehouse, under the law OF
the state. is State officer. Now, with
that opinion, rendered by his own party's
Attorney General, Governor Cameron per-
mtted General Stith Boiling to hold that
office and the Federal office OF postmaster
OF Petersburg just as long, we think, as he
chose TO hold ii. II is certain that General
Boiling held for some time both places, in
spite OF the fact Iii General Blair's opinion
was correct) that he had no legal right to
do so, and not finger did Governor Came
ron raise to see "that the laws he had
sworn to protect should be faithfully exc
cuted.v General Mahone's Supreme Court
decided in the case OF Sheriff Cousins that,
having been State sampler OF tobacco. he
lost the position OF sheriff of Dinwiddie.
Now mark you. Mr.. Cousins, before the
case came before the court, had resigned
bis position as State sampler OF tobacco !;
still the Court decided that having acted as
sampler caused him to lose or give up his
place as sheriff. Now, the fact Is, we very
m uch doubt il in law he ever was SAM
pier, though he may have acted as such.
Mr.. Cousins is Democrat. Please note
the difference how he was treated and how
Governor Cameron treated General Stith
Boiling. Mark you, we make the compare
son on the opinion OF Acknowledgement
Blair, as, except at the Public warehouse
in Richmond, which is owned by the State,
we utterly deny that the Governor has any
more right, under Just laws, to appoint
managers OF warehouses owned by pirate
citizens than he would have if the Legisla-
ture should undertake to give him power TO
appoint managers or overseers on every
farm or plantation in the State. 1t was
never thought. in a Government like ours,
that any party would be 50 anxious TO pro-
the Governor Of the State the right to pro-
vide for such ofiice-seekers by appointing
them to look after pirate property, and
from which private property the State de-
rives no sort of income. and for the man.
agement Of which property the state is not
responsible for one dollar. The State has
as much right, we think. to fill all positions
as clerks in commercial houses, or 10 say
who shall be oyerseers on farms, as to say
who and how certain warehouses, owned
by private citizens, shall be run. When
the State had partnership interest in such
warehouses and became responsible for GER
tain things, and received and paid out mo-
neY on account Of them, the case was diff
ferent. With these facts before you, we
think while it is right in you to show up
Governor CamerOn's total disregard OF law
Except the law OF the "malign" in1uence),
nothing will be gained to the people by
your editorials.
just now the people in some sections
don't seem to stand well with the Cover
nor.
You and every man in the State (whO was
not born an IDIOT knows full well that il
Rue and Martin were Democrats the Gov
ernor would not hesitate for one moment
to issue proper papers for the election OF
senators this fall to fill their uneXpired
terms. How steady, sensible men (who
don't hold or want Office can longer vote
with party which tramples on all lar.
when it will sever their party, is one OF the
strangest things OF the times. When the
Governor OF the State shows Ito serve the
Boss such contempt for the laws, what,
we ask, may be expected from his under
lings? Verify the love OF fat" must be
growing very strong if hefathers, brothers,
brothers-in-Iaw, uncles, fathers-in-law,
uncles-in-law, and cousins to the thirty
third degree, are expected to vote this fall
with a party so lost to Ill law as the Ma
hone party has shown itself to be simply
to keep in the present set OF oflice-holders
and make places for more to live on the
substance of the working Of the State.
RANDOLPH.