Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-10-02

to the Democratic party, and the most bene-
fetal to the Republican party, and ,chen ,ce
had aTrived at conclusion as to uhat that
aoould be, ace at Oncs concluded that that aoas
the Uerg thing Malone ,oould do, or hare
done, If he could accomplish it.
AS soon as we saw that Malone failed to
capture the Republicans when the Republi-
can convention to nominate an elect oral
ticket met here in April, 1880, we foresaw
the course that Malone would adopt, as will
be seen by the following extract from an
editorial we wrote at that time, and was
published in the next issue, dated April
9th, 1885,
AS Malone has been defeated by the
"straight-out" Republicans in his project to
form fusion ticket with them, he will pro-
badly try to effect his purpose to secure the
electoral vote of this State for Grant by
having separate Readjuster ticket, by
which he will hope SO to divide the Con-
sentative Democratic vote of the State be-
tween such ticket and the regular Con-
sentative ticket, as will enable the Republi-
can ticket to carry the State by plurality
vote. He will thus endeavor to effect in an
indirect way what he was unable to do in a
direct way. No Democrat, who has sense
enough to see the effect of such vote,
would vote for such a ticket unless he wish
ed to give the vote of the State to the can
didate of the Republican party for the
Presidency. 1t would be, in effect it ma t.
tiers not whose names might be upon the
| ticket, vote for the Radical party. Sensi-
| bic Readjusters cannot be thus inveigled in
| to voting indirectly for the Radical party.
| The virtue of the Republicans was strong
| enough to resist the seductive blandish-
ments of Malone, and we cannot believe
that the Readjusters have less virtue than
the Republicans. They will have as much
respect for their characters as Conservatives
and Democrats as the Republicans have
shown for theirs as Republicans, and they
will not be seduced into prostituting their
political principles to crafty the Gust of
personal ambition and revenge of H. Ma
hone or ''any other man." Unless we be
greatly mistaken in our good opinion of
them, they will have no hesitancy in giving
an earnest and cordial support to the cleo
toral ticket that will vote for the nominees
of the Cincinnati Convention. To the willy
tempter, they will say
Get thee behind me, satan.'
In this State, the Presidential electoral
tickets in 1880 were nominated in this or
der-Republican, in April Democratic, in
May; and Readj1ster, so-called, in July
The regular electoral tickets of both the
rational parties had been nominated be-
fore Alahone's Convention was called to-
gether, so that if he and his leaders had
desired the election of Hancock and Eng
lish, as they falsely protested, and the de-
feat of Garfield and Arthur, they would
have supported the electors regularly nom
mated by the Democratic party; but in
| stead of that, they nominated a separate
ticket, pledged to the support of Hancock
and English, and rallied their party to its
support, the effect of which was to divide
| the Democratic vote and to aid, more eff
fectually than in any other way then prac-
ticable, the election of the Republican
ticket. In pursuance of this treacherous
| policy, which they now term practical
politics, " they nominated and voted for the
following electors: Messrs William Z.
Cameron, Fl. H. Riddleberger, Robert NJ
Mayo, William Lamb, John S. Wise, F. E,
Buford, William Powell, Wyatt NJ. Elliott,
S. Brown Allen, n B. Meade and James
G. Taylor
These gentlemen are we'll known, as are
their action then and since, and their pres
ent avowals of friendship for Arthur and
prospective support Of him and his party,
hence the people can judge whether they
were purposely aiding the Republican par
ty, whilst protesting to be Democrats, or
whether they were too ignorant to know
what they were doing-whether they were
smart, treacherous rascals Or ignorant, hon
est fools.
WILL FULCHER AND HAMILTON ANSWER?
If Hancock, for whom you voted in 1880,
should be the nominee of the National Dem
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