Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-11-23
Malone Tells why and How HIc was
Defeated.

Senator Malone has issued long, earnest,
and, apparently, somewhat florid, address to
the Virginia readjusters, in which he gives a
history of the work of his party, recites the
influences and methods which led to the re-
cent defeat, and exhorts his followers not to
be disheartened, but to rally and fight new
and stouter battle against Bourbonism in the
campaign of 1884. He shows how, under
the readjuster administration, the state ex-
penses have been reduced and the revenues
increased, how new railroads have been built,
new industries established, and how the ma
terial prosperity of the state has been quick
eued in every way. OF his party's work for
education he says Compare the readiuster
rule Of last year with the last year of Bour-
bon rule, and the books show the readjusters
have increased the number of schools from
., 49, to 5,5S7, the number Of colored schools
from 80 to $50, the pupils from 1OS,O74 to
257, 1882, the colored pupils from 3, POS to 49,
$50, the teachers from % to GA" With re-
gard to the means by which the Bourbons
triumphed Mr.. Malone declares that "As the
election drew near the Bourbon faction, real
izing that on every other issue il was hope
lessly defeated, infatuated by knowledge of
impending disaster, seized upon the race is
sue, chanted, chorused and intoned it until
wrought up to fever heat" He relates the
progress of the canvass, showing how Bour-
bon speakers and organs sought to infame
the whites against the blacks, charg
ing that large supplies of firearms were con-
stantly coming into the state until the DAN
vile region was "walking arsenal" The
Danville "riot' is described as bloody,
Wholesale murder" of men who had given no
provocaton except by being black and hav-
ing the right to vote. Mr. Malone asserts
that in the personal quarrel with which the
alleged riot began, the negro who was whipped
by white man had no assistance offered him
by any of his race, and that in the subsequent
proceedings mo negro fired shot and no
white man was injured except by his friends !;
that for days the poor victims were found
dead in alleys, in warehouses and under
houses, like poisoned rats that had crawled
away to die that the negroes fled to the
woods TO the state of North Carolina, to the
four winds of heaven-these are few of the
facts of this bloody, wholesale murder, which
was telegraphed far and near by Bourbons as
an insolent uprising of the blacks against the
whites. Political murders in numerous 9th.
err places are described. political reaction,
swift and complete" is predicted, and in
conclusion the senator says; LET the fight
proceed. If we are to be in the minority in
the future, it is minority struggling for
principles as strong and holy as when they
were backed by majority. But whether flu
ture triumphs come or not, the blessings we
have insured for Virginia are fixed and indie
structible. Our enemies stand before US
We have a right to demand and expect sup
port from the state, and, if need be, from
the Federal government, in behalf of the
rights of man, guaranteed by both govern
ments, and put at stake to procure the ascen.
dancy of an INSCRIPTIONS party that sticks
at nothing to acquire power" This address,
it is needless to say, is admirably adapted to
stir up the race issue, and undoubtedly it has
only too much truth for its foundation. One
cannot help thinking, however, that there is
a good deal of demagogy about it, and that
Malone is at heart good deal more indig-
nant over the fact that he has been beaten
than he is over the wrongs of the colored
people