The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1883-11-15
sic sEmPER TYRANNIs."


justing the debt question, he justified
his rebellion to the organized democ'
racy on that ground and professed to
be as good democrat as anybody. As
be succeeded in ingratiatiDg himself
into the good graces of President
Arthur, he began to make terms with
that functionary with view to per-
sonal aggrsndizemeut. In bis mad
ambition, he forgot bis people, and
agreed to make Virginia Republi-
can State, and thus sold out his trust
ing followers. So bent was he on
carrying Virginia, that he bad the
consent of the Administration to play
the autocrat, and with a high hand
he removed government clerks at
Washington, postmasters and Fed
eraI officials 10 Virginia, and filled
their places with subservient tools
of bis own liking and dictation. To
raise bride money he levied heavy
assessments upon these officials until
their salaries we're reduced to such
small pi.tances, it were not worth to
hold the Offices save for the prospect
of undisturbed future emoluments,
provided success wss achieved by
Malone and his cohorts. Even in
Washington, it is said, Mahone's au-
.hority wss absolute law, and Arthur
would not allow bis own confidential
advisers to dispute with Malone as
to the propriety or improperly OF
bis assessments and removals of off
ciale. Malone not only agreed to
do all this dirty work for Arthur and
make Virginia a Republican State,
but agreed to send an Arthur delega-
ton to the next National Republican
Convention to nominate him Presi-
dent. Arthur's heart was set on this
thing and Malone was doing earnest
work to control and shape these
matters to crafty Arthur and his
crowd.
Malone had become so desperate
in the mad purpose of his heart to
accomplish his hellish designs that
he and bis emissaries stirred up the
negroes with incendiary speeches,
and precipitated the race issue upon
the people of that State. He appoint
ed negro to responsible office in
Richmond, and everywhere humil-
lated and insulted the whites, and
encouraged the negroes to believe
that if defeat followed, slavery to
them and their children accompanied
it. At Danville, Va, after slaugh
ter of several negroes and whites in
a conflict few days previous, he
and his son on election day sought
to precipitate another conflict and
flourished their pistols and acted al
if they had lost their reason in thei'
efforts to over, awe and intimidate
the white people of that section.
But with all the government pat
ronage at his command, backed al
be was by solid negro vote, the
white men, who had formerly follow
ed him saw that Mahone's motive
was not patriotic, but his design was
to Republicsnize and negroize Viz
ginia, and they abandoned and de-
feated him and bis crowd of de-
bauchers with an overwhelming ma
iority of some 10000, electing a ma
iority 10 both branches Of the Legis
Iature, which insures q democratic
successor to Malone in the United
States Senate, and places the redis-
trictipg of Virginia into Congress-
ional districts into the hands of her
true sons, and not into the hands of
renegsdes, marplots and negroes,
thus completing the overthrow and
downfall of Malone permanently.
Thus Virginia redeems herself and
verifies her motto, "Sic Seniper zy,
raamiS"-"Ever so to tyrants." Tres
son may be successful for while,
and renegades to principle may fat
ten off of ILL., gotten spoils, but sooner
or later their treachery and perfdy
is rewarded by dethronement and
disgrace, and their guilty glory fades
into shameful obscurity. True it is,
as night follows the day, that "cor-
ruption wins not more than honesty"
Right will come out on top, though
might for a season holds it with the
grasp of successful power. Truth
is eternal. and has God, the omnipo-
tent, as its friend, and i: must
triumph by the very reason of its
origin and association. Let Ma
homes fate be q lesson to other ans
bilious officeaseekers who deem it
secure to reign though it be at the
sacrifice of every noble aspiration
and impulse and true principle, re-
membering that the ignomiuy of the
fiosl result, is greater than the blush