National Republican., 1883-10-22
The Attacks on nInhone.

There is no room for doubt that n number
of leading northern newspapers pretending
to be republican, havo been hired, by the
Virginia to secure legislature that will re-
peal the Riddlebcrger law and finish the
funder job of robbing that state of eleven
millions of dollars to pay q falsely manu-
factured addition to her debt These rascally
papers try hard to earn their base bourbon
bribes by hypocritcally shouting for republi-
canism and thereby trying to divide the
coalitionists. 1t is strange to SEQ so many
real republican newspapers deceived by this
treacherous and mercenary course of few.
Tho Virginia readiustcrs abandoned their
original proposition of eliminating the inter
est on their debt during the war and recon-
struction periods. The McCultoch bin, passed
! By The bourbon yfmderS themselves, only prouidcs
for paying tUo-thirds of tho principal Debt, aud
declares that West Virginia owes the romain
ing third. This is also the position of
tho readjusters. The Riddlcbergor law pro-
vides for paying just as much Of the princi-
pal of the Virginia debt as does the McCul-
loch law. 1t also provides for paying
all the interest due thereon. But it
sets aside the thieving schemes of tho
brokers and lobbyists who induced Virginia
legislature to issue evidences of n counterfeit
debt in addition to the genuine one. As
well consure a bank for refusing to pay a
raised check rs to join the cry of swindlers
who have boen foiled in their attempt to rob the
| state by nefarious methods adopted in the
dark corners of the capitol where sat her
legislature. 1t is disgrace to the north
that great newspapers there should sell
themselves in aid of such filthy business, and
then be able to create a public opinion against
the people and their leader whose refusal to
be robbed they falsely characterize as repu-
dation. Real republican editors ought to
ascertain the truth. and when they do they
will see that Malone and his associates are
battling for truth, honesty, education, equal
rights, and national authority, against public
robbery, falsehood, ignorance and the old
serpent of bourbon state sovereignty. Breth-
rem of tue republican press of tho north, will
you not reflect little before going any fur
ther in aid of the few great newspapers whose
corrupt publishers have for hire undertaken
the completion of the shameful robbery of
Virginia by bold cracksmen from without,
aided by bourbon traitors from within? Ma
hone ofiends such papers as we have described
because he stops the robbers of Virginia from
getting away with their swag. The highwdy-
men can nerer dride phat is rccaptured from
them. Is it not brave business to be shouting
"rcpudiator" at man who simply beats back
a gang of plundoring thieves from the state
treasury, and invites the bankers and account
ing experts of tho world to examine the rec
ords of the state and challenge the honesty of
tho debt settlement if they can2
Never was such an outrage perpe-
trated under the cloak of decency
as tho corrupt conspiracy to create
q false annex to tho Virginia state de BIT
except when few great newspapers, paid for
their dirty work, were enabled to hoodwink
tho north into pitful attempt to whip the
Virginias into submission to tho outrage
Virginia will continue to resist, and will pre-
vail over her bourbon enemies, Nay, more
she will then go on in her splendid course OF
hostility to bourbon ignorance, intolerance,
and dishonesty, and will be found in what
ever political company she can make her ad.
vocacy of national progress and equal rights
tho most effective