Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-16
Ce.erai Malone.
"a ~ Edifcr Of The Nsnnfnh

with the humility OF my social position, |
concern myself but little about the move
,psuts OF the more important percentages |
srouud me. Yet | am not al Indifferent |
observer OF passing events. and I AN ever
ready 10 old In landing those illustrloas |
,neu who. by dat cf superior virtue and
genius, have lifted themselves above t1e |
general level OF mankind To this dis
tinguishcd class General Malone seems ny
common consent 10 belong. aud. truth -
confess, few men have succeeded better In
acquiring notoriefy. II not fame. Ana II
his name shall descend to future genera
lions. Il viii take with Il sort Of double
Immortality, for II will b. recalled ~ the
name II o man who first iougit VITA
desperate energy 10 protect bis mothers
honor, and aitcrward siroye with still more
desperate energy 10 bring her honor mo
tbc very dus,.
From the Generals Confederate plume !
would not pluck one feather. IL - sad
he won Il braycly. aud | would have hin
vear II proudly. l was not rabid sees
slouis,, but ! make no discount Oh my IN
t.r.st IN the jacket OF gray. thug OF
illustrious memories II IL doomed 10 DC,
and the dsy IS not remote when the Blue
no less than the Gray will guard it, rlght
"a 1,,ict abode in the sO-called Temple OF
Inmortal.;y. There. IS Il hangs IN Us tat
i,,ed magniiiconce, IL will tell twoiod
story TO the coming ages, fof II VIII nOt
orly represont the hcrOi-m and fortitude OF
49,. south. but Will also bear testimony ID
the fact that those who fought IN Il ana
tl,osp who fought " inst 1t can love "nis
inv fink right, and, II need be, can die
Tar H. Fifty pOndrrod, indeed, the lesson
underlyinp The story % the ConieGefile
yyar Is abundantly worth all It's immense
cost. .,,-,
from the southern hero to the Nlrgiail
Goss and Senator; for here the indications
{, or, less end less TO the credit OF tbe Cen
oral. and more and more OF doubtful ten
eenry in their relations 10 the public GOA.
We have no special objections to BOSS.
end couId take of our hat 10 the shade OF
the old Hebrew Boss Samuel. or 10 tnat Oh
nur modern Cromwell. The one IN his de-
cIluinr days could challenge his people 10
show Of N nom Le lad taken briDe; ana
,be other. while trampling on the meek o
England. took care that 10 one else shOlid
40 the same thing. At the present day
c,re,,i students Of history will agree
fiat 10th the Hebrew commonwealth
ana tie English Kingdom were great
gamers by the de.poliSm OF tn'it
sLiIf,I and sfrong-willcd bosses. WHAT
goin Virginia has derived from her
Ross should De glad fors0me one u make
app,r,nt. Beginning his career a' Boss
10 The special friend Of the negro race M
has forced them into direct ant1goIilsu WIN
the PEOPLE on whose cmploymenlS they are
mainly dependent for their bread. Ana
totllly failing at the polls to reach ne chds
he aimed at. he fay0rS rs win manifesto
IN which he denounces his ielloN-clu-
gers rs scoundrcls and murderers. | p)h
these methods Of General Malone we nave
no comment to maze except To saY tlat
thcv can never be benefit 10 The colored
man nor an injury TO Virginia.
Tuning from the boss 10 the senator the
case becomes sill worse. There WIS
time when the position OF an American
senator was one Of great dignity ana hohoF:
He end his associate. like the two kings OF
Sparta. represented q complete sovereignty
which was the sole mistress OF al her I'M
Gtlreated powers. In those uuie'' Is
yclv general rule, tie Senate was composed
of men OF much wisdom and Of great c0u:-
tqsy I'm their intercourse with one another.
Now we hayccome - zee STATE, in IT'S re-
Iations with the national establishment,
compared with a county in its relations
viii thc state under whose paterndl care It
his risen TO The dignity OF 4 c0un =; ana
| the senator WHO was once expected 10 OBEY
the will and protect the interests OF bl'
sistc Is found bIackcnilg tie character of
| itsu,oilc, and brOwboaiing IT, rederdl Of
| Gcials in the interest o! his own greed and
! bal6s. Webster gnd Calh0un-Shermtn
and Nahone-thc names are sufficient
! commentary upon the past and the present,
and wc leave them IN the fulne5s Ot tAeir
| cwn significance.
some of our recent professors OF historic
cal tore are fond Of the word Bourbon, and
| see that The General is somewhat given to
| It's use. The meaning, | suppose. Is that
| whom m9n is unwilling 10 be led by the
| nose he i III person II be called BOur-
| Ion. 1 once had some knowledge OF the
| Bourbon family from Capei down. and /
| lake IL upon myself 10 say that the name
may he safoly put against some other names
\ which have appeared in history. suppose
we nut Il against Caesar at Rome. OF stuart
in England, or President in our own little
| western concern. We have 10 space for
raral.ls, Lut these may be made ID the
| crccif, rather than the discredlt, OF the
| nome Il Bourbon. one remark only on
this point we venture to make, and II -
! that the Federal soldiers who came with
heir money aud with their hearts best
sympathics IN response to the movement
fora Confederate Soldiers Home have done
mere in behalf OF southern plciiicailon
than nh the Presidents since the war. with
the SheImans and Manoncs and such men
! put together TO help them.
Bou bon, indeed The Royal Swedc
WHO fell at Luizcn some two hundred and
! fifty years ago q quote from memory.
shortly before ne started on his hazardous
venture IN Germany, made an address 10
lIs vCople, whi.h, for it, unSelSh deyo-
ton TO the public good a. ne comprchcnded
il, /, one OF the mlryei5 OF history. In tue
| adGICss the king shows that his heart l.
immeasurably bigger than bis kingdom,
and that he expected 10 be martyr TO his
generous and magnaaimous principles.
| Coming down TO these days OF anti-Bour-
bon progress, what DO we hnd IN the place
Of The swedish monarcn'S Worldwide and
almost Quiyotic patriotism? We are iOr
Arthur because Arthur is for u.
Upon this gem Of progressive antl-BOur-
bon political philosophy il is quite needless
TO comment; for il tells us plainly that thf
authors care nothing about the equality OF
the National Administration, provided they
ere UCtS or the lhrltNMsUlS Ol power. u
H. distressing To think that men capable OF
,uch unmlnly and such un-Amerlc1n SEN
iiments ~ these can become pets with thOs,
who represent the honor and dignity Of Oh,
American people. From such indications
the sedate and thoughtful OF all section,
sud parties and races NAV learn that il i
high time to rally in the interest OF govern
mental puri;y--ii, indeed, we are to sup
pose that the purity Of governments hai
ANYTHING TO do with the purity and pro
gress Of the people governed.
A. for the anIthemaS which General Nt
hone has heaped upon Virginia. | do no
regard them. His anathcmaS will not hur
Virginia. and his malignant curses VIII III
timstely fall on himself The Virginiin
are slow-moyIng people when grave ques
tons arc 20 be solved; hut when the hou
fOr action has come, woe betide the maj
who depends upon her Bourbonism. On
ring the Confederate war her herOism deep
" Impressed itself upon the hear. Of tn
world. And since the war Der con 'tanc
and fortiiude under 4 thousand wrong
have almost dWaifed her military glory
For time she was miscd by the Little Ma
gIcian, but at the proper time she rose. lik
.aIasCn in his renewed yi"or, and the ten
pie Of Mahoneism, like that OF Dason, wa
shattered into thousand fragments. /,
ruinS-as | wish well 10 my country
| hope II will remain.