The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-01-12

md he has a sbsolute and indisput-
.ble r;oht to change them when and -
he : ho0ses. provided that this change.
and the action resulting therctrom, 40
NOT violate any trust or rePudiate any
dntv he has voluntarily assumed ana
solcmnly pledged himself TO recognize
and respect. II Malone, ut any
time previous to his election to the
Senate. had left the Democratic party
and Joined heart and hand with
the Republicans. he could not have been
Justly condemned by those who value
manly Independence in such matters sne
appreciate its obligations. But when.
protesting to be 3 Democrat. he OBJ
tanned his election by Democratic votes, |
and then openly aud without shadow
If auolo1y or excuse sold himself to thu
| Republicans and became their active
and interruptions servant, he touched
the very depth of political infamy. ano
no condemnation language can frame
too severe for him, no contempt the
mind can conceive too strong. The
matchless treachery has been followed
i nv work entirely worthy of It. The
4 traitor was not one of those who s'taks
the first false STEP" and then. smitfen
bv shame or stung by conscience, lido
not to hell's perdition CO.. he pro
waces of his sin by voting steadily with
The men who bought him, but to assaiI
in every possible way the party ne naa
the State he had bargained to mis-
: represent. Directly and indirectly
. he has done more harm to Virginia
t than was done by the armies that maas
t her historic soil the great battle-ground
of the civil war. Hc has STABBED ner
D credit, he has stained her reputation nc
: has checked her prosperity. he has OIL:
Q turbed her peace, he has kindied AMI,
y mosities among her people which WIN
}. live and burn long after the grass mas
y grown upon his grave. Intentionally OF
d Internationally, he has been an unmt-
V ipated curse to the state tnat Dors
d him; the State that trusted ana honoreo
is him until he proved himself an I'M
1t grateful and faithless SON, There nave
D. been ssbosses" and "bossism else
st where, but no "boss" like him. nc
Is " bossism'' like his, ever before dls
ID graced the American name and Nation
e. Compared in this respect with Mahone
ly Conkling and Cameron are angels o
!" light. They, occasionally at least, triet
o. to give their tyranny color OF decen
n cv' assuming virtue if they had ]
q not:r but he has seemed to take pride
in making his tyranny utterly indecen
yn as well as utterly hateful, and no sem
n blance of virtue has marred the ionl
,st catalogue of his misdeeds.
L. But the responsibility of what is no'
;er known IN our political vocabulary 2
ty s.Mahoneism'' does not rest exclusivel
90 upon the man who fathersit. From tn
rs. day he pocketed the price OF his treaci
nd ery until now he has had the heart
lot support and cooperation Of the kepul
nd Iican party and all the aid and comio
pie . Republican Administration could CIV
Republican organs and orators has
lpt sounded his praises and applauded p
the efforts. and Federal Offices have be-
the nIaced at his disposal to reward b
md friends and punish his enemies. II Il
srn Republican party outside OF Virgin
up had simply let Malone severely alon
! to and il . Republican Administration hi
refused to lend him its patronage
ned grant him its Endorsement, he would ma
md been extinguished long ago, in spite.
iss- his desperate energy and splendid adj
inn tv for political intrigue and intimidatio
lec- When we think of the moral streng
nite AN immoral cause can receive from
it. appreciation and encouragement VI
lists great party, and the almost omnipote
ina influence Of 1.-the spells SYSTEM"
tor, wonder is, not that Malone has escap
Ie it defeat 90 long, but that he did
that escapc IL altogether and continue
this nile Of ruin indefinitely. He has be
,red beaten now--and we believe helples