Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-18
suNDAY...OCT0BER IL, 1885.
Treason-Logan.


Treason-Logan.
General LOGAN was IN fetersourg
on Friday last, closcted with General
MALONE. This is the same General
LOGAN who recently declared that
FIrz LEE was riding over Virginia on
the treason-stained saddle" Of his
uncle ROBERT. This LOGAN, who thus
charges ROBERT Z. LEE with treason
to his country, is the chosen friend and
counsellor Of WILLIAM MALONE. His
visit to Petersburg was timed to meet
that of Mr.. JOHN S. WISE. Thus
WISE, MALONE, and LOGAN were in
close fellowship on Friday last, and no
doubt in that conclave "treason
against Virginia was hatehed.
JOHN A. LOGAN is q specimen OF
the northern allies Of General MAHoNs
and JOHN S. WISE. 1t is no new
thing for him to belch out denunciations
of the southern people. lie has been
charged in the North with having been
rebel sympathizer in 1861, and so
his role before the northern public has
been that Of the apostate who is worse
than ten Turks. He out-lierods
HERop in yituperating the southern
people, and knows no division of par
ties not TO be described by the terms
"rebel "fand loyal"
Let not the reader suppose that the
northern people do not understand Mr..
LoGAN's little game" lie has play
ed it in their sight so long and so often
that we must assume that they cannot
but smile whenever he opens his pack
in their presence.
The people of New York will elect
their next Governor on the same day
that FITz LEE will be elected Governor
of Virginia. Will they be influenced
by Mr.. LoGAN's fierce words to be-
lieye that even the swords and saddles
of the southern people are " treason
stained"? Not they. They heard all
that from LOGAN last year, when he
was trying to ride into the vice-presi-
dency upon "treason-stained sad
dlen manufactured Of false accusa-
tions against his southern brethren.
New York heard the cry Of rum,
Romanism, and REBELLION" but
needed it not. She laughed it to scorn,
and cast her vote for GROVER CLEvE-
LAND and THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.
But we set out to show our readers
that LOANS abuse Of southern men is
not new feature Of his speeches. 1t
is, on the contrary, part Of his regu-
lar programme whenever by letter or in
person he addresses the voters Of any
northern State. We suppose he would
hardly have the face to say to south
ern audience what he says to northern
audiences. When he writes, however,
he is not restrained from doing so. In
his letter accepting the Republican
nomination for Vicc-President of the
United States he first made the usual
charges Contamination and fraud against
the southern Democrats, and then
added:
careful and impartial investigation
has shown these results to follow the
systematic exercise of physical intimi'
dation and violence, conjoined with the
most shameful devices ever practiceC
in the name Of free elections. So con
firmed has this result become that WI
are brought face to face with the extra
ordinary political fact that the Demo
cratic party Of the South relies almos
entirely upon the methods stated for it
success in national elections"
The reader will see that LOGAN
and SHERMAN's charges against tn
southern Democrats were portion c
their party weapons Of last fall; an
will recall with pleasure the fact tina
the constant repetition Of these charge
did not induce the people of New Yorl
Indiana, Connecticut, OF New Jersey
vote for LOGAN. We quote frol
LooAN's letter again. He said:
"Under this system minoritics a
tuaily attempt to direct the course
national affairs, and though up to tn
time success has not attended their {
forts to elect President, yet succe
has been so perilously imminent as
encourage = repetition of tho effort
each ouadrennial election, and to su
iect the interests Of an overwhelmi
majority Of our people, North q
South, TO the hazards OF illegal su
version"
Miuorities," indeed. That's
last subject that ought to be touch
by the minority that cheated Mr.. II
DEN out Of the Office Of President, a
thereby were enabled to "direct
course Of national Affairs" eight ye,
longer than they we're entitled to dir,
I them.
But enough. LoGAN's rant did 1
hurt us In q national election. I
people Of New York, the Empire Sta
a ~
tainly ii cannot burt us in souths
State election. Lot the people Of '
GINA redoubls their Efforts to defeat
allies in this glorious old CONNIE
wealth, and thus show him that he
repudiated by all good men, North .
South, because be is preacher Of d
cord and confusion.