Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-03
.FEBRUARY 8, 1sS
sherman and Malone.

One result of MAHoNE's having stolen
o march on the other Virginia Republic
can leaders is shown in our Washington
letter published. yesterday morning.
After MAHoNR's defeat in the last legis-
lative campaign it looked as If his
power to be of service to the ma
lignants had been considerably weak
ened. He had failed to keep the
first pledge in hi: contract to de-
liver over the electoral vote Of the State
TO SIBERIAN in case the latter should be
nominated for President. The evidences
OF his ability to Shermanize Virginia and
pave the way for a SHERMAN boom
throughout the South did not material
ize, and the anti Mahoneites wereafforded
an excellent opportunity to impair still
further his grip upon the Republican
machine. There was tide which the
WIcKHAMs, CAMEBoNs, LEwIsEs, Yosrs,
and others might have used ut its flood
10 oyerwhelm the little General. But
these gentlemen failed to seize the OPP
portunity. Then came the Convention
of Republican Clubs in New York. Ma
HONE saw the opening the action OF that
body gave him, and was quick to take
advantage of it, as is proved
by the proceedings of the re-
cent Republican league in this city.
AS a consequence he is once more IN
high favor at the SHERMAN court. Once
more he has his hand upon the party and
is in position to make promises that
would he accepted by even a more sus-
picious man than SHERMAN. For several
days past he has been in the national
capital ostensibly on private bust
ness, but really it seems for the
purpose OF perfecting plans for
making secure the fences in Vir-
ginia for SHERMAN. He has been
promised all the sinews of war necessary
TO conduct the campaign in the State in
behalf of SHERMAN's nomination, and
has the assurance that should the great
Ohio malignant carry the Republican
National Convention he will be gwen
tue management of the campaign in all
the southern States. What else MALONE
has been promised has not transpired,
but if any there be who think he has
not secured pledges of big reward, they
do not know the little General.
What a spectacle, not only for the |
Democrats of the South but the true
Republican leaders OF this section,
to contemplate! MALONE hobnob-
bing with SHERMAN and CHANDLER,
the arch advocates of reducing the
South's representation in Congress, and
aspiring TO boss the entire South in the
interest of the sectionalists and bloody
shirt shriekers MALONE scheming 10
turn the South over TO the men whose
stock in trade is vituperation of our
people, and who would not hesitate to
bring about in the South repetition of
the scenes OF the reconstruction saturna-
liza. 1t matters not that MALONE has
undertaken O contract that We do
not believe he can fulfil. 1t matters not
that BLAINE is the more popular man In
the South and that his nomination seems
TO be conceded. The fact remains that
every element of strength the SHEER
MAN boom gains constitutes step
backward in the matter of recon-
citation between the sections. JOHN
SHERMAN is the worst enemy the
South ever had, and everything looking
10 an endorsement of him by any south
ern State will be accepted as an admis-
sion OF the truth Of bis vile charges
against this section. The malignants
ask no better material upon which to
frame their indictments than such news
as that which comes to us from Washing
ton concerning the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
deal. The Democrats of the South owe |
it TO the nation to be up and doing
10 the end that whoever is nominated by |
the Republicans shall be defeated. In |
this State especially the Democracy |
should begin to organize early, |
for, as we remarked few days |
ago, they have work TO do if
they would give the electoral vote of
Virginia to the next nominee OF the
Democratic party for President OF the
United States. The true Republican
leaders in the South owe il to the good 1
name OF their section to efface the i'm
precision that MALONE seeks to produce.
They owe it TO their own self-respect to
proclaim 10 no uncertain tones that they
cannot be made to wear the collar Of the
would-be boss of the party in all the
southern States.
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Inevitable.