Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-04-13
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CONTROVERSY.


in fratricidal strife. Wise has out
grown the docility which once led
him to say to Malone: "Lead on
master, L follow" and having MUS.
tered the courage to dissent from
the fiat Of his boss, is terribly set
upon by Malone and ELAN, though
it is said that the long letter sign
cd by Malone is also the produc-
ton of ELAN. At any rate Capt.
Wise receives severe lashing
which, however, he does not take
with any degree of mcekllcss, but
strikes back with vigor.
Some extracts following, from
Mahonc's article, will go to show
the drift OF the matter as
well as to let out some party Sc
crcts:
''Ono cannot avoid IL feeling Of
acute sympathy for Captain Wise in
neeirg him forced by his conscicn-
tious convictions to declare war
against II system of party govern
ment, of which, throua hout its whole
administration, lie has been piinci
pnl beneficiary. II this system had
antagonizcd !lm--Iad bnfflcd M I
sacrificed llim--we might easily sec
how he could turn upon it and en-
donvor TO destroy it; but as it is, il
is left to our tender imagination TO
conceive the agonizing throcs he
must have undergone to have reach
ed the conviction, after eight years OF
cumulative honors and cmoluments,
that lie must break with all his form
er associates aud associations and
fight against the plan of party organ
ization against the unit rule, and OK
press the stern resolution that these
must down nt his bidding, or he will
go into some other party
Again on the same subject:
THE right and power of the peo-
pie, in duly delegated conventions,
to establish party regulations Inns
never been questioned by lie. On
the contrary, in recognition of the
popular sovereignty i'll this regard,
rs exercised by majoritics. I have
accepted aud executed tho patty
law. But Capt. Wise seems to think
that minority OF dis enlients should
control, and Tint our household
should be governed by tho grand
mothcrly policy which subjects and
subordinaies everything and every
body to the cry babies. who arc to
be rocked i'll cradles and paci6ed
with sugar rags and soothing lula
bies."
Still we had II glorious victory in
1856, notwithstanding the Anderson
Mccormick law, defeating seven out
OF, the ten Democratic nominees; and
This victory would have been still
greater but for tho unto, tnnate in.
reference of Capt. Wise in she Third
OF Richmond district, where, al.
though he had no official authority
III the party, he actually ignored the
State Committee and it's Executive
Committee, and proclaimed i'll the
Richmond Dispatch Gas he now
chooses it again as his organ) that
he would not submit to the nomina
ton of Mullen for Congress, but in
tended to have District Republican
Convention and nominate Hon. Ed
Mund Waddill rs Il candidate. He
did all this i'll thoughtless contempt
Of the action of the State Committee
with regard to that district-action.
which If not taken on his own sug
Restion, was urged in the committee
by the only member of the District
Committee present. leaving the labor
men to nominate upon the implied
understanding. that no Republican
domination should be made, and that
there would.he coalition of forces
to elect the lobor nominee and de
feat the Democratic candidate. In
effect practically and truly, the whole
course taken was absolutely dictated
by Capt.-Wiso. Yielding to the ar.
dor OF his views, tho District Com.
mittec called the convention, and
that body Was persuaded by Capt.
Wise to register tho foregone. con-
clusion be hed proclaimed. in the
Dispatch. The result wasa double
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