New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-03
MALONE AND HIS NJ rHoDs.
A sKLFUL AND USEFUL DISSECTION.

Sir: Under the headlines, eThfvs:,.rs os
Colonel Parsons Is Answered. Tho VII. Nm
publishes a long letter from ". csGnH ''rginile
as tho next friend Of General Mahone$ wrftc1
markabe letter II is. II confcsses hiss most NJ
be false, but does not retract and apoloR cement h
makes revelation A dire plot was .diss Pc; but !
had dlned with Mr.. Blaine Several CENT? ced
dned at my house. An anonymous letter 53emen he'd
criticised Malone There was another q. mildly
command to dccIphcr the handwriting. az and
found that there were In the thirty &C, ar crNs
valley only three men who could write ~. OK the
Lewis would not, Ycst dared not, aad that
dared and did General Malone trusted, aSons
ment. He issued and conndeatid -, s'@e
which he charged q great conspiracy to ov. ~
power He charged that wrote the icifsos hff
he believed, at the instigation OF Mr. Blaine, a. ~
Blainc's heDchmen were preparing to ovssthro~' 10
State organization.
am not surprised that General Mahors trusted the
statement and made It his had not written
or read the letter and did not know its contents but
convinced that he had been led into error, LEI the
statement 60 unDoticed It was convenisns 70 his
purpose, and It gave needed and long-sougk pro
text for an assault upon Mr.. Blaine. THE InhcSs,
however, took occasion to say edtorally nat 1 was
not the author. General Malone issued apubiic adj
dress In which he repeated the assertion I'd offered
to prove Its truth before any tribunal or umpire.
accepted his challenge and he who had made and 70
pcated the false statement forgot even tie courtesy
Of reply. His attorney, however, in hsbehalf,
fcsses judgment, and then propounds insrrogations
need not hesitate or halt in my reply. '
/. with General MshOne's Dernoeratb methods I
have no sympathy
Q. With tho " Read1uster movement that brought
thousands Of brave and sincere men ine tho Repub-
lican party have the strongest symmhy
3. With any and every movement twsrd tho lib
Grafton or elevation Of the poor men q this State
have the beartiest sympathy
4. No one ever offered me the Craftsmanship OF the
State Committee in any event, or over mentioned II,
except Frank King and he did not mention II second
time. have never been chairman r member OF
any political committee In my life, and my ambos
docs not draw toward the Craftsmanship Of the
divided committee Of defeated and dscordant party
Nothing could induce me to consider Il.
5. am not In the confidence Of either the kicker
or tho kickedn and cannot tell Mr. Cmig who will DO
candidate for chairman.
O. Mr. Crsg's question bears its own realization He
asks why "a champion OF Blaine announced thS
Blaine did not desire carrying Virginia. when hL
fortunes trcnibled In the balance and our electora
vote might have been decisive. Blaine was as anxious
to carry Virginia In 1854 as General Mahone was .
carry the Petersburg District.
And now, having fully answered. let me mako tao
understanding perfect. For twenty-one years haze
held my place as plain citizen Of West Virginiaor
Virginia. have never held or sought political
office. have always voted the Republican text
All through the dark days of Rebellion and Recon-
structon and OF REIMBURSEMENT have never askedthc
past political record Of the man who voted at my
SIDE or of the candidate for whom we voted togeher
1t has been CROUCH to know that he claimed to be
Republican 1 did not approve Mahone's methods,
neither did oppose him when he was better Dom
than Ben HIP when ne came into the lie.
publican party to continue his threatenngs and
slaughter; or when he struck down his associates OF
when he issued from the rooms Of the state Repun
lican Committee an address charging Mr.. Blaine
with having sold out the Republican party for prize
or for revenge In 1851 with having felt no interest
IN its In 1884; with having conspired to t
defeat In 1857. But let no ono think that because
they were silent the friends Of MI. Elaine saw the
dagger without Indignation, although tho bow fell
short. Mover was answer so instant and complete
as In the parallel columns Of our State press which
published the same day MahOnes secret and con-
fdenal circular and Blaincs letter OF declinaton.
The double charge Of seneeeking and treason stood
over against the unseldsh the loyal the endearng and
enduring words of him who wrote from FloEnce.
But let no one think that my dsproof Of the
authorship Of HE TRIBUNE letter implies any dissent
from its statements have only seen II recently
and for q moment, and 1t seemed an excellent and
patriotic letter. Neither let any imagine that the
charge Of being Blanes henchman' greatly disturbs
1 have been fortunate in knowing Mr. Blaius
intimately, and since Mr.. Lincoln no public man ha
integrity, his sobety, his sincerity, lbs 10 of h&.
his loyalty to principle, his loyalty TO tends. his
sympathy for the oppressed, his hatrd OF wrong his
scom of secret and conhdentla' mahods, his might
in argument. his mastery OF men-am look to hms
as the rghtful leader of the Republic an party. BU.
the support Of Mr. Blaine does not Imply vassals 3
l am one Of tens OF thousands He has no need %
champion Of an Interpreter. The arm that h red
the javeln from Paris that transxed The disappearing
Democracy to the only honest declaatDn save State
rights, 1t has made for half century need not trembh
the seathy tread on the shores OF the Appomattox
So far as am advised, none Of Mr.. Baine's hench-
mem are working to Delegations to Chicago.
Knowing the seriousness of his declaration that he
does not desire the nomination, We ar doing much
to make his nomination impossible, notwithstanding
our belief that he would DO the strongest candidate
before the convention, that he Is stfoger than ha
party and that the days are hast ing to the great
election that may be the turning poat Of the cen
turyn I'm the affairs Of that party and VI tho Nstion
We desire beyond the expression OF words that the
convention may select some leader for victory We
remember the noble support that was gwen to Blaine
in the last contest by Sherman and Harrison, ALISON
and Hawley and Depew, and look to tho domination
of either without Jealousy shadow Of roget Tbs
party cannot endure discord. There is 70 m"ch AZ
stake There is too much that saddens. lod, timof
we have contested Natona - ~" aesd inT ",
NUrton Carpenter, Chandler washburpe, Garfield,
Grant, Arthur, Logan, NonhIns-dfc rcmempclc 81 ho
more In our calculations and whether Blaine has been
spared in his strength to lead or TO serve no cannot
cross the ocean without great sense OF DUTY to the
party that honorcd him with Its greatest endeayor ana
trusted him to the uttermos and whoeveris tho cam
canvass that Blaine shall make .
Upon Blaine, sherman and Edmunds, the survivors
of race OF political giants responsibility rests that
they may not escape Upon their supporters rests
solemn prohibition from the ordinary contests that
prccede q National Convention And may say to
General Mahonc speaking not for Wise Groner ana DIS
other recent ASSOCIATES who now differ With lin In
matters Of detail but for tho straightou Repulicaas
who have differed with him moro widely lat In STAG
affairs we have learned patience under lctatorshlp
We have recognized the great ability arp he erca,ei
authority of the state Chairman We ~ ssn mm
Change his political convictions in an Y torcoiy
seize the state organizations; demand atmission 10
National Convention require the removal cf sn the
Federal officers in Virginia, and receive "a Sna Sr
Sanzation in three men, invested with absoi'e powes
10 conduct campaigns, nominate or dispnce no
and even TO appoint or remove tho chanm' y, Is
county committees We have seen him set naa y.
ifesto before the National Committee denc .hens $50
Unworthy OF fellowship hts able and essel TIA ssso
ciates who protested against his managsmen, w., W.