Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
IMPUDeNT AND UNJUST.
[Wythevilla Patriot and Herald. ]

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TWythevilla Patriot and Herald
We were astOnlshed and pro.
vOked at seeing in the Valley Vir.
gilman of last week letter and
circular, both "cOnfdentidp which
were sent out by Gen. Malone to
special friends, who we're expected
to do as he requested or dictated.
We were not provoked with the
Virginian for making them public !;
but with the chairman of the Re.
publican party in the State TOR do.
ing a thing that was so indiscreet
and unjust. 1t has been our en-.
deavor for some time past to aid in
harmonizing the factions Of the
Republican party in Virginia and
we had been assured by those who
we're near Gen. Malone, and who
assumed to speak for him, that he
was disposed to be more cOnserva.
tive aud was anxious tor the resto-
ration of harmony in our ranks
Orr feelings can therefore, be well
imagined when we perused the i'm
pudent and unprOvOked utterances
made in his confidential cOmmuni.
cations, which, we suppose, he
thought would never be seen by
any but those who were expected
to follow his foolish and selfish die
tates.
The objects Of the communica.
tions are too plain to be misunder.
stood. 1t was determined by the
National Committee that delegates
from all the States should be select
ed in a uniform manner; and in its
call it directed that each congress.
siOnal district should hold a conven-
ton and send two delegates and
two slternates to the National
Convention ; and that each State
should hold a Convention and send
four delegates and four alternates
at large. Whatever may have
been the intention of the National
Committee, it was seen that this
plan could prevent the packing Of
The delegations in any State to go
for some certain man who was not
the choice of the people Of that
state; and would prevent the en-
forcement of the unit rule, where
all the delegates of a State were
not unit in sentiment.
We must infer tnat this did not
agree with the plans and purposes
OF Gen. Malone, who has been
charged with contracting with Mr..
Sherman to deliver for for him a
solid delegation from Virginia.
Whether such bargain was made
or not, it is manifest that such is
the desire of Gen. Malone. Seeing
that he would not have the op.
portunity of doing this by the
means of a State Convention, he
has worked out the plan that Is
laid down IN his confidential clrcu.
lar, addressed to his chosen friends
aud strikers in each of the Con-
gressiOnal districts. The indepen.
dent and true men Of the Republi-
can party in the State cannot but
condemn this action OF the State
chairman as unwise and unjust. To
follow its directions would bring
just disgrace and defeat upon our
,arty In this State. The plan is
h -tfully land to stihe honest sentI.
n, mt and secure a delegation to
Jhl 'cago that will submit to the
.rbi trary dictatlons of Gen. Ma.
zone. To say the least of il, the
aepuD lican party is under obliga-
ions tt the gentleman who gave
hese C, Dmmunications to the Vir-
iinian. The people having been
orewarn ed are now foresrmed and
an prev ent such a fragrant out
age upon their rights.
The bite r attack made by Gen.
Iahone upon Mr.. Blame is foolish
nd in the W OrSt taste. Occupying
he position he party does IN Vir.
.inia what co uld be more unwise |
han for our CHI airman to indulge In |
uch a TRADE against the idol of
he Republican party at large-for
his is what Mr.. Blaine nndoubted.
= is. Was Gen. Malone stupid
nough to think th at such a docu-
tent could be circulated, even con.
without finding its way
D the public and calling down
vrath upon its authors head ! But
the thing had been kept secret
ntil the Congressional Conven.
ons assembled, and the directions
T the circular had been followed,
could have accomplished moth
~ else but defeat in Virginia in
S8S, the very thing Gen. Malone
retends to be seeking to prevent.
ViIl any Republican with three
rains of common sense say that
lis State can be carried for our
arty without the active aid and
cooperation of the men that Gen.
[ahone asks the Congressional
to read ont of the
arty p? The men he calls kickerS and
.ggards are those who do not
gree with him in the management
the party, and who have chosen
make their views known to the
nblic. He would have us in the
nportant contest Of this wear
rive the Lewis, the Yosts', V. ID.
roner. Cameron, Hooper, Riddle.
erger, King, Parsons, Houston,
-ansbrough, Conrads and others
no are popular aud influential,
ON our party ranks by the adop.
on of a resolution which he has
repared himself at headquarters. :
Ioes this not look as If Gen. Ma
one wishes to do what he accuses
10 kickers of seeking to do-that
get control of the patronage in
'irginia-if there is to be any
regardless of the sue
ass of the party in the State. In
cent years the party has been
uiIty of the foolish policy of drlv-
10 men from its ranks under the
Twice of Gen. Malone and others.