Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-18

His platform aud carefully read
speech at Abingdon settles tis pO-
sihOn now beyond douni.
oppose nun hecause IN aish
places he has proven his utter TO.
capacit', and bccluse, after dev3-
tion, scldshucs~ ard malice are bis
predomintling qua.lue'.
oppose lin because OF his in-
suits to Republicans IN convention
and out in 1850, aud .agan ia 1889,
when | announced | would sup.
port the nominee but Oe slave
under his infamous "plan' no ION
ger. He cost Nlse many votes.
What Republican has forgotten
Malone aud Lamb in those con-
ventioDs, and
THAT TRAITOR OF ~ HOUR,
Crslgi Verify, Ills true, and pity
Ills, It's true. High and honorable
Henry Bowen seems TO have peck
eted the grooscst allront ever offer
ed in such a place a. "a political
convention.
oppose Malone b.cansc Of
what esteem scarcely less tAan
outrages on iis part against many
worthy cluz,ps OF Virginia during
his six years service.
oppose him for his extreme
radlcalism, which excclls all, aud
which can only be told. 1t is too
long. Details OF all these reasons
will promptly follow. Some limo.
cent Republicans will be astonlsh-
ed.
oppose Malone because love /
liberty and hate tyranny.
oppose him tor turning the Re :
publican party over To the crueItles
OF Quay, and for abusing the power /
thus obtained by holding hundreds
of appointments in Virginia to
cOerce the support OF all contcS-
tants. This | regard as hidcous,
for it IS delusiOn ami deception.
oppose Malone because Of that
ingratitude, so appropriately char
acterised as the basest and meanest
of crimes.
Ioppose Malone because he has
defeated the Republicans in one
legislative election at least, two
congressional elections and two
presidential elections by withdraw
ing issues and subsItn Ing his oh.
no1ious personality. lie deserves
Republican cNecrati0a for throw
ing away his Congressional Dis /
trict, and with II the State, last
fall to CRAFTY persona revenge.
| oppose Mahone bees So he
will carry his selfshucSs, rcyruers,
lack of political virtue, and the
other characteristics have as-
scribed TO hin INTO the Executive
Mansion.
oppose Malone because by his
arrogance aud i'll manners be ia.
suited some of the ablest and most
capable Republicans 10 every re-
spect, to rid himself Of Intelligent
surroundings, and pose AZ the
leader ola great southern Republic
can movement. To tins end he
proposes To sacrifice the icPnbli-
can party once more.
Last for tins paper, but not least,
| oppose Gen. Malone, because he
ia convert to the doctrine of ccn
tralization and The coutrO. oi cleo.
tions by the Federal Government.
I cannot CONSENT that q man SAUL
represent me who would plf Che
most radical construction ON tine
l4th amendment to the constitution 4
of the United Safes. As an cN-
he has his circulars
mailed at every y Roads with three
inch head lines
"THE HERO OF THE CRATER
He brings into the campaign an
honorable record ~ soldier, [
backed by the narrative Of Maj.
Lacey aud the imaginative genus
of James Barron Hope. Yet he
would ask his ex Confederate com
rades to endorse him, with his ex' q
ocrable views, for Governor.
| have letter from the lamenied
James Barron Hope, written IN
$50, when three years service in
the L. ,. Senate had fixed my 10. :
Iitical status beyond all question.
If / get to Norfolk, As noN nope !
to do, the people there shall hear d
it. 1t will make a fine companion
piece for the mis.used verses of "A j
devoted soldier friend.
must break of abruptly for the a
lack of space in the HERALD. !
will endeavor to show in due time !
that the administration, with the
exception of two members of the
cabinet, has been privy TO Senator
Ouay's "comblne" since the close 0
Of the Hrst mouth after Gen. Ma
hone opened up his Headquarters
IN Washington. For NY proofs vs
the P. o. Department, | challenge .
contradiction from the p. VI: Gen.
down to the coal calrle!s.
am sorry to iutrude tins very
prolix paper upon such ct my read
ers as | must know Will not relish =
it, but do them ;he moss ample :,
Justice in rendering any OF my sub
,crlbers space for the presentation
n hts ViaVs