Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
WE CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT
MALONE.

holding our views would be bound
To do.
MANY honest men wlil support
/ General Malone lor the governor
ship, and many many of them are
both our political and onr personal
friends.
But they conld not aud would
not support General Malone IT
they looked al The matter as wC
do.
Men will differ and even friends
will differ sometimes. but every
honest man will do what he thinks
liz right, and let the consequences
take care of themselves.
When General Malone had the
presumption 10 have himself nom
mated AT Norfolk in defiance oI
the best judgment even OF those
who almost whorshlpped hlm the
editor of the Spirit Of The IdNcl
was present and saw the ou;rages
there pcrpetratcd upon tDe Rcpnb
lea principles and 80 anxious
was he to see them slccccd that
he determined TO support the tex
ct, Notwithstanding dH that Ges0UI
.NdhoRe hal donc to break mp thu
party end 10 pcSccWte IFS best mem
berS.
We kucy that Gen. Malone was
arbitrary, dlctat0rial, domino ring,
malignant and selfish bur We bad
no proof that he was personal dis.
honest. nor had the evidence been
produced that he WAS base enOu. h
to stOop to tn" contemplate de-.
vice OF writing an anonymous com.
municatiOn To his own personal o.
gan (the Richmond wilma filed
with base ISLANDERS and malicious
falsehOOds concerning the then
chief executive Of the State. ana
then. when caught in this sneak.
ing attempt to stab his friend IN
the dark, that he would crnge like
a whipped spaniel before the man
he had so basely wronged,
Bnt all this, and mOre. J., proved
by the letter which we publlsh IN
another column from Ex-Governor
William f. Cameron.
ibis letter not only proves what
we have stated above, bur lt shows
also that Gen. NahOne, while thus
attacking Ex-Governor Cameron
for his connection with tie Plant.
ers' and Mechanics Bank of Peters.
burg, had, by means Of a legal con.
veyance or contract between him.
self and his (Gen. Nahoue'sJ son
prevented the State of Virginia
from getting part Of lhe money dae
her, and this. too, when Gen. Ma.
hone is himself repnted 10 be- very
rich-in fact, 20 be worth largely
over million dollar.
This evidences of tredc cry aud
Of dishonesty Is with MS "thcs straw
which broke the camers back
IN OTHER WORDS, WHILE WE
HAVE STOOD MANY THINGS, WE
CAN NOT AND WILL nor SUPPORT
FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE ~ THIS
OLD COMMONWEALTH a MAN WHO
Is THUS PROVED re BE SUCH 4
DISHONEST AND TREACuEROUS
MAN.
For the partyS sake We could
and did stand his bossism. We
saw him in his insolence of power
strike down first one and then an.
other Republican and Hraci ulster
who bad done valiant service for
the cause, bat, after entering our
earnest protest, We continued 10
give bin our support, because OF
our deep and determined oppo,i.
ton to BouibOnism.
We sew him destroy a RopuNIi.
can majority OF over 1900 for
Cameron IN 1851, aud by his course
create a Democratic majority OF
over 10000 for Lee in 1850. and
yet we continued 30 support him
and 10 hope for better things.
We saw him by tine urdcrhanded
methods which he loves 20 well, a..
tempt to sta James G.. Blaine by
his notorious secre; circular, and
still We condoned this political
crime.
we saw hlm openly and con-
temptuously defy the authority OF
the National Republican party by
the manner in which he selected
his delegates to the National Re.
publican Convention, and, when
he was rebuked, vc saw him con.
tinue to insist upon running his
illegally selected electors. but yet
such was our concern for the sue
cess of Harm. II and Morton aud
the principles for which they stood.
that We gave hls ticket hearty,
earnest, and, wc think, effective
support.
We saw him Afterwards defeat
the Harrison ticket IN this State
by his on rageous and uuaccount-
able course in tire Fourtl District,
but yet we continued orr support
and hoped on.
Then when Genera. Harrison
had been elected 10 spite Of Gen.
Malone. and when che National
Republican Committee, seeing The
tue terrible condition into which
he had gotten the the party in the
State, stepped IN and effected a
compromise under bis lert aud
treating all Of his opponents with
contempt, We said Mahonrlsm is
not Republicansm, bat yet, per
haps, it IS better than Bourbonism,
an we still did not recognize the
fact that patience had ceased 20 be
virtue.
But now, when we have the
proof before rs tnat hr .. potn cOic.
ardIy ANIL dishonest We r-l that.
thinking as Sc d.. t. woull bc
crime In IL % advoclrc iousri ihr
placing Of sac q man ln the p1~l-
ton held Us those pure m"n whom
Virglnians nave generally chosen
as their Governors.
Ne have heretofore ovcrl YOked
his mistakes and political crimes
b.rause We siw tn~u, as we sc
now, the great danger OF Demo
cratic rule in this country, but
when We see c0wardice aad DIS.
honesty added 10 III, other tanlts
we cannot continue 10 advise other
men to do what We can not DO oar