The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-23
our FOR MALONE.

Ills Cause A RpusIng ttcr-Scathing
Arraignment Of the Democrats
Colonel II. Q. Parsons Of Natural
Bridge, Va, who for years has been one
Of General Mahone's bitteFest enemies,
has come out opeRly in advocacy OF his
candidacy for Governor, In a rousing
letter to OTIS II, Russell, Of Richmond,
he pays a glowing tribute to Malone.
In II he says: "In the rage for
Mahone's destruction there Is nothing
sacred in the silent past oil the C0nteder'
acy, General ROsseT, who did not
drive Sheriden from the valley, but
who has now since Appomattox, every
morning and with the going down ol
every sun, whipped FOUR times his mum
her Of Yankees, makes SOLEMN declare,
tons that Lees Generals once proposed
10 starye forty thousand helpless prls'
oners unto death aud that the message
was carried TO him by General Mahone,
who was dismissed with u dignlhed re-
buke, Has he reserved his one poisoned
shaft for the bosom Of his triundsY In
order 10 strike Malone would he ex'
pose the great General, whom even the
soldiers Of tho Union honor, to the
scorn OF the civilized world? But yes
terday Confederate C0ult'nartial was
seriously proposed by William S, Royal
10 be Immediately held atthe Richmond
theatre, to try General Malone for con-
duct unbr coming an officer and agentle'
man, The members were distinctly
named-Gegerals Early, Heth, Weisiger
and Wilcox. The eloquent General
Payne was named for judge.advocate,
and the plan oil summons to be- served
upon the accused suggested. What
shall be the next token Of madness?
"It AIahOnu's measures are violent, hNs
he not confronted violeuceP II he pro-
posed to take away the charter OF one
city have not the BourbOns taken away
the charters OF tour cities? Have you
forgotten the prostitution OF the courts,
the sending OF an innocent man TO the
penitentiary to vacate the MayoralLy or
that day Of violence when TO secure the
two.thlrds majority In the Legislature
thirteen Republican members were
driven from their seatsP Is there any
conCealment Of the honest belief OF the
Democratic leaders that there come cries
in our affairs when laws are silentP DO
we forget that our neighbOring State OF
West Virginia IS to-day held by vio'
lenCe, and through the mOnstrous deCi-
sion that eleven Is a majority Of twenty.
two, and that u man Is Governor who was
never voted for and shall remain Gov
ernor until he pleases to call tho Legisla.
ture together? Are We opposed 10 the
plan OF organization, and shall We turn
10 the election law, which names three
hundred judges OF election aud not one
Republican, tor reliet2
"A Republican convention, composed
OF men for whom have high Considera.
ton and personal friendship, have met
and adjourned with nothing but the ex'
preston Of an opinion. Fifteen reasons
they give, each one In the nature OF an
excuse lor prior decision; but wherein
the compromise was violated or tho con.
yention controlled to the extent that
makes the nominationvoid they do not
show.
"If We refuse, now that we arc beaten
in the convention, by what arguments
will We persuade our opponents when
in another convention we prevail2 Is
there not u real peril that We may drive
into the Democratic ranks the very men
on whom We must TelyH Wonld the
ColOied man turn to the party which
pays for ruilians and ruilianly pamphlets
which declare that the black man Is n
baboon aud the public creditor public
enemy, aud that the men who fought
for half lifetime 10 build up Virginia
are aliens? Suppose We drive these new
allies away? Will mercy be shown TO
our defeated party2 Shall our new fur
naCes turn TO England for protection and
our helpless voters to the election judges
for justice?
II have considered the charge that
success this fall meant negro supremacy,
but cannot reconcile II with accom-.
panyinG statement that General Malone
has driven fifty thousand negro voters
out OF the Republican party and brought
twenty-five Thousand white voters In.
II this be the way to negro supremacy it
Is beyond my comprehension. have
considered the statement that society is
lmperiled. AS a Union soldier volun.
tarily support ticket with candidate
for Governor who commanded a COnted.
crate division, one for Lieutenant Gov.
ernor who commanded a regiment, and
one for Attorney General who was the
cousin Of stonewall Jackson and com.
mauded battery in bis brigade. Idare
to risk the future Of Virginia to the men
that proved their honesty Of purpose by
offering their lives 10 the cause that was
lost"