The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-08-29
Bleeding.

In the progress Of evolution, running
process of DR.. Sangrado is to be revived
again, not however, to the depletion OF
the human system of its vital force. but
of the human pocket, to the last cent If
can bear, to allow scant rations to Fed
eral office holders in Virginia. Each and
every Malone Republican Office holde,
will be a recognized subject for the an,
plicatiOn OF the lancet, to draw out of
his salary the full amount that is neces-
sary to make up the sinews of war to
keep the Boss in good cheer. Every
Federal office-holder, with one or two ex-
captions, feels, or will be made to feel
that he owes to Malone his appoint.
ment. This will carry with;it the right
to demand, as well as the duty to SUP,
ply, and all who know anything about
the Unsuitable DEMANDS which have
heretofore been made. can form an idea
of what they will be in thepresent situa-
ton, with the Boss the central figure in
the campaign. The Norfolk caucus was
composed principally of Federal Office
holders and applicants for Federal Of
flee, and each one was inspired, no
doubt, viii. the solemnity and response
bility OF his position and the basis Of his
hopes. U. S. District Attorneys, u. s.
Court Clerks, Collectors of Internal Rev
enue, with their aides and deputies, and
all the 2d and 4th class postInasters. who
have had fayors conferred upon them
through the endorsement of sMahone,
Virginia" will have to march to the mu-
sic of the horse LEIGH cry 'iInore," ''more, :
from now until the day of election and
woe be to him who falters or fails. Like
IN the past when Mahone's newspaper,
the Wing, was pensioned upon the par
ty, when 4th class postmasters were re-
quired to obtain ten subscribers each for
it, and failing in the first demand second
was to be made, and falling in that then
''off was to go their heads.p The whole
machinery of the Federal offices, in
deed, in Virginia, will be made to pay
tribute to the emergency, and thus to
pay for the offices, to which appoint
ments have been made, The bleeding
will be relentless. The pulse of the pa=
tient will be felt at each depletion, to see
whether another draft can be borne, and
life kept extant. DR.. Sangrado Malone
knows his business He is an expert
with the lancet, and believes in the rem
edial effects Of bleeding; aad bleed he
will to the uttermost endurance every
office holder whose papers have on them
approved-Mahone, Virginia."
Not only will the bleeding process be
pushed to the last extremity upon the
office holders of Virginia, but the Ma
tional professor of the art, DR.. Quay,
will try it to the fullest extent upon
subjects outside of Virginia. The pie
thoric pocket books of the credulous
there, who may be delnded into the wild
notion that there is possibility of Ma
homes election. will be pressed for all
that can be gotten out of them. They will
be told that with plenty of money Vir-
ginia can be captured, and that if it is
forthcoming, the sun ofNovember will
rise upon a shattered and broken solid
South, Well, to cherish such 9 delusion
may not, in a fertilizing sense, be bad
thing. 1t will stir up the Bourbon De.
mocracy here and elsewhere, and for
every dollar Quay puts in, Brice will put
in two. In that way every foot of Vir-
ginia soil will be fortified with green
backs-there will be dollars for every
vote, and the aggregate Will constitute q
fund, that if equally distributed would
be useful in many ways. The fear is
that much of it will stick in the pockets
OF the few, and the many will have to
be content with dribs and promises.
This will, undoubtedly, be campaign
of Doodle. All the available resources
inside and outside af the State will be
drawn upon. Republicans will be fooled
break the solid South, and Democrats,
North and South, will be stirred to the
depths of their pockets, in the conscious
ness that they deserve defeat, and to hold
qn to what they have. Metaphorically
speaking, blood will flow ankle deep. The
patient may squirm and kick as much as
he may please, but with hand on pulse,
Dr. Sangrado Malone will draw the boo
die blood, even unto the verge Of
death, If that be necessary
1t will be a lively campaign, all along
the lines, and to the last tap of the
drum.