Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-11-13
The Downfall Of Harrison,

The defeat of Malone in Virginia is the |
defeat of the Harrison administration The
president of the United States exerted his
personal influence las we chance to know |
and prostituted his high Office to aid Ma
hone in his wicked war against the people |
of Virginia.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Harrison |
made bargain with Malone and endorsed |
his leadership of the Virginia republicans
in spite of the fact that hundreds, and, in
fact, nearly all of the respectable republic
cans in Virginia assured him that Malone
was an inscriptions political boss. L. is
impossible that the president could have
been ignorant of Mahone's true character,
and yet be get the seal of his approval upon
him and sought in every way to set up a
NJ hone dynasty in Virginia.
| In order to accomplish that wicked end,
| he aided in raising money for Malone aud,
worse than all, suffered Malone to use the
United States officials and arrest innocent
citizens of the common wealth on the eve of
a State election, in order to intimlda
democratic voters. If he had had the
power. we doubt not that he would have
stationed Federal troops at the polls and
| put Malone in power by the use of bayOnets.
Ia short, the president seems to have
thought that any aud all measures we're
UNSUITABLE to defeat the will of the people in
Virginia and establish the rule of Malone
and his negro cohorts. The whole plot was
most ubiquitous. 1t was a deliberate at
tempt to subvert the sovereignty of the
State and to override the rights of the peo-
ole by presumptuOus usurpation of the
Federal powers. What business had the
president to interfere in State election?
What right had he to do SO? Would he
have dared to interfere in a state election
in New York? And if not in New York,
then, in the name of the constitution of our
fathers, why in Virginia?
But Harrison and Malone and their COR
rupt bargain have been Indignantly rebuk-
ed by the people. In the election last Tues
day, the sovereign people of old Virginia
rose up in their wrath and righteous indig-
nation and set their foot upon the neck of
the tyrants who sought to overthrow the
government of the people.
And the liberty-loving people all over this
country rejoice with us that we gained such
glorious victory over these base usurpers.
President Harrison has outraged the feel
ings of the better class Of republicans by
the disgraeeful bargain be made with Ma
hone, and the Waterloo defeat of Tuesday
last means the downfall of his adminstra-
ton.
The schema was to break the solid south
, ny buS dlu VI htduOuo duu bucu W sou up
, republican government ir other southern
states. If the plot had succeeded, the con-
spirators had some reason to hope that the
republican ticket in 1892 would have been
|, "Hsrrison and Mahone." But as the plot so
!. signally failed in the outset, Harrison and
Mahore must go down together and We
firmly believe that the democratic victory
in Virginia and the democratic victory in
Ohio, foretell the triumph of the National
democracy in 1899.
If Harrison had succeeded, the southern
, states would have been cursed for many
years to come with Federal interference,
with turmoil and excitement and riots, and
we honestly believe that the election on
E Tuesday last was the most important ever
j held in any southern state since the war.
It was glorious GeliveIancs and the pao-
pie may we'll rejoice and be glad.-DdnUine
, Register.