Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-24
Letter from George C. Round

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Mr.. Geo. c. Round, of Prince William
county, was expected to address the anti
Mahcns meeting OF this city o. Tuesday
night last, but was unavoidaby prevented
from doing 80. He sent the following letter
MANASSAS, Va, Oct. 81, 1889.
Geo. ". Fremont. and others, Alexandria. Va
thank you for your invitation to address
the anti. Malone republicans of Alexandria
and regret that cannot do 80. rejoice
that there ere republicans in Virginia, both
OF your race a1d my own, that will stand by
the clearly expressed declarations OF the
Chicago convention. even against Quay and
his committee, Harrison and his Offices, and
Malone and bis money. It gives me new
hope for the fortune of tue repubicanism
in Virginia.
The first time that entered Alexandria
was 10 1861, as private soldier Of the army
of the Union. which was fighting for the
freedom of your race. William Mahone,
the bogus republican, who now poses as
| your friend, was then fighting for your en-.
| slavement.
In 1871 was member of the republican
Senatorial convention, which met in Alex.
audiia and nominated Edward Daniels and
Westel Wiiloughby, who like all other
original republicans who fought your battles
in those early days, are now with you
against Malone At that convention, as
chairman of the committee on resolutions
wrote aud secured the adoption of plat.
form which az far as I know was the fret re
publican platform declaring in favor of
| hamnesty," for all who had fought against
us. At that time and for several years
thereafter, Malone was busy concocting
tissue ballots" AMI the Petersburg chart.
er." by which be propo ed TO take away
rom YOU the franchises of freedom.
The same platform was am sure the frat
one of any party to favor the overthrow of
the funding bill which had just become
law. At that time Malone and his friend
Walker were speca!aling in Virginia bonds
and supporting policy tending to break
down your public schools!
After Malone and his ring had unloaded
their Virginia bonds at good profit, this
man who in this year OF grace. 1889, becomes
the very pink of honesty and debt.paying,
suddenly wheeled around and fell into the
resdjuster movement which We started at
Alexandra and which was subsequently
organized at Richmond in 1874, by John E.
Massey and Abram Fulkerson. And this
very man Malone declared In my presence
in Alexandria that the only mistake the
readius,ers made was that they did not de.
clare in favor of reputation.
When the readjusier party was formally
organized at Mozart Hall | made the first
speech in Alexandria in defence OF its prin.
ciples at that time the Hayes administra
ton was breathing out slaughter against
those republicans who dared to support re.
adjustment But this did not prevent the
n la,, fno
readius,mont endorsed by both the republ-
can and democratic rarties; and l have
lived 10 see William Malone make another
somersauI,, and 90 over again to the side of
the -bondholders, in order ss his friends de-
| clare to get money for use III the pending
canvass [ expect TO see the time when
Harrison's support of "bogus repnbicanism"
iu Virginia will be as widely condemned as
Hayes's support of f"fundeIism"
Il is notorious that all parties at Times be.
come corrupt and fall into tbs hands of un
scrupulous leaders. The liberalreadjust-
er movement u Virginia was no exception
and it has thoroughly come under the domi-
nation of that most lliberel of all men,
William Malone.
Some OF the republicans of this part
of the Safe profess to condemn me
because, as they say, L led them
over 20 bIahone and now they claim I
am trying to lead them away from Malone.
To other words they thick that Malone is
al there is of repubcanism. Aud 1 con-
fess there ale some things that look very
much like it. But the truth is that led
them to the liberal resdjuster party at a
time when Malone was but one man init.
As soon as his "bossism" began to develop
l began to protest Now that the entire
purposes of the organization are being sub.
verted, who is more strongly bound than /
to lead them out? II induced you and
others to enter as seamen on the good old
ship Republican" and find that while I
have been asleep piratieal crew has seized
it and ia running up the black flag, whose
duty more than mine to raise The alarm
and help you throw the pirate chieftain
overheard?
Malone is not the republican party. He
is not even the nominee of the republican
party. Quay and his committee are otthe
republican party. On the contrary, they
have deliberately defed the highest power
in the republican party. Harrison himself
is not the republican party. The national
convention OF 1883, sitting in judgment on
bogus republicanism" in Virginia, pro.
nounced its condemnation by the emphatic
vote of 514 to 249, and woe, woe, woe to that
man or set or men who deliberately defy its
authorityl
1t has been my fate to have been an origi.
nal republican, an original readjuster and an
original kicker. 1t is somewhat discourage
ing in the beginning, but as the "whirligig
of time" rolls on and brings thousands and
tens of thousands up to the standard plant.
ed against Malone in 1882 feel that it Ia
an honor to have defied Malone when he
was entrencbed in the Senate of the United
States and had at his back the mighty Ar
thur aud his administration.
When I see colored men like you and