New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-04
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
, VIGOROUS PROTEST AGAINST TIE PRo.
POSED SURRENDER TO THE ALLIANCE.
Mr. II. c. PARSONS WRITES An EARNEST LETTER
TO GENERAL MAHoNE-THE STORY OF
REPUBLICAN STRUGGLES IN vIR-
crNtA-GRoUND GAINED NOT To
BE LIGHTLY ABANDONED.

BE LIGHTLY ABANDONED.
picbmond Va. Sept 1.-The following letter
10, been written by IT, c. Parsons of Natural
bridge. the well-known Republican leader, I"
General Malone, protesting against the proposition
nut forward by the latter in relation to the or
',orizatior Of the Republican party in this State
and its attitude toward the Farmers Alliance
The Hon. william Malone, Chairman Of the hepuolc|n
la Genera The chairman Of the Republican
Comfy Committee has Just advised me Of the TcsoO
se d1 the ecrei conference of the state Committee
neld nj your house. As Republican, must se"u NY
Tuder what commission and By what right do You
undertake this diclatOn! me fospolsoii.y, lon
leadership does not depend upon Your personal oIndU
az nrrrItDce II so important un act as the setdly
fra nchscment OF 10000 men was 10 be cOlsluclcu
hn Why WINS not state Convention called, or why az
least did not your committee hold It's session wd
onen doors III YOU argue that We are Iree 70 49,
yp r MN nv rc1y is that this order creates division,
that You can no more divide party without desoS
ing il than you can break RANKS uh9er nre "l de-
CnITcd by his ,peciols argument Can any one
HrrIcani,m or that tine way to secure our rights Is
10 dsclam thenr Can this act OF yours med t nh
thing else to the common people, WHO h i. an fne
through years VI greater dscouagemeI tiai md tnat
lines are down. that dsntegraOn Is begun anu Ina. 49,
return TO power if ever must be IN s So.G USa
Perhaps YOU came too lae into the Republican parry
t9cs have been sufficiently rebukcd for your eIshf
ment AT least Can you not yet understand thaI ulis
marty prefcrs open and direct methods ana thsV 1t
never yet has won a battle by trade or tlrousn TO-
tmat1 Ii is a patty OF aggressveness and OF cOnVc-
tiODS 1t has met disbursement anu ucio1 LII
but never before has 1t officially annJunceu l'S "''n
I do not assume to speak beyond my private
capacity For twenty-five years my constant paGe
ask you this question; Even II yyn i0t eli onr
mouths a wholesale denunclaton. and commit all our
counties to a general declaration that NAV hOI ~
Rockbrdge to ndorse this declaration they cannot do
It, because It is not true. Our county
our count IS fair as IL Is In other hcroeH con'0
But even II the declarations in your manifesto were
true are not the Alliance Democrats whom You DO
p1se 10 support as deeply involved the other Demo
Gratis j, there not a greater ana c0htrohE ed d'
against This acon Can any political party PIucith h
state is unfit for immigration or residence! fQr "Orse
than corrupt judges vena Legislatures, when NAV
soon pass awav is depraved electorate and anarchv'
Are We ready to tell the Investor and the Immigrant u
Have You studied the trials of our party The ex-
ample Of West Virginia is beside us Her present C0,
sdtution submitted upon the declaration by ne
president Of the state Senate that eleven IS majority
Of twenty two. Her present Governor wa seaeeG ns
the casting vote of legislator who feared assas 'iia-
ton. And yet can you conceive OF an 0rer 10 us
band public arTaignment OF his state, slg!leu Dy
Archie Campbell, or Arthur l. Foreman or Na'n'l
You have heard Of the Tweed regime in New-York;
the overthrow Of government IN Maine Tor hunured
DAYS of frauds in Cincinnati and Chicago, and OF power
through violence in Indiana, but did their leaders then
bargain with faction or fly the heid ,,oo.,,io
chairman the dark decade that followed reconstruclon
Overwhelmed and prosecuted at every pontI va ~
turned again and again hopeless contest but ga any
chairman or committeeman OF those days-Wlllam -
Wickham, Alexander H. Rives, John F. Lewis, flahklh
StcaWs, Judge Rye or ccncr or BOtts-tlrOW up MS
hand, or lower his standard Of defiance ,, D., ,o,,
have proven my loyalty to my party ana 20 SOGli
self ~ its candidate ! have cried ont against te IA ~
discon Of the last eight years; have hoped tnst me
prepared for this midnight awakening. , - ..,.
Gun election law is without parallel IN free gov,
ernmcnt. The decisions Of our opponents nave Dceh
at times as arbitrary as the decree, OF Bamaccu4t
But have fonnd my nesllbor anenaDle 10 ad3unlcS
and believed that in time passion ana prcJuICo w one
give to the commonsense OF lusuce NOI III olle
day can The people pass ont OF the sTfM c Oh war bn So
put on new civilization, and we nave worked alG
waited quarter OF century ior the hOur "sn peo,
should be free ana argument cIl III Vl ~ ,;I,
ment have yOu strangely overlooked the fact that YOU
defeat was no more more m Grieat Of peamets in Penn
svvauia. The real test came In rue eecupn VI 200
were divided Iy he Newest factionai spirit and yet
cast for Harrison I50,452 vOtes-Ony lacking 4sIoO
of Maine New Hampshire and Vermont together, more
than NeW-JerScy: more than the whole Pacific slope
them an aggregate majority Of less than 800 in fifteen
o,hcr ccnnte. For Harrison We carried ont OF the
white district 10000 more votes than were ever cast
for Republican and we were only oyerIntS"l ~ yor
Petersburg district through your ieud with Lang,ion
Every member Of Court Of Appeals is Republican
and immigration divides in our favor
The pr0scrpive policies of our state have not
bonsands in population and tens Of millions in wealth.
and al last our people are waking 10 this fact our
of our people and their belief in destiny that looks
70 Pcnnsyivania and not 10 south Carolna-are for
orr encouragement At this moment would yon divide
the partvl For we cannot follow you In this way
or strike the mother state at your tehcst.
nortTWities i'm tie past and the spirit of our party
The Danvilc crime startled the Nation. IT was
enough Tor political effect that men lay dead
bceausc they were Republicans. Tho religions and
cons Tatiye sense OF OUT own people was appaled
You were IN the United states senate II was your
For the FIRST time in its history. the Senate heard
dercrs named or tried. but a vain attempt was
made b charre me crime nR3n i Our P2pie; 70 cram
10 the bloOd deed, either through conspiracy on con
nf Non failed and or political advantage wa, lost
Again three years ig0 today were I'm a position.
as the next election proved, 70 have given our electoral
| vote by AT least 1000 majority t. any candidate,
| blaine sherman, Algcr Harrison, when We were
startled by tbc publication Of yodr secret circular.
written upon ihe Official paper OF the Republican state
your trusted agents by concerted action TO pack the APP
preaching conventions IN the Interest OF sherman,
| giving as a reason that YOU had personal knowledge
that Blaine at to secure the state, and that
yon had private knowledge OF his having made cor
! ern Republicans and his di-lOyaity to his party.
The swift answer came 10 those Who read m parallel
Florence. Ver5 few besdes yourself were asonlshed
when. with an uaqnesti9ned majority as -, National
Convention. and the spirit rose that made Harrison
| We however. have followed Won because Won were
fairly elected chairman. because yOu had brought
ce.sious to our ranks and because You had been %
|
for myself and think speak for tens Of Thousands
appea 10 Won consider again before we are hOpecSsy
committed 10 a position IN which We shall Invite the
cpueure of those who work for the upbuildng OF the
commonwealth and Of those who believe that the duty
Of citizen is one that cannot b. lightly put oil. II that
convention shall decid, that the time has come for
give place t. another party take new name adopt
nov principles then there will be authority as
,erted that does not lie in Yourself Your committee
Whenever there IS political secret men are apt to
lima iDe other cOnspracics You call for the delivery
! of tFc Republican vote 10 the Alliance. II this Is
dome mon what terms are we sold Have the Demo
cT,tS WHO come 10 dcnounce the National banks and
tire tariff aud all the policies dear 70 the Republican
nor4y-tO demand the cOniscaOn Of the railroads and
lie conversion Of the money standard OF the Union Into
! fhe moncy standard OF Argentine or our Con-
| fedcracy any special claim upon Republican support
DO thoy promise % change our election laws, and II
So bv what authority. and Who holds the bond What
n IL should happen that after the surrender If all prnc
| pies for which we have cOntended these other Demo
crats should laugh petitions to scUm? Who holds
| nc final stakes tat lie ut the final cost OF political
| principle? ,,
the Republican camp. is that any why You should
now lead J0,OOO Republicans back with you into either
| Damn ~ the Democracy