| Show MAHONE OF VIRGINIA generel general william mahone mabone of virginia ginia whose death has baa just been announced in the dispatches was waa one of the most conspicuous figures of the south especially after the close of the war and up to a few years yeara ago his hie record for gallantry during the late unpleasantness was waa of the highet highest but his hie partisan domination since then has baa been most moat offensive alve he was almost a human contradiction in most moet of the affairs of ble bin life to the north he be desired to as an a southern patrician sad and was waa for a time regarded as a the embodiment of chivalry and honor in the south he was content to be regarded rega raed an ae the moot moet groveling and deserved much of the disrepute which was wae associated with his ble name A fiery secessionist at one time he was wai afterwards a moist moet rabid republican and an ae a selfish politician he be built up a machine in the old dominion which gave him a place in the senate and afterward placed in his ble control a good deal of the state patronage his chief unpopularity with his fellow citizens however grow grew out of his hie policy of re pud lating ting the states state is war debt and the boft elim with which be sought bought to create and dominate a faction in accord with that policy which should hold the balance of power for a time he be had a small email measure of suc luccese cese but the revolt came at lost laet he be was himself re ted and hla his dreams of power were rudely dispelled he was wai brave but erratic picturesque but paradoxical |
