The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-18
The Petersburg Post couples us with the
A1e s1~tn... tt,ot both nm.

The Petersburg Post couples us Win tne
Norfolk Ledger, and declares that both pa
ners oppose General MAHoNE because they
rnow and fear his strength. The Post may
sncae for itself, but not for us. 1t has a
moor opinion Of us, or OF an editors duty
!, II really supposes that we could DC guiity
a, conduct such as it describes, or that q
newsnaper having any Just conception OF
&c rn;es;on could be SO blind as to under
,ake to deceive It's readers. II the fost
con,a convince us that General MALONE Is
the most popular OF the candidates Tor the
office OF Governor, we should not only not
snnnress the fact, but would feel It incumbent
mon ns to Let it be known. II one OF our
correspondents were willingly to deceive us
an this point, Intentionally misreprcsenting
IN. voters OF his county to be In favor OF
DANIEL, or LEE, or TLIAfERRo, when ne
knew them to be in favor OF MALONE, we
shou,d deem it good reason for dispensing
with his services. The Dispatch is hrst OF
all newspaper. 1t tries to furnish Its read
ers with the news OF the day. But false
hoods are not news; and so we do not want
any of them for our columns. Our WASH
ington correspondent could II 1t were
necessary testify that the first OF his instruc-
tions when he was about to start for that
city to supply Us with the news from the
capital was that he must always be sure OF
his facts. We always follow this rule
in instructing our correspondents. This
gubernstorial campaign will last but
a few months. The Dispatch hopes 10
last for many years. What utter folly,
then. would it not be for us to misiead our
patrons and voluntarily ruin our own Tepu'
tation for forecast and political sagacity'
even if all considerations were lost sight OF
other than those based upon self-interest.
Now, let the Post tell US where General
MAuoNE's strength lies. We will put our
guess down upon paper, asking the Post to
reproduce it, and in return we Will chron'-
Gle its predictions as to how the various Sec
lions OF the State will vote in Convention
on the first ballot. Let the event be the test
OF its and our forecast. We predict, then,
that HOLIDAY. will get almost the unani-
nous vote Of the counties between ROCK
bridge and Frederick. In Fairfax and
down to SpotsyKania. FITz. LEE is the IA
yorlte. In Alexandria, DANIEL and HoLII-
DAY will have votes The whole north-side
Piedmont region will be divided between
HOLIDAY, DANIEL, LEE, and TAIlAFERRo.
The Eastcrn-Shore counties and the tide
water region will give TALIAFERRo large
vote. Appomsttox, Campbell, Bucking-
ham, and Cumberland. will be for DAN
TEL. Halifax, Pittsylvania, Mecklenburs,
Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, Bedford,
Franklin, Henry, and Carroll, will divide,
but DANIEL will probably get the most OF
their votes. The Southwest region will be
divided between TERRY, HOLIDAY, DAN
TEL. TArIAFERRo, and MALONE. Petersburg,
Prince George, Brunswick, Amelia, Motto
way, and a few other counties along the
line OF the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
railroad, will cast their vote for MALONE;
but not Norfolk city nor Norfolk county.
And so on the first ballot HOLIDAY will re-
ceiye the highest vote, and DANIEL and
TALIAFERRo will both beat MALONE. We
do not feel very confident that MALONE will
be the fourth, but we do that he will not be
higher than the third. There's our guess.
Now, let us have yours.