The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-19
VINO has had Reverses?

Who has na0 EScVOASSSl :. -.
M. u,oatand Recorder is very muer
,o,s,asen il, spupposing that the Dsspatca Il
,rnnhIed .botit what that paper styles " re-
y.raes.o We own that we were for onct
deceived as to how the negroes would vote
Never before did we expect even hail tne,,
votes. But we don't eoncede that q Tesu''
which Is owing altogether TO negro votes u
ANYTHING for the Asieators to GRO" over
csnecjaIiy when that result leaves tue crow.
crs in minority. The keaa,uS'e,S ~"
be lust where they were oefofe--'oa' a.
IN miserable minority--wheneVer the
pannh,ic.ns call off the colored allies
who elected forty OF them to the House OF
delegates. Even in the Highland senatorial
district the majority for the candidate OF
the negroes and Resdiusters was only 49,
whilst the total negro vote IS over TWO
thousand. IL one half OF them had voice
the other ticket, SHERRARD would nave
been "nowhere." Does the RecordeT eN'
pect ever to be able to contros that negro
vote again? Are the Conservatives 10 ioon
unon the Readjusters as the successors OF
uusSlcUrT, MADDOX, and the rest OF Tue
Reconstruction crew, in the management
OF the negroess No, no. The real people
OF Virginia are going to contros TINS stare
II canno, be Africanized. The Repubil'
cans. with GRANT and the army to PACK
them, tried that game again ano
AGAIN. but were hopelessly deieateo
wear after year until they In ehec'
gave I'D the fight. aud allowed the Conser'
valves a chance to quarrel among them
selves-a privilege which these were mol
slow to exercise. But the Republicans can
control the negroes il any party or any iac'
ton can. II the Readiusters expect 10 use
the negroes as allies they will have to re-
ouire all jurics to consist In part OF negroes,
repeal the law providing for capltation
tax, and aid in electing negroes to o11ce IN
those counties in which negroes VIII there
By be put over the whites.
Those who assume that the Read1
representing counties or districts In "hlch
the majority OF the whites are known TO
have voted for the Conservative candidates
Their than OF their white constituents make
great mistake, we trust and believe. But
II they do support negro measures rathef
than white mems measures, they Will only
damn themselves at bone.
The Recorder has been deceived as TO the
result. OF the recent election. The Con-
servatives proper are stronger than the he
acjusters proper in the House OF Delegates
inst elccted-stronger numerically, we
mean: but that does not begin to express
their superiority in all other KINDS OF
strength than that OF mere numbers. We
have 40 out. and-out Debt-Payers elected by
pure white Caucasian voters, and backed by
the property-holders, and, as the Aeltators
themselves confess, by nearly all the law
yers, the newspapers, and the clergy-that
is 10 saw. the wealth, the culture, the re-
tinemept, and the piety Of the State. In
the name OF all the foolish Dragging that
was ever done, where is the Readiuster VIC
tory: Why cannot the Conservatives with
more reason claim victory? They can.
No victory has yet been gained by the Re
adiusters, though the Conservatives have
been defeated of their purpose to gain
q majority in the General Assembly.
II is not case OF ddmnana G6SQue
iniuria; yet the Conservatives were de-
feated, whilst the Readjusters were not OF
themselves successful. The Republicans
will determine whether the victory shall
rest with the Debt-Payers or the Repudia-
tors of the McCULLoCH bill. The Agita-
tors may achieve temporary triumph II
the Republicans so will. This we do not
deny. But they are powerless OF them
selves.
In the Conservative party are the people
who ought beyond doubt to have control
of the government OF Virginia; and we
cannot believe that amongst the ifty-seven
ReadIusters elected to the two houses OF
the General Assembly there will not be
found enough to see that those people are
represented in the Senate OF the United
States.
AS to repeating the MCCCLLoCH law, 1t Is
not necessary to say word. 1t can't De
done. The Legislature will never SO mucb
as ask the Governor to sign bill repeating
that law, il we are not mistaken. However
it is useless to speculate.