The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-13
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:, :, Zoo months $50, the Conserlv'aa-.
.,.s Central Committee Of the state asse'n-
Mad II Richmond at the call Of It's presl.
aens 10 look after the interests OF the gfea'
,sr,r whose watchiul guardians they WERE
end when. after a iull and considerate sur
yey Of the whole field, they discovered al
unpr,nciplcd, disturbing, and dansesou.
enemy organizing in their 'front.' anu Ds -,
an dire mischief to the Conservative parry
and the State itself, that committee az q s'a'
~ r,,nco took i'm the whole situation'
sanndoa Tho toesin OF alarm to the people,
and proceeded at once to organize anu lan!
,aa;r forces for the battle that was ineVl'a-
.,,,v - come. ana that Is now fercely raging
-. mo end Of this Commonwealth to the
other.
Then it was for the nrst time that the un-
scrupnlous and brszen-iaced clan OF fi'.-
busters and Forcib'e Resdtusters were
checked in their hopeful and insolent career.
IJp 10 that time (the 7th.of August 'he.
had had all the field to themselves, ana hau
no, been confronted at any point Oh .ne'i
,r;umnbant march. They bad palmed them
sc,ves off on the unsuspecting as the repre-
sen,atives OF the true Conservative party OF
che State. with It's full platform and complete
insignia; and to have questioned their Con,
serya,isIn or party fidelity at that time "ou'u
have been pronounced wanton insult anu
oross wrong to that band OF indictments
A,d even when our committee issued It's
Ines.erly and unanswerable address 10 Tue
people and aroused the CONSERVATIVE i'''',
TO action, MAHoSE's organ IN kichmoha auu
ia few small satellites in the State at once
onened their batteries on the State Commit
tee, pronouncing it the "bogus" represen-
tatiye OF the Conservative party ana It's
followers only the trump" Of that party.
But the aspect Of things soon presenteo
marked change. The battle had Deen 1u'iy
and iercely joined in every quarter ana at
every point OF the State, and the shameiess
ialseboods and hypocritical pretenslons OF
the Mozarters had been Thoroughly sil'eu
and exposed to the indignant gaze OF an
outraged party and people. Then theif
bs.,a,ioDs OF boosted army divisions ana
corps we're cut down like gross before
the mower as our brilliant hosts swept
over the field, and their shattered
ranks soon scattered into small guerilla
and midnight raiding parties OF freeboo'-
ers. The leaders OF the Readiusters at once
saw their disastrous routand inevitable 1ali-
IRE. They could no longer dare, with all
their presumption and brass, TO claim to oe
the Conservative party OF the State OF even
respectable wing of it. They saw that the
honest masses Of the people OF Virginia had
been thoroughly aroused to the emergency
of the occasion and were rallying III all their
strength and courage to the banner OF the
State TO protect its aSsailed honor ana ere
dit. Thus crushed and dismayed, they were
still desperate, and with all their cunning
and tact changed their programme and de-
termined, If they could not win victory,
they would at least inDict as much damage
as possible upon the party and race TO which
they professe1 to belong. AT once they set
their plans to work to accomplish that OF
ject by seeking coalition with the Repub-
Iican vote in alltbe Republican regions OF the
State. But they VIII succeed no better in this
effort than they did In their attempt to de-
ceiye the voters into the belief that they
were the true Conservatives for they arc
neither good Conservatives nor good Re
publicans. They are not the men to be the
leaders OF any considerable portion OF the
community, however ignorant that commu-
nifty may be. The Mozarters will find that
the Republicans will reject their overtures
with unanimity approaching that with
which the Conservatives have repudiated
them. Their doom is to be defeated-in-
gloriously defeated. Defeat in good cause
is no disgrace; but defeat in crusade
against honor and honesty is to be buried
in dishonored grave.