The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-09
r1n;taa s..ases senator.

\ so,,a ), our esteemed contemp oraries IN
4yirpir,ia. backed up by every 'iicc.holder
In washington, are making a dreadful TO.
tse over tho prospect OF elccting . kepuo-
licaa 10 represent Virginia in the United
states Senate. Now, 1t is well known y tna.
the Dispatch has from tho first discoan'e-|
nanced the proposition to form any alliance
which would result 10 conceding tue eni ..s
States senator TO the Republicans Lt' ne
have never given it the least el1cour-
agemeat. We can very well under
stand, therefore, how It is that our con-
,emporaries prefer the election Of a Read
,nster TO a Republican. But there are.
we beg our friends to remember. Read
,usters and Readiusters. There are many
., then, who have no sympathy with any
nroiect for even partially Africanizing Vtr-
c;nis. whether under Republican or Read
,;nster auspices. We could name dozen
such men--as JoHS T. HARMS, JAMES BAR.
norp. I. C.. FOWLER, D. j. GoDWlN, and
others such as they. These men may OF
may not be recognized as tirst-class states
men: but any one Of them would make make
bat.er senator than The man who, it Is cur
reu,ly reported, will be. forced upon the
people OF Virginia II his bidding IS ooeyed.
We have heard and read Of secret BAR
gains. AS to these we know nothing; Dut
the MiHoSE-CAMERoN programme, as puo-
,;sbed in. the New York Herald, and the ac-
ton of the Readiusters in electing negroes
TO office, are sufficient to prove conclnsiveiy
that whilst the Conservatives OK the Gene
raj Assembly might consistently vote for
any Read;uster who is opposed to that
nroeramme, they could not without be-.
trayiYy their constituents vote for any
man who is in favor OF those measures.
Could the delegates from Richmond sup
mort man for United States senator who is
in favor Of putting negro policemen upon
our streets ?--or man who would vote 70
allow whites and negroes to lnsermar-
rv9-or man who would bid for
The negro vote by advocating any OF
the measures referred to in the programme
hereinbefore alluded to? Not they. Nor
could any good Conservative do what the
delegates from Richmond dare not 90.
Prav, what would be the difference between
.lectipe General MALONE and electing Re.
publican? We heard Republican say last
SATURDAY. that General MALONE is better
Republican than General WIcKHAM.
We have not consulted the Conservative
members OF the General Assembly on the
subject; but we can think OF noreason why
thew should not make n distinct proposition
n the Rcadiusters to vote for any Read.
ulster whom the latter may nominate for the
Tinted States Senate who is in favor OF pre-
serving the organization OF the Conserya-
tive party, and who will pledge himself to
fight against the Republican party next
wear. and to oppose now and forever all
schemes looking to an alliance with the ne
eroes. and the bringing upon Virginia of
that state of things which made Louisiana
and South Carolina the scene OF confusion
and bloodshed until the negroes were re-
manded to their proper position.
BY thus acting the Conservatives can
throw upon the Readjusters the entire re-
sporsibility of the election OF man who
is in favor OF the measures referred to in
the MALONE CAMERON programme. The Re-
(. adjusters will not have the chance to plead
the excuse that they had to elect either
NAHoNE or Republican. Give them all
the Readiusters in Virginia to choose from,
making no condition whatever except
those named above, which are substantially
that the man chosen must pledge bimsef to
act hereafter with the white mans party Of
Virginia. The man who cannot give that
pledge ought not to receive single Con
seryative vote.