The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-17


The ,yhig tries to make Itself understood
"A to what sort Of an unpiedgcdQ ~ electoral
ticket the Rexdlustsrs prorcse to run In
Virginia this year. We again call the
Whio's attention Ia the ssct that when the
MAHoSg Convention shalt assemble In this
citv on the tia Of Ju7y both the nominees
for the presidency WILL have been put upon
the track, asA that u will be as easy for the
Rexdiusecrs 70 declare then for the one or
Ate other ss to declare for the one or the
other n November next. Come out ana
Tell yovr plans and purposes. What Is to-
be cs,ucd BY wying TO eject so-cai'ed w T.
pledrcd ticketl You can't do 1t. Eve ~
man upou n will be for either the Demo
cratic or Che Republican candidate, an d u
thew are sal honest the two ends OF. tst
tickle, win cancel each other, and the iesch
will be rs II the RexdiuSers had run go
ticke, at all. But we give the Whig S e~n
WORDS
ENVY. we can positively resolve our con-
<emrvrarv,s doubts ut once bv the fni, as
surasce tkat the Readjusters will run ne
ad,uSter electoral ticket, aud II the dcket
he nIedred at al 1t will be pledged 80 such
candidates. as the RexHusters themselves
ehali see tit TO dominate for PRESIDENT ana
Vice-Presidepf--the electors and tae cahai-
dates TO be veeed for by the Reaoe listers as
such, and nc< as either Democrats or kepuo-
cans. We hepe our contemporary compre-
heuds."
That sos1 OF tar Is mere play upon
words. ytnonveys no Information at all.
"The Rexdjustsr will ruiz Readjuster
electoral ticket" Yes; but the names upon
The ticket Will be those Of either Democrats
or Republicans and Of msa each OF whom
will prefw either the Democratic or the Re-
publican nou1iuee. Thercscan be no voting
In the SIR 10 thai case upon the part OF your
electors. They must vote for say GRAFT or
SgYuguE: wtich will il beY And as both
presidential 'tickets wiz be known to your
July Convention, what Is the object OF post
poning tbe1ct Of choosing until after No.
yembery is It TO see who will edo the
best part by Virgioisv? Then YOU will
be 10 a Sery bumifnting condition when
you dud, rs you probably will lind next
fall, that ueither Candidate needs your vote.
1t Is possible, but not at all likely, that the
presidential election will turn upon the vote
OF tins State. The South, without Virginia,
casts AZ votes. Fiftg-eigbt more votes will
elect SEYMOUR. OF these he will get 30 in
New York, u inIndiana, and 8 in New Jer-
sey, which last State he carried even 10 1868.
So he will not need your vote, and it would
In the case supposed do no good to GRANT.
But the Re&diusfer electors il pledged at
all evil be pledged to such candidates as
the Rexdjusters themselves shall see fit to
nominate for President and Fice-Presi-
dent" 1--WE bepe our contemporary COM
prehends" his own language. Does he
mean that the sEe&djuster electors will be
pledged 10 n third candidate? General Ma
HONE is too goee a strategist toeountenance
such move assthat. He will run no elect.
0rs that are pledged to vote in the air. If
he runs ticket pledged at all, it Will be to
one or the other OF the two nominees Of the
Cbicsgo and the Cincinnati Conventions.
A pledge to .sny other candidate would
be no pledge ct all. 1t would be farce.
His followers would have nothing but
a mere simMae-wn OF on an electoral ticket.
To "piedge" n ticket to nominal candi-
sdate-to man who is not known as a can
didate at all--is:substantially to leave it un-
pledged. 1t is q contradiction in terms.
Thus we get back to the starting point--the
same old place. The ReSdjuster electors
must be pledged II at all for either the
Democratic or the Republican nominee. We
again ask, which, And, Why not choose in
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