The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-19
fror The Dispaich.l
yeetllaoiOn or the vWhtgs

In the Whigo the 14ih Instant we read
"What in thunder has the National Demo.
cratic Committee got 10 do with us, or we
with Il n. That committee may deal Win
the Funder rs Il pleases, so that 1t 90 not
fherfbv assume 10 meddle NTH the kedd'
iusfers. The less Il has TO do In that tcdy
me better. Mind II We are not standing
on any National Democratic platform. we
are not parading lialsely) under the M
tional Democratic name and banner. we
arc not supporting the Democratic nomi-
nees. No! We ore the Readiister party
OF Virginia. We stand squareIy on the Re
adiuster platform, and we are ngnting
Fuuders no matter whether they call them
selves Democrats or Republicans.
When we wish anything from the National
Democratic Committee we shall apply ior
II. We shall DO needed when we do"
The same paper, OF the 18th instant, IN
answer 10 the statements OF The Dispatch,
claiming that majority Of the Democrats or
Conservatives voted against the Read1uster
ticket In the last election. says: "lt thus
appears that the Funder vote was proper
tionaly stronger and the Read1uster pro-
portionaly wesker precisely where the ratio
OF colored voters to white voters was
preatestn Marvellous, indeedl Ana
again IL SAYS: snow. we put 1t to any
honest and reasonable human being " THIS
calculation Zone made by the Wh,9) does
NOT amount 10 conclusive aud Irresistible
demonstration that the Conservative Read
iuster senators elected did receive ma
ioritv of the white Conservative votes cast
in their districts last November"
These answers and arguments seem in-
tended to show that Readiusiers are the
Democrats or Conservatives OF Virginia,
thereby betraying many people into the idea
that the Readju ulster party Is in deed and IN
truth the Democratic party OF the State, ana
RJioubly demonstrates that such i its hope
and meaning bya laundering editorial pub
lIshed on the 10th instant, deriding the ad-
dress OF the Conservative Committee, which
address seems 10 have stuDg it soreIy, not
withstanding It's efforts to treat 1t lightly
and evadc It's allegations. Nearly three COL
umns are devoted 10 the address put forth
by the "Rump" without touching the facts
recited In that address. BY ridiculng gen.
tlemen OF known respectabllity and stand
ing, and by charging directly that Hugh
McCulloch inspired that address, the wing
hopes to excite prejudics and feeling against
it and its authors. This dodge won't do.
Hugh McCuloch never saw or heard OF that
address, which speaks for itself, and the
facts therein contained are too familiar to
every reading man in the Stale to be denied
or eyaded by any. 1t is the truth OF them,
doubtless, that stirs the editor OF that paper
to such a pitiable excitement and rage.
Readiusters on the stump and the wing
heretofore have argued that they cOnstitu-
ted and represented the gIeat PRINCIPLES OF
Conservatism in Virginia, and the Dltterest
complaint made against those opposing their
views and their modes OF settling the puD-
lie debt was that they had been Improperly
read by them out OF the Conservative party,
when IN fact they Qhe Readjusters) were as
good-aye, better Conservatives than those
who tried to read them out, but could not,
says the Wig. "FuDder-Democrals, Bro
ker-Bill Democrats, Hugh McCulloch Demo-
crits,' what has this to do with national
contest for President? Arguments OF this
sort may be witty, and give indications OF
strong intellectual training perhaps, but
honest men will hardly appreciate them.
Nothing in that address touches on State
finances except to suggest its deferment Till
the great national contest is over. And to
this appeal what says the Wing? owe are
not supporting tue Democratic nominees.
No." Who then, neighbor!
10 WHAT ptTlf. W WIN pituCip iCc wv .OH
SUBSCRIBE? Under what banner do you
march,
Let the people OF Virginia hear and know,
for il is The signal note OF the Massey-Mahone
organ, ave are not paradng (ialseIy) under
the National Democratic name and banner,
we are not standing on any National Demo-
cratic PLATFORM wing. 14th July, 1880.
To the people OF this true and patriotic
Common wealth let the warning be told that
the impending danger may be ayerted.
The time was, and is within the memory
OF some living, when the Wing plnmed it,
self oil being true party organ. The time
Is when it boldly proclaims its own de-
parture from the Democratic fold and says
to the world at large, 4" We are not stand
Ing on any National Democratic platform"
And standing thus, high above all political
parties, in the very midst OF great national
contest, wherein the liberties and the con-
stituiional rights OF the people are con-
cerned-particularly the rights OF the SOUTH
ern people-it Qhe Whig) openly turns its
back on its heretofore faith and allegiance
to the National Democratic party and seeks
to divide its friends and its supporters upon
questions and issues in Gowise involved or
connected with the contest. Democrats !!
Conservatives Virginians be not de-
ceiyed; arouse from your lethargy and be-
stir yourselves for the future.