The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-05
Assistant Republicans.


The Convention which IL TO meet In this
city on the 7tb, II 1t shall, do what 1t IL expect.
ed To do. wilt be nothing more nor less than
m assistant Republican Convention. The
two parties In virglnia--the HANCOCK party
and the GAnrIELp party--the Democratic
party and the Republican psrty--have the'r
electoral tickets already In the neid. The
names Of The candidates for electors have
been before the people OF Virginia Tor
weeks. These electoral tickets were maze
an, AZ time when the ReSdiusters we're de-
c,sring that their July Convention was 70
he held for the purpose OF deciding whether
they would support the Democratic or the
Republican ticket. The Wig Of May IS
not two months ago--said
"The Rcadjusters may, possibly, nomi-
nate the same men who shall have been
named at Cincinnati, or at Chicago; but
who tney may be soever, they will be me
Readjusfer nominees. aud VIII DE Voteoio TOT
Ms such BY the Readiusters."
Here was the leading organ OF the ke-
sdius,ers declaring on the day before tne
Democratic State Convention assembled
tina, It's party had not yet decided whether
., would nominate electors pledged to The
Repnbl,can or the Democratic candidate ior
President; aud set this party proposes TO
come in at this late day and be recognized
rs the Democratic party OF Virginia, ana
that lie electors shall be voted for as the
democratic electors! We don't know that
II Is even now certain that there viii not be
a poodly number OF GARFIELD men la this
assistant Republican Convention.
ON the goth OF May the Wig said
ain their Convention OF the 7th OF july
with the defeat OF Funderism as the prin.
cipal object. while not neglectful OF nalionai
affairs, they will so shape their policy as
will secure 10 the people OF Virginia their
rjgbtful government OF the State, as dis
finguished from the government OF 'the
outside world and as TO render sure OF
ultimate triumph the great cause OF re-
adjustment against all the jobs OF brokers
and their Funder allies"
The " outside world " here spoken OF Is,
OF course, the National Democratic party,
or the Government Of the United States.
The idea is that the July ConYention will
be governed In its action by paramount
regard for whatever will secure Readiuster
success ia Virginia, and viii consider the
interests Of the Democratic party OF the
Union as secondary TO the welfare OF the
Resdiuster party OF this State. Is that a
party to come before the voters OF Virginia
and claim that their assistant Republican
electoral ticket is the genuine Democratic
iicket?-a party which avows its inten-
ton 10 make national issues second
airy to local ones? VI Iat more could
Tammany Hall dof And what would
be thought OF JOHN KELLY il he should
now put forth new electoral ticket in New
York, because the one named by the regular
Democratic Convention at Syracuse last
Spring has no Tammany men upon II d.!
Where is there one Democrat in the Union
who would justify such conduct? And if
1t would be inexcusabe and uniustifiable in
JONI KELLY, will like course be ac-
counted excusabre aud iustflable in Gene
raj MALONE: Hardly. And we think that
General MALONE cannot but know that he
will be regarded as disorganizer aud
DOittI ny SNtiy 'iuO bSh'ONi"S IN INV
United States should he put forth an assist
ant Republican ticket In the guise OF a
second HANCOCK electoral ticketS
That General MALONE was in sympathy
with the utterances OF the Wing, there
can, we suppose, be no reason to doubt.
His most trusted friend in Richmond Is,
we presume, Mr.. JOIN S. WISE, the Re-
adiuster candidate for Congress in this dis
tric,, who, in a letter to that journal, pub
lished a week or two after the Democratic
electoral ticket had been put into the field,
said:
"when we get there ITO the July Conven-
tionl, aud the party policy Is settled after
full conference, will, for one, abide by its
deterDination-wh whether our course be to
support the Cincinnati nominee, or the Chi
cago nominee, an urpledged ticket, an in
dependent ticket, or no ticket at ALL"
Once more We ask is party which
month ago did not know whether it would
appoint Democratic electors or Republican
electors likely to be recognized by the peo-
pie Of Virginia or o. the Union as the real
Democratic pariyi Is the party which is
10 assemble IN convention 10 decide
whether 1t will vote for GARFIELD or HAN
COCK the genuine. unadulterated HANCOCK
partyp What says our correspondent " Re-
adjuster"9
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