The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-22
v,rcsnia and Garfield.

has the same eucct ~ u Wtsstatemtus w
have had no occasion hitherto during the
present campaign to make any complaints
concerning the course OF the Whgtowards
the Dispatch. On the contrary, we have
been pleased to notice what we considered
IT, evident purpose to be fair 10 its Discus
sions with us. But the Wig OF YESTERDAY
rces too far when II uses the following ana
other language to the same eject:
60 All. hut n Il evident that neither 4sv-
crror hamilton nor his Funder hesrers
IA heard OF the new scheme TO deIcst the
pcrdiustcrs which the Dispatch @ormu-
jsled on bearing the first news fro Maine,
ana which Il at once announced ard dwelt
ugscn with so much 10y. That scheme Is
breed upon discarding Virginia Tor Han.
cock and giving her to Garfeid'!"
Now. we need act say to our readers that
1hc Dispatch has never formulated any such
xohcme as Is here described. uo' announced
4, nor aweit upon IT.. On the contrary,
our " Ter y acose from the fact. as we plain
. " and unm,stskaldy stated, that the result
Of the election tn Maine showed that HAN
COCKS election was assured whether Vir'
ginis wunt for HIM or not. We wrote IN a
hurry. doubtless, and without any attemR
at Goo writing, but with the intention 10
express our qualification that the Demo-
crxfs of Virginia could no longer be cen
sured for not agreeing TO such terms ~i
cosupr0mise rs we wereconfdent would oe
the only oses offered to them by the Ma
HONE men. We felt that load OF responsi-
bility had been lifted Rom the shoulders OF
the regular Democracy. Why? There caa be
but one snswer; because as the response
biIity for HANcocK's defeat no longer rested
upon the regular Democrats OF Virginia, his
election being assured without the yote OF
Virginia, the Democrats outside OF this
State would ceasetheir clamor for compro.
mise. aud their ceDsure OF us for not agree
ing to one, and such Of the regular Demo
Gratis insideof the state rs had been demand
ing compromise would no longer feel that
they ought 10 accept bumiliating terHs ra-
Their than endaager the success OF the ma
tional Democratic party. To show that we
went no further than this, it is only aeces-
sary for us to reproduce the identical arti.
cles which the Wing has permitted itself to
believe declares 1t to be our purpose 10 give
the vote OF Virginia to GARFIELD rsther
than to HANCOCK. Our language was as fol-
lows:
"To.day the Central Committees OF the
regular De mocraiic party and OF the bolt
ers are to meet and consult as TO The posi-
biiitv OF agreeing upon the terms OF COM
promise under which but one Hancock
electoral ticket Will be run in Virginia.
What will they doy We don't know. We
are willing TO do anything that is honorable
and fair; but we have lost much OF our
coacern on the subject since 1t has become
pretty certain that General Hancock Will be
elected without the vote OF Virginia. Up
10 this time the Democrats OF all the other
States have belittled the differences between
the regulars and the boilers in this State,
and cepsured both sides as il they were
committing great crime because there
were two electoral tickets running here.
The Democrats from Maine to Texas looked
askance at US. They regarded us as almost
traitors 10 the Democratic party because we
would not look at the matter through their
spectacIes.
but, presto, change! The news from
Maine puts uew face upon matters. The
regulars will no longer be besought to make
terms with the Mahoneites. We shall be
allowed to fight out our troubles In our own
way in Virginia. II the regulars can give
the State 10 Hancock, il will be D. X. They
will do only what is expected OF them. III,
however, the Malone electors are chosen,
then the Democrats Of tue other States need
not trouble themselves 10 the least to get
their vote for Hancock. He will not need
it. But those Mahoneites will not be chosen.
The news from Maine has given new life TO
the regulars. and minified the importance
OF the boilers. IL these latter want TO set
up a party OF theii"own, let them do it.
They have declared over and over again that
the Readjuster party was much more to
them than the Democratic party. Let them,
therefore, as Lord DuDdreary says, flock
by themselves They can no longer fatter
themselves that General Haucock will be
compelled TO have their vote on their own
TERMS"
Again We said, and on the same day:
"In word, the probabilities are now all
in favor OF the election Of Hancock, and
that, too, by an immense majority. He will
not need the vote OF Virginia, we do hope
and trust.
1--WE rejoice over the result in Maine be-
cause II will leave the Nahoneites OF Vir-
ginia out ia the cold. 1t will prevent them
from magniiying their importance in the
eyes Of General Hancock and the National
Democratic Committee They have boosted
that General Hancock you'd be glad TO
make terms with them; that they asked no
odds OF the National COMMITTEE; and all
that sort OF thing; because they had it In
their power 10 boast that II Virginia could
net be carried against their ticket Hancock
could not be elected without the vote OF the
Msaoue electors in Virginia, whose cleo
ton they most solemnly declare is already
asslired. ID
-1Thus the good news from Maine lifts a
load. Of responsibility from the shoulders OF
the re ulsr Democrats OF Y irginia. We have
rendered the Mahonettes all sorts OF fair
terms OF compromise. We invited them TO
eomeio our State Convention. We sent TWO
81 their leaders to Cincinnati, and placed
eeyera, others Of them ON our electoral
tSeket. sOur Central COMMITTEE rs now here
IL Richsnond to afford another opportunity
fer compromise. III they still refuse, let the
beiters go. The National Democratic CON-
mss<ee viii no longer have any occasion 10
court them. They wilt recognize the regu-
lars. The MahoneItes will, as Colonel Pop
ham J,redicted, be read out Of the party.
1ksSserery DssaoCrdt In tsngS,sid pttttdUe
to oame up ITO the support Of the reg,s!ar
tickat. Qvt6e eon6idered an aafsidsr by Gfn-
eral haEcocyv
We ask the ,lYhig to reproduce the
words which We have italicized, fit desires
TO cos6inseftO be &air In its treatDent Of
Us. Taey efiectuaIly dispose OF Its ppstence
TINT the flianofch Ia 4 m favor of an alE ance