The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-07
nnenndiation Repudiated."

sn.,nv 70 sorp, an alliance with the Malone
ties. TIE saise subject is discussed IN an
editorial which appears under the above
heading In the PGlais,phia Times OF FRI
dav. We in virginia call the RIDpLEBER-
a,n hin a readiustmeni measure, but
the northern papers arc very ipi to chafsc-
,erize II "A measure OF ''repudla'ioh'
The Times, IN the article we have aiiuoed
60, says:
.sOne AZ the things from which good De-
rc,aIs ought TO draw consolation asa wmch
should be a satisfaction al the same time 10
good Republicans, Is the collapse OF the re-
nudis,iou movement In The South. Ihat
The repudiatioDists have been put 10 rout Is
OF great deal more consequence 10 tnehl
than the success 81 Gar field or the deleat oil
Hancock. Arkansas, Tennessee, ana VIZ
eipia have prospered, aud VIII continue 10
prosper, under Republican administrations
-. the General Government, but their ma
tetial Interests would have suffered almost
irretrieyahly II the elections OF tins
wear had given the world reason TO
believe that they are really opposed
~ pasipg their honest debts. AS IL
Il. the Reputation party, most consplcu-
onsly represented by Malone, OK virginia,
and his following, has received setback
from which i, cannot recover. IL was MA
homes successful use OF the policy OF read
ius,mept that clused the movements 10 the
same direction in Tennessee ana ArkansaS'
In neither Of these States was there ever u
formidable number OF voters who were al
heart repudiatlonSts. But demagogues
preached the doctrine OF debt-scsllng as one
likely TO be popular, and, combining u WIN
a. fas o.,f1 n M y N
which all political vagaries were tolerated,
but all subordinatcd 10 the desire to get into
Office. Here came 10 the only element which
made the thing at all dangerous. The CO.
lored voters, having no organization OF their
own and being unable TO make any head
way without white leadership, bad 10 hesi-
tation I'm making n coalition with the Read
iusters, their reward being the few crumbs
OF patronage that might fall from the table
OF The latter in the hour OF their success. IL
was such coalition that gave Virginia ana
senatoIship 10 Malone.
lin Arkansas, two months ago, the Re-
pudIation party was crushed to atoms under
:. majority OF fifty thousand or more, ana
lsst Tuesday there was similar demolition
OF the party in Virginia. In Tennessee,
where The issue was Squarely raised between
the debt-payers and debt-sca'ers, the popu'
lar tcFOltt WAS 50 uiltfi~'thapif w wv ''N'N
Of honesty that the debt. scalers will hardly
have the bardihood to make another fight
eycept in covert way. In Virginia,
Malone, who thought himself nvlncI-
bic, and dictated terms and tickets,
not ONLY TO the people OF his own state,
but TO the national committees OF both OF inc
great political parties, hnds bimSelt rouicu
horse. foot, and Dragons. The RepuOh-
cans vert their way and the Democrats
went theirs. and Malone struggles Out OF
the battle with q following no more respect
able in numbers or appearance than RAT
stafI's army TO parade before the country as
The patty OF Readjusters, whose boast II was
lille while ago that they would carry Nlr-
gina by 10000 and elect six congressman.
Secure in his senatorship, Malone VIII
NAV conspicuous pant IN national poll
ties, for there is coming on close con
eressioDal contest, in which his vote VIII De
an object OF competition; but to be con-
sidered respectable or useful by either party
with which he may conclude an alliance nc
must leave bis reputation baggage behind.
He and every sensible man OF the SCUM
must see that this dallance with dishonesty
Is not only wicked but Improbable. Ar.
kansas, Tennessee, and Virginia, in speak,
ing out as they, have sounded the deatll-knen
OF reputation"
This is q shrewd view of the case. Gen
eral MALONE cannot afford to 20 10 WASH
ington as a repudationist. Nor can be per-
shade his associates in the Senate or the
northern people that the RlDDLEBERGER Dill
is not tainted with reputation. we no.
ticed in the reports of interviews which
northern reporters had with him short time
previously TO the late elections tha! General
MALONE took great pains TO try to make II
appear TO his interviewers, and OF course
through them TO the northern public, That
all he and his party were after was an hon
est reimbursement OF the public debt OF Vr-
ginia, based upon her ability to pay. we
nav therefore reasonably infer that the dis
astrous rout of his forces last Tuesday,
and Ito quote old JUBALl his present "ridI'
cuIous" appearance in the eyes OF the
world, have not rendered him imperyious t.
the solicitations Of those Of his Readlus'ei
friends who are anxious TO settle the den'
question before the time comes for Tho
Democratic Nominations for the elections O
next fall TO b0 made. His personal follow
ers are so few in number that he will hardI!
be able TO induce them again 80 measure
swords with the Democratic party.
We take it for granted that M0FFETT
BARBOUR, REDD, MENEFEE, LEWIS, ALLEN
aud all the rest OF the R'adiusierS wh'
acted with the regular Democrats last week
did so ACT becsuse they considered them
selves genuine Democrats, owing allegiance
20 the Democratic party, and having al
much right to voice in its councils as any
Funder Democrat in the Commonwealth
If they thus regard themselves and such b.
their party relations, they will continue t
act AS Democrats and with the regular De
mocratic party. The defeat Of HANcoCI
Ia, not dissolved the organization OF tn
National Democratic party; and the regula
party here must still be recognized every
where, North and South, as the organize
ton TO which all true Democrats owe thei
allegiance.
General MALONE is not blind 10 these
facts; and will doubtless govern himsel
accordingly. His Mozart-Hall scheme i
more likely to become the basis OF the set
Element W hich he, as a United States sena
tor, will offer 10 The creditors OF Virgini;
than the ridiculous reputation rigmarol
OF RIDDLEBERGER. At any rate, he is no
the man to butt bis head against stone wall
He might turn Republican bat he won't
He might 20 to Washington as a repudia