Daily Republican., 1880-04-26
The Virrfnfa Triangle.

The Republican State Convention Of
Virginia after three days session ad-
journed on Friday morning. The pro-
eeedings were Of the greatest impor-
tance in their bearing upon the future
of politics in the nation, and 1t was
plainly shown that the oolored people
held the balance Of political power, and
can name the next and future Presi-
dents Of the nation, so long as the pre-
sent party divisions exist. 1t is not
denied even by Democrats, that their
party must secure solid South, New
York and Indiana to elect their candi-
date, and should not even little Della
ware toe the solid South line all their
calculations would be at sea and their
hopes blasted. Virginia, least of all
with. her eleven electoral votes. cannot
besspared from their solid column, and
yet Virginia is so torn mp by Demo.
cratic factional fights, that the State is
almost sure to vote for the Republican
candidate. Democracy is lost sight Of
for the present, ana other political par
ties face each other in the field. For
the sake Of recognition they are called
the Conservatives, the Readjuster and
the Republican parties. The split Of
the Democratic party into the Conser-
vative and Read justsr parties at pre-
sent leaves the State at the mercy of
the Republicans, who are pushing the
battle to the very gates with every pros
pect of capturing the eleven votes for
tile Republican candidate for President.
The Republican Convention Of Virginia
composed mostly of colored men, has
shown itself to he power in the State,
and the Democrats are lightning to
realize the importance Of the negro
vote in their own personal sg-
grandizement, and the most clever mem.
bers Of that party begin 10 see that the
time has come for disintegration. As
one Of the sigrs of the times it is stated
that at Staunton during the convention
colorsd delegates were admitted 10 the
best hotels and in the dining FALCONS,
leading ladies and gentlemen Of the
"tirst families" sat down to dine at the
same table. The importance Of the COR
veption completely broke down the COL
or line and the leaders of the conserve
tives and the Readjusters were present
looking out for the colored vote. There
is no white mans party in Virginia any
more. The black vote is beginning to
tell all over the country and it is not at
all improbable that it will even at the
coming election decide the Presidency.
At present the Conservatives OF Vir-
ginia, which number the most Of the
old Bourbon leaders, are powerless. They
can do nothing in the way Of legislation
without the aid of the colored vote. The
Readjusters, party yonng and vigor-
Gus under the leadership Of General
Malone who ia a United States Senator
elect, are in 10 mood 10 60 back to the
Boarbons, aud they too are dependent
upon the colored vote for all they are
and for all that they ever expect to be.
The Republican party as we have
already said composed mostly Of colored
voters spd noT the largest Of the three
parties In :he State hold the key to the
situation. Ii general Malone ants to
succeed in the future he and his party
must affiliate with he.Republicans or
as many of them as approved Of his f.
uancial policy. The split in the Demo.