The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-07
n,so poadinsters' Convention.

1udcing from what we have heard and
seen, we expect the attendance to be large
the discussions interesting and perhaps eN'
citing, and the action OF the Convention 10
be far-reaching in its results.
What will the Convention dof For the
last ton DAYS Il has been assumed as setiIeu
,hat,t Is to declare for HANCOCK ana frame
IN electoral ticket consisting entirely OF
white Democratic Rcadiusteis. we kho"
no reason for doubling that tins VIII De Tue
r,snlt OF its deliberations II General MA
poxE can carry out bis plans. Let Us sec
how the land lies.
II must not he forgotten that this year
there are congressman 10 be elected as wen
asa President. We think II may be saiely
assumed that in every congressional DIS
trio, in Virginia there IS at least one Re-
odinsier who considers himself prominent
enough in his party to be entitled 10 DC iS
nominee for Congress. ana strong enough
with fhc voters to be elected II nominated
But AN these men desire the support OF the
negroes In their respective districts. why
because ia all Eastern Virginia at leaStihere
Is no reason 10 hope for the election OF he-
adiuster 10 Congress unless he can get tue
negro vote. In the Fourth district the Re-
publicans will be apt to elect their candl-
date whatever the opposition may DO
In the First aud Second districts The
negro vote is so large that II the
white voters be divided as between
the rcculsr Democratic nominee and the Re-
odjuster nominee. the Republicans can easily
carry both districts. In this, the Third DIS
trict, there Is no ground whatever upon
which the Rtadjustcr candidate oan base
any expectation OF success II the Repuhii-
cans bring out candidate against the regu-
lar Democratic nominee. 80 also we sup
pose we might say OF the Fifth and sixth
districts. In the Seventh district The negro
vote is no, so large. whilst the white READ
iusteIs are more numerous; but even In
that district we learn that the RtadluSters
base their hopes OF success largely upon the
assumption that the negroes will rally TO
the standard OF their candidate. The
Eighth district i in very much the same
condition as the seventh, though not quite
so badly tainted with Readiusterism. The
Ninth district is full of candidates. There
will he a Readiuster nominee, Democratic
nominee. greenback candidate in the per-
son of FAYETTE MCMULLIN, and an inde-
pendent candidate in the person Of Mr.. NEW
BERRY.
1t is apparent that the Readiusters must
have the negro vote. Can they get 1t! We
all know how they captured that vote last
fall, and how the fourteen negroes mus
elected 10 the General Assembly stuck TO
General MALONE last winter through thick
and thin. This year. however, it Is sup
posed that the negroes Will be inclined 10
support not only the regular Republican
electoral ticket, but the regular Republican
candidates for Congress. How can they be
induced to ioregO this determination VIII
they agree to swallow an electoral ticket
pledeeG TO HANCOCK, and at the same time
demand no consideration in the shape OF
Republican congressman! Will they not
rather demand not only that some Republic
cans but that some negroes shall be voted for
either for Congress or as electors! How can
the ReSdjusters expect to secure the negro
vote for HANCOCK electors and also for Re-
adiuster candidates for Congress: What
inducement can they hold out to the ne
grOes 10 play so unimp0rtant IOle IN the
political drama about to be enacted in Viz
piniaY Last winter General MALONE found
il necessary to elect Republican to one Of
the basement offices, and to give other
nlaces 10 negroes. viii he find the negroes
more manageable now that the Republicans
confidently expect to carry Virginia il the
white voters continue divided as they are
We can only ask these queStions-n0t an-
swer them. They 90 to show. however,
that there is no plain sailing before General
MALONE. His vessel i IN danger Of run-
ming upon the reefs. II he can steer il clear
OF them. be will prove himself to be won
deriuI organizer and leader.
The Resdjuster candidates for Congress
in East Virginia must know that their pros
poets would be very much improved If
they could 90 before the negroes upon
whom their election depends, and tell these
negroes that their race and their party were
both represented upon the Readiuster cleo
toral ticket. 1t would be a concession
which the negroes consider nothing more
than their due, whether in their capacity as
Republicans or their capacity az negroes
In fact, there must be some white Republic
cans in the Convention which meets to-day
who will either secede from the Convention
or compel the recognition OF the Republic
can element in the Readiuster party. So
also there must be, II would seem to us. In
that body some genuine Democratic Re-
adiusters who will secede from it in case 8
bogus HANCOCK electoral ticket be brought
out against the genuine Democratic HAN
COCK electoral ticket which was put into
the field when the Readjusters had not made
up their minds whether their candidate
would be nominated at Chicago or Cincin
natl.
SO far as the Democratic Readi ar
concerned, let us say that they may cal
themselves Democrats as loudly and as Of
ten as they please, but they will never b.
recognized as true friends by General HAN
COCK, nor as true Democrats by the Demo
cratic national organization, nor by To
Democrats in Congress, nor by the Demo
Gratis OF any State in the Union. Wboee
is not for the regular Democratic electora
ticket is against ii. The Convention which
assemblies to-day was called, amongst othe
purposes, TO decide whether the Read
busters, as party. should support tn