The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-07
The Readiuster Programme.


tho editor Of the Wig. What sort OF De-
mocrats he and his party were at that time
NAV be inferred from the following para
graphs. which we take from the wing OF
April sS,h. four weeks after that call was
issued. We quote:
.CIt "a sometimes urged that there are
grievances and wrongs that can only ne re-
dressed by cooperation WIN one OF 'he
other az the national parties. We suppose
tbat his is particularly true OF real or ina
ginsry personal grievances and wrongs at
Irihuicd 10 party that is not national. In
stances are not wanting that seem 10 iin-
nress that view Of the matter.
"Granted, however, that there are puDlc
crievances aud wrongs from which the
state and her people suffer that can only be
redressed bv one or the other OF the ma
,ion,I nar;ics, is il sense or logic 10 hold
therefore rhat we should put ourselves IN
irrpconc,labe hostility 10 the national party
ia nover now, ana which has held power
for twenty wears uninterruptediy Wncre
is the sense or logic in seeking redress from
The party not IN power, and when mas Deeh
invariably defeated for the last two decades
The premises being granted, ana II beng
further conceded that redress can only De
obtained from one or the other OF the ma
tional DartieS, does il not follow IRON the
ARGUMENT that we should 60 TO the doml-
nant party Tor such redress!
But il is a mistake that the best way LOT
a state and people to obtain the redress
sought for is 10 ally themselves win eltuer
national party
Now YOU. Democratic Readiu'ieTS, Is that
your creed? Can YOU cooly debate the
ouestion whether it is more advisable to
EXPECT redress for wrongs from the Repub-
licans than from the Democrats When
did the men who held the views set forth
above become Democratic partyT We
could quote columns from your leading or
Gan TO show that when the Convention Of
to-day was called your leaders had not made
M their minds whether they would vote
for the Democratic or the Republican
nominee. We invite your attention TO the
following. On the 2Olh of May the wing
said:
"Iu their Convention OF the 1tb Of July,
with the defeat Of FunderiSm as The prlncl'
pal object, while not ncglectful Of national
affairs, they will 30 shape their policy as will
secure to the people Of Virginia their right
full government OF the State as distinguished
from the government Of the outside world,
and a. 10 render sure II ultimate triumph
the great cause OF RCadjuStment against al
the Jobs Of brokers and their Funder al
lies"
The wing of May lSh mot two months
agO-Said:
"The ReadjuSterS may, possibly, noml-
nate the same men who shall have been
named at Cincinnati, or at Chicago; but
who they may be Soeyer. they will be The
ReadjuS'er nominees. and Will he voted Tor
as such by the RcadiuSter>."
Mr.. join :. WISE, your candidate for
Congress in this distric, said in recently
published letter.
"Whcn we get there ITO the July Conyen-
tionl. and the party policy i settled after
full conference. will. for one, abide by lis
determination. whether our course be 10
support the Cincinnati nominee, or the CHI
cag0 nominee. an unpledged ticket an in
dependent ticket or no ticket at ALL
Again: The wing of May 10Th, in tie
course Of a long editorial, says:
"NOr in speaking OF an 'unpledged'
electoral ticket did il ever occur 10 Us that
the electors were TO throw their votes away
on the one hand, or put them on Cendue
ito the highest bidder on the other.
Never! The idea all the time kept full IN
view was that these electors should dis pose
Of their votes in the electoral college 10 the
best advantage of Virginia, and then under
the limitations and Instructions Of the Con-
ventIOn which should appoint them"
There is nothing Democratic in that sug-
gestiOn. There is not hint that the Read
ulster state Convention, the call for which
had then been out for nearly two months,
would claim TO be q Democratic State Con-
vention, or would dream of framing an
electoral ticket pledged TO the support Of
either the Democratic OF the Republican
nominee. On the contrary, the wing S
plan, and presumably General MAHoNE'S
plan. and the party's plan, was "that these
electors 10 be named in the Convention Of
to-day1 should dispose OF their votes
in the electoral college to the best adj
vantage Of Virginia, aud then under the
limitations and instructions OF the Conyen-
ton which should appoint them Do not
the Readiuster Democrats i'm this Couven-
ton know that their leaders have thus by
public opinion been compelled to abandon
that unpedged electoral ticket and that
they have determined to substitute Han.
| COCK electors for unpedged electors only
because they couldn't help themselves! Do
such men expect anybody outside Of Vir-
gina to recognize them a. Democrats
No. There is no idea OF this sort in their
heads. They know well enough that the
game they are playing is the same old game
OF "Rule or Ruin"