The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-29
Virginia.

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The election Of HANCOCK and ENGLISH 4
m ssmost certain event Of the futu.e. Th'
cry that It will not do 10 run the iieutenan
against the captain Is now used agains
General GAnrIELD II Is the same or.
which excited the Jealousy Of SAUL agains
DAVID, when oil the women played sn'
sang. SAUL has slain lis thousands ant
DAVID his Ten thousands" HANCOCK
military career, second 10 that OF no gene
raj In the Federal army except Genera
GRANT. causes GARrrELD's few mo"ths o
ac.tve service In the army TO pale rs Iigh
- The nresence Of the sunburst OF renowl
shat hangs over HaNcocE's banner.
We announce General HANCOCK as to-
successful candidate. We may even nov
write him down Us President. The fact
Justify us in claiming that he Will be electcS
even without the vote OF Virginia. win
ont that vote the solid South casts 12' votes
New York, Indiana, aud New Jersey cas-
80 votes. II requires only $50 votes
TO elect. He can, therefore, be elected
without the vote OF this State, even IL VIZ
surrender all New England and all the Pa
c,fic States, together with Illinois, ONO
and all the Northwest except Indiana, t(
the Republicans.
II would seem to be very modest simply
10 claim the election OF General HANcoct
under these circumstances. The fact'
would warrant us in claiming his election
by an immense majority. The Pernsyl'
yanians attending the Cincinnati Conven'
ton promised that the old Keystone stale
would stand by her gallant son. There are
thousands OF Republicans in that State VINO
served under HANCOCK in the army, and
many OF whom are confidently relied upon
to rally to his standard. And the indica
tious from Pennsylvania are that they
will not be relied upon In vain.
What we Ia this State are, concerned &c
know is whether the vote Of Virginia will
be cast for HANCOCK or not? Isn't that
strange question to ask! Can there be 9
doubt upon the subject? We think not
We are confident that large majority OF
the people OF Virginia are heartily in favor
OF the election of HANCOCK and ENGLISH
Why, then, should there be any doubt as to
the RESULT Why, indeedg OGly because
there is party in the State which, claim
ing TO be Democratic and professing
to be ready 10 support HANCOCK, is
yet charged with purpose to attempt
to defeat the election OF the HANcoCK
electors by putting before the voters new
electoral ticket nomiDaly pledged to the
support Of the Cincinnati nominees, but
which will Ieally be an ally OF GARFIELD's.
Recoliect that this party held no State Con-
vention to appoint delegates TO Cincinnati,
us John KELLY did. Recollect that these
boilers had 10 delegates in Cincinnati
claiming TO represent the Democratic party
OF Virginia, as john KELLY's seventy dele
gates 10 Cincinnati claimed TO represent the
Democracy Of New York. Recollect that
these Virginia latter-day Democrats have
only Just now found out that the nominee
Of the Cincinnati Convention is better man
than The nominee OF The Chicago Convention.
And recalling these facts to mind. you will
be prepared to Judge how the Democrats Of
the whole country will regard movement
to put before the voters of Virginia an cleo
tOral ticket which can draw no support
from the Republicans ana which wilt divide
the Democratic vote Of the State into two
parts. We say into two parts, but the Re-
adiuster part OF it will be comparatively
small. When they last spring put forth
kfa; oct TN ri m N M
toral ticket, We at once said that they would
back out from it; that the people OF Vir-
GINA were not such fools as to be caught
voting In the air when they might vote for
a President OF the United States. The
event has justified our prediction. The
scheme for an unpledged electoral ticket is
rs dead as a mackerel. The proposition now
is, so we learn, to run new electoral ticket
pledged to the Cincinnati nominees.
Is there anything in this new scheme
We think not. The public opinion OF Vir-
ginia crushed out the unpledged-ticket
scheme. The public opinion Of the United
States will crush out the ticket nominally
pledged to HANCOCK but really working for
GARFIELD. General MALONE cannot afford
TO break with both CARTEL and HANCOCK.
To charge that he intends TO aid in the elec.
ton OF GARFIELD by placing a second set OF
Democratic electors Ia the field would be to
charge him with treachery 10 HANCOCK, and
with working secretly and in the dark to
accomplish purposes which he denies en-
tertaining. He is not that sort OF man,
we take ii. he Is not for GARFIELD. Blu.
is It any better to be for HANCOCK, and yet
work for GARIELDS Surely not. The one
would be trcachery. The other would be
fatuows folly. A protest would come to
him from every Democratic leader in the
Union, including General HANCOCK himscl
to withdraw his bogus ticket.
II viii be better, then, for General Ma.
HONE to consult General HANCOCK and the
Democratic National Committee, and as
many other Democrats as he can see, before
the assembling OF bis convention OF the 18th
OF July. The ticket already In the field is
the regular Democratic ticket. 1t was re-.
cognized AZ such by the Democratic National
Convention IN Cincinnati; the delegates
who represented Virginia in that body hav-
Ing been selected by the same State Conven-.
ton which selected the electoral ticket now
before the voters. The Democracy Of the
whole Union recognize the regular Demo-
cratic organization in Virginia as the
Democratic party in Virginia, aud there
are no means by Ghich lthey can
be made to change their opinion. General
MALONE. then, has but two reads open TO
him. lie must either go over 10 the Re.