The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-03
The .Iuly Convention.

The July Convention.
The Lynchburg Advance, Colonel TOM
wa,rSugAD's paper, says that 1t received
The following letter from an able and astute
observer Of political affairs as well as ex'
uerieuced man; one never a candidate ter
political office, nor politician in the pera-
lar sense:
.Look out for a coup dttat on the s'h
Of July. II Is well known that ccnSoer-
able number OF Radioat negro defcga.ss
have been sent to the Malone Conveot'on
of the eth Of July--enough TO give Sc,or W
.nv arrangement. TIE Executive Somini'-
TO- a, the Radical party Will mess on the
9Th Of July. I now predict that tue e'ee-
snrsI ticket uom,nsfed at Stauntoa VIII De
,s,,harawn. Malone will have an electoral
s,cEes headed Hancock and Eng'ish. The
pads deem The election OF G8tQeld doubt
snI. do not expect to carry Virginia In a
souare aght. Terms will be agreed upon
as To congressional districts, and the snare
the negro is to have in State politics ana
offices. and what many call privileges
That electoral ticket will be constitutions
aily at liberty to vote as II pleases a'er
the election, will vote for Hancock II var
field is otherwise elected, Tor GafheId u
necessary TO his election, or iOr ha'cooh
u he Is otherwise elected:
:. Neyroes who were delegates to Staun-
ton nave been sent delegates to Richmond
on the 7th proxImo. They are to be on
hand 10 ratify the action OF the Radical
Executive Committee, and an Alliance,
offensive and defensive, will be formed De-
tween the Malone Readjusters ana the
Radical negro leaders. with view 10 tue
control OF elections in the congressman
districts and the next Legislature lhey
have been driven To this course Dy the
course of eyents-by their failure 10 cap
furc the Staunton Convention-the known
refusal OF large bodies OF the Reddjusters
10 favor separate Hancock ticket, WIN
Radical ticket in the field, and the oehei
that such ticket would be defeated, ana ieau
to the election, by plurality. OF the stralght
Republican electoral ticket. The negro
will be expected 10 surrender the State to
the Hancock ticket, at the expense OF
Democratic national administration. pro-
yided he can have q controlling voice IN
State elections and State spols-county ana
State. This. also, Is expected TO satisfy the
Democratic Readiusters, and bring tbem
back to the fold.
al NAV possibly be mistaken, but feel
quite sure that course has been decided on,
II it can be perfected next week III Rlch-
mond."
The facts that the Readiuster Convention
will meet On the eth and the Republican
Central Committee on the next day, ana
both In this city, justify in measure the
differences drawn by the correspondent OF
the Advance. Nevertheless. we cannot yet
credit the report that the Readlusters are
willing TO swap off Conservative congress
man for Readjuster electors-to give The ne
groes control Of Congress in order that the
Readjusters may have the privilege OF voting
for HANCOCK and ENGLISH. The Readiust-
ers would damn themselves in thecyes OF the
whole country by making such bargain.
And what would they gain by 1t? What
would be the consideration received by
them for thus proving traitors to the Demo
cratic party. Nothing-absohtel nothing.
They would certainly be regarded as con-
temptlble mercenaries By General HANCOCK
and every other Democrat in the country.
They would secure none Of the patronage
OF the Democratic Administration by such
a course. In a word, they would sell them
selves much more cheaply than We think
they are ready to do.
We conclude, therefore, that there is no
foundation for the rumor as 1t stands. Ii
the Readjusters and the Republicans form
coalition, the former receiving the Republic
can vote for electors and the latter the
ReSdjuster vote for congressman, it Will be
because the Readiusters wish to hold up
their eleven electors for that "controllng in
huence" in the presidential contest which
the unpledged electoral ticket WAS said TO
promise. Since it would be foolish TO sell
themselves for nothing, we conclude that
fbey will either not make the bargain spo-
ken of, or il they make il that their pur-
pose will be, not to give the vote OF Vir-
GINA to HANCOCK, but 10 sell ii TO the high
est bidder-that il, to the party which Will
parcel out to them the most spois.
But this last supposition is also almost
incredible. We are inclined to think that
General MALONE has dissolved all connec-
ton with the Republicans for this year, and
intends to try to keep his white forces to-
gether, hoping to resume control over the
negroes next year, when there will be no
congressman and no electors to be chosen.
We publish the letter to the Advance for
what It is worth. The reader can draw his
own differences.
But the Democrats cannot be too active
and vgilant. We imagine that we see signs
of giving way in the utterances OF the Re-
adjuster organs. 1t strikes us that they are
only whistling to keep their courage up.
We shall learn, however, In aiew days what
their plans are. In the mean time, let the
Democratic party be ready for any move
ment that these boilers may make.