The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-30

Address ~ the EStaee Executive COms
mtttee OF tie conservative Dcmo-
crWcy.
Feliow-C Citizens. Pursuant TO law the
Board Ci Cauvassers met on Monday last
and completed md certified the official
luent' Of the result OF the late election
10 this state.
This formality concludes the cimfaian
Of 1880 In Virginia. and gives fitting op.
nortuuiiy rs we'll for Just copgraiula'ion
over our ueexamplcd victory. az Tor some
rejection upon the responsibilities which
that triumph imposes. The Conservative
party Of Virginia has still In us Keeping
the rwhts and Interests aud honor oil the
Stats, and can neither abandon It's trus.
without cowardice, nor abuse 1t witocu'
disgrace. To IL the people oil Virgins
aid the people OF the world who may oe
euterested In Virginia look, as they pave
an undoubted right to look. for the wis
! dom, patriotism, aud pubic virtue demand
ed for the Just administration OF her pub'i'
affairs.
The character OF the late canvass was a.
anomalous as lis developments were sur
prising, and It's results decisive.
IL can serve now no usefu purpose 10 IN
lquire into the motives, or expose at length
the extraordinary course OF The leaders OF
that faction which, while pretending to sup
port tue ticket Of the National Democracy
defied its authority, opposed its course, and
antagonized ITS principles
Boosting Of ITS power to deliver the vote
OF Virginia to Hancock, and claiming th'
alliance of thousands OF negro votes rs the
guaranty Of that boast; aided by the ma
terial and moral support OF the highest au
| IA. ~ t11o
Union; having as has, since the election
been avowed over his own signature by
leading Virginia Republicar--having ever
its electoral tickets printed at the expense
and circulated by the hands Of Republicans
when its electoral vote is counted it u
found to have less than ID per cent. OF The
ballots in the State, and to have been beitef
over g., 900 votes by party so insignhcan
in The eyes OF its leader That he preferred
negro "allance" to an association with II
and on iae very day before The election de-
clared il inc)mparably the weakest party
IN Virginia politics!
Moreover, even in this insignificant fol
lowing thousands no doubt we're included
who, without any respect for the motives
Or approval OF the course. OF the leaders
were deceived by their buster and Drag
ging into belief of their strength; anC
honestly gave them their votes rs the mos
eiiectua method OF insurng Republican de
feat in Virgina-a mistake which was al
error OF judgment alone, and merits no re-
proach.
We claim With pride, emphasized by the
happy result, that The course OF our party
was marked by none but direct methods
and honest aims. No trading OF votes nc
truces with our enemies; no leii-handed al
liances; no diplomatiZng with the lifelong
enemies of Virginia and the South marred
the straightforward honesty OF the Conserva
tive campaign. The Republican party OF the
country recognized lis as foes and treated
us as such. The National Democracy
knew us for friends, and so endorsed us.
| Within the State. as the count shows, the
vast bulk of its virtue and patriotism en-
| listed in our cause. Without, the hands
extended to us were not those OF CameroDs
and Gorhams and Jewels and Burrs, bur
| the grasp we met was the familiar touch OF
| Ellis and Hamilton, Of Vance and gallant
HamptOn, who recognized that our cause
in Virginia was one with theirs in Louisi-
ana ana Maryland, in North Carolina and
IN the Palmetto State.
1t is in the keeping OF history hat the re-
verse OF all this characterized tue leaders OF
the July party. who, pretending the pur-
pose and power to carry Virginia for Han
cock, antagoniZed the only true Hancock
ticket and party; and as II marks their con-
duet it eXrllins their fate. The sure in
stncts OF the people penetrated the secret
Of this trafficking with Republicans at an
early day, and they delivered their indig-
nant judgment upon it on The I'd OF Novem-
Der. 1t soon became apparent that mere, as
ha al i,yht IL u
struggle between Democrats and Republi-
cans, and that even the negroes could not
De delivered like coal or cattle in such a
canvass, by these " ho fancied they owned
them. and undertook TO dispose Of them.
The result in detail has already been
spread before the people. Its summary IL
as follows:
FOR PRESIDENT.
Dcmocraiic. Republican Julyer,
96,9l2 $4,000 3l.O74
For CONGRESS.
Democratic. Republican. Julver.
97,073 52653 56,c54
These are most significant figures. They
demonstrate
/. That the Conservative Democracy
made an open fight for principle, neither
asking nor giving quarter. There was no
splitting or trading. Hancock gave his
strength to every congressman on our ticket,
and the friends Of every congressman gave
him loyal support. In vote OF 97,0I3
for Conservative congressman, Hancock
loses but 161 votes-less than onc-siXth OF |
per cent. less than one vote In 900.
g That negotiations with the Republicans
were not made for Hancock's benefit, not
witbstanding the boast OF the 7th.Of-July
leaders. but to his manifest prejudice.
Ga field received 3l.367 votes MORE than
the Republican congressman, while Han
Geek received 24,3S0 July'ticket votes LESS
than the July.ticket copgres>men! The
July congressman did not care or were not
able To give Hancock their votes, though
protesting TO run on his ticket
3. That the theory OF a stampede from
the July ticket at the last moment to the
May ticket TO save the State from Garfield is
ridiculous deIusion or a pure invention.
III there had BEEN stampede TO the May
electoral ticket ii would. 10 the extent OF The
stampede, have made that ticket run ahead
OF the MAY congressional ticket. but, in