The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-25

(. -. 80 .s,n recently IN our exchanges
49,, :. .rttc,cs which were written to ius'
IN tssoersl EcSols, not Tor anything 'as
- "a done, but for haviugsam last wis'er
~ 81 weuld rather vote to- General Wick
s.~ ,h.n Tor Gcpersi SixuoSE to be a
1;rssd Ssates senator from Virginia. We
"A not know what tae publtc has TODD with
(3eu<rsl EcuoEs's dcclsrsuons toHs friends
= ne social circle, OF 70 hts party associates
a. caucus ;tsnd 4 wm IA one or the other
q xhees ths& he made The declaration for
wA,ch ~ Nshoueiscs have n public ar
r,io,>d him. We think that Major
Daxrrr hss Indicated The proper answer
for sll Democratic speskers to make 70
the chafqe IN question, and this answer IS
that whatever individual members OF the
Democrats party may have said or done
that party as a party has never supported
Cement WscxaxM rs against General Ma
uoxx Tor United States senator or Tor any
Mace. Nor has General EcHoIs ever done,
40. The Democratssin the last Legislature
resolved casy in toe session to support all
the incurisents Of Office for reelection.
Under tsfs rule they voted for Mr.. TAY'
r.oR. General RcsERs. Colonel WITHERs,
and All the rest OF the true Democrats occu-
pying public positions which were reoi'ea
last wiuter. The vote for United States sena'
cor in the House OF Delegates was 40 for
WrrHERs, SO 'ier MAHoSE, for WicKHAs.
Amongst the games recorded for Senator
WrrHgRs Is that OF JOHN EcaoLs.
But the fsc. that General EcHoLs voteo
for W1rusrs and lot for MALONE does not
uroye that be bad not declared that he
would prefer wIcSHAM's election to MA
HOMES. No, 1t does not; but II IS mucn
more important 10 know what man does
than what, in q moment Of excitement, be
says. Doubtless, great many good Demo-
crsts ssve said things about General ECH-
OILS which he would not like to bear; 0ut
be win hardly recall them in his own nina
or 10 the attention Of the men who made
them when, after the ID OF November next.
he shall have learned that all OF those men
voted for him to be presidential elec'or.
When he said hat he would vote Tor WICK
HAN In preference to MALONE be voiced the
feeling Of thousands OF The best men In VIZ
ginia. Yet 1t is possible that those very
men might not have done, when the time
for action came, what their feelings bad
previously prompted them to do.
In rejecting upon this matter, we have
asked ourselves why any Democrat should
have preferred General MALONE to General
wrcxHAM? Wherein does the one diner
from the other as partisan? General MA
HONE supported for Second Auditor Mr..
Dyson, the present Republican incumbent
OF that Office. lie had negro from Peters
burg aud one from Norfolk elected to pub
lie offices. He held conferences with me-
groes aud Republicans last winter, and re-
ceiyed their votes as a candidate for United
States senator. General WICKHAM was
gallant officer in the Confederate States
army, rs was General MALONE. Either
might be relied upon to do in the United
States Senate whatever be could for bis own
State aud section. and to resist any and all
attempts which might be made in that body
to ipjure the South. SO far as their Vir-
ginia feelings, preiudices, and preferences
are concerned, the ono IL as true to the Old
Dominion as the other, so far as we know
or believe.
The want Of popularity OF General WICK.
HAM, II we may assume that he does lack
popularity. grows almost entirely III not
altogether out OF the fact that he has since
the war been acting with party which the
Democrats think Is too fond Of the negro.
Now, what possible difference can anybody
point out between the Republican party and
the MAHoyE party IN this respect? The Re-
publicans ask no more for the negroes than
the Mahoueites do. Indeed. the Republic
cans could not, II they would, go farther In
this direction than the Mahoneites. BY the
latter, the negroes are elected to office ;
they are summoned on iuries; they are
put upon party committees; they are con.
suited; they are admitted to caucuses; they
are appointed delegates to party conven.
tions; and, so far as the outside world can
perceive, treated in their conventions just
as il they were white men. We don't think
that anybody In the world will charge
General WIcKHAM with being any worse
than General MALONE so far as the conduct
OF the two towards the negroes is concerned.
The Democratic party Of Virginia lisa white
mans party, and neither Of them agrees
with 1t. General MALONE is, however, q
dangerous man, and General WIcgaAA Is
not.
But General WEOKHAM Is a tariff man
Well, are not some Of General MAHoNE's
nominees for Congress in favor OF a pro.
tective tariff? Let his ally Colonel POP.
HAN the Republicaa answer for him. He
says:
eve call attention of Governor Jewell,
General Garfield, the President OF the
United States, and ah others in authority
over the Republican party, to the impertant
and striking fact that large majority OF
the Rekdjuster candidates for Congress In
this State are ayowed protectiontsts and as
sound tsrif.men as any 70 be found In New
York or PennsyiVania."
Fit be said thst some 81 the Democratic
candidates for Congress slso are protection
lists, we reply that that fact only goes TO
prove that General MALONE Is not to be
preferred to General WicKnAM. II tSe ne
gro question overrides the tariff question,
WicKHAn Is as good ss MAHcyE. A pro-
tectioulst in the House OF Representatives
IS as bad as protectionist in the Senate.
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