The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-28
r. M. MIXERS,
JOHN CHRNAULT,
Il, A. WEST.
The Virginia Situation.
CJurier-JOurnal.

The radical orators and newspapers are
tiattering themsel es that there is a good
prospect of capturing the vote of the Old
Dominion for General Garfield. The
assumption upon which so singular con.
clusion is based is that General Malone NAV
either succeed in weakening the regular
democratic vote by drawing of the readius-
tiers, or that he may be induced TO accept v
bride in one form or another to fuse his con-
stituency with the republicans. The demo
cratic vote of Virginia is about 10000, and
the radical vote claimed is some so 900 to
10000. 1t is argued that if the democratic
vote be divided equally there will be about
$4,000 for each set of democratic electors,
and conse luently that each will fall short
ola plurality by some 5000 to 10000. The
flaw in this scheme is the assumption that
General Malone carries in his pocket the
brains and conscience Of the very consider
able substantial class Ul Virginia
democrats who favor readjusment hut
hate the radical party and all their
works with undying hatred. The
question of tho state debt is purely state
issue, having no more relation to national
politics than the Turkish question The
| quarrel between the funders and readiusters
of Virginia will in no wise touch the presi-
dental succession, or the general govern
ment otherwise atahy point or angle. In
| telligent Nirginians can not be- deluded by u
mere nominis umbra TO betray their state in
a real practical issue of the greatest possible
magnitude. Lahore will aQuenly be
unable TO deliver this class Of the goods
which he is accused of tratiicking for this
| u,nnlr AZ Dhilo ,bta opI ~,
imagine the contrary is 10 impeach the com
mon sense and principles Of one Of tho most
| intelligent and honorable American con.
muniles. As to the negro vote, this would
be more plastic material, but in Virginia the
payment of the poll tax is n qualification for
voting, and there is very little doubt that
both the republican and resdluster negro vote
will by means of this barrier, be cut down
some $4,000 to 10000 votes.
Some western readers may not be aware
of the ground of classification of the two
wings of the Virginia democracy. The fund
ers represent the wing favorable TO the COM
promise of the Virginia state debt on what
is known as the Mccullough plan. The re-
adjusters were organized by General Malone
to resist this plan of settlement and secure a
larger reduction of the debt and easier terms
for the settlement. The Malone faction,
with the aid ofthe negroes and white opub'
llcans, outvoted the funders in the late cleo.
ton, and Malone managed to have himself
elected to the United States senate, to sue
coed Colonel Withers. In the November
election trial of strength between the two
wings will inevitably prove the weakness of
the readjusters, for their white and black
| all;oo of tho rnpuhlioup y,ursuoaiOn will vOt \
for the Garfield ticket, while the democrats
will support the regular Hancock ticket. The
white democratic readjusters will sec the am
bush and vote for the regular ticket without
compromising at all their fractional bias.