The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-30
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sdivnlers to clslm that they constitute
majority Of the Conservative or Democratic
party In Virginia. There were very rev
votes cast last fall, and Of those thrown ioi
Rcxdiuster candidates, large proportion
were negroes. Even 10 the Legislature
the fourteen negroes held the balance o.
pcwer "A b>tween the Reajiusters anu 'ne
Debt. PAYERS, and could at any time pave
given the contro, OF that body 10 tue pep''
PAYERS nv voting with them. Without the
negro vote the Rsk6iusiers are power'es'
in virginia. Aud toe negro vote tney can
NO, noss,bly obtain aext fall II they nomi'
rate an electoral ticket pledged TO HAN
COCK and ENGLISH. 80
The Rcxd;usters seem to baye MADE UP
their plans for this year on the following va.
sis: Knowing that President OF the Uhi'eu
States Il 10 be elected next November anu
that their negro allies will surely desef.
Them Ia that election. and knowing 'oa'
there vii. next year be no elections ior s"'''
gressmen and no national elections OF any
SORT. the Resdjusters seem to haSeae'er'
mined 10 let the negroes go fer the present.
and get as many white votes as possible oy
putting out bogus electoral ticket hesdeo
with the names OF HANCOCK aud ENoLish'
They wish TO rally 10 their standard this
wear rs many white voters ms possible anu
TO induce the negroes next year TO become
the allies of the whites who this year
shall vote for GARFIELD whilst pretending
70 vote for HANCOCK. The object Is to re-
tain control Of such OF the offices OF the
State as are already In their possession, and
to secure others IL possible when the State
elections OF 1881 for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and members OF the General AS
xembly shall come off-a United States sena-
torship being one Of the prizes had In view.
The surrendering OF the negroes for this
wear is 10 be done because they cannot be
induced to desert the Republican party Tor
any other; and without their votes the un-
pledged ticket would receive so little sup
port that 1t would be painful to witness the
modification which its advocates would
manifest after election-day. Therefore,
when the hope OF getting the negro vote
was abandoned, ,he scheme OF running an
unpledged electoral ticket was abandoned.
But the Resdjusters could not thus sur
render all their hopes OF having successful
Re3djuster party in Virginia in 1881. What
remained for them TO do: Nothing, they
thought, but TO nominate an electoral ticket
pledged to the support OF the Cincinnati
hn IN
strong among the Readiuster Conservatives
that it could not be suppressed. IL was
bound to have utferance. 1t was bent upon
voting for the Democratic nominee for Pre-
sident next fall. To meet this demand OF
the honest Democrats in their ranks the Re-
adiusters have devised this new scheme OF
running electors pledged to the nominees
OF the Cincinnati Convention. 1t is an at
tempt to keep the Democrats OF the Read
iuster party from voting with the regular
Democratic party aud for the electors named
by the regular Democratic organization OF
the State. 1t is an endeavor to save the Re-
adjuster party OF Virginia at the expense Of
the Democratic party Of the United States.
Will not this new scheme be abandoned
before the July Convention assemblies? 1t
ought TO be. II the leading Readjusters
value the Democratic party OF the country
more than they do their little local faction,
1t will be. III General HANCOCK can exer-
else any influence over the Readiusters. 1t
win be. II the Democratic party Of the
country can make its wishes respected, the
scheme will soon end. 1t is nothing more
nor less than scheme for giving the vote
OF Virginia to GARFIELD. Let the Read
busters think OF these matters. We should
ask nothing better for our purposes than
that Readiuster electoral ticket should
be run against the HANCOCK ticket
already in the field il We regarded
only the interests of The Conservative
party in Virginia. The Readiusters could
not, without their negro allies, poll twenty
thousand votes, as against over one hun
dred thousand poled by the regular Demo-
cratic organization. We may have to let
them expose their weakness and our
strength. But We would prefer that they
should all come up like men TO the support
OF the regular Democratic electoral ticket,
which ell the Democrats in the Union re-
cognixes as that one which should command
the votes Of all the true Democrats ia the
Old Dominion.