The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-27
m. stanton Conventional Grant
Defeat.

m. staunton Conventional Grant
Defeat.
VIZ must not let this remarkable assem-
b,are Of politicians and aon-po'siiclans pass
oat a the minds OF our rceders witpou'
~,sbering IN some ODDS and ends that are
worthy Of mention.
The first thing that we shaft notice Is that
The central organ ct General MAHsSE Is al
sea. II does not ksow vswbat The next ACT
A. The MALONE dmna h "a he, auttheretore
II discreetly ccatenm xself Win the u''
terance Of glittdspg gcscralit'es BUT IN '''e
darkness Of Tie bliusng defeat which us
c,use has received. the Wig admits isc'
vho.c exi,tescc VIC have commended Tor ever
since the rcsalt Of list Novcnbers e'ec"oh
w.. A, At ~aeee known 10 US; and this isct ~
the stressth OF tse Reakiuster e'eaen'
amongst tse Reputlicaas--or, as we s'sou'o
phrase 1.-THE negroes OF East Virginia
After ssyiug that the unsuccessful 81 an the
Stsuutca Convention represented u Con-
stitucrcg OF at least ter times the vo''os
strength of ttat represented by the w; aou
that the ssronghoIds OF RepubficansS"'''yes'
reader. Pepublcauisw) speak through Tue
al. whilst the 60 speak for counties con-
tro,,ed by the Bourbons," (DeR'fayefs,)
the Whigsdds:
az, ,s impossibIe that the largely pre-
,,onderafing .Rcadjueter element Will permit
i,seH 10 be thus oversIaughed by minority
Of Grtp-Saek .Furders. And dont you
think III
That "largely preponderating Eesd)uster
clemcstn Is composed, 10 other words' OF
negroes. Sticl, pin there.
Then we have Colonel PoPEAm's conies-
sions in full. Would that we bsc room LOT
them. He is.entIreIy too liberal in his ad-
missions. He tries TO rally bis dlsordered
forces by telling them that the Dispatch Is
~tbc proud ceonqueror" OF " the simple
minded Republicans" But as he used the
very same sort OF argument In the stanton
Convention itself. we do not suppose that 1t
will suffice to stop the stampede from the
Malone caats. IL was no triumph oil ours
Colonel, and we did not desire to be In
Stauuton to see the overthrow OF MAH0NE
and his hosts. n General MALONE bad
captured the stanton Convention he would
have given the Republicans more trouble
than the Democrats; and it Is the Republi-
cans, not the Democrats, who ought to re-
ioice most over his defeat. II we have
aided them in keeping his chains Oh their
limbs, they ought to give US vote OF
thanks.
The Colonel doesn't admit that there won't
be a soap bone for the MALONE RepubilcaSs
II General GRANT IS elected but as he told Ills
beforehand in the same manner, and IN very
similar words, what he thought OF our pre-
dictions as to the result OF the Saunton
Convention, we will let that pass. We put
il on record, though, that the Republicans
who follow General MALONE next Noyem-
Der will be treated as traitors to the Repub-
lican party. But how many OF them VIII
do sos Not any worth counting-not even
Colonel p.
"For John p,
Robinson. he.
Says he won't vote for President IS"
We are told, too, that JoRGENsEN wasn't
q straight-outer. Tell that to the marines.
Ask the Wing IL we didn't furnish JoRGEN-
SENS protoplasm. Also, whether be isn't
haud-and.glove with the Bourbons,"
"Funders," and what not.
But the best OF all is yet to come. Colo
mel PoeHAM, leader amongst the Republi-
cans and member OF the Staunton Con-
yention, walls over General GRANTS defeat
as follows:
"Of the foregoing twenty-five delegates
we are unable 10 pick out as Out-spoken, un-
compromising advocates OF Grants nonii-
nation more than four or i've OF the whole
number. L. l.. and d. s. Lewis, c.. G.
Tompkins, and Josiah Crump are all we can
now be certain OF, though the four dele
gates from the Fifth and SeveHth districts
are probably for Grant as their first choice.
Eight, however, are the most we can
give him, whilst OF the remainder Sher-
man has his four Ollectors-Brady,
Russell, Bowden, and Fernsld. He
has aho the indomitable and sharp
witted Wolff; and to these may be added
Carter and POindexter, from the State at
large, add some two or three more who we
know were at heart for him a short time
since. IL Is said by some that several OF
Mr.. Sberman's so-caled friends are serving
him faiseiy, aud are in fact for Blaine. How
ever that may be, II don't alter the startling
fact that Convention Of Grant men, IN
which be seemed u have no opponent, have
selected the friends of the other candidates
to represent his interests at Chicago"
This Is enough for one day.
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