The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17
= ~ =, . 1,.n,aacod electoral Ticket.

The unpledged Electoral Ticket
M. po,thsra f,teiiigenoey gives TREND
- ~ srpiug 10 the stanton Valley Vwg'"-
ian. the leading organ OF tue "ep"''''""
psrtv in Virginia. We quote: A..
w.Rxrxo. The Dispatch Is patting Ma.
,or Yost. Of the Valley pirginson, ON '9 ~.
hack. and commcnds hiehly his cou,se ~ y,
opncsing fusion or combination ucso' W y,
Renublicaus aud dissatisfied Democrats !"
the approaching presidential cH m.i'assh
But will not this praise from ,he D.Nr z" sse
upcu the Majors eyes and tnapie u,'n ~ 81 ~,
that he IL playing dirccsty INTO .ue " sor The
the euemys II Is an ng'y pus,"sss ,,'s ,,;s.
Republican party, Malcf, WIG"
paica approves your tactics xosr
oh, no. We tried only TO sno" ioo'
cha, his party was in greater danger 'oa"
oars. So Tar are we from being Oh DIS s''e
sbs, we are pati;ng Colonel f<eHAA Sno
<,.nsra, N .yoyR on the back aud earnestly
swearing he coalition which tie latter pro-
nose. and the former says Is the oest oar
gain ever offered to the Republicans OF VIZ
gina.
We predicted when General MsHoNEs
scheme frst appeared tibet IL wouio DC
abandoned within thirty days. III " mas no.
aIready been abandoned, we are deceived
by the course OF the MAsoNE organs apu
of the Readjustcrs in the county. "esee
mo arguments in those organs in favor OF
the new plan OF holding up VFginia's vote
TO te given TO the party or the man that
will pay the highest price Tor it'-not ne
cessariIy in money, but rather in Offices
and patronage. We bear from every quar-
ter OF the State that the people refuse 10
consider II seriously.
Rnt we have a little straw which SHOWS
more copclusiqeiy than the facts ABOVE
cited that the new scheme either mas al
ready been abandoned, or that it will have
10 be abandoned very soon. Last week
Read ulster meeting was held in Nansemono
county, at which various resolutions were
passed after speech bad been made by Mr..
FAIR, OF Fairfax. In Mr. FARR's speech,
40 the Suffolk Sun Informs us, he came out
boldly In favor OF General MAHoNE's scheme
OF running an electoral ticket in Viz
ginia uppledged to either the Democratic or
the Republican candidate for President OF
the United sites. Well, as we have said.
after listening to MI. FARR's speech adyo-
eating that notable scheme, the Readlnsters
passed resolutions ia regard to all sorts OF
matters; but never word say they IN
favor of that independent electoral ticket.
They could not possibly have overlooked
1be subject, for their first resolution de-
ciares that they intend to run Read
juster candidate for Congress next fall;
and as the congressional and presidential
elections come of at the same time they
would unquesienably have declared for
IN unpledged electoral ticket If they
had dared to do so. The second
resolution endorses General MALONE as
"the hero of Progress and Readiust-
ment," but not As the hero OF the mongrel
electoral ticket. The third pledges the
.NansemOnd Re$diusters to the support OF
their leaders Gin every effort made to pro-
mote the good OF the whole State" but no.
where iutimates that an unpledged electoral
ticket will conduee to that end. The fourth
declares that tue NansemOnd ReSdiusters
decline to form an alliance with the Con-
.seryatiyes OF the State, but does not even
hint that they are willing to reject an all-
:ance with the Republicans, nor that they
are in favor OF an unpledged electoral
ticket. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,
and ninth, endorse certain journals and
persons. The tenth comes out for the RID
DLRBERGER bill, and the eleventh concerns
their county organization. Here opportu-
nifty after opportunity was afforded for
passing a resolve in regard to General
.MAHoNE,s pet scheme, but all these oppor-
'tunities were allowed to pass unmproved.
Isn't it evident that General MABoNE's
scheme was distastefal TO his followers in
-Nansemond, or that be has himself aban-
.doued it as hopeless? Perhaps the South
.-ern ,Intesligencer is better posted than we
are with reference TO the scheme; but we
must say that to us it seems "as dead as a
,door-nail.7 YOsT need not trouble himself
to kill Ii. 1t died OF its inherent maladies.
p. S. The SHERMAN correspondence con-
!. firms us in tue beief,tbat the unpledged
electoral ticket has gone q" where the wood
Ibine twineth.'