The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-03
s,ni, Re,,nhlicans.

wc have no sympathy whatever with
,be Renubllcans who In the recent eiecuohs
In Virginia deserted their own party ana
went over 10 the Rosdjusters. We can
laugh II their misiortunes and rejoice over
their dIsappoinhments. Every one OF them
who Is an otllee-holder we hope to see sue
ceeded by genuine, original, Democratic
Re,diusicr. Fo,-those Republican officials,
q any there were (Which we very much
doubt), who kept the faith and preserved
their integrity by refusing to bow Their
knee to the political BAAL OF the day, we
have both sympathy and respect.
The VdUev Firginion Is not exactly
pleased with the status Of things Just now,
IL we may Judge from an editorial in It's last
issue. II declares that in forming coah-
t,on with General MALONE the Republicans
were not actua,cd by desire for the spoils,
hut that they should not for that or any
other reason be overlookedwhcn the Legis-
la,ure comes to IN the various places which
are soon 10 he vacant and at It's disposal.
The Cyqiaian's long article has this para
graph:
"Inasmuch as the Republicans brought
their column OF $4,000. rs numbered last
wear, to the aid Of the $1,000 Bea0!usters''
as numbered last year, 10 rescue the con-
troll Of the state from those who had 30
shamcfully abused their authority, ana pro-
pose to stand by them until the necessileS
which have called into existence the coah-
IN il llnfGn-
sonable that they should demand recogni-
ton in the selection Of United States
senator. especially a. there is already
Democratic senator Of the Readiuster per-
suasion.'
"Logic is logic says the author OF the
"One-Hoss shay" Let us apply ii to the
VirqiniGnS reasoning. Let us concede
that the $4,000 Republicans who assisted
the $1,000 Democratic Readiusters 10 elect
NJ. CAMERON are entitled TO most Of the
Offices and also TO the United states sena-
tolship because Of their numerical prepon-
dcrance over their allies: does il not fol-
low that another inquiry ought to be made,
ard due proportion OF the Offices turned
over 10 the ncgrocsf The Alexandria ia
seife sets down $4,000 a. the probable num-
her OF negro votes received by CAMERON.
other papers and persons set downthenum-
brratS0, 900. ormorc orloss. We, generously
liberal TO the Cositionists, set down 10000
as the negro vote for CAMERON rs against
white vote for him OF $4,000. Now, ii the
$1,000 Republicans are to have Si-1l2ths OF
The Offices, the 10000 negroes certainly
ought TO have 1c-S4ths Of the Offices assigned
10 the Republicans. This calculation Is
! ased upon the assumption that The offices
are 10 DC distributed TO the several factions
composing the Coalition in proportion to
the number Of each faction.
The VugiRian speaks for Mr.. LEwIS's
friends. But who j. Mr.. LEWIS as COM
pared with General MAH0NEY The latter
has issued his cdict, and RlDDLEBERGER is
10 be the MN. There Is not a regular
Democrat in the Legislature who would
vote for Mr.. LEWIS even TO defeat that as
sistant Republican. Ii Mr.. LEWIS had adj
hered to his party friends, and they to him,
and run Republican candidates for the
Legislature i'm Republican counties, he
could have made his own terms with the
MaboneiteS. But he didn't do so. He
chose TO 90 over. bag and baggage, to the
Readjustcrs. and he has his reward. We
hear that il is not certain that he will not
lose even the Office he now holds. He
merits no better fate. We have always re-
garded him as an honorable gentleman, but
we must say that he committed a great
blunder when he surrendered TO the Re-
pudiators. We may regret his fall, but we
cannot be sorry for the msiortunes which
may result to him from that fall.