The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-29


II would be uncaSdtd to c'a''n '"s. '''e
.ontc<,s for county and district omcers
~sIeh were decided In Virginia last Thurs
a,s were all well.dc6ned contests between
,he Democrats on the one side and the Re
nuh,Icans aud the ReSdius,ers on the o'her'
Although no credit Is due 10 the Readius'ers
because such was not the case. Neyer'he.
,css. the Democrats cannot but be grained
- the re.u,ts. The returns are well caicu'
lated 20 cheer them, and to dlsp'rs 'aei' W.
nnn.nts. The situation Is exactly what
mich. have been expected by every one VINO
knows the habits OF thoughts OF the 'n
einia people. IL Is supreme fo''y 70
nndertake to array any considerable num-
bcr Of the white people OF this STATE
against the Democratic party. lney
have no idea OF desertirg their own race
They have accorded TO the negro a'' MS
RIGHTS as n citizen. They have employed
him. fed him, paid him, treated him WELL
voted py bis side, educated his children,
and done their duty to him as they under.
stand II: and they are not going to stultiiy
themselves nor confess by joining new
pa,tv composed mostly OF negroes ana
clamoring for Justice to the negroes that
the whites have hitherto done injustice 10
that race. As the Alexandria Gazette says
the result OF the elections In the state on
Thursday will doubtless open the eyes OF
the Administration at Washington 10 REFER
epce 20 the strength Of the Mahoneites 10
Virginia. II Is in that light that we look al
II. |, shows that the Mahoneites couldn't
di.pIace efficient officers merely because
they were Democrats.
"A free ballot and fair count" has been
the rule in Virginia In all elections. Inc
exceptions have not been half as numerous
here as they have been in Massachusetts, or
Pennsylvania, or almost any other northern
Stale. General BUILsR has borne emphatic
testimony upon this point. The virginia
whites who now Join a new party for The
ayowed purpose Of securing the negro bis
rights engage In u business little creditable
TO their patriotism. Where is the Virginian
who would wrong poor negro! such
men might be found, no doubt. But how
MANY; As we have said, not half as many
in Virginia as may be found 10 the New
England States. The existence Of the Ma
HONE party is itself proof enough that the
regular Democrats favored ga fair count" in
1879 at least; for with the election machine.
nv In their. own hands they returned to the
General Assembly more Readiusters than
regular Democrats. But this is only ore
proof. The strongest proof is to be found
i'm The characters of The men who constitute
the bulk OF the Democratic party. 1t is pre-
mysterious for the Msboueites TO charge such
men with engaging In any disrepuiable
practice.
Whatever, therefore, the Mshoneites may
say, the public will hold That the results OF
lat Thursdays elections indicate the total
defeat Of the MALONE party next Novem-
Der, and its disappearance soon afterwards.
IL will merge its existence in that OF The
Republican party. The approaching con-
test will be the last one in which it will pro-
Tess TO antagonize the Republican party. Ii
Will follow the Greenback party and the
rest of the departed factions into the land
OF darkness and death, and its members
will become either Democrats or Republic
cans. Third parties are short-lived in this
country.