The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-05

whv are the Democrats 20 confident oil
winning a victory on the Sth day oil next
month"; How Is il that they are so san
ouine Of success as 10 claim twenty thlity'
and even forty thousand majority LOT DAN
IEt. B.RBouR. and McKINNETy
There are SOL 900 voters in Virginia, &c
oord,ny 10 Auditor MAssEY's report. Oh
those $4,000 are whites and only h4,OOo
negroes. There IL, therefore, white
majority Of $4,000. How many OF these
white voters will support CANERoNY Last
wear The bare suspicion that the Ike
ad,us,ers were not real friends OF Cen
eral HANcocK-were not true Demo
erats-were more anxious concerning
tbcir own fortunes than concerning "eh-
oral !. NCocX's-wcrc allies OF the kepuo
ucap p,rtv-causcd the voters OF virginia
20 Give the MALONE electoral ticket VIDE
berth. There were only thirty-one thou-
sand votes cast for that ticket Deduct SIX
thou.and for the negro vote, ana thefe
we're only twenty-five thousand Democrats
in tho entire State who could be induced
10 trust 10 the professions Of the Read
iuster.. though they vociicrously pro
claimed that theirs was the only genuine
HANCOCK ticket, and the only ticket "ilcn
would receive a respectable number OF the
votes Of the Democrats.
yThat have the Readiusters done since
1850 that will commend them to the
confidence Of the Democratic voters OF
virginia. Nothing; absolutely nothing
on the contrary. they have converted
tare suspicion into knowledge; and
now. instead Of being merely suspected,
they are known 10 he allies OF the
Republican party, and the leaders OF the
negro faction. They have so conducted
themselves as 10 drive the Republican party
out d the field and have succeeded in in
ducinc large number Of the negroes to
hold that they are better friends Of
the negro race than are the Sualghtout Re
publicqns. General MAHoNE's votes in the
United states senate, and the fact that the
Rcadjustcr ticket has upon it one Of the
most ultra Republicans in the state, have
convinced the negroes that General Ma
HONE is their new MOSES, and CAMERON,
LEWIS. and BLAIR the men for their votes.
Nobody's speeches can cause SANBo to have
doubt in regard to these matters.
Now, are the white voters Of Virginia
less sagacious than the black? Can the
negroes see all these things, and the whites
remain blind to them? OF course not.
The white voters will show on the Sth Of
next month that they know how TO cast
their votes in 1881 so as TO make them
count upon The side upon which they were
cast i'm 1880. The masses are much more
obscryant and vote much more intclli-
gently, than they receive credit for being
and doing. They may and do say but
little. They, nevertheless, keep up good
deal Of thinking. They see for themselves;
they Judge for themselves; and they vote
their own sentiments.
There are many other reasons for claim
ing the triumphant election of the Demo-
cratic ticket but the best reliance is upon
the intelligence Of the voters. Hard words
make 10 votes. The voters cOutemn them.
But sound argument and a strong array Of
facts never fail to carry conviction to the
breast Of the voter seeking for light
Vote for DANIEL, BARBOUR, and MCKIN-
My, and get at least one Of your neighbors
who stayed at home in 1879 to vote with
you.