The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-25

Hroun me valley of vfegta1e-Ths Ro-
pleseal sftunston.
The sll.enRsossing, slIabsorbing, theme
h this part Of Virginia IL the present out.
look Of the segregating discovered. suuder-
I'd. spl,t.in.twain, and rapidly. dssolvIng po-
hticsi parties. Indeed, Il begins TO look as
n we were soon to have, II not political
millennium, chaotic condition Of parties,
out Of whose destruction great good must
ultimately come to the State. II must strike
almost every intelligent, thoughtful man
now. n seems to me, that some OF the polstl-
cal parties that have been fretting their
brief. ephemeraI hour Of existence upon the
stage viii soon ego under" and disappear
with the execrations OF the country forever.
In this category, your correspondent be.
Iieyes. will be found "tbe new-Bovement I"
narty-tbe pretended "liberal" party
which affects to 20 for fair settlement Of
the state debt, and ga free ballot and a fair
count as II poor old Virginia, with all her
faults. ever had or ever thought OF having
ANYTHING else! 1t must be rascally party
indeed that would try TO raise Itself into
recognition by such bypocrItical cry as
that The leaders OF this new party are
emineptly and marvellously proper persons
| 10 be believing around for ga freesballot
and fair count" when they are known to
he utterly intolerant and proscriptve to
the last degree. In fact they might with
| truth be called "the venomous party " In
stead of "the liberal parity" Tor they are
ready TO strike down everything and every
body that stands 10 the way o! the attain
ment OF their ends. But your correspondent
don't wish, don't intend, to pitch into tnis
/" free fight" OF political parties now. lie
simply wants to furnish The numerous intel
ligent readers OF the Dispatch with The po.
btical neps OF the day. Some OF the poiitica
parties, then, as be believes ana mas alnrmed,
are truly not only in d. OF hx," bu'
are rapidly going to worse tate than "a
fix"
Nor Is II only "the new.movement" party
that ia about to ego down." They
Gill engulf with them in the deer
| / ,som OF the ocean OF the popular dis
Measure and contemp, such OF the Re'
prbIcans as are foolish enough 20 link then
fortunes with the inevitable tate OF lore
doomed faction. So with the destruction o.
the so.called "liberal, free. ballot, aad fair
count" party will follow that wing OF the
Republican party that goes into the abyss
| with them.
n ia conceded here now by many Repub-
licans and Old.Line Democrats that the
next struggle In Virginia this fall viii be
between the two great. lcng.known, and
powerful parties in the State-tbe old Dem
ocratic and the comparatively old Republi'
can parties in Virginia. 1t Is very certain
that the old Democratic party that voted IN
truth and verify for Hancock and English
last fall-96,000 strong-aDd that carried
the State triumphsnily for that party. viii
be in the field with trusted and good lead
ers, and thoroughly equipped Tor vlgor'
Gus campaign. Ii seems now 10 be equally
clear that there is some life and vitality yel
left in the Republican party, as large ele'
mental force OF that party are kicking
against the efforts OF the new'movemen'
party to absorb, and swallow, aud degrade
them by the coalition to Which they are In
vited and pressed.