The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-28


rae letter Of Mr.. ssrLIsoroS speaks we
asubs not, for a large number OF 'ne nv
ss,as,ers o. virginia. He has been ne
.d,us,er from the beginning. we believe.
ne voted last year for JOIN Paul. IN prefer
..ce 20 voting for Judge ALLEN. Yet nc
cannot 20 over 10 the Republicans, no'
agree 70 Join hands with one hundred 'nou-
ssu,i negroes led by few thousand WINES
for the purpose Of destroying the OLD De"'
ocralic party. ST.
Tue boas,ings OF General MAnoSE ana DIS
followers prove nothing. They maze Tue
same .ort OF boasts up TO the very day OF tue
elec,,on last year. General MALONE DIM
ss,f sent out but few days before that eiec'
t,an a circular letter, 10 which be expressed
his mistaken confidence that MS party
would carry the State. He had peen oe'
ceiyed by the loud mouthings OF the would
be leaders Of new party. The voters,
however. made up their OWE minds ana
cast their votes TO suit themselves. they
said nothing TO anybody on The subject.
They held their peace and released their
ballots.
II should never be forgotten that there
were only 1897 votes cast In virginia 10
1879. II has been well and forclbly said
that many thousands OF voters declined 10
take part in a squablc over The DEBT ques'
ton. They were not afraid OF the McCuL'
Locu bill; for they felt sure 1t would never
increase their taxes by a single dollar. Tney
were no, attracted by the MALONE party ;
for they felt sure that this party would
never reduce their taxes by single dollar.
They, therefore, abstained from voting.
Perhaps some OF them made up their minds
10 let their neighbois repudiafe the public
debt II they would. Whatever were their
reasons, these were no doubt satisfactory 10
themselves. One thing would seem to be
c.ear--namely, that the RIDDLEBERGER bill
will influence such yo.eIs neither one way
nor the other. They will vote as last year
with The Democratic party.
There were, we say, but 1887 votes
cast in 1879. Bat see how different the
result 10 1880. The Republicans did little
or nothing to arouse the voters OF their par
", or 10 alarm those OF the Democratic party
The Readjusters did all they could. The
Democrats,d did some good work; but no
body, we suppose, will claim that they die
as much hard work or as much good speak
ing in 1880 as In 1879 Aud yet there were
cast IN 1880 2l1,6l5 votes, or $4,000 more
than In 1879. Why9 Because the voters
felt an interest In the result. They were
unwilling to let their neighbors decide foi
them the questions involved in the presi
Dental election. They went to the polls tC
save the Democratic party from defeat anc
give it victory over its enemies.
We believe that the result this year viii
Justify The confidence we Iepose in The PEG
pie. We believe that they would vote
Alright II not a speech were mace to them
nor a paper circulated amongst them, be
tween now and November. We would no
fear TO let the election come off Tomorrow
thus permitting the voters TO exercise
judgment unbiased by speaking, or wri
ting, or personal solicitations. 1t wa:
claimed last year that there were thousands
OF undemonstrative people who would leave
the Republican party and vote for the Dem
ocratic candidate II General GRANT should
be nominated for President. The same
kind Of undemonstrative people will next
November turn the scales in Virginia In
favor OF the Democratic party. The Demo
Gratis Of the United States Senate have
made that much next 10 certain.