The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-07


northern Republican journals upon ue"e'A'
MAuoxg's declaration 10 dNor OF "a ,'e'
bs,,ot.v The Generals followers III vi"
c,n,s understand by 1t that he Is opposed 10
r,ouir,ng the payment Of capitalion TAX
az . prerequisite to voting. 1t can naVe no
ether meanieg here. seeing that the e'ee-
lion. are as a rule conducted VITA tue l''os'
scrupulous impsrtiaiiy. The excep.'o"s'
n there are any, are few indeed. we 90
not believe that New York. or Pennsy''a'
mia. or Massachusetts,, or any other northern
State having In it cities OF any cons'aerao'e
size, has elections conducted win nan "'
much fairness as the elections In virginia
Bot malignant haters OF the soutn sucn
as DAWES, HoAR, CoSKLING, CAMERON, 10
GAN. EpNuSDs, &C., and most OF the edi'ors
Of the Republican Journals In the NORTH an-
derstaud General MAHoNE's declaration 'h
favor OF a "free ballot" TO be promise
10 do away with. fraud. cheating, &c.' III
Virginia elections. General MALONE Is VI
course not 10 be censured for The ipter'
pretation which these reyilers OF virginia
nut upon his. language unless eithes ny
word or deed he gives them TO understand
that theirs Is the true Interpretation.
We are inclined TO think that ne wouio
hardly have The face to say that elections IN
Virginia are not as free and fair as 10 Mas
sacbusetts.
The folly OF these Republicansmalignan's
"a evidenced by the fact that the declaration
which they are so fond OF quoting from
General MALONE Is really part OF TIE De
mocratic platform laid down at Cincinnati
last year. We quote from that platform as
follows:
"Tbe right to a FREE BALLOT Is the
right preservative OF all rights"
This declaration is therefore part OF tbe
creed Of the National Democratic party. IL
would be entirely proper for the virginia
Democratic State Convention OF August
next TO incorporate this very declaration IN
their creed. We shall then see the n.y.
pocrisy OF the northern Republicans. MOI
a man OF them will ind any thing laudabie In
the declaration as coming from Democrats.
II is only when it comes from the enemies oil
the Democratic party and OF the Souia tbat IL
possesses any value in their eyes. In iac''
coming from the Mahoneites, the deciara-
tion creates in the mind of the average
northern Republican stalwart the impress
sion that 1t is charge that southern white
men are ballot-box suffers and promise
that hereafter the negroes shall be allowed
TO vote freely. There is no truth in The as
sumption that there is 10 Virginia any such
wrong to be riehted, whatever may be the
case farther South. In this State the negroes
vote freely. They are not intimidated, nor
is there any attempt made to intimldate
them.
The New York Tribune and Times, Hdr-
pers' Weekly, and the Boston Republican
Journals are particularly requested to note
the fact that the phrase ga free ballot y
means in Virginia above all else the doing
away with the payment Of capitation tax
as prerequisite to voting. BEAST BUTLER
will probably raise the same cry in Massa'
chusetts next fall.
But let us see how the Mahoneites prac-
tice what they preach. The following
threat is made 10 the Wytheyile Dispatch
Of May 26!b, a paper published in the town
In which resides the MALONE nominee fol
Attorney. General OF Virginia, and which
paper is his organ II he has any. That
journal 1--WE quote from neighboring jour
nal, the Montgomery Messenger said
"General Malone not only has the Fede.
raj patronage in Virginia, but he will run
the Norfolk and Western railroad. Let the
Funder DEF OF agents, conductors, section.
masters, &C., look out for the locomotive
Danger may be ahead"
OF course there Is no truth in the state
meut itself. General MALONE will no more
run that road than he will the Chesapeake
aud Ohio; but the threat shows how sin
cere such men are In declaring for FREE
ballot.