The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-01
Just SO.
The WHO says:

W. NNty o"s0'
!, eame time ago the Dispatch quoted ex-
pressions from Republican souices 20 ssom
,ha, inc Republicans OF Virginia intend TO
RIM a separate and s,raightout ticket OF
their own In the coming State election. ana
hence II drew the conclusion that the strug'
ole would be one for and against Rcpuoli-
can and colored supremacy. saturday, WI"
deIieh,ful obliyiousncss al It's past reason
ing. II quoted from the Vaaey |rg'n,dh 70
show that the Republicans may oec'lue ~
run a state ticket, and hence IL u'o" wv
same conclusion as before"
Tha, l. lust bow II is. The address VI
the STATE Central Committee Of The Demo
cratic party plainly intimatts toat t"c 'V"'
test IL going to be for and against hep"o'''
can and eolored supremacy" why De'
ean.e II the Republicans nominate i'ctc,'
4, will be on a platform made up oil sue"
blanks as opposition TO the eap'tlt'on''"N'
10 The pretended disfranchisemeht o' nv
eroes. &c, &c, whist II they uhto wiz"
the peadins,ers, the latter must necessarily
make the same issues prominent, as ihdeeu
they do already. And as the hepuphca"s
viii constitute majority of the combined
forces-,hat is, il the results OF last ia''
elections may be taken as test OF the feia'
five strength OF the two factiens-they Will
necessarily control the new party.
We hold to the very opinion implied IN
the Wag's paragraph-namely, that TIC
regular Democrats will defeat both the Re'
publicans and the R,SdjusIers II they run
senar9te tickets, or the coalition II they ran
only one ticket. Now, will the wing PIC
tend 10 believe that the negroes would Vo'o
the Readius,er ticket in preference TO The
Republican ticket, on the question OF the
PAYMENT of The whole Of the State debt
Didn't NE Readiusters OF The last Lesl,la-
ture eject a Republican Second Audlior,
and negro DOoikecpcr? And were not
both these elections made in order to secure
the support Of the fourteen negroes anu
other Republican members OF the LeSisld'
ure? And is not The wing Itself constantly
appealing to the colored yotciSy
Therefore We have reached the conclusion
that whether the leading Republicans act
with the X adiusters or not, "lhc struggle
will be one for aud against Republican ana
colored supremacy" II the Republicans
make a platform promising half Of The oihccs
TO the negroes the Roddiustcrs Will nave TO
be a, liberal in promises, or else lose all
their faithful allies"
We are so well satisfied with the prospect
that we are perfectly willing to let the ke-
adiu.;ers and Republicans make up the Is
sues 10 re Joined in the fall campaign Inc
peoplc Of Virginia arc not going over to the
Republican patty, nor are they gong 40
adop; the principles Of the Republican
party.
No reader will need to DC told that II is eNi
dence Of Inconsistency in tbe Republicans
Themselves and not in us II we can one day
ouote from Republican sources expressions
70 show that they intend to run next ial' q
SEPARATE and slraghtoIn ticket OF their own,
and another day can quote from Kel'ubIIca''
sources expressions to show that they may
decline 70 run State ticket. IL is Tor tDehl
and not for ms TO say whether they Intend
TO cooperate with the Readiusters or not
and # they say one thing one day and the
contrary the next, their Inconsistency Is
surely not 10 be charged TO Us.
The wig processes to regard II as aSrea'
wrong. TO draw the color-linc. We think !,
unfortunate that il should be drawn; andWe
think we can say that the regular Democrats
would prefer that no such questions should
be brought up. But what are they TO do
when The issue is forced upon them
Whose is the fault that such an issue j. 10
be involved in the campaign: VINO are
they who teach the negro that the CoDstllu'
ton OF virginia was amended for the pur'
nose OF DISTINGUISHING him ! Finally, how
can The Regulars avoid the issue when The
Vhiq denOunces them almost daily as enc
mes Of he coIOred race! Witness the fol'
lowing paragraph from yesterdays wing:
"f The Star is resolved to cooperate Will
the Bourbons in carry ing out their plan oil
campaign we can only express our sorrow.
We trus,, however, that it will become
wiser; o. that, at any rate, the c0l0icu peo'
pie. A. a body, will see that the way to tbeiI
civil and political rights is that which the
Readjus,eIs open alike to oil citizens
Here is a clear implication that "the clvl
and political rights" OF the negro are vel
to be secured to him, aud by the Readi
party. Is it the fault Of the Democrats thai
they have TO meet that issue!