The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-20

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tvy.r VIM Pc DoNEf-There arc many
oo,,;oc,,,res rs 10 what the Virginia Demo
cracv viii do-many suggestions as to what
. ,hc, sbould do in the future. Every man
srcaks only for himself. one thing they
sho,tld do sticking 20 what they have here
,o,ore done tand firmly upon the natonai
democratic platform and firmly by the ma
tional parfy that in the Congress OF 1866
small band first spoke Tor the people OF thc
south and demanded for all citizens OF me
Union the equal protection Of the laws ana
am equal participation in the Gov,
crnment-ihc party that first raised
lis voice against the overthrow OF
Local Government in the SoIth, ana
the military dcspotism that Nola'eu
the Constitution. We must be Democrats
or Penublicans. a. these words arc com
monty understood, rs the doctrines OF lhe
paYfics have been proclaimed ana inc poi,1,
cics 90, forth. Other and local ISSUES VIII
soon die out or be sunken or be chaheeu'
Thcle will never again be contest u,VI
the debt question. That j. now i, No..
Tor the Republicans and ReadjusterS. They
iovr determined 10 take charge Of the mat
Tar and place the Riddlebcrgcr bill on the
creditors 10 accept or take what they can
rcf. and the Democrats in the Legislature
Should only keep their skirts clear, giving
their votes for what is right aud legal, No-
ting for the best men for officials, ana iet
consequences take care Of Themselves.
Especially should our party IN the Legs
lature Try 10 give the people the best Judges
possible. and their votes and influence
should be used for that purpose we arc
Tor The present the passive party.
every man speaks only ior himself as
thc .ldrance says; yet it is well to have
conference through the newspapers IN inc
absence Of one OF more formal and hind-
inc Kind. We think, too that the creditors
OF Virginia, who are holding their consol
bonds al scycnty-fiyc cents on the dollar
when these ought TO sell for les, than hall
that price, il the EHpLEBErGEE bill iSto be
carried out. are only maniicstine now aS to
their own resources in the way oil measures
Of protection from the rcpudia'ng schemes
ol The Mahoncite, that same ahoundng
confidence which I'D them TO refuse to aid
the Dclt-Paycrs Il Virginia in their recent
battle Tor the preservation OF the credit Oh
the Commonwealth. ThCsecrCditors lost SIN
dollars on every hundred Of heiacc value u
their consol bonds I'm les, than tVcnty-lour
hours after the result of the late elections
vs. made known in Wall street, and per-
hans ms much on their pcelerS and tcr-
foities. That was q los, Of Sl,S0o,O'O on
S3p00o.O0O Of bonds. Let us sct down
their l3ss however, 40 only ore million o,
dollars. and wc can fairly estimate The fore
c9.f Of the fralcicr. who did not deem our
contest important cnough to them toinduce
fbemt contributes, mach "a, 0nc-,iNtl"th OF
accent Of the face value OF their bond, in aid
OF tie party which went down whilst bat
Ting for the maintenance # the credit OF
Virginia.
We speak for nobody but ourselves
and we say /. with much dilhdencc-yct
We have an instructive feeling that The
Democrats OF Nirgiail viii hereafter lG
the bondholder, do their own fighting. We
do not mean that they will support any
such ab,urd scheme q, the RDDLEBERGEE
bill. or any other plan Tor repudiating the
State debt, but that hereafter they viii. as
the 1dUqHce advises, " eliminate The debt
question from the issue, 81 be fought over
between them and the Republican party,
and let victory perch upon the standard OF
either the one or the other Of the great M
tional parties. The Democrats OF Virginia
cannot afford to divide on the debt qucs-
ton whilst their real opponents-the Re
publicans-are concerned not one whit as
10 the debt question. but anxious only TO
defeat the national Democratic party.
1--WE must hereafter be Democrats or
Republicans" II will never do to con-
iinuc to carry on war within the Demo
cratic party. II gives the Republicans the
casting vote, and clothe, them witha power
they viii never use wisely. They showed
on the Ssh instant that thcy do not care =
button whether the state debt be fixed at
one or at forty millions. Ii they could be
induced 10 divide on the debt question, the
matter would present different aspect.
Bat they cannot. This fact speaks the
necessity for drawing Of party lines as be
tween the Democrats and the Republicans.
We don't think il possible that the Demo-
crats Of Virginia are willing to become out
and-Out Republicans. II so, 50 be il; but
let them do so without any such excuse for
their detection a. is offered TO them in the
debt question.
Will the Democrats in the new Legisla-
tuTe who are R,adiustcrs consent to rcdis-
trict Virginia so as TO give to the Republic
cans four or five or six OF the districts, and
thus assist in throwing the national House
OF Representatives into the hands OF the
Republican party! We are hardly ready
to believe it. VIII they consent 10 elect a
United States senator such rs Mr.. RIDDLE
BERGER, the Republican nominee for Ser
goant-at-Ams OF the United States Senate
and who is rs sure to vote with DAWES
IloAR, and DON CAMERON, as Genera
MALONE himself, when by uniting
with the regular Democrats they coulC
elect senator pledged to vote Will
VANCE, RANSOM, VOORHEES,, WADE IINP
Ton, and the other true Democrats O
that body: On the other hand, would Oh,
REGULAR Democrats OF the Legislature hest
tate moment before supporting Read
iusier Democrat thus pledged to vote anl
act with the national Democratic party
We are not authorized to speak for them
but we Judge that they are not welded t,
the issues which have already been decided
against them, and therefore win be willing
10 "climinate" the debt question even il
choosing United States senator.
IN word, the Democrats OF Vrg1nL
must hereafter be national Democrats. W,
must get rid OF local issues. We wrong
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