The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-06
Good Reasons.

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Mr.. GoeBAM In his paper OF Yesterday
exu,,inoly declares 81 the Republican sena'
,or,a, capcus tha, IT. members are I" s'sunch
and ,rue"; that "thc Old Guard Never
surrenders and that The Senate Is TO DC
..organixed as agreed upon"
Mr.. GoRHAx Is the Republican candidate
for Secretary OF the Senate. and OF couise Is
earnestly DESTROYS that his predictions
may turn out to be true. What be says IN
the way Of strengthening the spinal columns
OF the Republican 6Iibusters must, however
be taken with many grains OF allowance
HIS Judgment l. not good. lie attempts to
snow why the Republicans should iehl II
out 10 the bitter end, but In doing 20 iur-
nisbes the most conclusive Of reasons why
the Democrats should never yield their po-
si,ion. Here Is one Of them:
at was argued in the caucus that tue Is
sue whether or not the Republicans OF the
Senate will support the movement IN Vir-
GINA sfor free ballot and fair count mas
been Joined by the nomination oi Mr.. KID.
tleberger, and that 10 abandon bis proposed
election would he prejudicial TO the success
OF Inc movement III tuC "hN
greatly diminish the prospect OF IFS future
spread through other portions OF the 'solid
S0ath.'"
That may be iorcible argument on the
Republican side; but surely 1t Is an unsn-
swerable one on the Democratic side. The
Republicans. remember, are powerless 10
accomplish their purpose OF encouraging
their friends In Virginia by electing Mr..
RIDDLEBERGER to be Sergeant-at-Armso OF
the Senate; whilst. on the other hand. the
Democrats have 1t entirely within their
power TO prevent the Republicans from
strengthening their alliance in virginia,
since they (the Democrats) have ii entirely
within their power to defeat Mr.. RIDDLE
BERGER. We submit TO The Republican that
il has let the cat out Of the bag. 1t has
shown its hand, and may rest assured that
the Democrats will play 50 as 10 WIN the
game.
The same argument is stated by the same
paper In different words-as follows
Second. That the election OF the candi-
date. nominated by the majority Qncluding
Mr. Riddeberger, Of Virginia,) must be in.
sisted upon 0S means OF sustaining anu
promoting the alliance OF Republicans and
Independent Democgats in Virginia and
other southern States IN opposition to The
Bourbon Democrats
This language will not only induce the
Democrats in the Senate to stand firm, but
II furnishes to the Democrats Of the South,
aud especially OF Virginia, q weapon which
they will be able to employ with great effect
in the "fsll campaign TO which alusion
is made in the paragraph first quoted. Not
only so; but tins argument will JUSTIFY the
Democrats of the Senate in the eyes OF every |
northern Democrat for their course. Nay,
more: the Republicans Of the North, what |
ever they may say, will now see that as the |
Democrats OF the United States Senate are, |
according to this high Republican authority, |
fighting against "an alliance Of Repubi' |
cans and independent Democrats in Nir-
ginia aud other southern States" ii would |
be foolish indeed and utterly ineXcusable
for them to be accessories before the fact to
tie success OF that alliance and the destruc-
ton OF their own party.