Daily Republican., 1881-10-29
ThR VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Will IL be for BsurbOns or for
Anti. BOurhOns-What . Cores.

Will IL be for BeurbOns or for
| Anti. i.BOurhOns-Nhat . Cores.
popdent says
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune, writing from Virginia, gives
the political condition of the State az
1t relates to the two parties striving for
the mastery. The following is an
extract:
There are enough of the white Rea /
iusters of education and talent tor
stump speaking to make dashlng
campaign in every county OF the state,
and enough more TO form LEGAL or
ganizations, guard the polls aud pro-
tect the negroes in their right to "a
| full vote and d fair count. In some
counties, too, particularly in the long
wellge called the Southwest, Manoues
white followers actually preponderate
over the Bourbons In the rich agri-
cultural counties of the "Valley," the
two elements are in about equal force.
In the Piedmont section and the Tide
water region the general rule is that
the white Bourbons largely out-number
the white read listers. Not to attempt
to draw the line between social classes
too accurately, Mahone's forces may
be said to embrace, first, a few active, tai
ented liberal minded politicians inevery
county; second, a large proportion OF
the small farmers in the mountain dis.
tricts and third, the negroes almost in
a body: while the Bourbons comprise
all that is lett of the Democratic party
after the Reailuster detection, and
few blacks fere and there, who have
yielded to some peculiar pressure. The
arithmetic Of the situation decidedly Ia
vors the Anti i-Bourbons. Last gear
Mahone's friends threw 81 900 votes for
his electoral ticket. The Republicans
gave $1,000 for theirs. Now $1,000
plus $4,000 makes llb,0 whereas the
Bourbons only mustered 9d,00o. Ihe
campaign Malone is making proceeds
on the assumption that thirts-one thou
sand Read justers are all faithful sun,
and that the eighty tive thousand Re-
mlblicans can be transferred to the
Lynchburg ticket with a loss OF per
hans ten-tbousand, ana that this loss
" Ill be more than made up by converts |
from the Buurbous. On the other hand
the Bour5 ons claim that they Will get
at least third Of the negro vote, and
deny that Malone has captured any OF
their vote OF last year.
With such difference in the calcu-
lations of the two sides one must turn
f ,r light to the logic OF the situation
| am bound to say that this is decidedly
on the side CT the Malone party. the
Liberal movement. 1t is mole aggres-
sive than ever; it is better organized; il
has more strong, energetic leaders II
has spread TO counties where it had no
hold year ago. To the careful obser-
yer of politics new movement Is like
the tide on the sea shore-.on can
soon tell whether it is rising or reced.
ing. Anti -BourboniSm in Virginia Is
plainly on the rise. Everything points
TO this conclusion; nothing points the |
other way. As growing movement II
must eventually make larger inroad |
on the Democratic vote than II did a !
year ago The Republicans who are
ly negroes. They have many strong |
reasons for voting for party which
.vors free schools and fair ballot,
and no reason at all for supporting the
party which has done its best to make
of them "A race OF seris with only a
nominal and valueless right to vote.
Why should they not come to the ad
ofthe Anti Bonrbons Tuey have no
ticket of their own. Their State Con-
vention divided-1he majority indors-
ing the Mahene ticket and the mlnori.
.y deciding to put up no ticket against
it. think it safe in an estimate OF the
result this year to assign the Malone
ticket at least $4,000 white votes 1t
would not be safe, however, to make de-
finite figures as to the disposition OF the
old Republican vote. The surface indl-
cations 90 to snew that ali ui il except
= few s-ragglers will be thro wn for
Cameron and Lewis.