The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-10
Raa,inxtmsnt Reimbursed.

Readiustment Headlusteu.
The Bristol Nssrs having stated that the
2 Lee County Sentinel was TO be run hereai-
ter in the interest Of rcidjusiment, the lat
ter paper rises to explain. II says:
"As to running the paper In the interest
Of readiustment, this Is something we never
proposed to do, aud whether or not weever
viii depends on what Is called read!ust,
ment. II II Is the reimbursement dictatca
BY Malone, which practices system Oh
cssracism and coaIesccs In Republican
,rove,nents. this paper will never advocate
n. And Judging from the tendency and
po,icy the Iegdjuster party Is now taking,
we cannot see exactly how paper could
be Democratic and run In the interest OF
reRdiustmtnt.'
The Sentinel and all other Democratic
Journals, and all Democratic Readjusters,
might ~ well make up their minds once
for all that Rcsdjustment" so called and
Radical Rcpublicanism are hereafter to be
one and the same thing in Virginia. We
mean TO say that as there can be no future
contests in Virginia over the public debt,
the Democrats having determined to leave 1t
TO the courts to protect the States credit
ors, the voters will naturally and inevita-
bly, align themselves with the one or the
other Of the two national parties. Ger
tainly II, as Is generally supposed to be the
case,--at least, by the Democrats,-a ma
jority OF the men who voted the Readiuster
ticket last fall are Republicans, they will
have the power to lead the new party into
F~f< oI tie no IL
ment.
Well. It's disarmament is what we look
for. We know, or think We know, that
the white voters Of Virginia are not going
into the Republican party. We can see no
further necessity for Readiuster party.
We conclude, therefore, that next fall the
congressman elected in Virginia will be
elected either as Republicans or as Demo-
Gratis; and consequently that the voters
will vote either rs Republicans or as DEM
ocrats. There may be ReSdiuster candi-
datcs-that II to say, men who are known
now as Readjusters and not as Rcpubli-
cans; but when they come before the pco-
pie as candidates for Congress these gentle
men will be compelled to declare whether
they intend when they get to Wash
ington to act with the Democrats or
with the Republicans. The Readiusters
80 far elected to Congress PAUL, FULKER-
SON, MALONE, and RIDDLEBERGER-ar
recognized by the Administration rs faith
full allies Of the Republicans. We don't
think any more congressman will be elected
In Virginia who will have chance TO
choose between the two national parties
after they reach the capital. Hereafter the
candidates viii be required TO declare
either for the Democratic or for the Repub-
lican party before they are elected.
Let the Sentinel inspect the congress
sional districts rs the Readjusters propose
TO make them II that paper desires to know
whether the majority in the present Legis-
lature are allies OF the Republicans or not.
Their plan for redistricting the State pro-
poses to give to the Republicans at least
six OF the congressional districts. We ask
the Democrats Of the Valley and the South
west to look into this matter, and instruct
their members Of the Lcgislaturc-now at
home-to have that plan of redistricting the
State abandoned and better one adopted
or, else, to defeat all the plans of redistrict-
Ing which may be proposed, and allow the
districts to remain as they are.
The Sentinel speaks, no doubt, for large
number OF true Democrats. We trust that
all such will see that it is their duty at once
TO return TO the Democratic fold. The
debt question is out of the way; and there
l. no good reason why they should not
forthwith renew their allegiance to the
grand old Democratic party. We have
always been ready 10 welcome them back;
and cannot be charged with having done
them any injustice in the shape of yilfca-
ton and denmciation. All they have to
do is to walk into the old church and re-
sumo their old pews.