The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-22
Aithmond nispatth.
s,,Nn.y OCTOBER %, 1882.
The Seventh and the Ninth.

The Seventh and the Ninth congressional
districts are just now upon every mans
tongue. They are represented in the pre-
sen, Congress by JoHN PAUL and ADRIAN
FuLgERsoS, both OF whom last December
voted for Mr.. KEEPER for Speaker, but the
latter Of whom now runs as Democrat,
whilst the former runs as n Republican or
Administration candidate.
The entire majority Of CAMERON in Viz
yinia was about $4,000, OF which 6,4,9 was
in the Ninth district. II now FULKERsoN
and MASSEY carry that district, as ii is sup
rosed they will. the Democrats need gain
fewer votes in all the rest OF the State than
In that one in order TO the success OF the
Democratic candidate for congressman at
large. Next 70 MASSEY, FuLKERs0S stands
as a strong man before the people, and
next TO MASSEY i'm General MAHoNE's--
not affections, exactly, but, let us say-de-
tcstatiou. Mr.. PAUL is as Objectionable to
the Democrats as FULKERs0N TO the Ma
honeiies, and will 60 down, II at all, amid
the rejolcings Of those whom he deceived
two years ago by processing to be Demo-
crat.
Six thousand five hundred is an immense
majority 10 be overcome in one district; ;
vet our adyicos from almost every county
in the Ninth district indicate that that ma
iority will probably be overcome, and the
district be carried by both FCLkERsoN and
MASSEY. Private letters from Washington
county claim change OF 1000 in that
county alone. That is, that fULKERSoN
will carry il 10y seven or eight hundred ma
jority. This claim seems 70 be so eXtrava-
CANT that we would not record il II 1t did
not come from so many sources.
The seventh district ought certainly to
vote for O'FERRALL and MASSEY. CAME
RoN's majority in that district was only
3si. and PAUL's two years ago was less.
We think that in Albemarle county alone
there will be a gain sufficient to enable
MASSEY 10 carry the district even il the
other counties vote as they did last year.
O'FERRAIL will run behind MASSEY in
Albemare. we suppose, but Augusta
county. which gave DANIEL less than 500
majority, ought to give O'FEERALL and
MASSEY 4 thousand majority. We have
read with great interest HARRY TNsLEY's
letter 10 his paper from IIarrisonburg,
whittier he went last Monday. Before
speaking Of CAMERoN'S speech and those
Of the Democratic speakers-n0t to the
same audicncc-the letter says:
"But something far more important
than figures impressed me on this visit TO
Harrisonburg-it was the spirit OF the
Rockingham Democrats. Figures refer to
the past. but il is on The present spirit Of
the people that you mainly estimate the fu-
ture, The great tidal wave OF Ohio seems
70 have reached Rockingham simultane-
ously with the glorious news from that
State. For three years past have attended
political couTt-day meetings here without
having 10 listen to single Democrat crow
Ing over the feeling in his neighborhood.
They would talk TO you if YOU talked to
them, but it was the rarcst thing ii q DEM
ocrat, unsolicited. came to you to talk over
how well things were going. To-day it
seemed as if every man ! met wanted to
tell me some good news OF how the Demo-
Gratis in his ncighborhood felt"
That i good sign indeed. PAUL got
about 500 majority over ALLEN in 1880. II
would not surprise Us if he were to lose
his own county this year.
1t would seem. therefore, that the Demo-
Gratis will not only defeat PAUL, the man
who has gone over from them to the Re-
publicans, but will elect FULgERsoN, the
man who has renewed his allegiance to the
Democratic party. Ii they are elected,
MASSEY will be elected too.