The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-27


The Democrats are inbilant over the re-
.,,ts az the elections OF THURSDAY Inc
wsnonc;,es see the handwriting upon the
,,ll We do not lose sight Of the fact that
Tho lnc,rmbents Of Offices often have niucn
,,or. than their party strength. But this
,s Inst rs true of Coalition oiiciais as Oh
nc,nncratic. There is, therefore, real cause
for rejoicing on the part OF the Democrats
a. soon as we can procure the official re-
,ornS we shall make up q table ofthe losses
and rains. When we say that New hen''
charles CITY. King William, Gloucester
Norfolk county, Essex, Washington, ROCK
bridge. Montgomery, Fluvanna, &c.' @c.'
have elected Democratic officers. the people
can iudgc for themselves as to whether tne
peroc,-,s have gained victory or not.
TIE nublic know what appeals were'madc
- the tos,it.onists. The Norfolk Land
mark states the case so well that we repro
drcc It's article on the subject:
General Malone has been beaten. and
beaten very badly, on his own ground, and
there is no doubt that he has mel with
serious disaster. The facts support the as
sertion very fully, for ne planned the cam
nsirn in Norfolk county and Portsmouth;
like the heroes OF Plutarch, he harangucd
his troops lin the custom-housel; he gave
minute. personal instructions to his man
ayers; be "sirred up" and terrified the
office-holders 10 stimulate their zeal; and.
in short, by his own anxiety and care as to
details he showed that be dreaded above
all other things a defeat in this quarter.
Ills arrangements were made WIN char-
acteriSiic pains, and he fought, so 10
sneak, under the guns OF the nayy-yard'
the cisstom-house, and the postoiiice. III
a word, be had the power and patronage
OF the State and CT the United states as
agencies to aid him; and yet with all his
resources and acuteneSs he omitted one
element from his calculator-HE LEFT OUT
THE PEOPLE, ana in return the people
Thursday left him out, and LEFT him out
in the cold" with the political thermome-
ter indicating hard frost for Readluster-
ism on lis chosen ground. III Gen. Mahohe
had been beaten nowhere else his deieat
i'm Portsmouth and Norfolk county would
have been a serious disaster; but his
overthrow here by no means tells the
whole story. He had two other strong
holds in This district-Nansemond and
Southampton. He had held these in the
hollow oil his hand. He had been the arbi-
ter of their political destlnies and the au-
tocrat OF their action. Ia the first he had
many gallant men OF his famous old bril-
gadc; the second was the place OF his na-
tiyity, and in both counties at the last trial
OF strength between parties the battle-ilags
OF R6adjusferism crowned every rampant.
l,ctI Ions MI
fluential counties. but in them also he was
overwhelmed by disaster as great rs that
which fell upon him in Portsmouth and the
counties OF Norfolk and Princess Anne,
which latter has been also torn from his
ambitious grasp.
In the STATE at large the indications are
generally against him. The outlook for the
fall campaign is wonderfully improved;
and il seems to us that his rocket has be-
gun 10 come down TO leave only stick to
tell the story. The spell OF his supposed
invincibility has been broken. and broken
with a violence which viii disenchant the
Adm nIstration at Washington, rs well as
the people OF this Commonwealth. The
moral power Of his DISASTERS beyond calcu-
lation. and it was to provide against defeat
in this quarter. for the reason that 1t would
be wellnigh fatal, that he commanded, so
to speak. on the Geld here in person.
The fight in this State has been watched
by curious and interested spectators at the
national capital; and they have seen that
his claim to O mastery OF the situation has
been maniully overthrow by ga fair bal
lot and free count" where he claimed
and expected victory.
And now TO complete his tremendous
defeat the northern newspapers are re-
doubling their fire, and among these we do
not think that he will ever be able to rally
his forces. or again exercise the sway
which he has enjoyed for brief season
with the "powers that be-" As we I'M
derstand the situation General Malone is q
political Marius amid ruins from which he
viii never be recalled by any party in the
republic.