The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-31
The Campaign.

The Campaign.
Wei. the delegates to the Lynchburg
Convention have gone home, the excite
ment Of the occasion has worn on, and the
people may now begin to ask themselves,
What is to follow?
The platform Is long, but probably Is
liable 10 fewer objections than ever before
was a platform Of the same length. In the
language Of "Across the Continent" 1t
may be truly said OF 1t that I" 1t Is long,
but no. too long" Three words made the
platform OF the Cincinnati Convention OF
1880 too long. The same number, or evon
two, might have made the platform OF the
Lynchburg Convention too long. But those
two or three words have not been pointed
out. Nobody will say that It is too short as a
whole, though some persons will no oouot
feel and say that one or more OF the reso-
buttons might have been more strongly
worded. We refer all such TO The names
OF the able. distinguished, and wise COM
mit.eomen who reported the resolutions
unonimoaSiy
But. though the platform be unobjection-
able, stu It remains true that attending q
State Convention, and there hearing or
making speeches, is one thing, but electlng
Democratic Legislature is another. These
are not all that we need. Mr.. BARBOUR in
p,aiu words told the Convention that the
work was yet to be done. "For want OF
n nail. the shoe was lost; for want OF a
shoe. the horse was lost; for want OF a
horse. The rider was lost" We must have
even the nails. We must, in other words.
have The services during this campaign not
only Of The distinguished speakers in the
IynehSurg Convention and those who
were absent. but of the bone and sincw-
those who work at home, in the shops. in
the little MISUNDERSTANDING, in the
city club, IN the fields, and in the papers.
There are three counties in Virginia.
said General MALONE not long ago, on
which the next presidential election may
turn. Which counties are these? Will he
tell vouY Not he. But we have already
heard n number OF counties-perhaps q
Aforementioned, each rs one OF the
three. Hanover. Caroline, Rockbridge,
Crayson. and several down in the neigh
borhood of Norfolk, claim the credit Of
being the objects OF General MAHONE's
ambitious schemes. We can tell you
whether yours is one OF the counties he
alluded 10 or not. Yours is one OF
them unless you are all ready. to
work long and well for the sIIc-
cess of whomsoever may be nominated
for the Legislature. Yours is one OF them
II Won are cold and undemonstratlve and
ready to rely upon whatever may happen
on the 9Th OF November next. julius
CKslR said he would either find or make a
way TO success. II the Democrats OF your
county are aotuated by this splrit-that is,
ready to devote time, talents, and money 70
the good cause-then your county is not
one unon which General MALONE will make
a deadly assault. He will waste no ammu-
milton. BE sure OF that. Sc, we repeat,
YOURS is one Of the doubtful counties il
your people become careless and over-con-
1ident; il you fail to have active and zeal
Gus electionccrers; il you neglect to have
sharp-sighted, shrewd workers at every
yoting-pacc. But not one OF them II you
have all these. The enemy will have no
chance TO sow tares unless you sleep.
There is no count lacking in the indict- |
ment prepared by the Lynchburg Conven-
ton. 1t is for the jury OF the voters to |
convict the guilty MAHONE-Rcpublican
party at tie balot-box. To that end let
all your energies be directed. Three short |
months will tell the story. And as General |
MALONE has said, to lose Virginia this year |
NAV be to lose the Union next year. To |
elect a Democratic Virginia Legislature in
1883 may be TO elect q Democratic Presi-
dent OF the United States in 1884.