The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-17
The neutrality-suspicious. in Virginia.

The Arthur-Republicans in Virginia.
Mr.. ARTHUR, the present President Of the
limited States, was candidate for Vice
President In 1850 on the electoral ticket
supported by the Republicans Of that year
against the electoral ticket pledged to vote
fcr ENGllsH and HANCOCK. On the Ith OF
July, 1880, the MALONE Democrats OF that
day, who are MALONE Republicans OF this
day, passed the following:
"And believing that the objects hitherto
declared, and the interests OF all the people
~ Virginia. are to be best subserved by
the election OF Hancock and English to the
nres,dency and vicc-prcsidency OF the
t'ui,ed States, therefore further declare
that the electoral ticket nominated by this
Convention Il instructed I'm behalf OF those
candidates. and that they are cordially
commended to the earnest support OF
every member OF this organization In Nir-
GINA"
Who were the men that ran on that HAN
COCK ticket as candidates for electorsT
They were WILLIAM +. CAMERON, II. IL.
RrppLgBERGER, ROBERT NJ. MAYO, WILL
LIAM LAMB. JOHN s. WISE, i. +. BUFoRD,
WILLIAM POWELL, WYATT Nj. ELLIOTT,
8. BRowS ALLEN, n. b. MEADE, and j. c..
TAYLOR.
Ii ia worth mentioning Just here as TO
the above names that CAMERON was elected
Governor RIDDLEBERGER to the United
States Senate; ALLEN, Auditor; MEADE, a
Judge; JONI S. WISE nominated for Con-
gress; and ELLIOTT and MAYO, and per-
haps others, elected to the Legislature.
All OF them, though, were HANCOCK men
In 1880, and all OF them, so far as
we know, are neutrality-suspicious. AR
THUR men in 1888. They all believed
firmly In 1880 that the interests OF call
the people Of Virginia" would be best SUBJ
served by the election OF HANCOCK and
ENGLISH. and necessarily by the defeat OF
GARFIELD and ARTHUR. 1t Is to be inferred
that they all believe just as firmly in 1883
that they ought to have voted for ARTHUR
in 1880! II not, Mr.. ARTHUR must have
repented and reformed since that year. IL
cannot be possible that they misunderstood
his character then, nor that they then con-
sidered him anything else than Stalwart
Republican. He is Just what he was. 1t
Is they who have changed. He stands
where he did. They have marched up to
him.
Nor is 1t possible to misunderstood the
above-quoted declaration OF CAMERON,
RIDDLEBERGER. and the rest, concerning
Mr.. ARTHUR, or rather concerning his OPP
ponent, because the resolution concluded
by recommending HANCOCK and ENGLISH
"to the earnest support OF every member
OF this organization in Virginia" I'm
Virginia; and to "every member" Of
the organization. How does it happen that
not one of the MALONE electors Of 1880 is
now Democrat? Perhaps Mr.. COOPER,
chairman Of the Republican State Commit
tee Of Pennsylvania, could tell. In his
says unequivocally that in 1879, when Gen.
eral MALONE was supposed in Virginia to
be Democrat. SIMON CAMERON visited the
South, ostensibly for the benefit OF his
health, but really to meet General MALONE,
his leading Readiuster friends, and the
leading Republicans; that conferences were
held, and the union of these forces was
made to embrace national objects. We
quote:
"Not long thereafter General Malone
consulted with Senator j. Don. Cameron.
who was OF course familiar with his fathers
movements, and he actively devised and
carried out schemes to aid the new combi-
nation bv which the solid South was to be
broken"
Democratic speakers who may meet any
of the MALONE electors Of 1880 upon the
stump this year may extract some valuable
information from them upon the subject Of
this article. II would please the voters to
hear from the lips OF any one Of those cleo
tors q statement OF the motives which ac-
tuated them in voting for ENGLISH in 1880,
and being the avowed supporters OF AR
THUR, ENGLIsn's opponent, in 1888.
BY the way, the recommendation above
quoted IL it called out "every member" OF
the MALONE organization in 1880 furnished
abundant evidence of the weakness OF that
organization when deprived. as it was that
year, Of its "iaithfulallies," our "brethren
in black"