The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-03
Sleep on Your Arms.

The last word that could be uttered be-
fore the election takes place has already
been spoken By most Of the papers in Nir-
plnla. The last ante-election issues OF our
yeekly and Semi Weekly have gone out.
We have only day or two left in which
10 urge in the Da,ty that you fail not TO
perform your duty on Tuesday next.
We have a willy and unscrupulous foe in
WILLIAM MALONE twill not do to under
rate his resources. 1t will not do to sit
down in inglorious ease and assume that
the victory Is already won. IL will not 40
10 rely upon the speeches which have been
made, nor upon the appeals TO the voters
which have for three months filled the col
umus Of the press. nor upon the zeal, en-
fblsiasm. and activity manifested by the
Democratic voters up TO this time. Ma
HOMES resources are unknown, yet known
10 be great. He uses them, up TO the lsst
moment. His battle will continue till the
last ballot is counted He claims victory
.onlv as the reward OF the most untiring ef-
forts.
General STERLING PRICE is said to have
told somebody during the war between
the States that he used his artillery only
for the purpose Of encouraging his sol
diers by the noise OF it. This is all the
use that MALONE has for speakers and pa
pers. lie employs them to encourage his
partisan soldiers. They serve at least to
show that his party has in it speakers and
writers. But personal eXertions are, after
all, his main reliance; and IL the Demo-
Gratis intend to succeed next week, these
must be their main reliance.
Where is MADDOX? Withdrawn within
five DAYS of the election; and yet long
enough beforehand for MALONE to notify
of the fact every negro voter in the dis
frict. We do not suppose that MADDOX
would have received many votes il ne bad
remained i'm the field. The Mahoneites do
not, many of them, run of after independ-
ent candidates. WARWICK will be elected
ANYHOW unless the Democrats OF that dis
trict are wOfully deceived. But, all the
same, the withdrawal OF MADDOX, even at
this late day, illustrates MAHONE'S me-
thods. He fights to the bitter end; and
his last efforts are more powerful than his
first. On the quarter-stretch he applies the
lash and the spur at every Jump. We
could cite other facts TO prove that such is
his habit, but we will not name them. Let
the case of MADDOX suffice.
Do we wish to alarm our friends? Not
unless they need to be alarmed. But we
do wish once more TO remind them that in
such elections as those which are to come
of in Virginia next week, results are often
changed on the day OF election. This
cannot easily be done in a State, nor in a
congressional district; but IN counties
electing each a single delegate, and
with but a comparatively small num-
Der OF voters, and where every vote
counts. personal influence may ac-
complish unexpected results. Surely
the weight OF this sort OF influence must
in Virginia be largely on the side OF the
Democrats. Surely il counties can be car
ried by the untirng, jealous, persistent
work of the honored citizen, the Demo
Gratis will on election-day have at least that
advantage over their opponents. MALONE
selects these jealous electioneerers among
his own followers either as candidates or
as men who will do the work better than
the candidates themselves.
We conclude, then, as we began, that II
the Democrats of Virginia are to achieve a
victory next Tuesday, that victory will be
won in the counties in which the fight is
kept up until the last moment, and by the
men who count nothing as done until all is