Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-19
WEDNESDAY. >. NOVEMBER 10, 1884
what the Result seDrcsents.

t;ntaught By experience. Ger tain OF inc
gcpubIican organs are guilty OF the foi'y
Of stilI affirming that the suppression OF
the right Of suffrage IN the recent cleo
tons caused the election Of CLEVELAND.
We have heretofore called attention TO the
real facts oi the case. These are known
and read Of all men. The voters have not
/ 20 soon forgotten the turbulence mani
/, tested by Federal officials on election-day,
: nor The flsunting OF the badges Of the Re-
publican deputy marsha.s appointed to aid
In the election OF BLAINE and the seating Of
Republican House Of Representatives.
tLEvgLAsp's popular majority in the
4, state Of New York was not large. but Il
was large enough. And II must be rcmcm-
bered that II BLAINE bad been elected by
Ike small majority In New York. he would
have been minority President, CLEyE-
LAMBS popular majority outside OF that
State being numbered by many thousands.
CiEyELASp's majority In New York
state rs TO be added TO his major
ity obtained In other States. The
simple fact that leaving out the negro
votes. CLEvELASD's popular majority
would be million or more. ought to cause
the Republican press to keep silence for
ever n they have no better topic to discuss
than the character OF the votes cast TOR
CLEVELAND compared with the character OF
those cast for BLAINE. The Democratic
victory was won over the combined hosts
efdeputy marslials; CANCERS; thousandsand
tens Of thousands OF postal agents; thousands
aud tens OF thousands OF clerks IN Wash
inRson and elsewhere and all their rela-
iives; and a solid phslanx Of ignorant nc
groes. Surely the subject is one that no
Republican ought to bring before the
public.
Mr.. BLArNE's chef organ complains that
the Republican party "was beaten not by
a party but by an opposition" What bet
ter proof could be asked tina. that party
stands condemned by the people, seeing
that they are 40 disguised with It's trickery.
its acts. Its non-action, Its sectionaIism, It's
want Of patriotism. that they have pre-
ferred the rule OF "an opposition to that
Of such partyf
IL, a. Mr.. BLAiNE's New York organ
says, "eltments which have no common
idea have prevailed" IL is because the voters
wisely prefer no policy to the unpa-
triotic policy OF the Republican par
~. They would rather entrust pow
er to "au opposition than to per-
petuatc the rule Of greedy gang OF plum
defers who, in order to keep the offices Of
Government In their possession, have for
twenty long years waged war Of vitupera-
ton and fslsehood against abe people Of
sixteen States Of the Union. The voters
are sick Of such policy" And what
.'policy" it is Who but must admire the
unparalleled impudence Of the man who
can CHIN tina; the Republicans have a
Z" policy" and charge that the Democrats
have none!
We are gTVely told that defeat OF the
Republican policy by any other policy
would have meant q change OF public
opinion. and perhaps lasting transfer Oh
power. whilst this defeat only means an
other battle. suppose we concede such TO
be the true state of The case. the election OF
CLEVELAND means nevertheless all that the
Democrats claim for 1t. II means an end
OF sectional life, and division OF the
voters Of the hole country upon politico-
economical ,FsaJtiens. II the result OF
1854 means only "another hattie" In 1888,
IL none the less means that the next battle
will be very different one from any that
has taken place since the close Of the war
between the states. The people have re-
handed sectional issues to the rear, and
ordered forward rev issues. Is il for the
Republicans to boast Of such a result, in
stead OF repent,ng In sackcloth and ashes
OF their unwise, unpatriotic, and uujusti-
fable sSholicy"?