Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-15
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1885,
Ohio-VirQinia.

If Ohio should vote the Democratic
ticket four weeks from to-day, the Vir
ginis Republicans will no longer be abl'
to keep up even 30 much as an appear
ance of sincerity in their professions o
confidence Of success in November
And that the Democrats will probably
carry Ohio in October is now asserted
by number of the leading Democrat;
OF that State. A day or two ago a
reporter for the Washington Post in
teryiewed Hon. JOHN p. LEED0N,
who said that "JOHN SHERMAN's
speech had done more for the Demo-
cratic party than anything else that
gentleman could have done "; that the
Democratic party is now quite confident
of success, and he believes will be able
to elect both the Legislature and the Ex-
ecutive in October, though two months
ago the chances for the Democracy were
very slim.
SHERMAN's speech ought to have
that effect. 1t is not creditable to the
people Of the Buckeye State that they
should be accounted foolish enough to
vote against Judge HOADLY because
twenty-odd years ago the people OF the
southern States, honestly believing that
they had right to withdraw from the
Union. passed ordinances of secession,
and afterwards for four years carried
on a war intended to make good their
claim in that behalf. Where is the
man in the South who now believes in
the right of State to secede from the
Union?
What q scene will be witnessed in
Virginia in October If Ohio should then
pronounce a verdict Of condemnation
against the HALsTEADs, the SHER-
MANS, the FORAKERs, and their asso-
ciates. What will WISE and MALONE
say to the outraged people Of Virginia
to whom they have applied the epithets
which SHERMAN applies to the people
of ell the southern States? Will these
slanderers of the good people Of this
hopored old Commonwealth continue
longer in their unholy work? Will
they longer have even the least reason
to hope for success? Will they expect
their own people to endorse ISLANDERS
which the people Of northern Repub.
lican State will have trampled under
foot as unworthy of belief? No, in
deed. The handwriting upon the wal
will in the event supposed be too plain
and MALONE and WISE will read il
and tremble.
MALONE and WISE back SHERMAN
and FORAKER, and SHERMAN ant
FORAKER back MALONE and WISE
The game is to fool the northern voter
by asserting that the southern Repub
licans are demanding help from tn
North. The refusal Of the Republican
State Executive Committee Of Missis
sippi to call State convention to nom
mate n ticket is part Of the sam
game. II SIBERIAN had dictates
that refusal it could not hav
happened more OPPORTUNITY nor bee
better calculated to serve his purposes
1t Was expected to relieve him of tn
odium Of waving the bloody shirt, an,
to help the Republicans in Ohio an,
other northern States. BY the way
we notice that in his speech at Youngs
town last week Mr.. SHERMAN dis
cussed. not alleged southern outrages
hut the tariff question. If he Ina
dropped the latter subject "like he
potato" that fact will portend dire d
feat to WISE, Woop, and BLAIR.
But whatever Ohio may do, let
true virginians rally to the cause ofti
Old Dominion; vindicate her goo
name; put down her traducers; ele
Firx LEE Governor choose a Legi
lsture that will bury MALONE bcyoI
the power Of resurrection; and eau
the good people Of all the other southe
States TO rejoice.