Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-03
Old Virginia.

The Newberne N. c. Journal has an ar
ticle on politics in Virginia. from which we
make the following extract:
"In the earlier days of the republic, no
State in the Union was so influential as
AT a time when the partition Of Vir.
ripia was being debated John Randolph OF
Roanoke said Break in twain the most
precious Jewel and Its fragments are COM
parativelv worthless. Separate Virginia
and the east and the west will sink into
comparative insignihcance. Inc separass
tion came. not by the free-will suhrages OF
her people, but 10y the strong arm OF the
Federal Government.
Virginia has not become insignificant
The sun of her prosperity rose too hlgh
ever 10 be totally eclpsed. Shorn OF much
of her strength she is still one OF the lore
most States OF the American Union.
1.-THE South especially looks to Virginia
for leadership. While some Of her sister
States may equal her in material develop
ment and industrial progress all OF them
reverence, love. and extol her.
Virginia is Just about to enter upon
gubernatorial campaign that will attract
the attention of the nation"
Elsewhere IN its article the Journal indi-
Gates that it has apprehensions as to the re-
suit Of the fall elections in Virginia. II
asks the Prohbitionists not TO divide the
white vote. II is of course impossible TO
foretell now what sort of campaign we
are TO nave here next fall, or who will be
the candidates of the respective parties
for Governor, or what the result of the
Virginia elections is TO be. For our part, we
think that the Democrats could hardly nom
mate a man who would not be elected. The
nominee of the Republicans will be either
MALONE himself or a man who is devoted
TO MAHoNE's fortunes MALONE will allow
no other sort of candidate to get the noml-
nation. and even if Wiseite were to be
thus honored MALONE would knife" him.
lie allows no rivals near the throne. JOHN
S. WISE once said that the only way IN
which tho Republicans of Virginia buried
the Ratchet was in one another. That re-
mark is certainly true Of MALONE He
wouldn't 50 much as dream Of permitting
q Wis., man TO be the Administration can
ddate for Governor in Virginia this year.
How if MALONE causes himself TO be
nominated? We answer that, from present
indications, he would be beaten out of
sight. His opponents majority would
Probably DO larger tnau WIS II III LEE .
four years ago-not that the Democrats
Will be able to nominate a candidate as
popular as FRI LEE was, but because Ma
HONE is so unpopular-so detested not only
by the Democrats but by the best Repub-
Leans that his candidacy would induce
numbers of Republicans to act with the
Democratic party for this one election.
But our forecast may prove to be unre-
liable. We would not have any Democrat
grow lukewarm in the cause as a conse-
guence of over-confdence in the success of
the Democratic party next fall. We must
act as we did in 1883, when more than
dozen preachers voted at one precinct in
this city, and some of them stood in line
for hours awaiting an opportunity to cast
their votes. We must be now as we were
then-terribly in earnest. And so we say
70 our North Carolina friend that though
the prospects of Democratic victory next
fall are bright, yet the Democrats of Vir-
ginia do not intend to leave any stone IN
turned in their endeavors to make the as
surance of that result doubly sure.