Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1852-04-23
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Tmr VINO Couvrr MsrrlSo-JOns NJ,

THr WHO CouYrY MsErISG-JoHs M.
CLAyros's SpeEoH.--At the Wing County
Meeting at Delaware City, on Saturday last
the Hon. John NJ. Clayton addressed the Meet
ing. He made we are informed, one Of the
best speeches, most practical and convincing
that he has done for years. In this address h.
spoke in the highest terms Of Gen. Scotland
entered at large into other geneial measures Of
he Wing par,y,-what howsver most concerns
our citizens, was his remarks on the local policy
OF he Slate for on this policy, IN IRE or less de-
ponds the success OF parties at the next cleo
,ion.
Mr.. Clayton says, aud we consider justly, toe
that tue dislriciing of the State, Tor The cleo
ton OF delegates, was unconslilnllonal-tha'
the ms tuition does not acknowledge hundre Is
or districts only counties-that he was in ia
vor of the district system, but that it must BIZ
as regards population that it YVES wrong in
one man in one part OF the State 10 have more
political power than another In another part,-
that the State was Qerrymandered by giving
hundreds having majority OF democrats TWO
deleg lies, while similar hundreds having ma
iorily of wings. only one delegate. he eli ed
Milford, Mispillinn, Red Lion and Wilmington
as examples, the former ( Mllford) with wing
majority Of nearly two hundred ha1 but one
delegate, while 10 the latter with democratic
majority Of twenty-five is given two, each hun
dIeJ polling about the same number OF voes.-
While Red Lion, with only tenth Of the vo-
iers of Wilmington, had one delegate, The same
Representation as Wilwington--,hus IN king the
political influence Of man in Red Lion hun.
dred equal to that oil ten citizens Of Wilmington.
This Of course is wfong-we said so al the
iime-and it is with no lille feelings of eratii-
cation that we see so great Statesman, SC
boldly rroclaiming principles 80 just
which through his influence, II his party comes
into power, will, TO moral cerlsinty, be carried
into effect. In this speech, there was no at
ing behind the bush, as in demlgouge psliiici.
ans-no words with double msaniny-thst could
be construed this way. that wal, or the othel
way: but an open and distinct avowal of greai
principles, necessary to the saipafi0n OF the State
and u the interes, Of all The counties. Such
as we have ooded in vain Tor from tha leading
politicians Of either party before.
He alluded 10 the scandalOus corrup ioi ui the
last legislature-in most respects Of which, we
fully endorse his remarks. We have had cor.
rupt Legislators before, but none to equal them
He lays it all 10 the democrals--some we think
was sectional but the greatest proportion must
be laid 10 the door OF that party. The wings
were in the minoiiy-the democrats in the
maioriiy-and you cannot well hold the minor
iiy answerable-ior many things we know they
were not answerdble-it was solely a party
movsmpni-,hey were certainly not auswerabIt
for yoliugs that non4yio the Presbyterian
Church. ----
/ Al the last election Il was our firm belief
that the sun Ut the wing party had sci in Del
aware for years, II not forever. We do moi
think SO now-the democrats have bad how.
ever once 10 thirty years--and ii they do moi
act more in accordance with the state or loca
principles they proiess-i, will be another
thirty years before they get power again 10 gu
state. The electi N Of our state legislator,
will turn entirely OH local questions-and NJ
matter how much success a parry may NEE
with in national point OF view, local corrup.
ton, aud bad faith will deprive them OF all 10
zeal power IN their state.