Smyrna times., 1856-07-23
SMIi&NAs lDlElas,
w WEDNE EsDAY, JULY %, 1856.
Spirit of the Press.

5O"'} aihohg Tue presses oil the State
l" learn what sPifit is pervading ihem The
principles which are to he the basis of action
i"r ths various parties in the present struggle
Ir' being moulded, and we should know the
position of each party. The Dclacare ReDub.
Tca" is taking high ground in favor of temper
nnce' and say that the law for the suppression
of intenperance has done an immense amount
of good the law is violated in different places.
hut so also are the laws against assaults and
batteries, rohberies and murders; and mirht
Dot the laws against these be repealed with
e7ast pr0Prieiys 1t is due to humanity that
This law be thoroughly tried before it is Con.
demnsd. Drunkenness is great crime. and
great public aud social wrong, and every Cup,s.
IiAN man Will certainly unite in demanding for
Al lair trial. We quote the conclusion:
1t 1t decreases drunkenness we shall be
satisfied Ii the hotels are not quite so we'll kent
and the accommodations for travellers are mot
10 good as when liquor was sold, as we npver
believed that single man should be ruined
much less hundreds of wives made widows and
children beggars, in order that few NAV be
suinptuousiy entertained, aud few enabled 10
'"e IN indoience, accumulate property and
grow rich. Let those who talk of n Iaek of
accommodation, ask themselves it they ara. will
ing that one man in fifty should be impoyerisb.
cd, his family be beggared and abused in ordar
10 promote their comfort and convenience =
We should like to hear the answer. so that wo
might know what estimate to ploce nm botal
accommodation If it be of more yalue than
peace and quiet, of more value than 'he lives
W huhdreds aud thousands of men, we should
like to write down the fact"
The DetGrare journal is in favor of Tho Iav
while the Deid1Gre Gasette remains mum "
upon the subject, with an occasional " souint.
ing al modification"
The MILFORD Beacon aud Diamond State arc
poth neutral, but allow correspondents to ex. |
press their opinions both pro- and Con.
Inc Dover press is united in the cry of l." give |
oack unto us rum, riot and ruin we want
none OF your peaceful blessed reign of temner.
ance' morality and prosperity" They both bid
hIgh for the rum influence, but amoap the "Ip.
dopendenls, the Sratinel is undoubtedlv
" ahead, as far as heard from" Last week va
spoke ot the coalition proposed BY the Sentinel
'et"een the Convention and Independent par
es' The latter adopted the convention oues-
zion as part of their platform, but it vet re-
mains to be seen whether the main body of the
friends of " Reform" will agree to such coali.
i'on. The Sentinel having gained one stem.
advances another, and now proposes union
WIN the Democratic party, or an amalaalnation
"i The Rum, Reform and Democratic pa rties.-l
The SPuflueI ms kas o,t .
the Democrats know that it is the only thing
That can save them from annhilatiun. WewilI
c"icdde by quoting part of the editorial.
:" Ihe democratic party never ca rrietI the State
0: Delaware On mere National politics. For
more than quarter ofa century past, it never
-"ct"d Congressman, or Governor, nor carried
N Legislature, without having at the time !
.he political Reform question up either ocna'
rally, or specially, TO assist them. The frs,
OIgressman they elected, during that whole
iIh", was the late Hon. Thos Robinson. in &
1858. This was known to have been brougbt /
''"ut oy the Reform movement, got up in Sux- p
fH' "hlcn. ur TO that time, was invariably, the
rongest wing county in the State. But the
'HrJ next election, in 1910, the Refnrm move.
hent was ignored altogether, and the contest n
vas entirely on national politics, when the
)amncratc party was beaten worse than !,
,ser was before or since National politics con.
inard to be the issues from that time. nm IN
$40. almost 10 the entire exclusion of onr Il
state Affairs, and every department of onr o
'1ate government up to that year, continued h
the hands Of the Wings. But, in 1916. Ii
'w intrepid Democrats boldly raised the oues- X
ION of constitutional Reform, by means of q
"nventiOn. The party nominated a man
'f t"vrrnor, (Mr. Thurp)who was known 10
3 III favor of a Conv ventlUn. Mr.. Tharn wos II
elected, having a majority in W
very county in the State. At the next elec.
"n, In 1918. the Convention question was in
'ryanc", and the Wings carried everything. "'
usual. Bat. III 1850. the Democratic DnrtS 81
d purity. made II the prominent question Of of
% campaign. They even had songs which ca
ry sang at their political meetings and gath. M
Ings. aud especially in Sussex, the chor1s nr "o
h:ch concluded with the words Gross. Rid. pr
=, and REFORM" They carried eyerv,bina ed
ceting Governor, Co gre, sman, and yna;or;' wi
IN both branches OF the Legislature. and ,h,
ry passed the law for electing the Delegate. ,n'
the Convention in the fall of 1862. C1nse- 4"
emily. the Convention question was again rim
nn'n"nt at that election, and they reelected pie
'Ir congressman, and the first time in the
tory "f the State, elected their Presidential .di
'cinrs. At the next election, in 1854. tho :,
r''n''on question was entirely ignored, and hS'
De.n"cTdtlc party was worse beaten than nni
'ver WAS before, except in 1910. This brief bin
lew proves. most cOnclusively, that the =
mocTiiic party in this State asalways bcen =,
gamer, whenever the question of political E''
furIn has been sgitated." as
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JRY WE,rHER.-The present season has util
"a one of almost constant drought. In some In,
ces good shower has spread over a few A
are miles. but the complaint is general, and afte
le of the farmers aver that their corn has and
been wet to the roots since il has been iii. ,bei
e. The farmers say that unless there should
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