Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-11-13


We now invoke The Democratic Party of Delaware
to carry out their threat and repeal from our statute
book the prohibitory liquor Inv. We ask this for
two reasons one of which is that they may let our
citizens the effect of this repeal In tho rapid in
crease OF crime and pnupersm in the state; and the
other is that our Mayor may be relieved frem the
necessity of violating his oath the bidding of par
ty. 10 a man who has any conscience left and who
has soemnly sworn to do lis duty In executing the
law, it must be anything but pleasant to have his
party 0Uer rnLe his obligation to God and society by
commanding him 10 violate his oath for their party
benefit
If this is not the unhappy condition of Mayor
Huhngton we at loss TO account for his acts.
He stood up before large meeting oil his fellow
citizens and pledged himself to sustain the law for
the suppression OF the sale Of intoxio Atng drinks by
declaring that he would work ''sixteen hours per
day to break up the rumsoers"--and stated that ho
had $50 Informed them before his election" Bat
subsequent events have proven that they knew the
man better than he himself Ever since his cleo.
| tion be has boarded in n rum hole and witnessed
the violation Of this law without any t'work, even
| the slightest to stop IT,
Noto only but he has refused to execute the law
on offenders against this act by turning them out
UNPUBLISHED after his police lad arrested and brought
them before him! HIS orders to his po lice as stated
| by themselves, for the day Of the election to
make no arrests, esre' tGty none for drhkeRneSs,
| This doubtless was Ills orders, which for nught
know, may have been given by that V6ry moral
Senator who leltured so strongly on morals in our
! City few evenings ago We say then, without
tho ear OF contradiction that their objects in eleoting
Mayor huntington was that they might make use of
him to bring the Prohbtory Law into disrepute by
the cry that itwas ia failure" and that there was
"more run drank now in Delaware than ever"
and all such stuff, which they we'll knew the multi
tuie of ignorant voters weuld swallow without cavil
Their great obi to get the law into disr9pute
before t had been tried for they we'll knew that af
ter such men Almond and Witsil, with all others
OF like kidney, had looked through the bars of New
Castle prisen aslong they had stood hehind their
own thatrumselling In Delaware would not be what
ii is cracked up 10 be, and stopped short off. The
thing was nicely managed by the Democratic Party
The fist cry its unconsuuuenality TO gam de-
lay in its execution; when deprived Of that plea BY
e the rm decision OF us pure Court as eyor graeed
a bench, then they put Oh the trial to effect tile com
ing election. They have gained their election but
have they counted the cost2 Alas l fear MT Let
! the 81 tacle exhibited Tuesday be estimated
II n beginning. Who ever before witnes ed SO many
u young meH and very lads drunk in our streets. o
. It wasa sight that stole might have wept over, il
he had not first been affiliated 10 party fetpRrty
SO blinded the eye II many men, even classleldes
in churches that they went straight up to the
3 polls and voted more drunkenness III our Gtty
! and STATE
For heavens sake we ask these men never more 10
opon their mouths the subject of"AbOkition In
fdeiity' for surely they by thus abolishng their
religion and proving traitors to their God have done
more to bring disgrace upon Christianity than all
the Iuhlels TINT evec lived" Verify they shall
have their reward" We implore the repeal Of the
law to prevent perjury and it from boing dis
graced by party organization But Voc to that party
by whom it is repealed. CATO