Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-30


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JAMES BUCHANAN AND THE DELAWARE Dem
CRATIC PARTY LRADHRs.-We always held that
when man has committed an error, and is
fully convinced of the fact, that he shonld
say so, and thereby acknowledge that he was
wrong. This is a course that we always have
pursued, and now, as we grow older, find
that it Is proper and right. In our last issue
we printed an article, upon the Consulate to
Tunis, that after proper reflection we think
we have been little too hasty in placing the
responsibility of this odious appointment,
upon the President. So far, as our opinion of
Mr.. Buchanan's Administration is concerned,
we have no apologies TO make. As one DEM
ocrat we are net willing to hold the princi-
pies of the party responsible for the miscon-
duct of the Administration. From the inau-
guration of Mr. Buchanan to the present time
We have seen but one object pursued, and
that was a desperate game for reelection
No ambitious man, in monarchial governments
could have pursued the bent of his ambition
with more vigor than did Mr.. Buchanan. Men
who stood high in the Democratic party were
prescribed because they could not be made
tools of to forward his selfish views. In fact,
the President left nothing undone to accom-
plish his selfish ends. How he managed the
affairs of government, at present, we will say
nothing. In the case of the appointment of
the Consul to Tunis We should not hold the
President responsible. 1t is an utter impos-
sibility, all must admit, for the President to
know the political character of every appli-
can't for Office; consequently he could no moth
ing of the Consul indivda@lly. He must
rely upon the recommendation Of the party
in Delaware for such information as will war
rant him in making an appointment to any
Office to which we are entitled. We are fully
convinced that the individual who has been
80 recently appointed to this important post,
could never have received a recommendation
nom any respectable member, of respectable
Democrats in Delaware. II ithad been known
that Mr.. Nicholson had been an applicant for
this office the Democracy, en-masse, would
have demonstrated against his appointment;
as it is they can only be indignant until the
time comes when we can place the men who
recommended him in the shade. The Democ-
racy of Delaware has been ridden over rough
shod, for years. by men whose only interest
Is identified with the patty not their prin-
oiples. II has been rule of the leaders of
the Democratic party to issue their mandates
and have them obeyed--he who did not think
as the leaders thought was Immediately bran
ded as disaffected and could receive no Office, and
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be 'hewer of wood and drawer of water but
he couldneyer get any of the spoils of the party.
These gentlemen have held high places in
the party and, through governors, and Presi-
dents made pretty much all the appoint
ments, that have been made for the last ten
or fifteen years. II was customary for man
when he wanted Office to apply to the party
leaders, as thoy were called and If the candi-
date could be made a tool of he was appointed
If not he was rejected The appointing power
never inquired beyond the limits of this dy-
nasty, the qualifications of applicants. These
party leaders still hold the appointing power,
SO far as the President is concerned, in the
hollow OF their hands. If an independent,
upright democrat-one who has a soul in his
body--makes application for office, the leaders
look back over his political life to see if he
had always bent the supple hinges OF the knee
to serve their individual purposes. If he had
and private interest did not point any other
way-he was appointed. But if he had ever
dared to be man and assert his indepen-
dance, in the political organization he be-
longed to, there was good chance of his
being a disappointed office seeker. No dis
appointment OF ours induces us to write this
article, for we never asked for any appoint
ment from either the General or State Gov
eminent but Notary's Commission, which
we received without the Recommendation of
party leaders, and we have been informed, in
opposition to their wishes. But, to our text.
The men who have trampled upon the manly
independence of many good Democrats IN
Delaware, procured the Consulate of Tunis
for the Editor Of the Reporter, to repay him
for his opposition to the election of Mr.. Sauls-
berry last winter, and the calumny he attemp-
ted to heap upon the democratic members of
tho re--misrepresenting us abroad
and yillifying us at home. II is these once
leaders Of the party who are solely RESPONSE
BILE for this unpopular appointment-not the
President. We blame the President for hav-
ing such corrupt set about him in Delaware
and out of Delaware, but we will not hold him
responsible for the appointment of a man, he
could possibly know nothing about. 1t is here
at home where the corruption lies, and it is
here at home where we must apply the cor
receive. However, the day has gone by when
the masses will submit to this scandalous
fraud that has been practiced upon the party.
Hereafter the party leaders will be found inthe
work shops and among the laboring classes.
The good honest hard working democrat will
not have to go down on his knees to one OF
these self constituted leaders and say please
give me so and so. He will stand up in the
future, in the dignity of living Democrat
with the recommendation Of of his fellow CO.
laborers in his pocket and demand the Office,
that they desire him to fill, not as a favor but
as a right. There will, hereafter, be no lead
ers to reward friends and punish enemies.
There will be no party masters and no party
tools. If there is one animal, upon this earth
that we detest more than another, it is the
fling upon two legs that worships these cor
rupt leaders.
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