Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-06-25
THE VICTORY.


1--WE have met 'hs enemy ana ne u Vui''
w, never have, never can, and never shall
sxult over fallen foe but nevertheless, In
Justice to the many friends who have rallied
around us In the effort, that has been made
to snatch our beautiful little city from the
hands OF the oppressor, we have few words
10 say. In the conflict which has just past,
we had many; very many difficulties to en-
counter. First, we had to meet the misap-
plied term offoes to education upon threshold ;
we had to contend against the combined press
of the city, whose columns teemed with ar
auments In favor Of the loan-arguments as
Illogical as they were false, and used with as
little scruple as If IL were virtue combating
crime. We had to contend with the whole
eonalomerated army of Squirtdom the little
minds that courted big company the ernine
and the black coat, and in fact such motley
crowd as we have not seen drawn together by
mutual interests for long time before. We
wore doing battle in broad daylight, while
tho Oreat men of the East were sneaking be-
hind the responsibilty of some crouching
adi,or who was willing TO bend the 'srple
.;n,os of ,ba knaa,, and rorship the pocket
,ho, contained the, almighty dollar. It did
M, ma,.ar wbo vaa stabbed. II gold iineled
,nop bia tombstone. We have measured
,,n.o. With n, bororab,e enemv. for over
,,va,,v xaars NJ ,o,;,;csl warfare and never
mat n mora unscrunulous foe before. The
,a,.r, ,,ra,ohar sorcot bis ueavenlv mission
% r;arsnressn, va meetinQa were called and
our old Town hell sent forth its loudest peal
a. r.,har ,ba raonio IN bear the wisdom of
,.s,r Ito. Calmly but FIRMLY. did the foes
o,h..vvtaxes bahold the maintain in labor.
,h.v so,. Tho fr;.rda If taxation strupglin, in
,h.;r daatb tbross with as little concern AS if
,,av ,sro aniov;nc a n,aasnnt dram . a nlea.
s;n, snac,oc,s Thsv knew that n great
o,incinis was Mt stake. Int they knew fully
a. we'll that Justice was upon their side. and
.. had conGdapce in the patriotism and yir-
,,o NJ n mo;o,;tv of the people of Wilmington.
ya so,, mortiaad 10 find some Of our hest
frispds in the ranks of the enemy. but we
kneu thew were honest and believed they
usYs doing right. and when A person con-
aeientiously believes he Ia right. upon any of
the ureat questions of the day, let no man say
tn the contrary We never asked man to
vote our ticket. and we never want one of our
friends 10 sacrifice one single principle. or
adopt one single dogma of our political creed,
until be conyinces himself after rational re-
aaotion that onr views are right. For .our-
selvas wa dare. under any and nil circum- |
stanc.u IN do what wa bel;eve Tn he RIGHT If
.xa.x man in thu commpn;,v abould onnosa
- prhl,o on;n;on NAV 90 o,one viii ns 10
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r..,o, =, ,,,,ncs % oooommodo,a o,rso,s
=. o,..,,,,,,anas W. hav., ,nar,. soo;.,
and nersonal friends. who concur with MS and |
rally round ma when we battle for Justice. and |
help ia TO bear the standard of truth and
liberty ON to victory. They are circumscribed
nv no partisan borison but belong to all par
ti.a aeota and oreeds. They know that we