Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-10-28

party Is hOF; and ever has been opposed bitter
", to Protection df The industrial interest 0
the cottitfy. When the Whig party eracte,
a protective Tariff, one of the fist act
of the Democratic party, on coming into pow
er, was to repeal the same-and yet this 'Dem
Ucrat has the gracelessness to charge me will
falsehood in asserting that his party is a .fre
trade party.
Again, says the Democrat" The ancien
Federal party were always opposed to the &C
QUESTION of new territory. The modern Re
publican party do the same" Here are two
more assertions without stddo,c of evidence
1t is very true that the Republican party ar,
opposed to making war on our weak neighbors
to all fllibustering expeditions, and to placing
i in the hands Of the President 30 millions O
money, for the acquisition of territory, that
the area of Slavery may be extended, strength
ened, and perpetuated: Let the Administra
! tion negotiate for the antiexation IF slice o.
| Canada, or of Vancouvets Island and he viii
hear no word from Republican lips in oppos.
| tion to the measure. Why was it that, after
| President Polk had declared our title on the
Pacific coast up to $40 to be clear and indis.
putable, and his determination to maintain our
rights, to be unalterable, he gave up so tamely
and backed down to 49? Can the Demo
crat " answer? Probably he was little in
timidated at the sullen growl of the British
Lion, and sight of bis formidable CLAWS
but more probably he shE ali easier conquest
in Mexico, and his greater anxiety to acquire
southern territory induced him to abandon the
more doubtful struggle in the North for the
more promising afd less hazardous attempt at
conquest in the South. The truth is, bennoc-
racy is opposed to the acquisition of Northern
territory. They wond not have it, though it
were to be obtained without a struggle, or the
expenditure of a dollar-whereas they are
ready to make war and expcpd mIliora on mil
lions for the acquisition OF territory to convert
into Slave States-btt the addition Of free
States would give the pfebontlerhHtt of b0iyer
Tito the hands Of the ffieiltls 5f liberty and
defeat the scherres cf the aaveocracg fof secti=
ring the tottfUl Of the 9ovefnment, which
they feel is about to pass otit of theit hands
farever.
"Thc Federal tatt5 talked ioid and lohg
about tEeiF pietf; religion, morality &c.-the
modern Republicans do the ssme, &C., &c.
This paragraph contains a string of assertions
too tedious to repeat-witho,1t u sfottl of proof,
and false in fsct, That Tie Republicans boast
Of and claim sill the piett. have never before
heard, but in intelligence, respectabafy and
morality, they claim to be equal, at least; to
Democrats-as to the firg at the Republican
Clergy, 1rhet he uoh1es to muster his hosts the
Demoefst' y will find hardly enough Clergy
ttieff in the Democratic ranks to serve as Chip
lains, outside of the Slave sthtcs. And the
facts are so plain that the Democrat" though
he were both knaue and fool could not fail TO
zee, if he would.
Judge Taney was reported as expressing
himself III substaute, khen rehearsihg his opin-
ion in the Dred Scott case, that negroes have
no rights that the white men are bound to re-
spect-and the " Democrat denial is the
first I have heard. And if I was credulous
enough to Believe he was correctly reported
do not understand hotE that Should constitute
me either kaaaue or fool, though the report may
have been false.
The Democrat :" disposcs of my last para
graph in a nut shell. But it would have requi
red very small one only; to hold all that IVES
left in the State TreHsHr$ when the Detiocra-
ey retired from the control of it, lie says, " 1t
is not denied bg any party that the Treasury
has beef fobbed ; first By Bliss, second by
Breslin, and third by Gibson" How anxious
the Democracy are to divide the robbery among
the different parties. and to cast the blame on
the system instead of the robbers. But it is
denied that the State lost anything by Bliss
If he appggred to be ii defgdltet, It vas triHe
compared with Bresin's robbery, and was even=
tually restored, if not by Bliss, by his securi-
ties. And as soon as it was known that Glib
son was trying to cover up Bresin's en6ffni:
ties, for it is well established that the Treasury
was empty when he took the keys, though he
receipted to Breslin fot the whole amount that
should be there, he was sumniarily dismissed
from the trust he had so abused. But though
all the State officers knew of Breslin's defalca-
ton, they, instead of driving him from the
Treasury as Gibson was driven out, assisted
him in conceahng it, and run on the same tick
ct with him for re-election-and had the peo-
pie been cursed with their reelection, they
would have sweated under their load of taxes,
without knowing what had been done with
their money.
As it regards the independent treasury sys-
tenn, the wayfaring man, though Democrat,
may see the money is not as safe as when under
the law called Kelleys law-though it cost
the state some $4,000 or 100000 dollars to
carry it into effect Whfle that law required
the Treasurer to deposit the money in Banks,
taking ample security, making the security
double-the independent Treasury law leaves
the money in The hands of the Treasurer, and
he has the same opportunity of stealing that
Breslin had-or he can compromise with sham
robbers who may enter his Office in the dead
hours of night on pretence of business, while
he has been detained late on business, gag and
bind him, take the money and divide with the
Treasurer. As the money is in Bank Notes,
it is nothing more than a deposit IN the Banks
without the security.
The gentlemen Claims for his party the mer-
it of originating the system of semi-annual
payment Of tsGes-but he ought to remember
that Governor Chase first recommended the
measure.
z f* words OH the origin Of the Democrat
ie organization, III which l propose to show
its claim to the title it has assumed, and will
take leave of my democratic friend. If A
Democrat of Yore " is as old man as the
' Republican" he must remember that soon
after the war with Great Britain was closed
the Federal party abandoned the struggle for
aseendency and ceased to be party.
When John Quincy AdSmr WAS candidate
for the Presidency in 1926, the candidates then
in the field, consisting of Adams, Clay, jack
so4 and Crawford, were all of the Republican
party. Hence the struggle was between the
North and the South, and not between Che Fed
eral aud Republican parties. Adams was elect
called the Jackson party-nothfng was heard
about Federal and Republican, but, it was Id
ministrdtion and Jackson men. Jackson was
elected, and then the party supporting him
took the name of the Democratic, and the op-