Smyrna times., 1862-11-20
HThe Great Victory" {"

Ou AAOSAOO VA IiAO Nt1hO
Celebration and Torch Light Procession"
which came off in this town on Tuesday
evening, the following is given as the chief
reason, and ordered no doubt by that central
committeeman SO famous for getting up
st,Asrai;5 posters, namely: to Celebrate one
of the grandest victories ever obtained in
this country"
Now, let us see what this great victory
consists in over which there is such grand
q 'urishing of trumpets. A stranger So
journing in our town for the past two weeks
might think that Delaware, or, at least, we
of Smyrna had re-inststed the old Jewish
lbilee, authorizing that every debt should
be cancelled and every bondman set free.
This great rejoicing, this magnifcent()
demonstration, this ebulition of victorious
rejoicings encircled in the fumes of pig-tail
tobacco and rum, from hundreds of Dime
cratic throats, SO far as we can see, all seems
TO ?eminate from the election of one man
Hon. VIM. Temple. Now let us see where
the g Grandest Victory ever obtained in this
county. is. in his case. 1t consists in 81
rnajority-only 37-yet this is heralded as
one of the s. greatest victories ever achieved
in this country" To say that Mr. Temple
has a majority Of the real voters in the State
(Which is doubted by many leaving out
the question of their hypocritic devotion to
the flag and the Union, by which SO many
were deceived into voting for men and
Measures they at heart ignored, do these
Iaen, who are growing faster than any BAN
tum rooster, not know, that if our 25OO men
who months since left the State to fight for
cur nationality, could have voted, that Mr.
Temple would have been elected by an
overwhelming majority to stay al home. How
can they honestly claim this as the great
est victory ever attained in this country"
when 80 many of our braYest sons are dis
franchised simply because they are periling
their lives on the distant battlefield to save
as the national disgrace of dissolution
This great rejoicing seems to US rather like
rejoicing over the death of the brave Del
aware boys (now considered out of the way
more than enough of whom lie scattered
ever the CORY fields of Virginia and Mary
la~d, had they been living and home, to
hsve alone turned the tide against Mr..
Temple, to say nothing of those on the for
ward march and in the Hospitals. Know
ing they had nothing to hope from those
i'll whose breasts the fires of patriotism
brightly burned, this same party, looking
ahead more to the success of their party
than their country, refused by strict party
vote in the extra session of the Legislature
to legalize the vote of single soldier in the
camps. Knowing that to be patriots they
could'not be "peace men," these brave fel-
lows were deprived of their elective fran.
chisa because they could not be counted Oh
to rOte tie Democratic ticket. This . Grandes
Victory ever achieved in our country" we
sly, IS ccidental-accidenta because Sc
many patriots rushed to the defence oftheil
country and sympathizers with treason re
manned at home to vote. A grand victor,
tiIat--a beautiful record to put upon tn
page ofhistory!
Again, there is another singular featur
IN regard to this Grand Victory tina
strikes us as peculiar-all the reioicin,
seems to be over the election of one ma
by 81 majority! If this man had been
great mana John N. Clayton, or a Loui
Mci4ane, or the first James A. Bayard. W,
should not wonder in such an event at
rejoicing over 81 majority, but in this cas-
their hero never studied profession
Siesorie and elocltion are as appreciable a
the dead languages, was for few month
Governor in the third degree, and who
when ne gets to Congress with his qualities
tiens, can, be looked upon as little NOR
than the echo ofthe great seceder, Jane
n bayard Ii perhaps, does not becom
us 70 speak 50, and we did not during til
campaign, and should not now but for III
Chineass gong, Hong Kong, "thunder an
MARS fuss that has been kept ringing i
our streets for the past two weeks. Whe
there is great shout and the avst cO,.,i.
on famous posters and otherwise erie,
behoid the Conqueror comes!" we ea
Pecs 70 see something, and IL we don't W
cannot help speaking about il
DaN 70 'nis great victory they have Sc
49, eAe sta'pre py an equally layy
in1I0'A fpp one 70 forty. This SC
cures 'ns re,eaeetion oil Alr. Bayard to til
Senate. Well, Mr.. Bayard is already tber,
consequently, no change at all. This
indeed = great v;afowx, =