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The Delaware Election Order No. 50 y
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Raigns in Delaware--The Calm Of
From the Dcyer Dslawarean, November ql. !

lbrom the Dover peiaWareanI november VI
How soop, the proud and turbulent splrit OF o
free people may be broken down, and the calm
OF despotism assume its place, was, never more
strikipgly manifested than OF the election polls
yesterday In this place, and, we presume oall
over the State, How different from the scenes
Of all former yeare7 How different from that
Of las. yesr7 In former years citizens Of all
psrlies met there to discuss, and decide by their
voices, all matters appertainiDg to their Ma
tlonal or State Governments, 90 political breth-
ren, accor ing to the dictates Of their con-
sciences aud Judgment, without the least inter-
ference or control Of any person, civil or mill
Itary. upon earth--unAwed BY the presence of q
soldier, State or National.
Thus was It for more than three.fourths of @
century under the domination of all political
PARTIES, down to the commencement Of Mr.. Lin
coins Abolition Administration Of the Nation
al Government when this state of things ceased
to exist. Then, oil vas changed. The Constl.
tuition of the United States-the Constitutions
OF the several Statee--were all pronounced by
II obsolete and superseded by q new power-a
power unknown in this country-unBnoWn TO
any free Country that ever exlsted--and estab.
llshed and acted upon only by the despots of the
world who have made and now make their will
and their power the supreme law Of the land,
and BY and under it have crushed out-t the liber'
ties and the lives Of all who attempt to resist
1t, This new power, Is Military Necessity"
which meens military despotism; the law OF the
sword substituted for the law OF the Coustitu-
tian--the will Of the servant OF the people In
stead of the, viii OF the people themselves.
Under this new form Of goverpmont--Mr.
Lncoln's government year the sword
aud the bayonet WAS made the sr5iter of our
tar thn Cat Ia ha whnIa htakarv
Of the country, IL oaly partially succeeded
then. The sprit OF freemen refused to bow,
OF the fret stroke, implicitly 10 lie power. Ttsn
our little State, almost alone, felt Its power.
It was an experimental -aimost a euccessful ex'
pariment. Then armed banda, ordered here BY
M. Lincoln, with sword aud bayonet and ball,
threatened our live. at every poll, and here, 10
font Of the capitol, times and again drove
irsemen from the polls without the least provo.
oaiion, overthFoWing and wounding them, and
endangering their lives. The people, never
theleep, made struggle-a faintetruggle, 10 10
true--pes TO exercise their constitutional
and legal right-tbe right Of votiDg-in the
presence Of tnis armed Interference OF Mr..
Lincon's military despotlsm.
Now, In Que short year-noW, what hSs bet n
seen what ia Scent The whole army of the
United. g ats TUNED, ros only into vast votlrg
| machine, TO 20 where its chief lads it to vote
and dsussain his policy and measures, but 10 80
where II can 20; vote, to coy who shall aud who
| ehall not vote, and compel those Who do vote
Ito vote only .as he bids them, for such per-
cons as he, Abraham HucoIn, ,t'hes con6depc'
Iin." o's ',,'t,si ,iIasi,o5 - u .-ae
d Before this pogen,s the great ssates Of New
York, Pennsylvaita and Ohio b Va sue
cumbed! i'3i 'o1p'' ' anf
Upon this arbitrary ssspmbtion OF poNei
without right, the people Of ,DelaWsra would
on the 18th ins.,, by thelr yoles, bave put tbtiI
decided veto; but NJ Linoolp's Government
fearing suoh condemnation even from the ll,-
tie State Of Delaware, issued It's military order,
No. So, that the people Of Delaware shouli not
be allowed go to epeakt- so 10 vote, and sent Ito
armed bands not only to prevent il By their
votes, but other armed bands, mob OF the State,
TO prevent 10 by the terror aud force of their
asme. Delaware could rot resist Me L,Dcolo' q
"Governnent" alone (! b.. s-,55,rrl.cg va ,II
| i The task II, now com pletei--tbe work began
10 year ago, There ID no stiugsle now---tbe
struggle is over. Life is' exirot-,he life Of
our liberties, The voice of the people Of the
State Of Delaware Is hpshed--silepes reigued
in Delaware at the election oa the l6 b met.
Suwsfoff, the military butcher that did tbs
bloody work OF Russia In crushing out the lib
erties Of the turbulent, fteedOn- loving Poies
wrote to his mistress when be I'D mufd,rrt
thousands of them and made them bow theil
necks submissively to his Government, lhA
"Order reignedl In Warsawgr O'der no'
reignsiin Delaware-"Order No, So" nsy.