Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-09-14
my POLICY"
IN gDELAW ARE.
Great Meeting of the Loyalists
of Delaware---Hon. Horace
Maynard, of Tennessee
Enthusiastic Reoep-
tion of the South
ern Patriot.
Remarks of Messrs. McKim,
Smithers, Bradford, Alder
dice--The People Alive
to the Importance of
the Issue.

COMMITTEE, tne loyal Union Republican
masses of the people of this city assembled
In the Wilmington Institute, on Monday
evening last, to hear Hon. HORACE MAY.
NARD, member of Congress from Tennessee,
address the meeting, upon the great question
Of the hour.
The meeting was called to order by John
q. Adams, Esq, Chairman of the State
Central Committee, who announced the fol.
lowing officers of the meeting:-
Presidsnt-E. C.-sToTsENBuRe, ESQ.
Vice PresidentS-Jesse Lane, George Nc.
Call, Joseph D. Pierson, John V. Rice, Ed.
ward Provost.
sserstaris'.-Henry Eckel, Benjamin S
Clark
The President having announced the Hon
HORACE MAYNARD, that gentleman stepped
forward, amid the most tumultuous applause,
frequently repeated and long continued.
The Honorable gentleman reviewed the his.
tory of the reconstruction of Tennessee; ;
alluding, as be passed along, to the cruel
wrongs, prosecutions and outrages which the
loyalists of that State had suffered and were
still suffering, at the hands of rebels and
traitors; and vindicated the administration
and frmness of purpose of Gov. Brownlow,
to whom, he said the loyal people of the
State owed debt of gratitude-many of
them for their very existence-to.day.
He also commented upon the resolution of
the bread.and-butter convention of the 14th
OF August which professed so much love for
the rights of the negro, as to accord 10 him
in the language of the resolution-erery
right, natural, social and political; and
proved that, if the spirit and purpose of that
resolution were adhered to by the "Conserva-
i've Copperiohnsons, it would be infinitely
more radical than anything yet enuncisted
by the most radical of the Stevens and
sumner school of politics. He cautioned
the people against being misled or deceived
by the foolish cry of negro equality or negro
suffrage, SIS being only an attempt to divert
their minds from the true and only real ISSUE
to wit-the right Of the loyal millions aoho
fought and sacrificed and suffered so much
that The country might liUe, to gouern and Sc.
s@re The nation from peril and uiolence al
'Ae hands Of unrepentant traitors in the fu
ture. This he contended was the real ques.
tion to be met by the people in the coming
election, and the demagoguical cry of negro
equality and all that sort OF thing could not
change or remove it,
Mr.. MAYNARD commented upon and ex.
planned the Constitutional amendments pro-
posed by Congress, and showed that their
ratincation Yves essential to the safety of the
Republic and the future prosperity and
security Of the South. He made an elo-
quent and earnest appeal to the people to
secure their adoption by voting for Legis-
lature that would ratiiy them. He invoked
them in the name of the suffering, sorrow.
ing, prosecuted Union men of the rebellious
States 10 stand by Congress and give to their
co-laborers in the work of permanent and
honorable reconstruction their supnort and
encouragement at the ballot box The lovsl
South asks and expects this much from the
Union men of the North. 1t does not asl, or
desire Delaware or any other State to adopt
negro suffrage. Every State can and NAV
do as it pleases on that point. That is not
the question. The main point is, shall tyai.
tors, conquered, subdusd, tohippsd, eaptured
traitors, be permitted 10 dictate the terms
upon which the Union shall be perpetuated
after having striven with bloody hands for
four years to destroyit. He concluded with
an eloquent and powerful appeal to all true
men to stand manfully up for the principles
of Truth, Justice, Liberty and Union.
During the delivery of the address, Mr.,
MAYNARD was SO frequently applauded, that
he felt compelled to request the meeting to
desist from any further demonstrations of
appreciation as he had much to say and de-
sired to employ the whole time in speaking
to them without those gratifying interrup.
tions.
Our candidate for Congress-JoHN L.
McK1N-was next introduced and made
few remarks eulogis.ic of the powerful
speech OF the gentleman who preceded him,
and excused himself from making any ex.
tended remarks at that time.
E. g. BRADFORD, ESQ, was also called
upon but declined speaking in consequence
Of the lateness of the hour
Hon. N. B. sMirHERs, being loudly called
for, made few spirited and forcible remarks
Hon. JoHN A. ALLDERDIcE, made a few
observations pressing upon the audience the
propriety of pondering well the facts and
arguments which had been presented to
their consideration by the noble Tennes-
seean who had addressed them previously.
When he concluded the meeting adjourned
with rapturous cheers for the Union cause,
the Southern Loyalists, Congress and the
Constitutional amendments.
The meeting was one of the largest and
most interested we have ever seen in the In.
stitute on any similar previous occasion; and
the spirit and enthusiasm evinced during the
evening told in unmistakable language that
MY policy was in terrible disfavor in the
city of Wilmington
A WESTERN HAMLIN.-Capt. D. Stewart,