Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-12-13

Choice extracts from speech OF Joseph VI
Barr, now holding the office OF Postmaster at n
Wilmington Del, delivered before the "Dem- b
ocratic Conservative Meeting at Newark, Del. !
October 9th, 1885," See "Dslaware dasette,"
October 10th, 1866.
READ THIS ExoRDiUM AND BIZ PROUD. IL
Heart Of Delaware beat proudly for
never had heart better right Depending
freemeu hold up your heads for never had
freemen better right Your military op
pressors have been depossd-your provost
MARSHALL have been dismisssd-your govern
msnt detectives have been discharged-your
secret spies have been driven of. The long
dark night Of military sway, OF martial law
and of mob violence has passed away. and
passed away forever, Let us all pray it may
never return and let all the people say,
Amen The glorious sun of civil and religious
liberty has arisen, indeed, and will, let us
hope, continue to shine until the perfect day
of Constitutional, and personal, and perfect |
freedom for all"
The American Eagle at this point wagged |
his tail.
TREMBLE, STANTON, TaRMBLR.
We have had six years of civil war and
political commotion. Six long, weary, anxious
years Peace has come And IL has come
to stay Delaware is free Free for her sons
10 enjoy their rights unmolested under the
constitution of their country. Free to assem-
BILE and meet together to discuss matters OF
State and of national policy. Free to think,
to speak and to act. Free to vote as they
please without being surrounded by radical
soldiers, dispersed by radical bayonets, shot
at by radical reughs and outraged by radical
mobs. Free to go and come without the fear
of being arrested without warrant carried
beyond the State lines without authority
thrown into military prison without law
abused without power to resent it-held as
prisoners for long periods without hearing
and discharged without being informed of the
nature OF their ofense or SO much as the form
of a trial. All these outrages by men too, who
vaunt themselves as the true friends of uni
veIsal freedom, and in absolute defiance OF our
glorious Constitution, the bulwark OF our
liberties, the bond OF our Union, and the
magma eharta Of our rights as American citi-
zens."
Joseph in doubt about departed spirits in
Heaven, suggests question for debating
societies.
That Constitution obtained at the risk Of
the lives and fortunes of our rev olutionsry
fore fathers, oemented by their best blood and
transmitted to us their unworthy descendants
10 be preserved in all its pristine grandeur and
glory being neither added to nor taken from
in one lot or little as made and pei fected and
constituted by those noble men and their com
patriots, whose immortal spirits, no doubt
look down from heaven and behold with hor
ror If horror can be felt In heaven-the sacre
hgious hands that are being laid upon tina
sacred instrument which was bought wit
such a price,
The sx Captain announces that he Away
was Copperhead.
"who, fellow citizens, are the men thi
fought our battles, and sustained our Const
tutionf Are they these radical partizaus
No, they are not Who, then, are they
The men denounced as secessionists, traitor
oopperheads, eoppsnohnsons and rebels i
And never knew radical to enter the mil
tary service unless it was as quarter msste
paymaster, oommissary, government dete'
tive, secret spy, home guard, or in some pol
ton where there was little risk, little to d
large pay, or big stealings."
JosEPH ON RADICALS.
"Have you known or heard of "irrcgul
opposition to the acknowledged authority
OF the Constitution What is the nature
those higher law 4" doctrines as sustain
and carried out, heretofore, by their Radio
advocates, and which higher law doctrlu
distinctly avowed that the Constitution W
not the supreme law of the land and that t
Radical advocates Of this higher law" won
not submit to it What is the nature CT ii
assertion made by Senator Wade in his pla
in the Senate in 1854 that "any man W
appealed TO the Constitution against the a.
of the President, vas traitorf'
" Have you known or heard OF "a spirit
= innovation upon the principles" OF the Co
stitutiont What is the nature of that mel
urs passed by the RADICAL CosoRgss kno
as the FIeedmen's Bureau bill, proposing
make the government of the United States
immense poor house, and make governm
paupers and government pets OF the negro
and 10 appropriate twelve millions or hft
millions of your money and mine to te
cloths, educate and sustain in idleness 4
millions or five millions OF shiftless Negro
What is the nature OF that measure pas
by this RADICAL, SECTIONAL CoSdREss,
known as the Civil Rights Bill, which p
proses to make every negro and mulatto u
and every negro and mulatto woman and
and girl and infant, the political, social
religious equal of yourselves, your vii
your daughters, and your children, and
arrest, fine and imprison every white l
who denies or refuses any OF these rights
privileges to the negro
What Is the nature OF that joint resolu
passed by BoTH HOUSES of this RADICAL I
DRESS, which places the entire governmsn
the country under the rule and dominion
and subject to the will of fifteen men ssle
by this RADICAL CONGRESS and which h
direct and inevitable tendency to centra
of few men belonging to faction, someti
called the CENTRAL DIRECTORY, or othery
to subvert entirely constitutional governn
and set up instead thereof, dictator.
Have you known or heard OF attomp
effect in the forms of the Constitution ali
tions that will undermine what cannot b
rrctly overthrown | POINT YOU TO 81
MEN STYLING THEMSELVES THE CONGRESS OF
UNITED STATEs, But WHO ARR But A PORTO
ITS MEMBERS AND IN REALITY WHO BELONG
AND REPRESENT A sRCTIos ONLY OF THE REPu
comprising but twenty i've out Of the th
six States Of the Union, holding session
tending over the long period OF eight mo-
during which time they have brought forv
advocated and pressed upon the country
epty six amendments to the Constitution
of them for the benefit Of the black an
one for the benefit Of the white man, eact
all going to effect the groundwork and
dation OF the Constitution"
TRAITORS pKYIsBD.
ais Secretary Seward more OF traitor
Thaddeus Stevens 10 President job
more Of q traitor than Governor Brownie
Ia Senator Doolittle mere OF traitor
Senator Sumner Is General Dix more
traitor than General Butler Is &c
Couch more OF traitor than Gen. Bani