Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-08-15
COMMENTS ON THE" GAZE


The Gazette of this city reprints in full |
an article wherein we advised the Conscrva- |
tives of this State, to sieze the golden OPP |
portunity Of securing the friendship of the
colored citizens, and consequently their
political support, by taking ground in favor
of their voting rights, and upon which it
says:-
We take the above from the COMMERCIAL
Of this city and we publish it merely to
show the trihing estimate which its editors |
place upon the Institutions of a State. To |
get at the paltry sums which are paid to the
officials in Delaware, those trihers, who would
dignity themselves by assuming the name of
politicians, would hazard the uprooting Of
all civil government, raise feud in the State
that would endanger society for many years
to come. Such persons have very little in
terest in the stability of government and
should not be trusted as ADVISERS. Their
policy, however, is on par with the whole
career of the Radical party. Much that ii
has done in the past five years is unconstitu-
tional and liable to be overturned, crushed
out, amid war and blood-shed And it is at
the risk of all this that that paper under
takes to limit the control of the present
legally chosen authorities here to five short
months. BY what sort of process could the
Executive of Delaware be made to yield his
office in that time, but by force of arms
We presume there is no other.-What fol
lows? Why if this Congress can change
the present political status of Delaware, ut
its will, any other Congress can do the same
thing with any of the sm aller States. Sure
ly this is the age of political progress. But
under such an aspect for the future how
long will the public debt be above par? or,
how long will it before 1t will command
about as much as that of Mexico:
Concerning which, we have to say that
we respect 'the institutions of State only
when they deserve respect; that we regard
the political entity of u State as inferior to
i, that of the American nation; and that we
have no more and no less veneration fol
, Delaware's supposed Estate Rights than
for those of Pennsylvania OF California. We
! are urging the United States to discharge its
g duty to the people of Delaware, because the
men in power here have established form
f of government not just, reasonable, no
: permissible by the American Constitution.
: In its idea that we want ito get at til,
J. paltry sums paid the State officials, on
Is contemporary '''''u'es US III i's own pushei
W anu asciioes =" US motives which u uhuef
stands and appreciates far better than we
i, ioi surrey no eiass VI men ever graspeo
= eagerly u. the pupllc 'ea'' anu ciuhs 10 IL
= 'ehac'ousiy as ,nc "o~eue . iriehas now n
y ing TINS state, VINO certainly seem to Al
n' preciate .'paltry sums.
" 1t may perhaps be allowable to chars
Ne tiat we have not an interest in the stabili
~ OF government. sane man knows til
" we are US deeply interested IN the well-go
'rh eminent oil society as any citizen can b
W. while courteous and gcntlcmanly opponc
W. would never be guilty OF SO mean and co
Gu temptible a fling. II the Gazette cor
leu show single claim to public confiden
,er which the COMMERCIAL could not, the ca
NJ. might be different The liability to below
'he turned, crushed ont, amid war and bio
ny shed, which much that has been done
'on lhe past hve years, suffers, is not pcrcei
'''' pic TO any put rev reactionary people,
amoreu Oh the pro-siaVery days Oh the
ory puphc'i dehtihea WIN It's record OF disgra