The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-16
THE DELA WARE Democracy

THE DELA WARE DEMOCRACY.
The light of the Democracy in these latter
days is very generally hidden under the
bushel of defeat, and the unterrified masses
can frequently obtain glance at the flicker
ing party taper only by having resort to the
most desperate measures. But in the great
State of Delaware the pillory and the whip
ping-post are still the standard deities, and
young man who is about to take unto himself
wife must first give security that the future
companion of his bosom shall not become
burden on the community. Such a medieval
code, as a matter of course, betolens a
general acceptance of undiluted Democratic
doctrine a general reliance upon the Demo-
cratic candle for political light. The thriving
town of Wilmington, however, has been
brought into ready communication with the
nineteenth century by the railroad and the
telegraph, and, equally as a matter of course,
has for some years past been under the con-
troll of the Republicans. 1t is the solitary
oasis in the great Delaware desert, small
patch of green whereon the traveller may
stand while he contemplates the abomination
of desolation round about.
The antediuvians who control the rest of
the State have recently determined upon
bringing Wilmington under their sway in
order that the State may present an unbroken
front against the further encroachments of
the civilization of the age. They have gone
about this task in the old-fashioned Demo-
cratic way. AS clear majority of the voters
under the laws which govern the rest of the
State, and which formerly governed Viii
mington, were thorough-going Republicans,
the franchise must necessarily be extended, to
bring about change. The device of enfran-
chising the blacks, and then trusting to their
well-known affection for their ''old masters
to secure their adoption of the Democratic
faith, seems not to have entered their heads.
Instead of doing this, the last Legislature, one
house of which was unanimously Democratic,
and the other almost so, passed a law throw
ing open the polls to all white men who have
paid their county tax, whether they have paid
their city and school tax or not. This will
suffice TO swell the Democratic ranks by seve-
raj hundreds, for the Delaware Democracy,
like the Democracy in general, are averse to
the payment of taxes, and hold in special alb
horrence taxes which are appropriated to
school purposes. Yet this might not accom-
plish the object, and so the city was divided
into nine wards, instead of six as formerly,
the new divisions being so gerrymandered as to
give the Democracy the best possible show for
carrying a ma jority of them, even in defiance
of the voice of the majority in the city at
large. And to make assurance doubly sure,
nine Democrats were designated by name to
conduct the elections in all the wards, in con-
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ment.
Thus the situation stands in Wilmington
The Democrats have already made their nomi-
nations, and are preparing to put the new law
and its machinery into such efficient opera
ton that victory will be assured them. The
Republicans will place their ticket in the field
next Saturday, and will then go about the up
hill work of maintaining their position under
the old state of affairs The result of the
contest is a matter of grave doubt.
MEXICO still labors under the chronic aflic-
ton of anarchy. A correspondent writes
that, despite the rigorous policy of Juarez,
the disruption of the unfortunate Republic is
considered by many as being imminent.
4 General Bustamente, at the head of consi-
t derable revolutionary force, threatens to sever
= the ties which bind the States of Queretaro
f and San Luis Potosi to the Federal Union:
g Sonora and Sinaloa are regarded as lost; and
| in Yucatan, Chiapas, and Jalisco the Indians
present a formidable insurrectonary front
t while in Durango and Guerrero the Federal
9 troops have also encountered the aborigine,
y in several severe engagements. Although the
J. United States is much better off without
. Mexico, we fear that annexation will prov,
the only remedy for the ills to which our sistel
= republic is heir.
= ALTHOUGH st. Louis sIis so anxious to posses,
n the national capitol and offers five hundred
g acres of good truck land whereon to erect the
S necessary buildings there live in ST. Louis
Intelligent" people who say cit is a seriou,
a question with them whether the capital would
J., not kill st. Louis if it were to come" AS i
+ would be great pity to kill off such pro
e missing young city, it is to be hoped that tn,
), capital NIL keep away from st. Louis.