Smyrna times., 1870-06-22


The RING IN TIE "Silent Halls of Death. y
There never has been time, in all proba-
bllty, IN which the temper and patience of the
family at Dover have been so severely tried
as at the present
lsions of departing glory, in which the
State and National offices are slowly VANISHING
into thin air, are constantly before them. scar
Ing them by day, and disturbing them with
horrld dreams by night. The "white mans "
sWlndIe, with which they intended 20 catch
Ptg-hedded and ,ceat-Euecd Republicans. y
has dissolved and passed away like the base-
less fabric Of dream, and as the Cantain in
wilmington says, " not a single man has been
caught The Democratic party-or to speak
more properly-the party sometimes known bv
that name,-and the party hacks who have
engineered the concern, are in a wonderful
predlcament. Poor Sambo, now that he has
the power, will not let them rest. Emancin,.
ted BY the war; equality before the law guara,-
teed HIM by change in the organic law of the
IInd, and now the last and crowninc aot of
justice the ballot has been given TO him
WhI;h he intends to cast as he threw the bnllet
In favor OF freedom and his diSenthralled race
the men who still oppose the issues of this
glorious 18TH Century are verify in DESPAIR
In the depths OF their humiliation, as a marty
their hope of further continuance in office
forever gone-the Ring cries out in the yerv
bitterness OF their woe,-Listen, ye white men
who promised us a lifelong continuation in
ofh;e listen, and be forewarned the Radical
party m.f, c"nity, social regeneration, and
other dreadful things, which will take our Offices
aud Rive th"m 10 the negro. Aud now that
t'"* misunderstood by the faithful
they NY with eager haste to the family paper,
the Detdwdr'Gn, and here is the result: II
says, IN Its Issue Of June 18th,
Equality in places of amusement, in the
social relations of life, and ultimately at the
marriage altar, and in the silent halls of DEATH y
part of which, the nldrriage altar is foo old a
song to be longer considered our boy.
hood the same old song has been rung upon
our ears, until now both they and we have
ceased to regard its fearful Warning. But lis
ten to the new diSpensatOn of the ring, de-
signed to pander to the basest passions and
lrejudices of unthinking and unreasoning men
-"equatiy az the silent haiLs Of ieath" Poor,
weak, deluded, terrified democracy afraid of
the negro even in the silent halls of death
What must be the thought of the ''whtte men
OF Delaware who permit themselves to be 50
outrageously frightened and thrashed into IN
acknowledgment so foreign to brave men by
their party leaders, who see this to be the only
E methods of retaining the spoils of Office upon
which they have so long lived 1.-The SOcia
regeneration of FOrney and Sumner will come
upon us in this lite, and Equality with the
negro ia The silent AaLLs Of death" if the Radi.
cal party of Delaware shall succeed shades OF
true, patriotic Jackson, appear to the deeener-
ate sous OF brave sires give them strength for
their day and trial. and above all protect them
from the vandal hands Of the Radical party in
the silent halls Of DEATH
The truth is, the ring has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting; the once
proud and powerful party, whose dismembered
and fiagmeniary elements they now attempt tc