Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-20
MONARCHIS1,S MOT DEMO
EIl A Us

The purpose Of many prominent men, in
the Democratic party is becoming more and
more plain, as one after another develops
himself as an Enemy to government by pop
ular suffrage They do not merely insist
that colored men shall remain DISTINGUISHED,
but they so farther, and desire to take
array the ballot from classes Of ~hite
men ,Oho already uots
Senator Bayard, OF Delaware, has put him
self fairly and squarely on this platform, and
demands that he shall he so understood. lie
has ''iong believed" he states in a recent
speech, that the suffrage sis already far too
widely extended Hence he is ready, nor
to admit colored citizens to its possession,
but to narrow in, ear, The numbers OF
white voters.
Again, here is the annual message Of Gov
ernor Randolph, OF New Jersey, in which
the following paragraph occurs
'The adoption Of the proposed amend
ment (NNth) is objected to, because in the
minds of many rejecting men. the uniper-
salty OF SuDr0ge is bit tie eaten sion Of
an egistiny eUit-the true remedy for which
lies in its continuance to those who already
possess the privilege, and its grant to those
| who may, under the operation Of law, pos
sess it within a limited period hereafter, and
thereafter restricting it to such as shall pos
sess some simple and reasonable but intel
ligent qualification for the exercise ofso inn
| portant trust
Governor Randolph is obscure, as well he
ought to be, when, in his official communi-
cation to the people Of New Jersey, lie inso-
lently and boldly tells them, that too many of
them are permitted to vote. Such senii-
ments may be spoken openly within the
apartments of the Manhattan Club, but they
must be yelled in indirect language, when
presented to the very men whom they pro-
pose to rob Of their liberty Mark the words
Mr.. Randolph declares that to extend suf-
frage beyond the white men who now have
it, is "but the extension ofan existing evil,
leaving it plain that he regards it an "cvl'
thing that all white men should vote and
he proceeds TO tell us the true ramcly. Til.
is just as plain; continue suffrage to those
who now actually exercise II; permit tho
/ minors, now approaching majority, to re-
ceive it; bit thereafter restric, Il, by {
new qualification, This is precisely wha
! Mr.. Randolph means and says, if there il
/ any Conference in his words, at all.
E Now, VIC warn anew, the people of til,
T Republic, that the pretcnce Of a right exist
ing in the aggregate Estate, that is in tn
$ already organized government, local or ma
j tional, to take away the suffrage from an,
i sane, law-abiding man, is lie and frau
Of the most dangerous description. To dis
o franchise good citizen is what no laws q
= Republic can do. Despotism can, an
e does. 1t takes the vote from whom II puases
and leaves il where ii plcases. But the pro
: cess is unknown in, and cannot be introduC
: ed into free government. 1t controyert
If the first and vital principle Of popular inst
s iutions; il is the entering wedge Of mon
c archism ii is an insult flung in the face c
C Democratic principles; and the men VIII
d have the hardwood to advocate it, stan
i with their faces and hearts turned toward
y centralized despotism.
6 Senator Bayard has twice had his li,tl
coterie of followers TO resolve ct their Stat