Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-05-12

A Carnival Of Prejudice and Profanity.
Charley Brown and Brother Eli
Clerical B1asphem y.
A squire whits' and /. Rebel Guerilla
Disgraceful Scenes and Pittable Erhi-
5ition of PoDerless Hate.

dissatisfied Republicans, but II was ascertained
that there were no more present than arc always |
at any rate there were NOT enough to warrant the
appointment of Republican In the organic ltion
Of the meeting or on any Of the Committees.
The meeting was organized by electing DR..
Henry Ridgely us President. assisted by number
OF vice Prcsidents, and DIR. Shakespeare as
secretary James L. Wolcott Jonathan Brown,
James Williams, George e. Graham aud VIM. D..
Fowler were appointed Committee on resolu-
lions.
The prevailing solemnity becoming painful, Eli
SALISBURY arose and stated that the time had ar
rived when the audience expected something 10
be said, and called upon the Hon. Charles Brown
whose clarion voice had been so often heard IN
defence OF right. That celebrated carpet blgger,
of them 1870" fame, arose and assigned indispo-
sitiou as an excuse for not making speech, but /
he would say there were TWO things In which he
had full faith, one wae the christian religion as |
taught by the holy Bible, the other was the prin-
cpes OF the Democratic party as handed down
to him by his foreiathers. The country was very |
much ciouded at the present time, but the sun |
would shine by aud by he would not die in de- |
spair but he never expected In his lie 10 see what
be has seen. He had never thought it possible |
that the present state of affairs could exist but
thought all might yet work together Ter good |
GOD never intended that the negro should be tue
equal of the White man negro suffrage was
monstrois iniqnity and the time may come
when they may he our masters. 1t has not come
yet, aBd we are craven If we ever allow IL TO
come. MIR. Is. excused himself from any further
remarks and promised to be 10 readtuess 10 speak
upon any occasion during the exciting campaign
opening before us.
Owing 10 the solemn manner in which Mr. B.
delivered his remarks, which would have been
more appropriate at a funeral than q political
| gathering, but little applause followed.
The committee on resolutions being announced
| In readiness to report, Mr.. Wolcott The chairman
advanced and read them.
| The first resolution congratulated the Demo-
| cratic party on its past history. F9knfk
The second denounced the Radical negro party,
and arraigned il Tor creating public dtb,, ban
| ishin. the circulation Of gold and silver, and
/ substituting iu its place "wOrthless currency"
and for striking down the dearest guarantees OF
| liberty.
as the browning act of their iniainy for the pass
aye of the Fifteenth Amendment, and declared IL
an outrage upon the people and fagiant viola
ton Of The Constitution.
The fourth declared that they would interpose
no obstacles in the way OF negroes voting, us
long as the 10th Amendment was the assumed
law OF the land.
The last gave general invitation for all white
men to unite with the Democratic party us a
white man party"
The resolutions were, Of course, unanimously
adopted, one devout white man. of speckled
hue, showing his approval by calculating stem
torlous Amen, while another who, from the
solemnity of the occasion, had become spiritually
, rounded the bar ol the Court House, and cnthu-
siastically excaimedi lhem's my sentiments,
by Cd. Give EN- hill" The Litter was, OF
course, pure white"
and said that he had not expected TO make u
speech and was as much disappointed as the
audience that the elder Buyafd was so ndsposed
as not 10 be able TO he present, but under the
circumstances, lie would be recreani to TIT
. Democratic party OF Kent county, from whom
he had received SO many acts OF Kindness ant
! favor, were he not to respond to their call.
y He had met his opponents thirty years ago
e when there was nothing at Variance between Tit
, then dominant parties, except the question o
Tariff. There was then nothing SPECIAL to alarm
n the people, but things have changed, the countr
t. Is iu peril, party Ia in power who have no regar
l. for their oats to support the Constitution, thei
= main object being To perpeluatc their power
d Dlsinissiug ST. Others of trivial Importance, h
J. would dcal only with the question Of negr
10 suffrage. Theparty that supports it had disgrace
Z Itself. He would remind The audience how III
III Abolitionsts began to tampcr with the negrot
many yearsago, and Notwithstanding the warning
of Of the Democratic party, We now see the result
Eli was PARTICULAR windy on the subject
Carpet baggers," apparently obliyious Of Il
presence Of Charley Brown. lie declared Il
18th Amendment fraud, " and thought the
10 was no Intelligent man in the country but VIII
~. believed it to be so. Secretary Fish kL ew it w
'k a fraud when he wrote the proclamation, at
he President Grant, unless he was Ms dumb
ID, jlckass, knew it was IL fraud. We must ire
~; the negro us n voter, but no white man. une
NJ. he be traitor to tit mother that gave him birt
80 would place himself on a level with tho nrgt
,se Voice from tie crowd : That's So b! Cd. L
al u white man'0 The Democratic party h
r,, thrown their banner to the breeze, aud sluk
swim, they would not ask negro to vote wi
them. He had yet to meet the first Dcmocr
net who would stoop to COZ quer. He was palned
nus SEE lately, iotIner citiz;n of this State who
70 the people had honored, going through the Sta
no forming negro Union Leagues. The tour or Il
ny Thousand negroes OF this state would not VI
Iei the Republican ticket, unless they got a share
In the officers, and ii they succeed you will soon
md le5rocs III flee, (crits OF God save III
I'D, Amen" Fin u white man" Ne, &c)
ov- slEi concluded by saying that while tnuy
Guided all negroes from their ranks, their ar
The were wide open to receive all white men, a
ne said they ne,d not fear to come amougts us.
Some faint applause was elected at the close
g.. Mr.. Saulsburys remarks which was INDUCED
hs. more heartily by one of the members of Mosb
~ Guerrilla band, who was present, than by
Mas other person in the audience.
M Wy After music from the Dover Brass Bal
luc' The 8 Rev." |. T. Cooper, Of Camden,
called for, the audience, for the time, forget
hter their old opposition to mixing politics Il
+ an religion, forgetting that at the most OF IL
our meetings, resolutions were passed denounc
ct II those ministers OF the gospel, who could, e.
during the war, speak in favor OF loyal
)ald turgctful that Democratic legislature had pus
at q law, prohibiting cefgymen from even serv
ling as School Director But here The mask
ort tlrown aside, and they show by their actions
only Republican clergymen were meant.
and REV" Mr. Cooper, having always been
- a. ~, unilinching Democrat, was, on the pres
v occasion, deemed an exception TO the rule.
Rev gentleman took the stand and coinmen
yorc nv avn native keni Connty." tRully ior VI
He ielt it TO be his solemn and sacred duty
Mrs bear his testimony on the present OCCASION.
now arc moi, MS formerly, met in convention to disc
tac minor ISSUES OF the diff rent parties.
never in lhosc days, heard of the Coistitut
being violated. 1t is not so now He was &,
to say that we were in the midst of, but he fei
or is We were little beyond, stupendlus rcvolu
Two oil chulch aud society. He believed that
four would yet restore the principles OF the Bib
, the the society.
that lie was conxersaht win Tue Wloie no ~
lysi- movement ihirly years ago IL severed me
ven Church He had been an opponent of abolit
i-m from the beginning, and if their princi
,o.s are tight, which declares slavery sin. he CO
1ass not believe that the Bible was revelation +
~ God. 1t the relation of master and servan
pic- revealed by the Bible, is a sin against God,
the Bible is not true. (Cries Of That's $
hibi- That's the talk y Give it to them y I'll
the preacher for me aud applause led
end. the Mosby guerrilla
rdn. He said the Declaration of Independence
item construed by the abolitionists to mean that
men are equal This is INDUSTRIOUS abaurt
49, | II never meant any such thing. IL only app
~; to the colonlsts who were struggling agi
.,,' Great Britain, and did not mean black men
R.. the negroes were all in Liberia then the d.
iNo ration, as applied to them, would be correct
the Republicans would only teach that all
Tor were equal, in their relations to God they W
say he correct.
Eat The Republicans have taught the monst
doctrine that all men are equal in this /,
II the world, and this Republican
jseph gress had broken down every ancient landm
fhcy want an abolition bible, and he did
Il no know where they would get one to suit them
some less they join Brigham Young and his p
by (Appause. go it parson.n) The Constlt
mad been lost sight OF, but il tie was not mista
the strong arms and votes of those he saw b.
him would bring il back again. Mercitu
thnl vens! when he thought of this Republican I
Fokeh he could not understand why God ever allt
such party to exist. good saws us)
urday Ii he were young man OF twenty-five
time would not ally himself in marriage to lac
rear posteIity, TO be pitched into society
act n subjected to negro equality lie had raised
Third er,l who be believed were as good as the ge
run Of boys, but he was thankful he hat
a., y, daughters to struggle with negro equality
y ~ Ii the Republican party is not oyerth
everything is lost, and we urc nndone.
The audience having been 80 highly enterts
by Dir. Cooper, called loudly for the Rev I