Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-02-10
FREE SPEECH IN DELA WARE
No MORE RULL VINO

Afo luoiLlJ ID O6L Ato-
We desire to warn all evl-disposed per-
sons-the Dover Deia,oarsan among them
that as the right Of the colored citizens Of
Delaware to vote has now been recognized |
by the highest laws known TO our govern
ment, 1t will be projected and enforced by |
no less authority The DISTINGUISHED colored
men, who, previous to liberalization of the
18th amendment, were taxed to support the
State, and were subject to its laws, hu. had
no voice in the expenditure Of those taxes,
nor in the framing of those laws, are now,
to-day and hence forward, 0oters.
That fact must be remembered, The days
of chattel slavery are gone by, and so are
the days of political despotism. For years,
few men, represented by the Dover organ
above quoted have cracked their whips over
the people of this State, and with the old
fashioned plantation insolence, have thrust
them hither or thither. at will sThe Sauls
bury clique have distorted every function of
the State and county governments, and mis-
directed every provision of the laws, in order
| to perpetua,e their control, and increase
their political power. Wesay, again, those
days are over! The reign Of brutality and
ignorance has terminated The period OF
Law, of Justice, and Of Intelligence, COM
mences.
Among the rights Of lhe community, 10
which they are entitled, and which in future
they shall enjoy,is that Of Free Speech. The
Delawarean has already attempted to crust
it out from the colored voters. Some o
them have had meeting to consider theil
new situation. The orgaa Of the Dove
Tyranny threatens the pub ication OF som,
Of the names OF those who attended Tn
white voters present it denounces as ''scalla
wags." This peaceablc assembly of citizens
in the exercise of their rights, it seeks to de
fame and disgrace Let the people Of Ken
county reply to this attempt at gag law, thi
new effort TO practice the political despotisr
Of the past, with scorn and defiance, as he
as the attempted gag is mean and outrageous
The Governor of Delaware directs his newt
, paper tool TO threaten the Republican yotel
of Kent county; let them reply to til
. little tyrant that they are freemen, with RICH
secured to them by the Constitution of Il
United States, and that comprehcnding the
. rights, they dare, and will, maintain Their
:, II we are to enter upon contest, tn
year, in which men are to be denounced
:. "scallawags," because they hold Repub
= can meeting, let us see, by the time it
J, ended, whose character has exhibited me
y. Z of the 'scallawag' traits. The shyste
who have huckstered the State OF Delawa
= through every avenue of mismanagement,a
political fraud, may have the audacity
brow-beat and insult private citizens, but I
:. people are, fortunately, unshackled o.
:. enfranchise, and can protect themselves
- means potent and conclusive, from all su
assaults. Let the Governor of Delawa
publish the names Of those who attended
meeting at Frederick. He shall see, heft
Z this year is out, hundreds of such meeting
He may fill his newspaper with the nan
d. of the masses who attend. He has shak
'st his lash over the people, once too often, a
NJ it will be hurled back into his face. Hem
:, forth, there is Free Speech in Delaware, a
At no man need either be afraid or ashamed
m exercise it to the fullest degree, whether
Ter King of the Dover clique frowns or smil