Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-07
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The Fall Elections.
ADDRESS by THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF con-
aRESS.

ADDRESS by THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CON-
aRESs.
At caucus held on Thursday night, June 2srd,
at Washington, the Democratic Senators and
address, which was the next day signed and
issued.
To our Fello,u- Citizens of the United States,
Friends of Constitutional, Economical, and
Honest Government
The undersigned beg leave to call your atten-
ton to the peculiar Importance Of the cleo
tions which take place this year, and respects
fully to submit some suggestions for your con-
sideration By the State Legislatures to be
elected nearly one third Of the United States
Of the next House Of Representatives are to be
elected next fall. Upon the coming elections,
then, depends the question whether the Demo-
cratic and Conservative element In the Senate
shall be increased, and whether that element
shall have majority in the House Of Represen-
tatives, and, as a consequence, whether we shall
have a constitutional, economical, and honest
government, or q continuance Of revolutionary,
extravagant, and wasteful partisan rule whether
we shall have general, uniform, just, and con-
stitutional legislation, with reasonable taxation
and frugal expenditure, or unconstitutional par
tial, UNJUST class legislation, with oppressive
and unequal taxation and wasteful expenditure.
That we have strong reason to hope for . ia
vorable result is plainly apparent. The elections
already held clearly show that the tide of reform
has set in with power that cannot be resisted,
II no plumbers be committed by the fr16nd6 OF
reform. If they do their duty and act wisely;
if they throw off all apathy and act with vigor
and steadfastness, there is every reason to hope
that their efforts will be rewarded by success.
Let there be no dissensions about minor mat
ters, no time lost in the discussion of dead is
Sues no manifestation Of narrow or proscriptive
feeling no sacrifice Of the cause to gratify per-
sonal ambition or resentment, and let the best
men be chosen for candidates; and we may
hope to see our country redeemed from misrule.
And in this connection we beg leave to say .
word to our fellow-citizens of the Southern
States. Do not risk the loss of Senators or Rep
resentatives by electing men who cannot take
the test oath, or who are under the disability
imposed by the fourteenth amendment. What
amendment or the test act, you may rest assured
that Senators elected by the vote Of members Of
Legislatures who are held by the radicals to be
thus disqualified will not be permitted to take
their seats and that members of the House of
Representatives thus disqualified will also be
excluded. 1t is the plainest dictate of practical
wisdom not to incur any such risks. We hope
soon to see the day when all disabilities will be
removed but in the meantime do not, we en-
treat you, lose the opportunity to strengthen
the Democratic and Conservative force in Con-
gress and the possibility, nay, probability Of OBJ
tanning majority in the next House of Repre-
sentatives, by putting it in the power of our ad-
versaries to overthrow or disregard your cleo
tions.
ISigned by A. G.. Thurman Ohio; w. 7. Ham
ilton, Md. !; Garrett Davis, Ky. George yickers,
Md. I. +. Bayard, Del. w. salisbury, Del.
b. f. Biggs, Del. and the other Democratic
Senators and Representatives, IA in all