Smyrna times., 1871-01-25
Opinions of the Press on the Saulsburys.

Opinions Of the Press on the Saulsburys.
The following opinions or quips upon this
State by the press at large for being joined to
the Salisbury idols will be read with interest
From the New York Herald.
Eli is not the present Senator, hut his broth
er, Delaware being mere family circle where.
in the Saulsburys and the Bqyards are the
ruling pat-iarchs. The retiring Senator Viii. |
lard Salisbury, Is not more than fifty years |
old, but he has served in very heavy harness
for two consecutive terms, and the family of
Delaware possibly feel the need Of some sem
bance OF rotation in the Senatorship.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The New York Evening Post suggests that
tor obvious reasons the name of the State of
Delaware be changed to the State of Sauls.
bury
From the Philadelphia Press.
The spectacle rersented in Delaware, on
Tuesday. when Eli Salisbury was elected
United States Senator to succeed his brother
Willard, was ono never before presented in
the United States. 1t finds parallel only in
the feudalism of Europe in the Dark Ages.
AS shown in our special dispatches of yaster-
day. the struggle over the office was wholly
confined to one family and to two brothers of
that family. Determined that the rich spoil
should not be lost, fraternal compromise was
agreed upon. and third brother chosen.
This Is nepotiSm with a vengence.
From the Baltimore Sun.
To show how Delaware sticks to certain of
her own families let u> name some of her for
mer Senators: George Read and George
Read Riddle Richard A. Bavard, James A.
Bayard, Sr.: James \. Bayard, Jr, and Thos
Francis Bayard. the present Senator; Caesar
A. Rodney and Daniel Rodney Joshua Clay
ton. Thomas Clayton and John VI. CLAYTON.
and now Willard Salisbury and Eli Salisbury
| or course Cove Salisbury and the brother in.
law. Governor Ponder must vet go to the
Senate, and MIR. Bayard, nobody doubts, will
succeed himself
From the New York Mail.
! The Delaware election attracted little atten.
ton The State belongs to a few families.
who inherit its offices, as the old Iivingstones
and Van Rensselaers Of this State used to in.
herIt and " lord it over whole counties. The
place OF Senator Salisbury is to be taken bv
his brother, Eli Salisbury. It will not be
hard for the latter to Gil his brothers. place in
the Senate. His place elsewhere is better un
filed
| From the y. Y. Telegram.
a brother OF the present Senator Salisbury,
of Delaware. has been nominated by the Dem.
ocratic caucus for United States Senator from
that State. Probably the two most extraordi.
nary families in the Republic, are the SaulS-
burys and Bayards, OF Delaware We doubt
II there has been any time since the birth OF
the present century, that some member OF
each has not been in office. The Adams fami.
~ OF Massachusetts and the FrelinghuySens oil
New Jersey, may he more distinguished, but
We doubt if they have ever been in office a,
continuously. Happy Delaware! Only to
think OF State in which all the political geni-
US is consolidated in two families
From the n. Y. World. National Democratic Organ
The Contest for the Senatorship in Delaware.
which has just closed, was one OF the most re.
msrkabe on record. In one respect, it proba.
bly, has no parallel in our history. Three
brothers were candidates before the Democrat.
lc caucus for the nomination, and the contest
was waged by the parti>ans Of each with all
the vigor thar attaches to affairs of thi.
kind where kinShip does not exist. The strug
gle was at first, between Willard and Cove
who we're nearly tied, but on the fourth ballot
it being evident to Willard that the Governor
was beating him, he carried all his strength
over to Eli and elected him. The result i,
said to have been "a severe disappointment tC
Gove, who went into the caucu. certain OF sue
cess
FROM tue N \. tribune.
The Democratic party, not to say the whole
country, has been for some time IN a highly
uncomfortable state of mind respecting an an
preaching vacancy in the office of Senator
from Delaware Hon. Willard Salisbury
who has adorned Congress for - many wears
will retire to private lille on the 4ih of March
The Hon. Cove Salisbury, who was Cover
nor Of the State. has retired to private lite al
ready. The loss Of two Saulshurys-espccial
ly when Willard was one ofthem-->ecmed to be
more than a small commonwealth like that
could bear. Delaw re has no conception OF
craftsmanship outside the family of Sauls
bury,-except in the family Of Bayard She
has always been particularly proud Of Willard.
He has been not exactly one Of the steadiest
pillars of the nation, but one Of the most con.
spcuOns ornaments Of the Capitol Nobody
could forget Delaware so long as he was Sen
atOr Ut course there was n motion to re.
elect him. At the first ballot in the Demo
cratic caucus he had l3 votes out Of 30 At
the third he had ii against l6 No doubt he
would have been nominated if the Opp0,ing
candidates had been his own brothers. No
body can beat Salisbury in Delaware ex-
cept another Salisbury. In this case Willard
was pltted against Cove, who had fourteen
supporters, and Eli who had two. and the con-
test is said TO have been animated and acrimO-
NOUS IN the last degree, until Willard, rcsolv-
ed that Cove should not triumph at all events,
added his own fourteen to Eli brace, and the
struggle was over. Brother Eli is said to be
an eminent member of the Methodist Church.
Willard is not that exactly, but he has been
an eminent example of Democratic princi
Piles and practices, and the party will feel lost
without him. At any rate his fall has been
dignified and honorable which is more than
can be said of some OF his falls
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION The
new apportionment of Representatives to Con-
gress, reported by Mr.. Mrrcur, from the House
committee on the judiciary, makes $50 the
ln- &C .rL:..k IL, LII L.