Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-10
gRR CASTLE COUNTY.
Eor Sherid-R. LEWIS ARMSTRONG.
For coroner-CHARLEs A. WINSTON.
THE PHILADELPHIA aAGE" AND THE WILL
MINGTON ELECTION.

The Philadelphia Age, Copying partially the
statements of the Gazette, OF this city,) prepoa-
terously deals in untruth concerning the charac-
ter and result of the Wilmington election. 1t
sets out by saying that the first telegram from
this city was correct. On the other hand that
telegram was incorrect-or false-in several par
ticuars. Further, Gays the Age, 'the fact ia
'tundsputed that Wilmington is not for Grant
This ls foolish falsehood Such all assertion is
disputed by every Republican in Wilmington,
and there is not an intelligent politician in the
city who does not know that it will give a heavy
majority for Grant and Wilson.
The Age then quotes the names of several
gentlemen as Liberals, y that is, Greeleyite
allies of the Democracy - as being 'active, eli
day" at the election, in behalf of the Democrat
ic candidate. Among the number are the names
of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., who does not even
side in Wilmington, and who is not for Greeley !;
and NJ. L. Lichtenstein, who was the regular
Republican candidate for Council in the Seventh
Ward, and of course did not manifest desire TO
elect Democratic Mayor. The other three gen
tlemen named by the Age in the same connection
are doubtless all misrepresented in a similar
manner, and the use made Of the five names is
little less than an outrage. The Democratic
papers are growing desperate in their attempts
to show that there are some Republicans who
go with them for Greeley, and hence such fals-
flying. In Wilmington, this instance is instantly
detected elsewhere, it is hoped by its manu-
facturer. somebody may be influenced. Let us
say, now and here, that there are not a
dozen announced Greeley Republicans
hundred in Wilmington. Nor do the few
that are known admit any purpose to ally them
selves with the Democratic party Democratic
rule in Delaware is to be oyerthrown not stayed
and strengthened.
One untruth Of the Age remains to be noticed
1t Is the audacious assertion that the reason why
the Democrats have not a majority in Council is
owing to the unfair manner in ,rhiCh The Rddi-
" Gals dirided he city into Wards :"
Really, it is hard to do justice to 80 stupen-
duous lie. Does not the Age know that the
Wards of the City are divided by act of the Legis-
lature, and that this body, for twenty years, has
been Democratic Does it not know that the
present division was made by Democrats, with
the express purpose of getting majority in
Council and that, the first effort having failed,
a mean and contemplate job was resorted to,
by which Democratic Ward was divided and
given four members of Council, while Repub-
lican Ward, containing more voters was left un-
divided and electing but two members
The Age is either very foolish or very mehda-
cious--in fact it is foolish in either case, for
there is the essence of folly in all its fasehoods.
And to crown them with the statement which
we have just reviewed is rather too absurd, If it
wants to learn anything of gerymandering jobs,
by which minority of voters are to get control
of city's legislative government, let it consult
some of its readers in Wilmington. They have
tried some smart tricks in that line though they
have so far failed of success.