Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-14
what n cOun,ryman Knows About " RInss.''
TO he Editor ofae 0omnieroial

TO ute Editor Of ule C0nnlercidt: 4:
II il said that every one il more or less Affect
cd by his surroundings, and it may be that
the green fields have made us verdant on the
subject OF ''Rings.n We had often heard of
them howeyer--in New York and in Philadel-
phia-had heard, too, that they had them In
Wilmington" poHtofiice rings, and City
Council rings" &c.--but we confess that as Of
ten we have been in your Poodly city, we
never saw one there except Barnum's. Whether
II was OF the Wilmington kind, or whether Bar
mum brought 1t with him from New York We
didn't know Barnums ring seemed to amuse
the people very mu9h, and we wondered wheth-
or that was what theykept themfor in the cities.
We couldn't tell, City people and country peo-
pie are somewhat unlike, you know, and fer
awhile we were perplexed with this question
if.ons OF these rings should happen to break
loose in the city and get out among the country
people what would be the consequence We
were apprehensiye and anxious about it,, but at
that time we couldn't tell. But thanks to some
body, aud We guess we know to whom we are
under obligations, We have been enabled to
" come to points in this mat er, 80 that we car
understand things much better than we did.
One day last week,a good many Of the country
people Of New Castle, went down to Dover; they
had some business Of their own to. attend to
down there. They left home, happy in their
freedom and Independent, as country people
generally are feeling that they owned nobody
and that nobody could own them Judge then
OF the surprise; I'VE will not add and aarm) Of
found that some OF your city people, also down
there on BUSINESS, had brought with them one
OF these city rings. For while we couldn't
tell exectly what IL was brought down for, but
very soon we found out; 1t was to be put on
the necks OF these Eerdant fellows from the
country, Well they were got into the pen. but
| diTnt get the yoke quite on aud are still free.
You will therefore permit us TO say right here
assuming to speak for these hardy and indepen-
dent tillers of the soil not to tell Of "what they
N n know
about their rights. that "by the eternal they'll
never wear your collars and submit to the die
taion OF city rings
Assuming more serious mood we feel com
PEELED to say, how incOnsi1erate, and ill-advsed,
is the formation Of cliques, and cOmbinations,i in
the Republican party of Delaware, having for
their sole purpose the advancement OF mere
personal interests, and involving in their conse-
quences, il not abandoned the disruption and
dual breaking-up Of the party and all to crafty
| the ambition or petty Jealousy Of few men.
ring is alleged TO have existed in Whining
| ton, post Office ring whose domination and
rule must be suppressed and combination,
another ring, is formel to put it down. There il
conflict in regard to principle; all being good
and undoubted Republicans 1t is mere con-
test for personal supremacy, and like all other
combinations, that are necessarily aggressive in
their character il successful, this will overeap
| all bounds, and become at once a reckless and
| proscrptiye power. Thus we have seen that
| faction, started o5tensibly to put down another
in your city, having become successful and
dominant, has with the flush of victory and tri-
umph, rushed headlong into contest for power
that has proved somewhat successful in render
ing subpervent to their will and dctation not
only the City of Wilmington but the whole of
New Castle county The issue has been made !;
the City Of Wilmington aud the country districts
| of thecounty of New Castle, have been brought
| face to face in a contest for supremacy. Let
| those who have 70 univorsey ma 10 this issue be
| held 10 strict accountability for its results.
! A few years since, the county of New Castle,
| yielded to the city Of Wilmington, full and
equal representation in the Republican State
| Conventions How the power thus given up was
| used in the recent State Convention --dictatng
| the pointments to be made for New Castle
| County aud otherwise controlling the Conven-
| ton by violation of parliamentary rules,-we are
sure will not soon be forgotten by the delegates
to that Convention from the country districts in
| New Castle nor be acquiesced in by their con-
| stituents II we have not greatly mistaken the
| spirit and temper of the country people in New
Castle county. they have taken a position on
this question, from which there will be no with
drawal' and we have thought that this fact
ought to be known. COUNTRYMAN.