Middletown transcript., 1872-08-10
The Primary Meetings To-day.

To- day, by order Of the chairman Of the
Executive Committee Of the Democratic
party Of Delaware. primary meetings will
be held in the diiercn, hundreds for the
purpose Of selecting delegates to the State
Conyeptioi, to be held at Dover on Tues
day next. the 18th, TO nominate candi-
date for Congress, and to choose Presi.
dcatial electors.
We desire, particularly, 10 call the at
ten,ou Of our Democratic readers to these
,cc,ings
IL has become too much the custom OF
late years. throughout the country, for
the better classes of citizens to treat these
meetings with neglect and Indifference
Engrosscd with their own private business
cares, they poy but slight attention to
these small meetings, and they are left to
the care of petty politicians and office
seekers. Hence the formation Of rings,
and the selection of incapable and un-
worthy men for positionsNf trust
This is a grea, mistake These prima-
ry meetings are the fountain heads; the
very beginnings from which springs the
organization of our government. In them
are chosen the delegates who select the
candidates for Office to be voted for by the
people So that those who attend, COM
pose aud direct these primary meetings,
in reality direct the whole political ma
chinery Of the government. Hence We
see how important it is that the better and
more influential portion Of our citizens
should attend and take the management OF
these meetings. IL they are left to the
care Of iricksters and small politicians
men will be imposed upon the party, nom
the position to which they aspire. aud
whose sole qualifications are that they are
friends to those who have given them the
nomination, aud will. perhaps, be useful
to. while they are under the influence ol
their political creators. il they are elected
BY this means many unprinciplcd men
often obtain power which the people
would never have entrusted to them.
This careless Indifference has not, w
ara proud to say, been exhibited to any
great extent in Delaware. Delawarcnns
like Yirginians. have ever manifested I
laudable pride. and a great interest il
their little Commonwealth, and have en-
deayored to fill her highest positions o
trust with their best. most trustworth,
and ablest statesmen. Hence her pas
record has becn Que OF unsurpassed bril-
lancy 10 national affairs. Delawarcan
showed their love Of their state, and thei
appreciation Of talent and greatness b,
keeping John NJ. Clayton and James A
Bayard. the one an unyiclding whig, th
other an uncompromising democrat. sid
by side il the United States Senate
And no state can boast a more able m,
brilliant representation, in both Senator
ships. in the Seuate Of the Unite
States. during all the past, or in the pres
ent, than Delaware; and none NOR
honest and faithful representation in tn
lover House.
But there Is, We fear, on account Of
diversity of opinion in regard to Nations
aiIairs among those who have herctofos
ncicd together in all things, disposition
especially on the part Of many whose cor
scientious principles will not permit the'
to support the nominees Of the Baltimo,
Couvention. from fear Of unpleasant r.
suits. to rc,nain away from these meeting
to-day. and leave them TO the care an
mshsxcment Of those who are In favor
aud endorse The action Of that convention
Thb, " think, 10 . great erro
Though Delaware Dsnocrsts may did
inkanlr viewslof nstiosal politics, nothir
I'll dld " psfhltssd to interfere With The
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