Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-10-03
POLITICAL.
Letter from " lillian Deun-Me ava. Wright.
WhiIeley ana pByrne Re' iewed

10 ule EdN0r OF he ContnefCidE
At the county meeting held at New Castle of
Saturday Sept 2lst, 1872, Mr.. @. W. Wright said
in reply Ito what some Republican had said on
the Democracy, that in nominating Horace
Greeley and adopting the Cincinnati platform
they had changed thuir principles,) that there
had been no change Of principle. I must beg to
differ with Mr.. W. until he can show me that the
Cine rinnati platform In the same as the platform
adnpted by the Democratic National Convention,
held in New York ia 1863 or is the same az the
platform adopted by the Democracy uf Della
ware in 1870. If the assertion that made
| by him that there had been no change was true.
why did he not prove to us at the time that all
the platforms mentioned above were one and
| the same in principle which he did not do,
| and the men who controlled the action OF that
| meeting knew what he said was not 70. or else
WHY be 60 anxious to vote down the resolution
offered by myself which was simply an endorse
ment of our prtvlOus avowed Democratic prin-
ciples
/ do think IL every Democrat OF Delaware
would Just get q copy Of the speech made by
| Hon. T. F. Bayarl before the Greeley owen
ton held at Baltimore and read ani re-read
il, and his speeches made in the Senate on
! subjects affecting State rights, they would be
much more enlightened than by listening for a
year to such speeches were delivered at New
Castle and would know more ofthe principles Of
Democracy then could be learned from listening
for a lifetime TO such stun as was told at New
Castle. MIR. Wright quoted Mr.. Greeey's Lam
guage to tho Committee from the Baltimore
Convention who waited on him. in which he said
while you in making this nomnaiion are not
less Democrats but even more 20, in accepting
it, am as much Republican RI ever was
IL ia impossible for the above language to be
the truth, for will any Democrat tell me when
ever any body vt Democrats said the Fifteenth
Amendment was oue OF their principles and the
very men who formerly were Democfats,an and are
now advocating the election OF Horace Greeley,
will tell YOU to- lay il they will speak the honest
sentements Of their hearts that it is a fraud on
the American people, and that they only go for
Greeley for the purpose OF getting power to
annull it's action by repeating the enforcement
acts why not come out like honest men and
avow your true principles. l wond like MIR.
Wright the next time he attempts to address
Democratic meeting to act straight forward and
say to them the vote cast by the Legislature OF
Delaware in 1869 in opposition to the adoption
of the Fifteenth Amendment was all wrong,
which he virtually does when he endorses the
Cincinnati platform. Yet dare he do iii / say he
dare not do it, il he did he would soon be LETT
alone / also listened to him appealing to the
laboring class, trying to show how they were
robbed by the heavy duties on sugar; also how
they were made to pay so per cent more for the
blankets that were to shelter them from the cold
winter blasts by the large amount OF du les paid
into the Treasury of the U. to be Hquandered
l.y the Grant officials Now. any person who has
taken the least possible pains to inform hem
solves in regard to the importation OF banke y,
knows that there are scarcely any imported into
the country nor has there been for some years,
80 il what he said was true in regard to the high
price il l. the rich boated manufacturer of
blankets iuto whose pockets the 80 per cent.
goss which ne told us OF. Now Tins might do to
tell us who he presumed did MOI know any bet
ter But what would be thought, of member
Of Congress who would state snch stuff in the
House Of Representatives Of the Ulited States.
Mr.. VIM q Whiteley next spoke and read from
a paper an account of the great increase OF
Southern State indebtedness brought about by
the carpet bagger governments, and among the
rest he quoted Lollsana VIII ch he stated was
someS 40 0OJO, 900 Now under whote adminstra-
ZION was the dobt incurred but the famous Gov
Yarmouth. who at the Cincinnati Convention
was a self constituted Delegate and voted solid
90 votes for ii race Greeley and VINO now is
une of his strongest advocates. Yet this IL the
kind Of men who we as Democrats are to JON
hands with and these the class OF men who are
to lift the burthen from the shoulders OF our
southern brethren. Away with all snch stnH 1t
ID not tt to tell ignorant negroes, much less to
intelligent white voters. Aud yet MIR. Wniteley
saws - il il manly and patriotic to iIin hands
with any party to rid these people OF such a
load Of debt and Disgrace Will joining hands
| with such men as Yarmouth do 1t?
The next zpeSke~, Mr. John OByrne, who,
with his usual euqueuce aud pleasant manner
of addressing an audience, referred to the SINH
larity of the platform adopted at Philadelphia
| aud the platform Of Cincinnati the former OF
which appareutly endorses the fundamental
principles Of the Democratic party But, says
| he AS we Judge a tree by its frnit. go must we
Judge a man aud party hy their actions aud not
| uy their pruies ssiuns. Nov agree with Mr. Ii.
that there IL 40 great simiar yhetween the Phil
| adalpha and the Cincinnati platforms that | have
as vet not been able discover that either OF them
nave anything in them that il III accordance with
tho heretofore pr claimed principles OF tue
| Democratic party of the United States. but that
| lilo vnl MI a
OF the Grant Republican party, IL is true the
| Cincinnati platform has what Is called state
Rights plank in It, Dlt Is 30 shattered and spllil-
/ tered by the adoption of tn 18th amen imeht or
the 2nd resolution, that it to me does not appear
| to be worth ths paper which it ia written on
| Now | should like o know what 1t IL we hear ~
/ much about in the Shape of the general govern
ments interference with the rights OF the SOUTH
ern States but the enforcement of the acts
| enacted for the purpose OF carry ng ont THIS
same 18th amendment. which the Ci'clnnlti
platform would have us baeve ~ fixed fact
if M, of what use il YOUR state Rights plank! l.
| We Judge mon AZ we'll az party by their fruits.
| will MIR. O'Bvrne please tell u what fruit
| Horace Greeley has ever borne except those OF
| the most ultra Radical R3puOlican character
Will he please say which the obnoxious enact
ments of the present Administration p1rty
| Horace Greeley has not favor sd and advocated !;
MIR. o'Byrne said that any man who did not a.
this time vote for Horace Greeley was not 9
Democrat. Now | cannot allow MIR. OByrne t.
be the judge for me of what constitutes Demo
crat That is one OF the privileges which keep
for myself, 80 far a. am concerned. think q
man can be good Democrat and not vote fol
Horace Greeley or any of those men who IL
heir desire to obtain office are Wiling for thai
purpose to wallOw in the fame mire that he it
doing. II we adopt the 18th Amendment, re-
quired by the Ci .cinnai platform, how are ",
going to prevent such interferences with Oui
State Rights are being done in our own State
by tie prOst cutiOns of our own State officers in
the cpults of the United States for an Offence
unknown to the Laws OF Deaware2 Ia this moi
one u the fruits of the enforcement acts to carry
ont the 18th Amendment While We endoru,
the Cincinnati platform, how are we ever goinl
10 avid such Interference with our State rights
Mr. O'B,me said he would prefer to discuss the
political issues with his opponents in The pres
et cs Of mon OF all the different political views
Yet. when offered to do 80 with him. after the
meeting was over, he did not accept the offer.
WILLIAM DEAN.