Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-13
sussex County Dcmocrncy.

THE PEOPLE GETTING TIRED OF TIA STORM
BREWING.
The recent meeting Of the Levy Court OF
Sussex County was not calculated to increase
the harmony III any there were left)of the Dem
ocratc party in thatc ounty. Crowds OF ONCE
seekers from all parts fiocked into the town,
bent on receiving a share Of the spoils OF Office,
and indeed not without good reason for expect
ing it, for it has been the general custom Of
the party in power to make lavish promiees to
all who ask for office. But the people oil sussex
are getting their eyes open to see the ntrgues
made use OF to catch their votes in order to help
their leaders into office but when political fayors
are asked for in return it is quite another thing
No wonder then that after all the appointments
had been made by the Levy Court, and ABOUT
four ont of every five applicants were lett out
in fhe cold. that general howl of indignation
arose from the ranks of the disappointed.
In turning from their party and looking al
their county and comparing it with other coun-
ties that were making RAPID headway on the
road 10 prosperity, they felt humiliated to think
| that they had been induced through raise prom
| ises. TO follow the ignis tdtuus OF Democracy
until their people had become poor, @ @thell
/ schools but poorly conducted, many OF tneui
| never having been opened during the last year,
| and the poor people of the county being sub
| iected to the Sher1's and Constables executions
/ and the Democracy, the party in power In every
| instance having defeated every proposition l0I
save to the poor laborins man something TO
| make life and home comfortable. Murmurings
| are common amongst those who compose the
| rank and file Of the Democratic party against
their leaders, whose interest IL IS 10 keep tht
naople in Ignorance, and crush the uprslngs OF
an independent mind. Those who farm the land
ofSussex county and roll in the wealth extracted
from the earnings of the poor, who make up th'
| Democratic party, send their children TO the
| Academy or to Colleges, while even the dlstrlc
school, poor as it is, is closed, and the children
| of the poor are allowed TO go uneducated;
| No wonder then we hear murmurs OF dlscon
tent and see those who compose majority o
the Democratic party growing restive under TN
| long continued lasn Vi Vnen eoii -00ii9'i'u'
On every hand we hear generally expresses
desire to support party that Will give then
, good schools and exempt small portion OF IN
= hard earnings of life time from the constable
hammer. Fully one-fourth Of the public school
| Of Sussex county have been closed all wlntel
n In the town Of Laurel, which has 1910 inhao
i | ants, there are two public schools both OF Whlc
' have been closed all winter, and the clllulen
| those not able to send them to the Academy al
= | allowed TO run the streets and grow up IN lgn'
a rance, that sure precursor OF wee ana 10
Il | morality.
4 II remains for the people of Sussex County
i Law The blame where it belongs. But little di
erin ination il required to see that the Democrat
party has been the persistent foe Of educatio
Having been in possession Of the State Legisl
a tive Department Tor many years consistent WI
! their past record they persistenty defeat eve
\, nroposition to remodel or amend our prese
i. School law. The same may be said Of an Exem
~ tiou law Each session OF the Legislature u
y vote of the Democracy Of Delaware is steadi
4. recorded against these two beneficial measur
which would rebound to the benefit OF the po
L. masses. 4. =,
ct II any further evidence we're wanted to sh'
the hostility of the Democracy to education,
can be found in the recent vote OF Hon Benz
a. min I. Biggs, Delawares Representative IN 20
r gress. where he cast his vote against the setti
ne apart of the nett proceeds derived from the IS
ne OF the public lands for the purpose OF eneo1ri
n9 ing education, Of which Delaware would ha
iv received a large proportionate share.
rSe Let the people but reflect and act as their 60
,rs judgment dictates for the best Interests OF the
no hesitancy in saying that the days OF Suss
ne Colnsy ga5y N'' "R,'