Middletown transcript., 1873-03-15


power. ] shall prevent from trying To
thrust them upon the Democratic white
men Of Delaware, and dare him to rally
his counirymen, or try to on any such doc
,rlnc. They in Delaware, l hope, have
too much good sense and respect for their
old Democratic white friends who stood by
them before you were thought OF, and
would advise you. instead Of giving lcct-
urcs on foreign history. to frs, devote
your spare time to studying the political
history Of Delaware. Don't lay any fiat
tcring JUNCTION TO your soul from the wny
four mclnbcrs from Sussex anG one iron,
Kent voted on the joint Resolution Not
one Of those FIVE will get up in their coun
les aud advocate negro franchise or negro
equality. II you have come to Delaware
to dictate, btowbcnt or try to scare the
white Democracy into the support Of your
fana,ical negro equality views. you will
tiud yourself as much mistaken as the ftl-
low who burnt his shirt. II you are hon
est in your schemes Of decentralization OF
the white race TO an equality with pcgroes,
you will find, think, the Republican
party more congcnial to your views, al
though will admit that hundreds of Re-
publieans don't come up to your standard
aud have reluctantly followed their party
aniil they can do no better. Now, sir,
there are old Democratic white men in
this county who have fought shoulder to
shoulder with our Irish friends, and have
stood by them IN veal or wo, aud God
forbid that they should be scduccd by yon
into your negro equality ideas, and it
would be far more polite for you to leave
the State. and 60 back to Pennsylvania,
| or TO ireland, than to thrust your opinions
on the white people of Delaware. by a
threat in regard to your countrymcn. a
s1rroxful day for them that would be- for
| tell YOU there never was an emergency,
/ in the United States. ,ha, the white Amer
/ leans were not able 10 meet They are
/ The friends Of the dovn-trodlcn white men
! Of the world aud welcome them to our
+ shores, and when, after their good treat
I Mrnt they attempt to combine for onr in
+ Jury, We show them thir insiguifcancc.
- don't. hereafter, harp on your religion
or your countrymen You, by your inu-
,ndn"> ani threats. inlure both am
.nfry to b. compelled 10 speak 50 rlIinly
to you but your editorial in your last pa
per was 80 dominceriug aud threatening
10 wh.ir men could not r., il pass with
oui saving a frg words have been nc.
guainl.i will. You since th- Days Of Steph.
vu \ Douglas, You then protested to
ba an honest follower Of nini, wh Ii Doug
lass great saying was, that this was u
White mans government, made for white
men ex,lasie,ly
II whit" Democrats in the late Slave
States 80 proper 10 tolerate the 18Th a.
mtudurnt itlul that lIerl tht ~ grors
It j. 10 argument ar reason that ,hey
.hpui tolerate the ! lth and 10Th frauds
The Eth merely >ct the negroes free. and
Ind not. a. the llih aud 10Th do. give
thrm franchise aul equal rights aud be,
clu,ts We the Democratic White men d
nrliHure, TOLERATE the 18th amendment
You, N 1ur paper compare Us u laka
rnui s@aila@lne maearuui. This is tbs
roolcst. mos, imrulcut aul un.raitfnl re.
marx eyer heard an lri,hman max,
against the pcuocraiia white men Of Del
aNate, and closes out your political caTeei
II that patty ia thl, Sat.
Further ,uu ,rt It has never occnrrcl
u oar egnusr heal friends IN the State thu
tA- White M,u, Party idea i. At war viii
tha christian doctrine 0f the unity 81 III,
hnutan family, AMI directly u tie teeth o
.hy ,piai 4 tn NV Testament, whicl
teaches the quality ut all men IN christ
ati hasr again AMI again discussed thi,
Yiyw pt the question without any one pre-
>uming to answer the arglmcut Ihei
Xour presumption Is that you are SO smar
yau caunot b. answered | will n,k yof
i yeu 10 not consider Thomas .l,ffsrsoi
bigh .Nmcfirau authority aHl dill he IL
n that immortal document, the pce,ata
fiou ul Independence, declare al me,
born equal. aud do you suppose he in
GUIDED negroes far il h. diI. was h. na
an internal hyppcri,c, holding as lie did
negroes a. slaves Aud just 50 il In
hcru with christians since tho days o
fhri,'. as i, was with the gfeat Thoma
Jefferson When they said the cqus)itl
II all men in Chris, they meant whit
mtn for no christian. | think. will pre-
trud that there ever was 4 negro Pope o
Rome. or a negro head of the Grccl
church or of tbs leading protcstau, church
.s, and il the earlier christians did not re
eoenize the negroes as their equals is ,her
tuy good reason il should be done now
Vas not the whiin christian country .
Spain ovcrrun by ,hr black negro Moor
D, Africa, and dill no, til, white Spani,l
christians war cn the negroes t1r .i0
years, until they Drove them out of Spain
aud did not Republican Congress vot
down Summers proposition to put neeroe
, in our churches upon a perfect equaii
with white people
In conclusion, would advise you be
fore you again call on your cyangciica
friends, to leave off bard swearing. for yo
are as good n, hard swearing as ] am. an
you never hear me making appeals TO IN
evangelical friends to try to carry polit
cul point You. however, have the al
vantage of me, for the country from wllc