Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-06
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The Commercial evidently feels the force Of our
geSnarkp and attempts, ,te lldlcplc the charges w
hayeTiada agaihat tho extravaganee Of the City
Council. and its evident disregard Of the wishes
Of the great mdss Of the, voters ol w ntnington,
bseaHas OF the reliance The pdical party has up
On the strength reeuperaive from the NEW Gle
meht which was intfodused to the polls, for the
express purpose Of securing partizan dominion,
aud carrying out any high handed measures that
might be resolved upon BY party ylcaneuscs to 'be
neat the flw ct the expense Of many"
And this is exactly the policy which the Radi-
cal party has been carrying out wherever it has
had the Did of a. strong and controlling negro
YStc. frlrav TrT~ aQr-W -t-.s ---4
We quoted yesterdly, on article from tho PHI
ade,phia Ledger which showed that the people Of
Wmfangton; Might duder the nose Of the Presi-
dent and his backefs In Congress, hadi been al
most ananslallg ruined by the extrhvpga Of the
Radical party TINS strengthened by the negre
vote. The demands which have been made npon
the PEOPLE Of that city have been 30 enormous,
that they cannot carry on The nuniclpal niialra,
and talk of anothet reconstruction aud OfasEirg
Congress to tdSel the control OF the goyernnept
Of the city % get fld Of the scounarels Who are
eating zoat their 'spbstance. The condition Of
mnny other cities where .sxtravaganee hos
rsgnsd supreme, Is foundrct much better. 9ii
Seeing this, "a h any wonder that we shoald re-
MUD cur peOpietf 10, hnd urge them 70 be watch
ftl;to be earelaltoSes tplt, thnt the same par
zan spirit does met lead them into o like vortex
Of indebtednesY Arc we ler thisto be ridIculed.
BY the ContneScsal5 which never once reminds
the Council Of the necessity of economy, but urg-
es itfurwardiRits lite course BY articles abusive pf'
the Gassets for Its geatls aud. puFsuasive 'arRu.
ments, ndSaneed to ind1ee our City ESthers TO
return to the paths pf SEmunEelPal virtn = which
wsFsSo flllhfally adheted " " the men who
inaaStraged our excellent aad economical city
government, and who Managed Il on exact and
Just fFlBSiplss fsF 20 mapyyears' % a.'as1
Few people would credit the statement that the
city deb. has been Interested ip the last AYe years
nearly half a,miliOn, OF dollars, and that at the
rate the;p9inpp Prupeseiaa procsedi i Will soon
reach smiilion gf dollars. Il Is useless fOF the
COnlSe6efaI cay that "bonesty and economy
must have control The Gazette cannot be
moveeathsstlt devoted ID the plain and slmpld
rules, when 1t makes 1t I'D ehid business, to cen;
sure the easstts fot iinipi skipg the people 70
elect q maIorIly of Democrats TO 4hs Council,
whom We WIN guarantee lEilt 6tve Them q more
eoonomleaE city govefhment. a ~ 'rs,l ,.t
We tell ths Comm eial plainly that u. knows
its party depends upon (heiignorant negro vote
to sustain It IN 10 extraypgant eourpe-fhat' u
knows that without that vote It's party would be
hopelessIy Ia the minority. And we do feat, that
"a the negro vote ias brought debt and rain up
oman the southern cltiejI Il may doths same here
andws inSIst npdh the people making "a change
at thtgtims loeseaps the heavy taxed, which viii
inevitably .fotiow Tho election Of q Republican
majoFitFso Council ID septenbet. This is all VIC
ask We don't cIre PIN about the offices; only
give us an economical and safe government
The tImssars growing hard and the people feel
the need Of all tie money they can save, and ths
excess 6f tazaS ahatmany famAIegaFe. caused a
pay, .BoSld prove Yety nanEIS market money, {.
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