Middletown transcript., 1873-11-01
For he lNi,hiisfora 5-ransrriDt.


course some Of our so-called Democratic
papers Of Delaware are pursuing at this
time. For example. let US take tho DEL
owaream, published ut Dover. Having
been for u number of years u subscriber
and constant reader u that inuraal. have
tried. but MS yet have not been able. to un.
ders,and how the publisher Of that paper
can consistently occupy the various pcsi.
tions. politically. he has done within pe-
riad Of u !ii,lc oyer y year. ! will give
you few quotations from articles tha,
have appeared in tho Drl,warcan. The
writer was told by the publishcr- Of tina,
journal before the nomination of Horace
Greeley, that the Democratic party never
could consistently endorse the Cincinnati
platform aud its nominees Yet 10 short
'iu.e after the Baltimore Convention Gu.
dors,a the action Of the Cincinnati, coHvcl-
ton. read in the prlawarcan poc,s. mead.
cd from the pen of tie Delaware pnc,,
aud will here quote sufEcich, ior my pur-
pose:
"Thpn frcrmcn join onr campaign song,
Swell ont The chorus freely:
Three ciecrs three chccis hip hursah
For honest Horace Gfcc.ey.h
About the same time appeared in the
same journal the following; speaking OF
Charles y Connur's letter It said: "A, he
is the only eminent consistent Democrat in
the United States not committed To Mr.
Greeley, his rejection Of iao protlrysl nnm-
lua'ion is the hoavies, disaster that could
have hcfallrn the boiling movement. The
list OF me j. s.on exhausted this hnuil-
la'ing disappointment fell upon Bidmton
Dancnm's s4ard IF boiiers at mn., inop.
portuuc moment When u nuuibrr uf
Democrats who had never sacrificed prin-
sirlc, along with an equal number Of Dem.
urrais who had discovered the mistake
Ihry bad malc in going for the Greeley
platform, uci in Dnvcr last January Tor
the puros. "f trying Ia establish u daily
Drmorraic paper 10 the State nul tn tr,
aud harupnizr some of the dlscnrdiu, clc-
mcn's Lii existed in the nruncraiic par
ty Of Delaware. this gr.nt Democratic
journal, the cxpouuirr of great Democrat.
ic principles. dii not deign To- notice tn.
Tact tia, such meeting hgl been hrll
yet it was wi hin litly yari- OF the Della
w.rean Office. What grea, in hal rhAsc
llrmncr'ts committed, who uet AZ DIvrr
that tie Great M,snl ot Democratic i1ur.
nal, Il Delaaarc. ,ha pcavarcan. could
bot even say that such meeting hal been
held But of late notice a great change
has come over the course pursued hy that
sauit Journal, aud moss it Is a question
with Hc whether it will not sp-n proclaim
thar II was the ouly Jourull that never
was - favor of ANYTHING but a straight.
"ut Democratic party IL principle, l..t
me quote irnu lhc same iurunl. Of late
date, an article copied fun that patriotic
CD jiGrual the New York l!odR: "S.m.
atur Thurman and the irmneracy of Oh;n
shum our readers hear from thu mprulng.
have thg good hriuur, hy priority qt cou.
vrutun. III that Sjaio, to ue the first nf
'hc Uncomfortable old party to put their
'o,li bcc.s upon the new party talk /:
the Libiti Republican parry talk. tin
coalition ia.k and to grind that hydra.
headed aud too sinirming faction into the
dirt Up With the flag. I.uilht DENIM
cratfc i'ch9is. free tralr. and farmers
rights Not wishing tn ie,ract an iota
from that nohlo baud e Uhin punnrrnl.
| musi claim for the Democrats who met
i'' cow n,inn last year u, Louisville. ky
aud the mliiou other raal aud true ncm.
ortai, who stayed rw1y from the poll, li.,
yrlr rather than sacrifice their political
prpeipcs. or truekie 10 that bad set of
men who tried 10 .nisi ,hcmselscs as lead.
crs M the Democratic party II this cnnn
icy: 10 such Democrats i. dar the credit
ul being the first nf the inlnminai,hlc oil
party TO first put their sold h..ls upon all
new departures from the principles of the
old Democratic party.
Let me here quote from an editorial in
the Dclnwarean cf the 18th inst: The
Democracy throughout the country have
been assured by the example of tho
brethren in Ohio that adhesion 10 pfinr.
pie is the sure road to uiiu.s'e sgeccs.
no other cause can command tho ennh
Jence or support nf the mas.r. Of tho par.
iy. and II the contest has MT other de.
sirublc suits. i, has nnnihili,cd the
prospsei. nf irelpg pariisans who would
e"mnt the party 10 all kinds AZ New
Departures aud other "isms" aud ioin i,
in all unholy alliances which promise
temporary success. from personal np,ivra
Tn, example "i our brethren of Ohio i.
worthy uf imraiipn anl ". predict. in
this regard. viii b. followed in the next
prrsiaentiai eupiest: sa mare snspru,ni.e
with outsiders; no mnre Cincinnati Con.
vcuiians will effect the action or name the
sanitlstcs for Democracy"
What confidence. Mr Editor can b,
placed in the opinions Of such a sneila'int
Journal Or does the publisher ,uppo.,
thu the masses who form the great Demo.
cratic party are set u: ignoralnn.cs Nh'
are not competent tn think or act f'i
themselves but mnst follow such vacila',
ing ideas as are set Clrih IN the jpurua
referred 10? They might have weigh
xMa III such men NJ have taken a han,
(pccnniarily) ia the salary grab gam
lately played IN our National Congress.
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