Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-06
DAILY GAZETTE.
''EquaERlEhts Tor Wilmington, ;,

Forms the caption Of an article in the CONNER
olaI in reply to the GAZETTE. From tho first we
have maintained that the people of Wilmington
did not desire representation according to popua-
tion within her limits, but would be willing to
yield large per osntags Of her rights in this di-
FectiOn to the people of her own county. This
spirit Of hberallty may be wrong IN us but
il SO it is not original with Us, for we have i'm.
bbed it from our citizens of al parties. We
have never heard gentleman in discussing the |
subject advance the claim that the Republican
papers now make, that Wilmington should be ac-
corded the full half Of tho delegates to tho Legis
lature to which the whole county of New Castle
may be entitled. We have not attempted to deny
that We were entitled to i. if representation is
placed Oh the basis of population. But we have
said that such large representation was not
asked for, because it was not necessary. We.
know that the mass of the people OF this county
will deny to Wilmington her full quota Of men,
bsrs ON this basis, although they may claim it for
themselves. We wish it were not So The pre-
judice agaiRat our city has been .atrong, and il
disreputable to many who indulge it, But
nevertheless it exists in oar own as wall in
Kent and Sussex counties
The C0mnsrciar5 reference TO the United States
Senate is q novel one for that paper to make One
Ia quite astounded now to hear a Radical paper
Rllude to the States as Sovereignties." Equal
rights is not more a necessity in the Legislature
OF Delaware than it il in the Senate OF the United
States; anl c1ndSr forces us to assert that W,
do not beIeve, in honesty, such representation
bs dsmlnded as a necessity in the one case ans
not in the other. We have never heard it charged
hat tha .FO " u
were disIranehised because they each had II,
more than two U. S. Senators. Ii not. then Wi
mington is not disfranchissd because she has tn
same representation in tbs Legislature that eithe
OF the other Hundreds of the county have. Bu
we do not wish to be led from the object in vie,
to discuss questions that are not necessarily relt
want Our biact is to secure for our people i
Wilmington, at least, representation in the Legi'
lature sufficient to transact her business We al
now denied this. Wilmington, IL, with 40 900 il
habtants, has not representative in the Senai
Of the State; and it sha had repreaentati,
there, then she would haYo mono in the Hous
Such state OF things do not exist anywhere
the United States outside Of Delaware We del
the opponents of the rights of the people of Wi
mington TO show Is a city in any other State wi
similar population that is placed at such
disadvantage. 1t is simply intolerlbe, and
man having proper sense of right and justi
should persist in denying US greater represent
.tiOR. 20 Do 1t IS 10 assert determination to
us wroRg aud an injustice, OF which all W
have honesty in their hearts will blush at cont
uiRg, ii there is a fair and omen road hy which
may ba remeliej. without doing injury to az
other part OF the State. And that there is o
we have shown in prsvions '4,ues Of the GAzET
by quoting frola tihe Cpnsatution OF the ST
wherein the Legsl turs e4thed to increase
representation of each House by Il two-th
vote whenever it may b, adjuds "A necessary.
If the Legislature will do Wilmington justie,
will take up our case and give us a representa-
in the Senate and also enlarge our representa-
in the HOUSE. Let it "proyldaT hY aW tRst ia
dition to the present number OF representatives
the General Assembly from New Castle County'
Senator and two representatives may 10 elec
in the city of Wilmington. This would relieve
atpresent and put end to ths demand ic
State Constitutional Conventon-a measure
would he detEiRe4tal to al interests at prssen
The DELAWARE LEGISLATURE meets