Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-07
For the Gasetie.
OUR GOVERNOR.

Democrats, be up and doing! The nomina;,
ton is near at hand. Name your nominee and
secure his nomination. Let the party fix their
choice upon one man-division disables the
party; by division it is shorn of its strength
Let New Castle county furnish a Governor
for the coming term the lower counties have
claimed the honor for many terms.
Some parts Of New Castle are said to be the
finest in the United States as to fertility.
adaptability to fruit culture, stock raising,
dairy farming, &c. Our steamship and car
building are Of worldwide celebrity. The
churches in Wilmington are classed among
the finest and best in the country
Then let us not be behind in our statesmen.
gious men, who will dispense justice and fur
ther the advancement of all projects OF inter-
est to tho State and her people.
Ii the masses would:consider how much il is
to their honor and interest to secure such
man. they would be more string and vigiant.
let us then be up and doing,
With u heart for any fate
We will name VIM. Bright rs u candidate of
the Democratic party, for Governor. and let US
stick to our choice and work right earnestly
for his nomination.
He is as far as we know, all we have named
above, also II genial warm-hearted man. who
will extend helping hand to the needy-be
foremost in all works Of enterprise and benev-
olence
In Church and in State, he is alike energet-
ic, persevering, &C., man to be relied upon, and
those are the kind Of men we want in Office,
during such times as the present.
Men who will work, who will attend to their
duties and not idle away their time i'll self
qualification, or fritter away the peoples mon
ey, in useless expenditures, as many office
holders Of the present day do. Sturdy self
made men, who know what it is to battle with
poverty and disappointment, who have learn
ed that life is not all u CLEAN of sunshine, but
that shadows must intervene.
There are men when they have amassed n
fortune and can live easy and fare sumptuous-
| ly, forget they were once in the depths, look
with GOODNESS and disdain upon men, less fav-
ored than themselves, turn aside with the ut
most mediterranean the highest requested those
not SO fortunate
aside-pass them by-Keep them ut distance,
they are selfish, working for their own gain all
the time, only making friends of those, they
can us tools for their own gain. Though
| they possess millions, they will grind the poor
| downyet lower, in order that they may flourish
and pile up millions more if they could.
| Such men have their way here, and it is GER
tain they can carry nothing with them into
| that mysterious beyond.
| 1t is consolation to the poor man, to know
81 last, the millionaire shares the same fate
as limself-the narrow tomb-the impentrable
| afar
But We are Distressing and will our work
| ing linen endeavor to elect a working man
friend to office, one who will not scorn to grasl
the hand of him, though poor, vino passed one
OF the little slips Of paper, that swells the nun
| Der to secure to him the place of honor. Dem
ocrats beware how you divide the party anC
the choice. Come out to the nomination, il i.
very important you should not forget. G.