The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-13

Uhife Guy Greek. DiettinO.

MR EDITOR One of the most enthusi-
astic meetings Of the Democracy of White
Clay Greek Hundred was, held at the
House of Cloud Peirsop- IN Newark on
Saturday evening 10th inst 1T was a1-
dressed by the Hon. {. c. Burr, of, New
Jersey for between one and two hours ON
the various political topics of the day
such as State soyreigenty IN opposition
to the New tangled. idea Of home rule,
white supremacy instead OF Negro suffer-
age. The creation Of an arist ocracy worse
than stho titled. .aristocracy OF Europe
which he styled Coupon Lords, finishing
up with the ea9se Of thepan5ich .h which naal; he
tion party tried to give things new names
by-which means they could deceive the
people, they thcreforg tItk OF Home rule
for the purpose Vt detrating the attention
from the true and only name suited to
the purpose State sovereignty and ask
ed the people not to be deceived but to
call things by the pfopAr tfamess and not
rights under the pretence that they were
to get some substitute Of equal value but
which when understood really meant
nothing He showed thatthe cause of the
panic was exhaustion caused by the
course of action of the Republican ad-
ministration by allowing n large class
of producers of wealth to go into idle
consumers of wealth whom he styled
ttiouporr fseFiswfro invest their capital III
United States bonds and loGk them III
| their safes, they cut of thelr npons get
| the gold for them and run on TO Europe
to spend it, while the laberiBg man Is
required to remain Mt home apd toll
through heat and cold TO pay the emo
nous amount of tax required 70 Keep up
this class of Coupon Lords IN extraVi-
| eance while they themselves are exempt
from any taxat ION. This was what he styl-
| ed exhaustion of the productive, energies
4 Of the country Hd took the census r--
| ports of the Gnited States and proved by
them that the people OF the United
States were poorer to-day than hat they
were in 1860 he also proved by the same
reports that the increase OF wealth III the
| United States in the decade between 1850
and 1860 was 75per cent. while here the
the same report the increase from loOoto
1870 was but IS per cent, and when you
deducted the y billion OF dollars OF pun
Ilic debt which we owed there had been
an actual loss of ) per cent. or That W"
owned Der cent less of real wealth III
1870 than what we did in 1860 and tins
same amount now represented 70 NIL
i hons of people while in 1864, it was tut
,, 80 millions, showing that the rate OF
l wealth in 1870 per head was hut 20 pei
cent of what it was in 1850. lie askeu
c the question that If III erc was any per
$ son republican or other present th;tt
thought lie was maxim any mlsstate-
: ment, to speak ont rs it would not ht
), any interruption to hun but n plcasur"
to he put right he argued that the care
:. of Government had got out the true rut )
/ to arrive at wealth and happiness ant
l. THAT they must GO back and put 1t mt
the ruts in which the democracy run
/ it prior to 1SjJ. ii We want to become
n I Il n. -
o | how much we cxausted the wealth OF the
n country in the first decade OF Repub blleal
y rule and that five Continued III the SAINT
- way We should soon become bankrupt Il
/, a nation and our people with out employ
:. ment and reduced tobeggars no contend
;, ed that thl ca pital which was locked III
u i'll the safes OF Coupon Lords should p'
I, brought out and put in some productive
d enterprise which would employ the thou
t. sands of now idle men willing to w9ri
il hut could not get any 10 do; he sad tAl
,d was one of tho first steils to to De tahei
lv TO bring matters right to produce NOR
i, tweaith and waste less, lie therefore al
20 vised all present TO vote the Democratl
- | ticket at the coming Slectloh an
get government machinery. back mt
pt the old ruts in which the Democrat
ms ic party ruh it prior TO 1868. 1t was on
IA of the most telling speeches that We nav
lg listened to during thiscalppaign anu Dc
IT. neve gave general satisfaction Tor II
u fairness to both Republicans and DemS
Gratis present 'BetweeuS andfe o eloel
the meeting adjourned With a vote
thanks to, the speakers: The class
speakers which we have had to addre'
our meetings during this campaign hay
certainly had atelling effect On our pc
,U pie which will be shown by the, return
Of the November election. Onr party
this Hundred Is now a unit and whe
= | that ia tho case you always may predl
lat what the resuly will be.
ONE OF Tue UNTERlfIEp.