Smyrna times., 1874-02-04

"There is no depth of degradation to which
the average Republican Office holder or Office
seeker will not descend in order to secure a
position or to keep himself or those whom he
thinks will help him IN place and power. Ii
this.is not true. what business then have white
men in interesting themselves, and lntermed-
ding in the matter Of negro voting? They care
nothing for the negroes as individuals, as
friends or companions, care not whether they
lire or die.
The above is from the Delaoarean. The
burden of the editorial is complaint that the
Republicans are insiDcere in their professions,
and have no real care for the rights Of the
colored voters. consequently they are dishonest
in accepting Office by their votes. If they really
had any interest in the colored man, why, all
right, but the righteous soul Of the Democrat
is vexed at such terrible hypocrisy, such mis-
cradle insincerity, as trying to profit by the
black mans vote without being the real friend
of the black man. And yet how surprising it
is---if we had not learned to be surprised st
nothing the average Democrat will do OF say to
get or retain ofice-that this very complaint
against the Republicans, this hypocrisy, thi,
insinecrity, is the only excuse given by tht
Democrats for their course in 1872. "Oh, o.
course we don't mean it, was the answer
given by them when questioned as to their con
sisteDcy in supporting Greeley on the Cincin
natl platform. "What We do mean is to ge
into power, and If the negroes are fools enougl
TO vote Greeley, and thus put US in power, W
will use that power to disfranchise them.
Here their excuse for endorsing a platform
which guaranteed the rights Of the black ma
and pledged that those rights should never b
abridged it was that they were not sincere i
their pledges. Anything to beat Grant,
they said anything to get Office, they mean
The Democracy Of Delaware suppoTte
Greeley, nominated by the votes of colore
delegates at the Cincinnati Convention, an
thus forced on 'la bl'tiuo,e Convention,
the hope that he could carry the South
blacks, and that they would thus get the ofhc'
through colored votes. They knew that II
white voters Of the United States wouldn
trust any Democrat they might nominate, ar
in their hungry greed for place they rushed f
Greeley and the Southern black vOte--to &
Office they casped hands with Charles Sun
ner across the wide, deep chasm, worn by Il
raging torrent Of abuse they had for yea
rained down OFT him-to get Office their frIen'
and confreres abjectly AMI m0anly bowed then
selves before him aud begged him to use b
great influence with the colored vOtcrs-tO g
Office i; they entered into political fsllowsh
with Trumbul, the supporter and defender
Southern reconstruction, with Schurz that -
Dutch radical, with Sumner the advocate
mixed schools, with Yarmouth, Of Lonisian
the most dishonest and rascally carpet. bagg
Of the South, and they tryed to embrace with
the bonds of this fraternity, the Southe
blacks--to get Office. The Southern blacks
fused to join the heterogeneous conglomerat
mass and so-they lost cfice. Hundreds
Democrats in this State, white mans men
hushsd the LOUD bellowiugs of their rage q
hate of Greeley into whisperings Of faint prai
whsn they saw looming up in the near p
spective "post Offices" with their preeio
smoluments; scores opened wide their moui
and swallowed the bitter pills Of negro equal