Middletown transcript., 1874-10-24
Political Apathy.

10e WORST JOe tuc DcmOcIdto VIII
have to contend with at the November
election is their own Indifference, There
is Democratic material enough-votes
enough-in this State to give such a
Democratic majority a: the next elec-
ton, provided those votes are polled.
as will convince tho Radicals that it
will be If no use for them to strive
longer to get the government Of Della
ware into their clutches But it men
sit still and fold their hands and drawl
out II take no interest 10 politics, We
will lose our ticket and with it all hope
for years to come of stable govern
ment in our State. Nothing ever was
or ever will be accomplished without
work. We have good reason to be-
lieve that our State ticket will be elect
ed, but we do not want TO stop with
mere success for it. We can and We
ought to beat the Republicans all
through the State. and elect every man
on our ticket from Brandywine to Bal
timore Hundred. To do this, however.
it will require the active exertion OF
: ssc.y mau Not q singrc vore can be
spared. We want them all. If we
were positively sure that eur majority
would be 5000 even. and there was one
Democratic vote not polled we would
want that one to make our majority
3OO1. If we can have big victory,
let's have bigger one.
The Radicals are running about in
every direction hunting up their negro
proselytes; getting their tax receipt
ready and doing everything in their
power to strengthen their numbers.
And will Democrats, men who believe
in the supremacy Of their own race
who are opposed to the detestable mea-
sures adopted aud practiced by the Re-
publicans for keeping themselves in
place and power. sit quietly still and do
nothing to counteract the effects Of their
With the brilliant example
Of Oregon. New Hampshire. Georgia,
Ohio. Indiana, Arkansas and West
Virgisia before their eyes. will the
Democrats Of Delaware who oil through
.the times that tried mems souls were
irn and unf1inching in their devotion
o the constitution, to right. justice and
heir own race be recreaDt to their duty
,ow3 Will they by apathy and in-
Inference allow their fanatical enemies |
o gain foot-hold Of power from which
will take years to oust them ? Let
be Republicans once get the executive
md legislative power Of this State into
heir hands. and they will readily find
means. by system Of jerrymandering.
which from long experience they know
% we'll how to manage, to keep them
elves in power for q much longer
,eriod than the people of Delaware will
want them. and the Democratic and
citizens of Delaware will
ave abundant leisure for many years
D which to rue the day when, through
heir own indifference and carelessness
hey permitted their State government
. pass into the hands Of men SO little
uited. by reason Of their unscrupulous
isregard Of the constitution and laws
f the land. to control it.
Come, then Democrats, Conserva-
yes. Liberals, all who are opposed to
,e extreme measures Of the Republi-
ans. rouse up from the stupor which
,ttled over you two years ago, turn
ut in your might and show these ene-
les Of truth, justice, and our State
lese Radical "reformers" who would
sstroy our institutions in order to
nild up tottering fabric upon un-
cure foundations after their own ideas,
at their hopes that the Democratic
'rty is dead are groundless, and that
there is life in the old land vet !"