Smyrna times., 1874-10-28
state Politics.

state Politics.
We have been shown report of the aims
house finances and have no more to say on the |
subject.
A Democratic meeting is to be held at Ken. |
ton on Friday night, TO be addressed by Sena- |
tor Bayard, and others.
The Democrats final rally, in this town, next
Saturday, is to be addressed by Messrs. Bayard,
Lore Whitley and o. Byrne.
The State Sentinel is informed that the
Clerk of the Peace in this county has put
names on the Assessment list since the Little
Election.
The Democratic meeting announced for Sew
ersons SchOohouse, near here, on Thursday
evening last was failure. The speakers were
not on hand.
DR.. Davidson delivered speech in this
town last Thursday evening that went to the
root 1t was decidedly gratifying to the Re-
puhcans, and poignant on the Democrats
The Republicans will hold their closing meet
ing here on Friday night next, when A. Hig-
gins and j. II. Hoffecker, jr., of Wilmington
and Jacob Moore, of Georgetown, are expected
to speak.
Is the Levy Court political machine, or a
Committee to devise ways and means to ad-
vance the interest Of the county? If the latter,
why did they not receive IdreS when the
money was rendered to them-or to Collector
in their presence, who was not only willing
but anxious to receive it, and the Court would
not let him P-SentineI.
That Ofice-Samuel Townsend Esq, sta.
ted at the Democratic meeting in Wilmington,
on Monday evening, that he had been rendered
an Office under the Lincoln administration, but
he refused to accept the same. 1t is true he
was appointed paymaster of the Third Della
ware Regiment, and in acknowledging the
same, he wrote letter in such hand that the
Secretary of War, or his Assistant, could not
read it. Thereupon arrangement was made
for him to resign, and his brother Israel was
appointed to the position. Had he been q
good penman he would have become one of
Lincoln's hirelings. In this connection we
may remark that we should like to have the
exact words he used toward the Cochrans about
that time. .-Republicdn.
| Lotland and the Civa Rights BM-Maj
Lohand, in his Wilmington speech, last week,
said Democratic orators are now going through
the State telling the people that the Civil
Rights bill is law, and that voted for the
bill. This all intelligent men know is not true.
Here is the truth of the whole matter, so far
os | am concerned The Civil Rights bill did
pass the Senate, more as compliment to Sena-
tor Sumner than for any other purpose, and
was then sent to the House. There | voted
for its reference to the Judiciary Committee,
ced men, they would divest it of any objec-
tionable feature. But when General Butler
moved to take that bill from the Judiciary
Committe and put it upon its final passage,
voted against it. This is the whole case and
T [ voted against the bill with no hostility to the
, colored people. They themselves do not wan
mixed schools. | am in favor of educating the
colored people; they will then make better
citizens; but let them have their own schools
God Almighty has put the colored man here
for some good purpose. He has been here
and will be here as long as you or |. l &C
know ledge that.I have been a STAKEHOLDER bu
not from choice, they having been inherite,
from my ancestors, but thank God for tht
! day when Abraham Lincoln issued the Eman
I cpatiOn proclamation and set every slave a
liberty.
What Lofdnd says of Bdyard Frida.
night Maj. Lohand made most fOrcible speecl
in Wilmington, when, among other gooC
: things, he got off the following Now let u
E look at few pertinent points to show the wan
Of charity on the part OF our opponents
When your distinguished Democratic u.
q Senator from this city went to Washington
o the first thing he did was to hunt up goo
: boarding place, which he found with blac
man. When | went to Washington, | foun
boarding place with white man and a ma
n tive Delawarean. do not find fault with MI
:. Bayard for boarding with a coIOred man, 10
4 he keeps an excellent house. But suppOs
Jim Lohand had gone there; it would hav
u been howled from Dan to Beershcba that
IS lived in Washington with "nigger." On
/. of the first acts OF Mr.. Bayard upon going I
:. Washington was to vote for an appropriate
:, OF $50, 900 to feed the poor cOlUred cOntrabanC
- who we're coming into Washington in a starve
L condition. For this vote honor him, b.
Is suppose Jim Lo1and had cast that vote, VIII;
sr howl would have been raised. Then aga
!, they have declared that | am q commC
' drunkard Ihave no objection to a man takir
his dram if he wants it, but | solernnly decla
IN before God that have drank nothing strong
c. than water for seven years. Then they say
>, cannot make a speech. This may be true, b
:: if so then they have shown their appreciate
is of my reticence by nominating man to su
1u ceed me who never made speech and new
be intends to. lie is very excellent man, ho
al ever, and intend to beat him if | can, aud
believe | will