Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-16
THe STATE CAMPAIGN.

sisted by the Washington Government, have as
sailed the Democratic party with determination
and enthusiasm which would be worthy of al
praise were they governed by motives and prin
ciples that were rooted and grounded in the de
sire to benefit the people or improve and perfect
cur government. But this is not the case
The Democracy of our State have skllfuly and
with determined bravery successfully withstood
all of these attacks and the brave little State is
to-day almost the only one in the grand gallery
that has not bowed the knee 10 Rome, while she
has steadily and faithfully rendered unto Cesar
the things that were C1sar's' and protested with
manly utteranee and uuhinching courage against
the inrcads upon our liberties and encroachments
upon the nights guaranteed us by that charter
which she was the first to approve and would be
he last to surrender.
We say the enemies OF the people have assailed
US; and it is true. To Withstand the hosts from
within and without the Democracy chose its
sround-it fortified itself behind the principles
of the Fathers and awaited with defiant mean the
onset THUS fortified in The belief that the insti-
luton which the Fathers had established and uu-
der which the State had prospered until ii would
have been the garden spot Of the world, her SONS
lave been enabled 10 hurl back the embattled
hosts though clad IN all the panoply OF war and
laden ~itL any amount OF funds unbeard of in
previous political encounters. No one can gain
say these facts and although We were compelled
to lose part OF our ticket In the last great strug-
gle, we are now nothing daunted that partial
defeat was not due TO us but should be charged
TO our brothers in other States who having them
selves been hsrrassed yielded to those who had
leegma Wayerinp and lisoournupt enffar Cd
an experiment to be led that will II. the end we
hope result in good and prove warning for all
future time.
Bat the Democracy OF Delaware are now again
about 10 face their foes Itlforced as the enemy
are with tbeir black cohorts, vauniing for the
fight. The laws under which our children have
been reared and educated aud which have been
haiiowed by The sanction of courageous hearts
now low in tue dust, have been pointed at with
scorn and deIision as the "blaek code Of tyrants'
by men who have come here and hoped, by the
aid OF The negro, to put their feet upon our necks
and make us undo what has been done with
righteous intention for all, and do that which will
put the white man and the white child down and
the negro man and the negro child over him
This Is the result of their work elsewhere in all
the States where their experiments have been
tried, and it would be So here
The people begin to see this SO plainly that
even Radio al ridden States such as Pennsyvania
are becoming shocked at the idea OF carrying for
ward the now almost sole principle OF the Reput-
liean party-outside Of the spoiis, which is and
has been their chief aim-namely, the equaliza-
ton OF the races.
10 successfully route these hordes of voters
black aud white from without and within, the
democracy must be prepared 10 repel every at
tack-we must not be too confident. We must
ee ready in time We are poor, and as heretofore
can get no succor from Washington or without
we must rest upon our courage and energy ard
forttude. Il is necessary therefore to be prepar-
cd not only TO hurl back every onset, but our
leaders must charge in upon their broken ranks
and scatter and divide them at every opportunity
1t will not do to count upon msjorities. We do
not know that we hare got them. But we MUST
MAKE THEN. And to do SO we must organize
not too early, but in time. Oar candidates must
have the metal and the gifts necessary to meet
ana defy every onset. Our brave Senators will
then take the field but it will not do 10 expect
them 10 carry the standard that should rest in
hands also able to defend the good old ship. We
want a leader that will be heard-and whose voice
will reyerberate among the blue rocks of the
Brandywine and be re-echoed from the STOPPING
white oaks of the Nanticoke.
We do not think it needfu to attempt TO rouse
the Democracy to action. They are already awa-
kened te tEe tremendous responsibility that rests
upon them. But we would suggest TO the Coun-
II Executive Committee the proprietv of suggest.
ing time within which the selection of delegates |
to the State Convention should be made, and that
the delegates be chosen and ready. Then the |
chairman of the State Executive Committee will |
be enabled to call the State Convention which
should meet as early after the nominations of our
adyersaries as possible. Our candidates as well
as our whole party will have to work hard TO
guarantee success and they should have time to
meet the people and expose the wiles of one OF
the most fnlse heartless and insidious foes that il
has ever been our misfortune to encounter at the
hustinss. In proof of this We point to The whole
tier Of Southern States, and the tremendous
debts that have engulphed the capital city of the
nation, and brought unheard OF taxation upon the
whole of the Northern States as well.
Mr.. FuTman Sheppard was yesterday placed in
nomination by the Democratic party for District
of Philadelphia. The evidence in the
witchell murder case, as published in the Phila-
delphia papers, is odious enough Of itself to des
troy the possibility of Mann's election over such
an honorable Candidate as Sheppard.
The Democrats City Conventions met in Phil