The daily gazette., 1874-12-23
WILMINGTON, DEL. DEC. %, Is74
Defending the Negro Mob.

We did not suppose the Commercial
would undertake to defend the negroes
in marching on the defenceless town Of
Vicksburg. But that paper, Of yestar-
day, contains an article nearly column
long, in which it takes open ground in
favor of the negroes against the whites,
who would have been unworthy the
name Of American citizens had they not
defended their homes against the armed
ruf6ans who threatened to march into
the city. What would have transpired
then may be left to conjecture. Fortu-
nately the whites did not see proper to
let the negroes get so near their wives
and children. They took Jacks on's poll
cy when the English threatened New Or
leans, and marched out to meet them,
and finding them armed and in line of
battle bent on the rash attempt to in
wade and perhaps sack the city, the
whites very properly dispersed them,
killing (as they should have done. if they
did not,) all that resisted them with dead
ly arms. We should like to know if the
white people Of any town in Delaware
OF Pennsylvania would not have done
the same If threatened by an army Of
negroesP Certainly they would. 1t would
become their duty to do so.
The negro Sherii, Crosby, was about to
get possession Of large sums of money
belonging to the taxpayers, and they
demanded that he should first comply
with the law and give security. That
was reasonable and right. But the Com.
mercial condemns the whites and says
The constitution and laws of the
State certainly provide for Impeachment
and removal from office OF faithless
and corrupt official, and any attempt Ia
procure the vacation of office other than
by this means Is revolutionary, danger
GUS and ought not to be countenanced
for one moment"
Now, it Ia not to be presumed that
sensible people would allow an irrespon-
sible negro to get hold Of their money,
and wait to have him impeached and
turned out Of Office. They had seen and
heard enough Of that kind Of business.
Crosby would have cared very little for
the office after he had got the tax payers
money in his pocket. He could very
well have turned upon his victims and
said. what are you going to do about
it," as many white Radicals have done.
The Commercial further says:
APPLYING the case to Delaware, sup
pose similar demand were made upon
the Attorney General, and followed by a
like demonstration"
The Attorney General gave all the
bonds the law demanded of him. Had
he refused to have done so, or as Sheriff
Crosby, Of Vicksburg, did, he would not
have been allowed to fill the office.
But why does the Commercial seek te
. draw comparison with the Attorney.
GeneralP One would have supposed II
would have taken Sheriff Lambson in
stead. The latter would have been stop
ped had he acted as Sheriff Crosby did
The people of Vicksburg demanded nc
more OF Crosby than the people of New
Castle county demanded Of Sheriff
Lambson. Yet Crosby being a negro
the Commercial justifes him and Gov
Ames in summoning an army of negroes
living outside of Vicksburg to march in
to that city and install him into ofic,
without his giving security for the mon
ey he desired to collect And the Presi
dent encouraging the destruction of loca
sef-government, urged on by Butler
joins with Ames, Crosby and company t,
force upon the people an officer who's,
principal aim is to despoil the Taxpayers