Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-01-15
LET US HAVE PEACE

The course Of the Daily Commercial sin,
is establishment In 1866, in dealing with IL
p,litics Of our State. reminds one forclbly {
tlle interview between "Joab and Amasa.n 4
Jhe threat stone IN Gibeon" ".joab said I
Anasa, Art thou In health my brother /? An
Joab took Ainasa by the bearc with his RICH
hand to KISS him, but Amasa took no heed Il
The sword that was IN Joab's hand so IL
(Joabl smote him herewith in the fifth RIB, ant
lie died"
HAS moi the Commercial been playing thu
character Of Joab for long, long time? Ant
has not the Republican party been trust Ing !
eohndlng in Ii as It's daily organ, only to be
startled from It's dream Of safety aud security
when the fatal, treacherous blow has been dealt
Ia the fifth rib?
FA.ain: are We listening TO the appeal for har.
mony and peace, and In the appeal for PEACE
Is the implied threat Of the "smiting In the fifth
rib" We quote from the Commercial of Sat-
utiay last San are agreed as to the essential
matters of belief around which their orpaniza.
tion has been formed, and II they differ at all il
must be ONLY as TO men,"
Aye, there's the rub, and this 10 Just the point
of difference always. The Commercial has II
the nail on the head. Suppose the editor of tbe
Commercial advocates the nonina tion of Ger
tain men who might not happen TO be the
.holce OF the people, will lie give the nominees
uEattl support vi VIII ht again 9mIte his
party 10 the iiitE rib by remaining sllent "a has
not been au unusual course with him when dis
appointed? we fear he may, IL we iudoe
from the following language In the same editor-
ia "This being true, u would be strange in
deed 1t they Che kepublicans) should nroye
Unable to act with fairness to wards each other
~ wipe oul past Emergencies OF interest and
tseiing and To inspire Ia the hearts of ali mem.
beis Oh the party weltionnied faith in the
general plupos" OF fair play.
nevertheless fair play must be the basis of COM
posure "
A tsir construction OF the editorial ia that ~
the toin2 masses who make up the Republican
tarty choose to act upon their own intelloenca
Ignoring the 'msny intelligent citizens Of tbs
state then look tor the raappealance of .ioab
Sho, with smiling face and kind Inquiry. "Art
taou in health my brother?" will inevitabIv i'm.
uict the fatal "fifth rib" wound, as of yore.
We are OF those who believe that The people
10 able TO make choice of sui able men 10 ran.
x sent them and, while perfectly Willing r.
>-cord TO educstion and wealth (Which by The
way do not always mean Intelligence ,tb.ir Inc
n'ighti must he allowed 10 say that IL mattsre
Lit little what the social standnen of tho ,nan
uay be- the masses generally do their own tbinr,.
ing and tbeit own voting. As for ourselvss va |
calong to no ring Oh cliqlie-we give our sim.
pie support to the men whom we believe bara
the good sense and ability to run the party snc.
eesstully and bring victory to our cause II ia
said that the editor of tho CoamIycioy 10 q
pivot upon which this whole civ :prnsn
This being the case he must him self be M. varn
center Of a"Ring, and If 30 1t is yerv unfair
IN him 10 bring charges against others, Sc.
fiously we desire peace aud harmony, w, ore a
peace loving people and If We can do a,,vtbi inc
TO bring about political millennium we will h.
Ioltented 10 do so. 1t would DO a olsasant
sight 10 see the lion (Pickels) and the lamb
SJenkins) lie down together and the little
child Hggin 81 leading them; such a thing "a
eslieye did happen once, but the result al The
following State election was moi al ali desirabIs
no' pleasing, and If the prescription of the
I numerical is int nded to bring abont the
same result, We can only say, save us from our
seGce loving friends.
There is covert threat Ia this article nj thu
Commercial to the working masses Of onr nar.
~ Tor in politics as in daily life the workers
aie The hard listed men wll1 " ipld The hamuar |
,0d shove the plane, these are the men who do
'na voting, and though moi high in social ma
'.St, (atout which We have heard q erea. deal
u lsle) have au intuittve knowledge or iustnct
"hlch leads them to right conclusions In all DO.
,tical questions. Threats will not AMI A., no,
ntimidate these men, they are poor weanons c
-nd ike Joab s sword should never he used -
Threats omen pro tace the opposite of what we +
lpslrp "
We are ready to accept the proftered gont 1
viii of the Commercial, wp Join with II In its
~ ioi peace and harmony, and whether we he
'dceesstul OF not In the choice of our men. We | s
WI i','t play The part OF Joab, and dece tfully
''h an lnon IA health my brother? aud Joab | 1
ook Ainasa by tue beard W Ith the right hand
q tiss him but Amasa took no heed to The
..ofd that was in Joabs hand, so he (Joabl :
d4ote him herewith Ia the iiftb rib and he | I
led
II et Us have Peace law