Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-27
WILMINGTON. DEL. july az. 1874.
Narrowing Down Their Chances

The BreakrateT Ltght publishes, approvingly,
the following from the Commercial, of this city,
III which it will be that the organ Of the
anti-Ring candidates narrows down the chances
CT the success Of the Radical party in this State
and county TO the closest point and rests the
election of the state ticket on the popular con-
hdence and respect it will inspire. This is q
slender thread and shows that even the organ has
lost all hope for any aid that the decaying plat
forms Of its party will inspire 1t says:
-. ave need not say that the contest is closely
balanced; although the conditions Of saccess are
strongest upon side, still there Ia little mar
gin tor either party. Ii, then We forfeit any Of
cur advantage, OF omit to preserve every particle
OF our iorce We pnt success outside of proba-
btlity.
There ought TO be deep and serious sense Of
these facts in the minds OF the Republican voters
Ut this luncture. Success is to be gained, in this
campaign, not by any political jugglery wire
pulling, but By popular confidence In and respect
Tor the Republican ticket. Ii it inspires conf.
dence and commands respect, throughout the
State, we shall doubtless elect it, but under any
other conditions, the present canvass will be but
wasted opportunity, and labor spent in vain"
Mark the studied language, "If, then, we for
felt any of our advantages, or omit to preserve
every particle OF cur force, we put success out
side of probability Now, here is tact admis.
sion that there is no hope for success, because
the party has bcen sheared largely OF its advan.
tages, which rested chiefly on its ability to abuse
The misguided negroes, and use them at every
polls as repcaters. Nor can they hold all their
former white voters and their negro voters too,
u view Of the party's ruling IN regard to the
Civil Rights Bill, which they are bound to sus-
iau anu thereby, If they successful, put the
negroes into hotels, schools, cemeteries, churches
ard other places on an equality with the whites
"In this campaign political jugglery or wire.
pulling" the Ccmwcrc;al intimates is out of the
question. However mournful this may be to
that Journal it is 10 some extent true and cuts
the chances Of success down fully thousand
votes in the State and perhaps six or eight hun.
dred in this county. 1t is impossible for our
white citizens to endure the Civil Rights platform
or vote into power party that has made the eff
fort to force negroes into the social positions in
this State. The Philadelphia Press as our read
ers will remember, stated few days ago that the
farmers in nearly all the counties in that State
rebelled against the negro platform. Except in
Chester and Delaware. any one who passed
through the country districts could not fail to
observe the determined hostility eyinced to the
Civil Rights Bill. The Press was in favor of
that abomiuable ell, hut was forced 10 admit
his Why then should the Republicans in Dea-
ware be expected TO allow their children to COM
Tninge With negroes, or TO do so themselves.
he candidates have all been long ago pledged
TO the negroes, ami il is impossible for them to
shake of these pledges now. The only way in
the world TO save the State from Radical and ne
gro domination Is to vote against gentlemen who
nope to ride into power through The agency of q
party whose nominations are controlled by me-
groes and the majority Of which is composed of
negroes.
This being the case, the Commercials sage re-
mark that 1.-The present canvass will be but q
wasted opportunity, aud labor spent in yain,'
must Prove oraeular, since the party has no man
tnat can INSPIRE confidence and command res
pect" enough 10 overcome the difficulties that
former actions and pledges OF the party rear up
aud block the way to success. Even the wives
and daughters and the little children of Republi-
cans despse the partY's course and secretly pray
tor ts defeat.