Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-06
WILMINGTON. MI. IUNE q. ASA.
Or Jumps's Political Burial a Party
Necessity

Ii A. nov sand that the Radical party is atout
TO oyersiauFh Doctor Jump, Tor the present NJ
least, which At his advanced age, although hale,
he.riy and good boxing nov, Is equivalent to
political bunlL
TIE Chronicie has ceased to urre the Doctur-
nomination aud flie R7aFhcRn IS ON the tR,
ready 10 b. pushed oTeI, OF .lrllehtaned up, as
occasion may require.
The cause Of All Tho difhcuity seems to he in
the fact that Mr.. Leland IS ON the Committee OF
tLe Distinct OF Columbia, and therefore holds tie
hey 10 the ammunition box besldes having IN his
pocket all the receipts OF the negro voters of
kent and Sussex, acquired by the Radical Ievies
made On the principle that Lofiand was TO have
-econd nomination Now, Jump aud Leland are
roth ia the saIne county, while Messrs. sinltbers
and Fisher, candidates 1or the seuatorshlP, are
siso there This Is whore the hitch CONES in.
Lonlnd holds the key and viii mol get out OF the
way ~ sausly the Doctor friends.
lin letter written in June, 1865, just after the
Republican Convention At Chicago had adopted
Is part OF its Platform, the pusillanlmous and alb
-uid deoai atom that suffrage was something held
by the pleasure OF each state-a plank almost
liIIledlately repudiated by the Republicans in
Congress who, at the next sessIon proceeded to
If.ue aud lrnpn-- the I'm Amendment 'llad
deun sleyeiis uttered thcss glowing words
II treat every man as a man. aud the night OF
universal suffrage as an o.dhenabie right, long
.',uspelded from neg lect, and now for the Ill 1t
time slbce the formation ol tue Constitution OF
''the United states, capable OF enforcement. You
insult tue shades Of Adams, OTIS, Jefferson and
their cumpeeTs, 10y talking to them about bar
"tenn2 tue imperishable right Of the elective
"ilauchise Why not traffic or sell their hfr hb-
"euy, and soulss such dOctIIue reduces all
men 10 soulie-- slaves or coTphes
This hot and IudIg nant, IRON "the Great Com
mOneT, Justly treIts the subject - CoJnReTctaL
The whole conduct u stevens during the war
and that of the Republican party both before and
since the war, shows that they treated the night
Of suffrage as only mans TO be used TO secure
power. Where it was against their party while
they had the bsyonets TO use Tor the purpose,
they set suffrage aside This was dore in Mary
land and in Delaware and repeatedly III other
states and has never been demo unced ty the
Copmercdk 1t was also done IN our sister city
Of Philadelphia, when the Radicals feared they
could net triumph without doing 70. The test
oaths IN Delaware, enforced by the presence ol
Federal soldiers, aud the Registry laws IN Mary.
land, all Of which had the approval Of Thaddeu'
Stevens, give the lie 10 the ltieTaDces quoted.
The dlst ubtlon as TO Whetber suffrage 1s mai
prai night OF "a privilege might be argued fo
hundred years 10 come without arriving at
conclusion Lake many other things to whict
man IL entitled be has to conform to certain law
and principles before lie can secure them. Nstu
rsl rights are tuch a. may be enjoyed IN q stat
Of nature, before ciyilIzatOn OF law Is introduced
Now SOLITARY man may ENJOY al h.s "natura
rights to his hearts content but who viii un
dertake to say thai he can exercise the night 0
suffrage without the AID Of other men and whel
their presence IS necessary natural lights have 4
be surrendered and i compromise Is effected b.
which arrangement 10 entered into that eael
lnay Lave the privilege Of casting ballot TO de
termine what shall BE- the rule that each shall b
subject to, CT Who shall be the ruler over th
whole.