The daily gazette., 1876-07-27
A Dicided Party.

ing the Federal ofice-holders of the Re-
publican party in this State from the
charges made against them by the Dover
Sentinel and the RepublicoS Of this city.
These charges implicate the Office hold
ers rsrascality, bribery and trickery in party
tactics, and corruption and roguery in
Official management; the farming out OF
unnecessary clerks in the Revenue
Offices and assistance in the q. S. Courts;
summoning of juries purposely fixed on
70 be manipulated by the lawyers of the
government against individuals wrong
fully accused, and the terrible ofense Of
using the same jurors in the individual
eauses of the Attorney. The Every Epcn-
ing has Joined hands in the work Of de-
fense, and Fisher Is to be made the
scape goat for all their corruption. This
is too thin. 1t will not blind the people.
They will remember the late cheating and
corrupt actsin which Ererg Evening, under
sformer management, helped to expose;
ballot-box stufing and the hiring of bull
lies and repeaters. We make no excuse
for Fisher. But we don't want the
Federal office holders TO escape the just
censure they deserve. The Federal
courts have been run at an enormous e1-
pense in this State, on trivial cluses; and
the Revenue offices all know have been
abominably conducted in the interest Of
two families, while embezzlement has
been practiced since 1872 without notice
until parties from other States brought
attention to it at Washington, and then
it il said it was only to serve the cause
OF Bristow against Grant. Where are
the Post oHce peculators Have they
been brought to Justice7 No! Nor will
they be by this Administration.
Nepotism is one of the sins of this
Administration-it has been practiced in
Washington by Grant to such an extent
that it has spread all over the land.
And here in Delaware the seed seems to
have taken deeper root. Since nearly all
the government officers are related one
with another in some shape. Collector
Rolen and his sons run the Custom
House; Collector Prettyman and his
son and relatives run the Internal Reve.
nue. ofice the Pyles run the Post-o "a ce
and Higgins and his relatives assisted by
Dunn and his negro helpers have run the
Federal Courts. The Sentinel and Re.
publican say the members of the old
Ring do all the party work, while tbs
members Of the Federal oficeholder',
Ring, get all this immense patronage
and use it to tho advantage OF tn,
News and the Commercial clique, who
have through the lawyers of the Bar As
sociation influenced Every Erering t.
Join hands in the work Of detractin,
from and slanderipg one side and putin,
the other.
Now, We are for fair play, opposed t,
both and take sides with neither and 81
far as we can see the astonished negroe
who are all agape at the fight for tn
spohs, are the most innocent part Of tn
Republican party. They do half tn
voting for it in Delaware, nominate tn
white candidates for Office and get a qui
or two of inferior tobacco, which neithe
Higgins nor Hoffeckcr will use, for a
their pains, while pious Gallagher an
Pickels, bell wethers, get nothing fc
leading them. how can a party thu
divided, while robbing each of what th
other claims, hope for success.