The Morning herald., 1876-09-28
S. L. WOODFORD.
HIS APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT.

HIS APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT.
A SvssOpsis Of Hts Speech-Ecerythtn0
bat an Asss,Uer to Mr.. Bayard-The
Bloody Shirt Figures Lar0ely-A Weak
ArgwnseMt.
A large meeting of the Republicans of
New Castle county was held at the Opera
House last evening, at which fair proper
ton of colored persons were present. A
number of ladies both white and colored
also gave encouragement to the speaker.
Mr.. H. F. Pickles, Chairman of the State
Central Committee, nominated the follows
ing officers
Washington Jones.
Vice Presidents Edward T. Bellah,
Washington Hastings, George L. Lobdell,
Benz. s. Clark, Daniel James VIM. Tatnall,
DR.. A. II. Grimshaw, Elwood Garrett,
Samuel McCleary, Samuel NJ. Pusey, George
W. Bush, DR.. John P. Wales, James q.
Aiken, John H. Adams, Job H. Jackson,
Frank G. Simpson, Charles F. Thomas,
Thomas W. Bowers, J. D. Winslow, Joseph
NJ. Pusey, s. Bancroft, L. F. Riddle.W Lea,
Lewis Zebley, Jos. s. Derickson, s. :.
Southwark, Thos. j. Mehafty, VIM. Il.
Grubb, Captain A. Kelly, Joshua 8. Valen-
tine, D. W. Corbit, Charles Warner, Jos.
Bringhurst, Zira Ferris, Jr., II. F. Dure,
J. Cloud Elliott, Patrick Megarety,
Joseph G. Grub5, Philip Plunkett,
Edward Tatnall, Patrick Holland, Ruel
Heisler, James Stroud Joseph G. Rowland,
VIM. Hare, IsascN. Mills. James Conner,
Edward J. Horner, John I. Davis, James
w. Wood, George W. Sparks, VIM. Luke,
Robert Cardwell, John Il. Turner, A. Fl.
ohr
John Palmer, Andrew J. Thompson, Absa-
lom Caulk, colored; Called Milburn, colored;
Daniel B. Anderson, colored A. Murray,
colored; John Bullock, colored; J +.
Thomas, colored John Dillahay, colored !;
Philip Quigley.
Secretaries George W. Stone, George
| 8, Capable, VIM. D. Dove, George Mccall,
II. g. Rodney, John M. Scott. A. Smith,
John H. Hoffecker, David Stevenson, Daniel
Hamilton, colored.
Washlnton Jones, Esq, on assuming the
chair returned his thanks for the honor con
fered upon him, and said this was the same
| old contest that confronted the Republican
party every four years, And, would intro
duce Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, Exit.
Gov of New York, man when the coun-
try wanted strong arm to defend it came
| at once to the front, and remained there
| until success crowned the effort.
Gen. Woodford then came forward aud
addressed the audience for about an hour
and half.
| In the opening he said that he came from
county In New York State bearing the
same historic name as our State OF Della
ware. He came not as politician, not as
a citizen of New York speaking to citizens
of Delaware, but as citizen of our Repub-
lie. came to meet with other citizens for
conventional intercourse, and would speak
of the great Southern problems. One which
was surrounded with prejudices from which
none were free, surrounded by melodies so
tender that the very touch was painful.
These must be broken, the cure must be as
radical as the disease.
The Democratic party, under Andrew
Jackson, was the first to proclaim ITO the
victor belong the spoils," and the same
party forced slavery on the country. He
would rather effect the reform of the Re-
publicans than the reform of Democrats.
Would farmer trust his sheep with re-.
formed wolves, his chickens with a reformed
fox, his cream with reformed puss, or his
baby with reformed cannibal, especially
if lie had been hungry for office for the past
sixteen years.
He would not attempt to discuss the
question of finance, but was in favor OF
absolute solid specie. The finance question
was settled twelve months ago in Ohio, and
he did not think it worth while to resume its
discussion.
The Southern problem involves:
l. First, Each citizen is to be made secure
in his personal and political liberty.
Second, Such local State government that
will best enable us to confer such rights.
The question to be answered was that Of
race and color.
| In 1860, slavery existed in fifteen States
and the District of Columbia, when seces-
sion broke out eleven States went with the
rebellion.
1865 our army conquered and peace came.
Secession found the negro in slavery,
ignorant and poor and no legal right to
education. Reconstruction bestowed upon
him citizenship, an equal or sadly unequal
US the white man had the power. Ignorant,
weakened though no crime of his.
The black man educated to serve !; the
white man educated to rule.
The black educated to be an inferior race,
the white educated to he superior race,
the black to hoe, the white to rule, the
black to support, the white to be supported
The prejudices could not be removed in an
hour.
In the State of Delaware the first to
ratify the Constitution of the United States
one of the original thirteen States 1t was a
crime to educate the black, no school IN
the State for the education of the blacks.
The black race, ignorant, poor and help
less, was forced upon us by military neces-
sity, by ''us" the Government.
In Delaware,n mo Democrat denies the legal
right of the black man to vote. provided he
has paid his taxes and is otherwise properly
qualified.
The Constitution of Delaware does not
grant any such right. Where does the right
come from; Delaware did not ratify the
18th, 18th and 18th amendments to the
Constitution, but the blacks vote in your
cit " in spite of Delaware