The daily gazette., 1877-04-18
TUHi lIe DaIIy HepupIIcau, OF Tuesday.
On Which Side?

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tack of State finances. 1t says; "Dela-
ware has paid million of dollars yea
for the last fifteen years in taxes to the
United States, and in addition contrlbu
ted more men to the army during the wa,
in proportion to her population than any
other State, furnishing bonds for this par
| pose to the amoI.nt of over a million OF
dollars to buy substitutes" 1t then goes
on and makes the following astounding
assertion: "When the Democrats pro-
posed to make an effort to secure for our
people the million dollars paid in boun-
ties as other States had been repaid, the
Republican radical politicians opposed
u.s."
1t is true that the United States Govern
| ment has reimbursed all the other States.
for the money expended in putting down
the rebellion, but it must not be forgot"
ten, that such indebtedness was incurred,
by raising and equipping regiments pay
ing bounties to wives of soldiers, and of
loaning money to the Government. All
such claims have been liquidat ed, by the
Government. Why then has Delaware
been made an exception? Why don't the
State present her itemized claims? Let
her show that the Government is indeb-
ted to her, so much for equipping and
arming the Delaware Regiment, so much
for bounties paid to the wives of soldiers;
and so much for money advanced to the
Government. Let this be done and let
the claims be properly authenticated, and
Delaware will soon be treated as other
States,
What is the true reason why Delaware
has been SO shamefully neglected as the
Gazette claims? Well, we will quote
from its editorial of the 10th instant, and
show the reason from its own columns,
After stating that Delaware had paid in
fifteen years $4,000, 900 into the U. S.
Treasury, we find the following:
Besides doing this the State paid 81 200
900 toward furnishing soldiers for the army
substitutes for her citizens, irrespective
OF party who were drafted, and did not
wish TO fight against their countrymen
FOR this latter sum the State had to issue
her bonds"
There is the whole secret, Who ever
head of the Democratic party in the State
during the rebellion recruiting regiments,
paying bountles to enlisted soldiers or
providing food and clothing for the wives
and children of soldiers? Bounties were
paid literally, but only to those who
wanted to stay at home. There is the
difference between the action of Della
ware and the other State, ,and that differ
ence is just the reason why Delaware
has not been reimbursed
Her sympathies SO far as the war of the
rebellion was concerned were with to
ther side in the fight, and her appropria-
tions were made to benefit that side.
But there is hope yet, the Democrats
are in power in the House, almost in
power in the Senate, and who knows but
thatwhen all the rebel claims ofthe South
are satisfied, Delaware's may be amongst
them.
1t will be remembered that our far
mers were greatly annoyed by the scoun
drels who made the drafts in this State.
Many of them had large families, and it
took about all they could make to keep
them, and yet whole neighborhoods were
required to furnish substitutes repeatedly.
through the collusion of the Provost
Marshals with substitute brokers. The
rascality finally became so apparent that
the Government itself interfered and
sent one of the chief actors in these
crimes and great friend of the Republic
cans to the penitentiary.