The daily gazette., 1877-01-08

cratic party were statesmen; not mer
tricksters, lobbiests, subsidy and Ciedi
Mobilier thieves. a
The Sentinel is entirely mistaken
Every man in Delaware who win TAX,
the trouble to go AMI see that he is as
sessed may have his name Oh the lists
and if he goes forward and pays his ia,
within the proper time he can get a re
ceipt. On this receipt he can vote a
any election held in this State or in tn,
city within two years. The tax is til,
smallest amount that is paid. We believ,
it is only S1.40 to mechanics and 80 cent.
to the laborer. The Sentinel also make.
deliberately false statement, where il
says;
''l2] That the Democratic vote in Will
mlngton was largely the produc. OF
| fraud"
The people of this city know that that
is not true. So far from it being true,
the attempt at fraud was on the other
side. They did attempt to vote negroes
on forged tax receipts, and were caught at
1t, and will be prosecuted in the State
Courts notwithstanding the efforts Of the
US. law officials to drag these cases into
the y. 5: Courts and thus baYe the
guilty parties teisssedl
In fact the Democrats Of Wilmington.
in the minds Of many, committed a great
blunder soon after the negro was forced
to the polls, by securing from Demo
cratic Legislature reduction of the poll
tax This gave the Republican party an
advantage inasmuch as it enabled many.
more negroes to vote, none of whom
were permitted by their own color to vote
the Democratic ticket. 1t would have
been worth ones life to have done this.
And white Radicals would have hisse
on the negroes after such an one as the
hounds after the hare.
The Republican party has evertreated
The negro as brother. 1t has lied tohim all
the while. 1t has induced the poor fellow
10 spend his money and his time to make
votes for it, under the promise that he
should have fair and equal share of the
Offices; but it has never fulfilled this
promise; and the negro has become
wearied with paying taxes to keep men in
ONCE whose business seemed to be to in
crease the taxes to enrich themselves.
Now, we were plain with the negroes.
We told them for the Democrats, that we
would give them justice and fair treatment;
that our Judiciary and State officials
"hould accord to them protection; that we
did not look to them for votes; that there
ore, they could not take part in our DO
itical meetings except as spectators; that
when we asked them for their uotes zoe
'hou!d expect to be asked to put them ON
our ticket and rote for them. We could
not DO this; and we, as party, would not
AXE advantage Of them. This was nre-
'lsely The point we made in the GAZETTE
and we defy the Radical party to prove
mere was any more fraud in Wilminoton
Or anywhere else in the State. committe II
oy the Democrats than by the RepubIi-
;ans. They had all the U. S. Marsba,s
md half of the U. S. Supervisors in the
;ity. In fact the Sentinel itself CHARGED
is party leaders with fraud-witb cheat
ng each other, and it is folly for that ex-
,ellent journal now to attempt to denv
hat the Democrats fairly secured a major
ty Of the legal votes in the State.
Again we would like the Sentinel to in
orm itsreaders how the heDemocrats carried
he State before the present assess.
nent law was passed in 1873.
And now in conclusion we want tho
sentinel to understand that the Demo-
rats have never yet protected the State
from foreign negroes. Tbev |
AXE out no naturalization papers. They |
should be made to do so. Thousands of
1uinea negroes, Portugees, Canadian, Can
raj American, San Domingo, and Mexi-
AN negroes have been brought to this
'ountly and voted. And it is said whole
hip loads of Africans will be BROUGHT in
o carry the Northern elections. Thev |
'ome to this State and We demand of our
Legislature protection against the hords
n semi-savages that may be brought here.
They should all be made to "show their
,apers -
COL John S. Mo shy authorizes the
tatement that he never said, as attribu-