The daily gazette., 1878-02-12
Spirit Of the Peninsula Press.
DRIFT OF EDITORIAL DISCUSSION DURING
t THE WEEK.

DRIFT OF EDITORIAL DISCUSSION DURING
THE WEEK.
Lewes Light: There are many conflict
ing stories about the Metropolis, or the
"Old Stars and Stripes" as she Is now
called by some relative to her unsound
condition and unseaworthiness, But thus
far we have seen no statement, which, in
any way, goes to show that there was any
criminality or even blame that would, in
the least, cause censre to rest upon either
her officers or those chartering her for the
voyage. 1t must be remembered that the
storm which proved SO disastrous to the
Metropolis, was most terrific and unus-
ual one-being desert bed by many of our
oldest and best seamen as the heaviest
ever experienced along our coast.
Milford Neos:--If the money men of
New Castle county can get up @ rorsing
public meeting to endorse and sustain
him, Mr.. Bayardl they may be able to
create such public sentiment that the
convention will be afraid to oppose it,
But unless this is done, the Senator will
party supporting him on this question:
The Delaware Democracy stands strongly
for the "dollar of the daddies!"
Seaford Inder:-Nor win any one pre-
sumo to say that something should not
be done that would secure for the unpro-
tected laborer q just Remuneration for his
toll. II matters little by what means this
end is attained. But unless it is, and that
speedily, we fear + the result will be
damaging both'to Labor and Capital
Salisbury Eastern S.oreuGg=-T The fur
therance Of the cause of education
throughout the limits of the State is an
object which should and does commend
itself to the favor of all good citizens no
matter what may be their political pre-
elections. tl Aolwos ~ fi u slssa
Middletown Transcript;-It is needless
to say the interests OF the peach grower
and the railroad company are not mimi
cal. Every orchard planted on this
Peninsula is great gain to the company
and every orchard cut down Is loss.-
And as their interests are the same there
is no reason why afriendly feeling should
not exist between them, and while the
growers should not ask or expect q re-
duction in rates, that will not pay a fair
and just remuneration to the company,
should not ask or expect the growers to
plant trees and ship peaches exclusively
for the company's benefit, or pocket loss
that the "peach business" should not go
down. Ut..
Speaking of the independence of the
press the Newark Ledger says:-It is only
q few years since the late Hon. VIM. III,
Seward, then Secretary of State, told Sir
Edward Thornton, then Minister from
Great Britain, that he had only to touch
little bill norder to cause the arrest of
any person he might name. Those were
the dark days when editors paid invol-
unfairly visits to dungeons, simply be-
cause they criticised what they honestly
believed to be wrong; when the very
minister of the cross was shamefully in
carcerated because he would not pray for
what he conceived to be injustice and
despotism. But, thank God, the "ittle
belP' no longer rings, and in the republic
of Washington, of Jefferson and of Jack
son, there Is again both free speech and
a FREB PRESS.
Dover Sentinel SO far from remoneti
zation in this country forcing others into
the same step, they are sure to go in the
other direction, and make America the
market for their whole store of depreci-
ated silver, which they have found TO be
a drug and danger.
Dover DeldDdredn But the advocates
of n gold standard of value say things
have changed ; that our silver dollar has
deprecated in value, and is not worth as
much as gold This is accounted for very
easily, and needs but "a mere statement Of
the fact that the government has demon
tized silver, and declared that it is not q
legal tender for any sum over five dol
lars. These advocates of gold fail to
state this in their appeals for a single
standard. They also neglect to state that
our silver dollar, at the very time that
this act was passed which demonetized
| it, was worth in the markets of the world
more than our gold dollar. This is fact
that cannot be disputed, and the act de-
monetizing it was an outrage upon the
people of the country. They, the advo-
Gates of gold alone, seem to think that a
silver dollar is good enough for the work
| ing men, but not good enough to pay the
bondholders with. We believe it is good
enough for both purposes, and ought to
be made legal tender for all purposes
for which money is used, either by the
government, or by the people.
Sussex Journal Those who condemn
Mr.. Bayard's course in regard TO the sill
yer bill may take timely warning that
Sussex is for Bayard first, last and all the
time. Mr. Bayard is but mortal and may
do wrong, and we have had occasion to
differ with him, but who does not see the
honor and bravery of a man who dares
to do right in his public life. His views
upon the silver bill are the views of an
honest man, and of conscientious man
in the performance of public trust. Sus'
sex is for Bayard, silver or no silver
Sussex cares more for honor and true
manhood than for any question Of cur
rency.