The daily gazette., 1879-10-22
vrDyEspAY. OCTOBER ~ 1879.

THE r epublicdn does not like 10 oe
told that it assisted to destroy the orgah'-
z.tion Of the Republican party ana !"
Its stead supported the nominees Oh 'ne
Delaware Greenbackers for Governor
and Congress. Yet such is the TACT. 1t
NAV term the statement by the GAZETTE
that Il did so, "nonsense," if 1t pleases;
but the fact remains, nevertheless, that
the Republican contributed largely to
the DISCRIMINATION Of the Republican
party and the organization and nomlni-
ton of the Greenbackers. One OF the
means adopted for this purpose was It's
continued assertion that Republican
voters could not be got on the assess
mept lists; and another vas the concur
renee in the convention which was called
At Dover by Geo. v. Massey, E,q,, Rich
ard Harrington, ESQ.,, Ex-Judge Geo. +.
Fisher, the editor OF the State Sentinel,
Dover, and many others OF Kent and
Sussex, including John Il. Jackson, the
Greenback candidate, Anthony Higgins,
ESQ, and Lewis Thompson, ESQ., the
Collector of the Port, and others of this
county. This was the legitimate result
of the advocacy of the issue OF "iiat
money" by the Republican. 1t will be
remembered that this was the position
Of the Republican and its party during
the campaign of 1878 in opposition to
the Delaware Democratic platform in
favor of hard money-gold and silver
and paper convertible into gold and sill
yer at the option Of the holder.
Now that the Greenback party in
Delaware has faded out, where are its
members to 60? They will certainly
not follow the lead Of the Republican
into the ranks of the Radical stalwarts
which it is now endeavoring to reorgan-
ize on the "bloody shirt" platform OF
Conkling and Blaine, in order to carry
on the deadly warfare against the South
and the Southern people. 1t would be
we'll for those who voted the Greenbacb
ticket last fall to remember that the
Democratic party has always presented
the true principles of government, ant
Is there 10 no longer any organized Re
publican party in Delaware to unit
their future efforts with the Democrat
With the Democi ats they can labor t
maintain our present cheap and eco
nomical State government and TO r.
trench and reduce the heavy taxation
the general Government. 1t might we
have been termed "nOnsense" to labC
to destroy the Republican party OF
year for an experiment and to restol
the party the next year. That would {
for such "old boys" as the editor of Il
Republican, but we trust the men
sense in Delaware who honored the r
publican party with their couuteuan
as members, are not to be tr1ed with
that way.
When the Republican wanted to ha
the Republican party over to the Gree
hackers 1t declared that there was
way to secure the names Of its voters
the assessment lists. Now it admits u
the Assessors get all the names and
Collectors are at their appointed pla
TO receive taxes, and says:
"In addition TO this the collectors Il
had standing advertisements in the pap
giring notice ,chere they could be foj
by any person pissing to pay their td
With these facilities offered there re-
Is no good reason ,ohy anybody she
be dis5rdnchised, but if voters never
after their assessments and never Il
Of hunting up the collector to pay t
taxes, such persons are always sur
find themselves disfranchised when
time for the election comes aroun