Daily Republican., 1879-07-12
Is Senator Bay ard Liberal9

w IA tiAt0iA LID b01t III tA0 C0udto
the United States. All intelligent pee
pie are pleased to find that Mr.. Bayar
is 80 liberal in his actions in Congress
what is called liberal compared wit
the actions of other Bourbon leaders,
but he would show more consistency i
his actions if he were more liberal il
political affairs in his own State. H
has never 50 far as We know lifted hi
voice at any public gathering agains
the injustice of disfranchising 10000 {
his own constituents in the county i
which he resides. There have been el
forts made from time to time by tn
catizsns to oorrsct this abuse, but il
that effort they have never had the ao
tive aid Of the great Senator who's
praises for liberality fill the land. Th.
Legisl lsture Of Delaware is composed .
thirty members-ten from each of its
three counties. Two of these counties
Kent and Sussex, contain an equal pop
ulation, in the aggregate about 65, ,0O0
and elects twenty Of the members Of
the Legislature. The remaining coun-
ty, New Castle, in which is the City o.
Wilmington, contains about $4,000 Of
population and has only represen-
tation Of ten members in the Lsgisla-
ture. For over quarter of century
the people OF Now Castle County have
struggled to remove this injustice, but
in all their struggles, through twenty
i've years Of the active life of Mr.. Bay
ard, We have never known or
heard Of him saying word
from the rostrum, in opposition to
thls injustice AMI Wholesale disfran-
ehisensnt Of over 40, 900 people in hi,
county, the county which is his politi.
cal bailiwick. His clear, smooth, sill
very voios has often been heard in de.
nuno!at IN Of the Federal government
crushing out the rebellion; against Lin
coins hirelings; in favor of pure un.
adulterstsd Democracy as intsrp reted
by the south; in criticism Of the free
school system; in advocating tho cleo
tive franchise as political privilege
instead Of an inherent right, and lat
tsrly hs has taken firm stand on the
hard side Of the money question in 90.
position to three fourths Of his political
associates with commendable firmnsss.
but he never condemns the despotism
which brushes the independence of
10000 of his own immediate constitu
ents around him. Is that boon of free.
dom and liberty which he favors 80
much in his speeches in Congress, too
high, too exalted, too sweet for his
neighbors at home, that his voice is
never heard there in favor Of striking
OF the shaoksls of that political slavery
which are chafRg their limbs ? Whv
does not our Senator so talented, so
able, aud latterly somewhat more lib.
oral, throw his influence in favor of On
franchising his people at homer Would
the great Democratic Statesman of the
day, Randall, Wallace, Thurman,
Hendricks, Tildsn, or even Ben.
Hill remain silent if their constit-
tusnts, in the county in which they
live, wsrs only allowed a little less
han one half the representation Of the
'ame number Of citizens in other couu.
lies We think there would b. sever.
Il little local rebellious headed by those
'a~e leaders before they would submit !;
o any such injustice. Butstranxs to
say, Mr.. Bayard looks uncoucsrnedly
on the disfsanchisement of over one
half the people Of his county-nonarch
" all he surveys-without making a y
ingle effort to have justice done. We're "
uch q case to be represented from the "
'down.trodden" South, Mr.. Bayard's -
ympathiss would be Immediately en-.
isted and the echoss Of his eloquent Il
olce would be heard ringing through 81
ut the land in dsnunciation of such /,
oppression, but for Delaware Il
his oppression is all right. There 8,
aust be some reasons 70. this refusal of p
DR.. Bayard to correct the political v
buses of his own State, and if so what Al
re- they? We suspect that X is v
trough fear that equal represen d
ion might occasionally benefit the >,
rushed Republicans of the State. New a,
'astle county which contains considera II
ly more than half the population of
he State if allowed equal represen-
alton wit / tn sparse population Of ca
-ent and Sussex, might cast majority al
favor of the Republican ticket, as it u
ften does, and thereby elect majority
the Legislature which would BE- sure
elect Republican to the United
tates Senate. As the case now stands I'll
nth over one-half of her people dis .r Il,
ranchised it matters not if New Castle " "
oes vote Republican, she is very nice as
Y taken care of and outvoted bv Kent 81
nd Sussex counties, and thus an I'M y"
roken line of the Salisbury and Bay. vi
I'd succession is kept up. This is th