Daily Republican., 1879-07-22

Amongst THESE pdihon 0so NV
ed those of the Hon. James A. Bayard
and his illustrious son Thomas r.,
they having chosen to oppose the con-
stitution because it did not give repre-
ssntation according to population IN
stead Of increased representation. An
inquiry may arise here, why oil the
above named gentlemen favored in
creased representation then, and 10
not favor it now, Simply this, as We
have repeatedly shown, Kent and ous'
sex were then whig counties, and New
Castle wss Democratic, aad the latter
having probably some 1000 Of popu-
lation more than either Kent or Sus-
sex, that were virtually politically dis
franchissd, those leading Democrats
all took the stump in favor Of the sdop-
ton OF the proposed new constitution.
Had it been adopted the Democrats
would have had more power in the
L .gislaturs and would have been able
to beat the lWhigs oftener than they
had done.
Advanced as we're the Democrats
named in favor of increased representa-
ton, this did not suit the still farther
advanced ideas OF the Bayards, father
and son, who wanted representation
according to population or nothing, and
who entered the canvas speaking
against the adoption of the Constitution
from the blue rocks of Naamans creek,
to the huckleberry swamps Of Sussex
county. The younger Bayard, We are
Informed by the "Gazette, was then
but twenty.thrse years Of ag4, but he
Joined his father in opposing tie Con-
stitution because it did not recognize
representation according to population.
We can imagine his musical and elo.
auent voice was raised then in denun-
citation OF a Constitution which con-
signed some 5000 or 1000 people Of New
Castle County to political slavery, de.
prived and disfranchised of their polit
ical rights. We can imagine the flash
of Indignation which escaped from his
eyes, as he pictured part of the Dem
ocracy of New Castle County writhing
in the chains Of political slavery. We
can imagine the denunciations which
were then heaped upon the wings of
Kent and Sussex who had combined
under Clayton, t, retain the balance of
power by disiranchising a part of the
people of New Castle. But Delaware
was Whig then, Kent and Sussex max
ing her so, and New Castle was Demo-
cratic. But a change occurs in Della
ware brought on by the civil war, New
Castle becoming Republican and Kent
and Sussex Democratic. This gives a
new face entirely to the aspect of affairs.
This gave the Democrats what they
had never been able to obtain before
a majority in the State and twO-thirds
of the Legislature. Strange, to say the
Bayards are now satisfied. The Sauls-
burys seize the lower part of the State
as their share Of the spols and the
Bayards seize the upper part as their
share, and now that the twenty Demo-
cratic representatives from Kent and
Sussex can keep Mr.. Bayard in the Sen
ate, he es not care whether New
Castle goes Republican or Democrat.
Instead of 1000 thele2 are now 40,
disfranchised PEOPLE in New Castle
County, and he raises not his voice
against the inequality. 1000 disfran-
chised people when the county was
Democratic and VIXEN those votes were
required to keep the Democracy in
power was monstrous iniquity, but
now that the county is Republican if
all the voters were assessed, 30, 900 dis
franchised subjects are as nothing
The eloquent voices of the Bayards are
no more heard in favor Of representa-
tion according to population, because
if this principle were engrafted in the
the State Of Delaware
would bsRepublican and the seats of tn
5aulsburys and Bayards in the Senate
would be filled by Republicans. The
Gazette" feels quite confident that
Senator Bayard is in favor of represen.
tation according to population and it
further says:
"But as he is conservative, and
does not favor frequent changes where
there seems no sufficient cause for po-
litical agitat on, We should not feel at
liberty to say that the Senator favors
any movement at this time in favor of a
to alter the fundamental |
Iaw Of the State. We are inclined to |
believe that Senator Bayard would pre-
fer resting this matter with his party
friends or until it was called up by a
State convention"
We are firmly of the belief of the
"Gazette." We have been saying all
along that Mr.. Bayard would prefer
resting this matter, and he has carried
out his preferences nobly. No word
ever escapes him now, though 10000
disfranchised citizens right around his