Daily Republican., 1879-08-04
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the same complaint. Lewestown, Dover
and New Castle have shared bountifully
of Government favors, and have tangi'
BILE evidences of substantial aid while
Wilmington has nothing to shew that
the Government cares any thing about
her but rickety custom house IN
which Is crowded the United States Dis
trict and circuit court, and the Post
Office; and light house and station on the
Delaware river front. We say again
that there is great cause for complaint,
but We would go little farther and
ask " hose fault it is? Delaware's two
United States Senators have always
been reckoned amongst the ablest and
most influential of the Senate, and they
have always been selected one from each
end of the State, that all the CONNER
cial, financial, agricultural and other
interests Of the State might be equally
and ably represented.
That Wilmington harbsr has been
overlooked in government favors is no
fault of the Republican party OF the
State, for her delegation to the senat.
since the days of Clayton has besn SOL
idly Democratic. Neither is it the
fault of the Senator who represents the
lower part of the State, for there are
the great National works at Lewestown
and a 81, 900 pest Office at Dover to
show that even though Democrat OF
the extreme school he has not been un-
mindful and neglectful Of the material
interests of his section. But what has
the Senator representing the upper end
of the State done to advance the cem-
mercial interests of Wilmington The
name of Bayard to the Democratic par
ty is a talisnan Of strength and power.
The elder Bayard spent large and the
most important period of his life in the
United States Senate, and the younger
Bayard, present Senator, has already
been there some eleven years, with a
very good prospect of being there a
quarter of a century more if he wishes
to and lives long enough. There is
scarcely time within the recollection
of the oldest inhabitant when there was
not Bayard in the Senate from Will
mington, and yet what have they done
for Wilmington !
Certainly if the powerful influence
that the Bsyards are said to possess in
tt Democratic party had been exerted
in favor of their own native city there
might have been great national i'm
pr0vements at the mouth of the Christi
ana. The great stone piers referred to
in the lamentations of the "Gazette'
might have been seen throwing their
long arms out into the Delaware at
either side of the mouth of the Christi.
ana, and not only river but ocean stea-
mers might long ere this have been seen
stopping and discharging cargoes. If
Mr.. Bayard could only DO led to COM
prehend that he was sen. to Washing
ton for other purposes than to make
Presidents aad to assist in passing laws
to encourage fraud and violence at the
national elections, he might :nd a
little leisure time to deyote to the
wants of his conslitutents. If the pow
erful influence he is said to WELD in
the S-nate be directed 10 advancing the
commercial prosperity of his own ma,
tive city, it would not be long before
the improvements needed on the Della
ware river front would be made. Let
our neighbor, the "Gazette'', bring its
influence to bear on Mr.. Bayard; the
people are unanimous and willing; but
they can accomplish nothing without
that cares less for him
self and more for his constituents.
IT is SURPRISING that the "Gazette,"
that has become such strong advo
cate of free elections has not a word
to say in condemnation of the late Mis-
sissippi outrage, wherein Mr.. Dixon
a lifelong Demoorat-who conceived
the idea of running as an independent
was compelled to withdraw
from the canvass or bs assassinated.
We called the "Gazette's" attention to
it the other day, but it seems it has
no, yet heard of the outrage or If it
has, it prefers to say nothing about it.
We have suspected all along that the
"Gazette' was only in favor of free
elections for mocrats-somethin
like the Mississippi plan. 1t OF course
don't imagine such an idea as allowing
the Republicans Of the South to vote.
That would be preposterous. We also
notice that none of the other Demo-
cratic papers of the city have heard of
it either. 1t would be more to their
credit to call it Republican outrage
than not to notice it at all.
SENATOR WITuERs of Virginia must
indeed be a good natured man of the
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