Daily Republican., 1879-01-17
FRIDAY.JANUAKY II, 1879,
The RYPUBLlCAN has the largeSt
earculatiOn Of any paper In Della.
ware, Adyertasers take u note Of
this.
who IL Responsible ?

Who IL Resp0nsioieT
Blind must be the man who cannot
see the evil political tendencies Of the
times, and to every intelligent mind
the thought must often occur as to what
are the causes of them. There are many
but principal amongst them is the re-
creancy of the better class Of men in
the nation of all political parties, both
inside and outside Of the churches
Instead of these men stepping to the
front and taking the lead in the pollti-
cal movements of the day which effect
the vital interests of the country
they have complacently folded their
arms and content themselves with look.
ing and deploring the disorders and
degeneracy of the times, instead 81
bravely graphing with them. ln-tht
election held in New York few weeks
ago, which resulted in the overthrow
OF the Tammany Ring, men marched
up to the polls and voted who had not
voted for forty years before. To this
class of men is chargeable the corrup'
ton and "Tw.edsm' that cursed that.
city. Irst-ai of going out to the pri-
mary elections, and showing thai they
took some interest in public affairs,
they wrapped themselves III the mantle
of their owr political s.lt-rig
and quietly looked after th-,r private
affairs, until corruption, with. It's lon
fingers, grappl-d at the throat Of thu
government and compelled them tt
come out and act in self-def-nce. In
stead Of such men confronting the mot
of hungry rogues and vulgar politicians
who captured the government, tLey
themselves became accessories II the
mob by declining to perform the plain
and imperative duties of citizens which
the government imposed upon them as
their price Of it, protection. The bes
sings of good government, like all 9th
or good things, can only be enjoyed by
paying the price which they as COOS
citizens owe the government. Polltica
duties are qnite as binding on either
as the duty of speaking the truth OF
paying his honest debts. The hte,na
tioaai Rsriec, in closing long article
upon this subject, says ''lt the schol
ars in politics and the deelaimer agains
our fearful political debauchment vii
place their shoulders to the wheel, aRC
bear witness to their interest in til.
work of reform by doing their share o
nav be found necessary to accomplish
it, they will earn a better right t
mOraliZe about the nlSChltfs OF bru
talized suffrage, and feel less inclined
to AXE refuge in doing it. If We woulC
win the victory Of political publication
we must fight for it. We are absolutel
shut up to this necessity. In Theory
ours is a government of the people
and if it is not so III fact, it is the peo
pies fault. notwithstanding the evil
of VIII ich We complain, nobody propose
to call in a King and institute an orde
of nobility. No one would think
wise to jump out Of the frying pan Q
our Democracy, bad as it is, into TIL
fire of any form Of despotic or artistic
cratic rule and the duty Of maxim
the very best Of our condition and op
portunities is thus placed at the doc
of every man who would save our Dem
OcratiC Inheritance or make sure Of hi
own political birthright.