The daily gazette., 1879-01-14


his removal. Those who drank with him |
and led him on may well reflect upon the
misery that now befalls him and his |
family.
The Republican, still indulging in that |
bitter political hate toward the Demo
cratic people of this State for which the
partisans favorable to the late sectional
war in Delaware were more remorseless
than in almost any other State in the
Union, denies that the Democratic party |
of Delaware was actuated by patriotic |
influences in aiding the men, who were
drafted, to get substitutes. We are of a
different opinion, and hold that the |
acts of the State government were gov
erned by the most devoted PATRIOTISM
1t was the duty of the State to aid her |
citizens, and she did it without regard to
politics. "As a hen gathereth her brood
under her WINGS" our little common
wealth spread her protecting influences
over her poor men and her rich. She
Shed hei "blessings, as the dews OF
Heaven, upon the rich and the poor =
notwithstanding her people knew that
drafting agents of the government here
We're robbing our people dav by day and
draining our mechanics and farmers OF
every dollar they could gather to save
themselves, and their children from
being torn from home, the 5 ate never
filnched in its efforts to help. Hundreds
Of men who were put in as Substitutes"
were allowed to become "bounty jump
ers," and the thieving rascals who carried
on the drafting mill continued to turn
the wheel for others to supply the places
OF those whose escape they and the
bounty agents winked at and proiited by.
This thing was carried on for long
time, 10 the pleasure of the Republicans
because, as the Repubticdn says, the me1
who We're drafted were Democrats. and
it was inferred. often spotted for the pur
pose but finally the Republicans be
came alarmed. The GAZETTE. at til,
risk OF brief abode in Fort Delaware
charged the rascaity OF the Provost Mar
shall upon him. This he denied, anC
visited our office demanding retraction
and with one Of his party men urged tol
an hour or more that we had been toe
hasty. We could not believe that VT
had. However, nothing was done, ant
the thieying operations were continued
\ change took place in Washington, all,
then a detective came to Wilmington
and to the surprise Of hundreds Of Re
publican gentlemen, the traps that ha,
been laid in Washington had been fowl
here, and the Marshal and bis helpers il
iniquity We're caught in the most seanda
lous career OF robbery and plunder 0
our people and the government. In fact
after fair trial by his own politica
friends, his head was shaved in the All
1t was believed that our agriculture
people had been robbed of their workin
men, robbed Of their children, and roi
bed of their servants or slaves, and thes
agents Of the government had pockete
thousands upon thousands of dollars b
drafting men and letting them go, shal
ing certain profits with bounty agent.
Ii the State had paid the money to sue
an agent, where would it have gone ?
paid its people money to help them fu
nish substitutes, while Boston was sen,
ing to Europe and importing convic
from prisons and cut-throats TO put in Il
American army as substitutes.
New York was called a "disloyaI
city, and an army under Butler was sci
there. But New York was paid, as Il
Republican says. 1t says all the Stat
except Delaware were paid, and she "
not paid because her people were "di
loyal" This charge of 'disloyalty" W
made against the Democrats in all Il
States and even the Presidents vi
was accused of it. But enough of the
"reminiscences. We are not seeki
to stir up old passions. We had ST
posed We could ask for the repayment
the money contributed by all OF our ci
zens to d all of our citizens. We
not suppose the old political hate tows
Democrats would be treasured up "A
that it would be made bar to securi
money justly due our State that mi.
be appropriated to our 'sSchool Fund
help educate all Of the children, black
well as white, since we are being ia,
for the education Of the blacks in /
city. We never dreamed that the
publican organs would prefer to indu
this hate of Democrats to such an
tent that they would rather bear ia
ton to educate the children than to
in an effort to secure repayment to d,
ware as had been paid to all the Sta