The daily gazette., 1880-01-07

IHE VERY GENTLEMEN VINO in
spired the resolutions, and whose names
were used and presence gave strength to
. convention at Dover in 1878, for dis
banding the Republican party, are now
found petitioning the United States
District Court to appoint Supervisors of
the assessment of voters in this State.
1t Is most curious thing to observe the
change In the tactics of such political
Solons as Hon. N. B. Smithers, Geo. P.
Fisher, Geo. V. Massey, W. l.. Cannon,
Isaac Jump, Il. W. Cannon and others
In Kent county and the promoters of
the Greenback party in this county,
Messrs. Anthony Higgins, Geo. W. Bush
Geo. W. Stone, Geo. G. Lobdell, E. L.
Warner, Preston Lea, and Henry Men
denball, all now endeavoring to rebuild
the Republican organization. They do
not take the manly course of the old
Wing times, and put their hands in their
pockets and pay for the work that is
needed. But adopt the more modern
scheme of saddling the expense upon
the government of the United States.
For these gentlemen know that all the
political schemers to whom they have
loaned their names and influence want Is
to have corps Of political wire-pullers
appointed in each county to be paid by
the government to look up the names of
ignorant negroes; eEdeavor to get them
TO 60 to the Levy Courts and have their
names entered on the assessment lists,
and when the election approaches, this
corps of Supervisors will see to collecting
enough money to pay for the receipts of
such negroes, pocket the taxes and
use them to vote the negroes with. This
is the real duty that the Republican Z.
s. Supervisors are to be charged with.
And the votes of these ignorant negroes
it is hoped will turn the election and
secure for these Supervisors and their
friends the local offices.
Some of these would-be considered
philanthropists can't bear the idea of
. poor white man living year and en-
joying the protection of The State with
out paying tax-this annoys them terri
bly,. They would not allow a man to
escape paying tax; before permitting
this they would have the Collector take
the bed or the last chair out of his
house that the tax might be added to
the States credit, all to secure a vote for
the would-be Republican Office holders.
As to the poor negroes, they would have
the Collectors harrow the city and school
districts all over the State and force them
TO pay tax not to vote as the negro
pleases; but to vote the Republican
ticket as he is told by the party leaders,
TO get their friends in office. For such
has been all the use the negros vote
has been put in Delaware. And the
negro knows it. He knows that these
gentlemen are ashamed to be seen in his
company. They no longer take him
into their councils; no longer appoint
him as an officer of public political
meetings, nor allow their sons to marcl
in parades with negroes, as formerly
But they hope to make the Democrat,
persecute the negro-hunt him down TO
his tax, that the Republican bull-doze
may get his receipt and vote him TO
their party candidate on election day.
Such is some Of the uses the petition
ers of the United States Courts for gov
ernment Supervisors, would put thes
Supervisors TO If they can succeed ii
having them appointed.
In endeavoring to second and encour
age these politicians, the Republican il
long, prosy articles furnished ne douh
by the paid lawyers of the club, ignore
the fact that Delaware has no State taz
and endeavors to make its readers be
lieve the taxes are heavy, unequal an
oppressive. The whole object is plainl
transparent. 1t is to get votes and g
Offices. The Republican says:
"In order that excessive taxation sha
not rest upon any particular class of pc
pie, it needs no argument to be sdduce
In favor of an equitable levy of the take
and ,ohen IeUied to have them collected JrOi
all except in cases uhere the parties hare r,
moved from the State or t0here an e1rC
has been made in the assessment" Out
$4,000 voters In Delaware, only 13 ,Ot
voted at the last State election, 10,Ot
of them were disfranchised or dlsqual
fed from voting by the action Of part
san State officials, while 1000 more r.
NAMED away from the polls through In
difference. This Is certainly not hea
thy political state TO be in. The 10,Ot
disfranchised voters should be place
upon the assessment or in other wore
they should be registered, and take,
and then they will be in position I