The daily gazette., 1880-05-08

President, which 10 To assemble at Gin
cinnati, ON the I'D OF June, 1851.
And 1t Is requested, lhat the Demo,
cratic Central Committee OF each county
tssHe b call, dir ctlng tpe Democratic
voters OF each hundred and election dis
trict in the several counties, 10 assemble
at the usual place OF holding sLch meet
fngs, for the purpose Of electing the dele
gates to the Democratic state COnNen
ton. TO which they are entitled respec-
C. II. RICHARDS. Chairman,
GRoRGETowN. Del. April 70. 1850.
The DFMoRALIzED FACTIONS
Two years ago the leaders of the Re-
publican party-the lawyers about Do
yer, lit lie ring aristocracy, including
Messrs. Smithers, Fisher and Massey
desirins to heal the difficulties that
had existed between the several
factions, growins out of the scramble
for the crumbs that fell from the
Cabinet table at Washington, held a
conven ion in that place. This body,
under the direction of such leaders,
took the responsibility of disbanding
the Republican party. The resolu-
tions passed by them then and there
assembled, urged that the voters oi
tnat party throughout the State should
abstain from votin5 and permit the
election to so by defauli, SO far as
they were concerned. They thus
meant to give the Greenback party a
chance to beat the Democrats many
of the Republican voters were tine
tured with Greenback sentiments any
how. Thus encouraged by Messrs.
Smithers, Massey and Fisher, the
Greenbackers, met and nominated
Mr.. John G. Jackson, a Republican,
for Congress. Ibis gentleman had
the sympathy of the Republican, OF
this city, whose editor had been in
favor Of the policy of the Greenback
party for some years. Mr.. jackson got
the votes Of nearly three thousand of
his former pol tic4l associates and
friends. But the course Of the Dover
Republican leaders, instead OF serving
TO harmonize the factions in the
several counties, made the difficulties
more difficult to settle, as the recent
effort to resurrect the Republican
party shows. In the last election many
Of the most moral, patriotic and re-
liable men determined to vote not
withstanding the edict from the little
central circle at Dover, and did vote
with the Democrats. They could not
take the advice and not feel that they
were attempting to escape a patriotic
duty which citizenship devolves upon
every man-their morality was su-
perior to that which dictated that
they should enjoy good government
and pay no taxes and give no vote to
ke p it up. Others Of the best men
who had been Republicans concluded
not to vote at all and await the result.
They have done SO, and seen that the
men who once composed the Republi-
can party, descendants of the Old
Wing party, have passed away, and
what remains are mere remnants of
the defunct isms that have existed at
various times and fastened itself upon
the Wing party in order to destroy
the Democratic party and get at
the funds of the government. 1t
would be hard now to remember and
enumerate all these demoralized fac
tions, and we shall not attempt it, but
in the main they are constituted of
the negropholis S, Know Nothings, Ma
tive Americans and another class once
denOminated Abstractionists. 1t il
easily 10 be seen that in State where
patronage is so limited that 30 ma ny
half dozen dogs cannot be satified
with one bone. 1t is not good overn-
ment that these demoralized factions
want; but large salaries and plenty
Of them. Grant is the choice of most
of them because under his admins
trations the offices were duplicated
and salaries raised. heir convention
of Thursday proved that the Republ
can party i'll Delaware was Mexican
lied. 1t has lost its great leaders
Clayton found it difficult to keep 1t
together, but his great ability enabled
him to do so. During the early part
of the rebellion many of the small
leaders were seized with war lunac y
and have never recovered. he wild,
reckless cy for war on the South
that their newspapers have lately been
indulging to heartless extent has
awakened this crazy, fighting pro-
pensity, and hence the scenes that
were enacted in Dover. he law
against carrying concealed weapons
fortunately exists in Delaware a nd
hence the war whoop only of each
faction was heard. At one time nc
doubt blood would have been shed had