Daily Republican., 1880-12-01
THE DEFRAUDED rARTY.
what q BlackbiFd RepubIicsn.h has
20 Say AbOut the Lower End Dem.
OeFAffc Frauds

ocFat1c Frauds.
Special CcrresL ondence OF the Republican
BLAoKBrRD, Nov. 29-In nearly every
Delaware paper which so faithfully ad
vocated the heterogeneous mass offalst
doctrines and principles of the party
that has so recently been jus tly defeat
ed, demorslizsd aud humiliated by the
liberty. loving millions Of the union.
loving States of this great and power
ful nation, may he seen the amusing &C
cusation of strand" and "bribery,
words that find their abode in the attic
Of every nominal Democratic pate the ia
slant the intelligence of Democratic
defeat is known.
Yes, they will ensconce themselves
beneath such plausible Democratic 1t
sratErs as the infamous Chinese letter,
or mount Barnum's mules and wave
tier hats and ksrchiefs high in the
pure air or crouch behind the angelic
forms of Patrick Gardner Geo., and
shout themselves hoarse- fraud
bribery, bribery, fraud" Consistency
thou art a jewel. 1.-THE Nation is real.
ly desirious of unsarthing fraud let il
turn its back on New York and face
the sunny South, where the white
winged Democracy, though in the
minority, successfully manage by some
hook, crook or turn, to elect themselves
by majorities which in many cases ex
ceed, doubtless, their own extravagant
expectations, and cause the angels OF
the neither regions to look on with a
blush Of shame or II New Castle county
is anxious for the Legislature to inves
tigate her political errors, to crafty
the insatiate Sam uel Of Appoquinimink,
let it step behind, the elections and com
m encs its laborious Investigations right
at home, in its own household, where
Its predecessors in their partial and
partizan mindedness, commissioned
every assessor, collector and Levy Court
commissioner with the authority to dis
franchise the voter at will. After
these partizan laws have been revoked
and others of more non-partizan
character substituted, then let 1t coD-
vene those officials who have been COM
missioned by it to prepare grist for the
great political mill, the election, and
then investigate to its hearts content.
After it has performed its srduous task
We, the curious, might be informed,
why more than one half of the colOred
voters of Black bird Hundred were de-
barred against exercising the right Of
franchise at the recent election. Also,
why Pembsrton Macy and score or
more of other names were placed upon
the duplicate, who do not, and, prOba-
bly, never did exist in said Hundred.
After having thoroughly investigated
the crooked work of the officials in
question, if it is not too much fatigued
or disgusted, and if not er,stepping
the bounds of propriety, it might in
guire way the restless and turbulent
settings Of the famous white mans
party in this semi -barbsrous Democrat.
ic stronghold descended to bribe the
"nigger" TO vote q portion of their
ticket. In its investigations of elsc.
tions, II would be found that the ballot
box at Blackbird, notwithstanding the
excellent board of election officers, ad-
mittod three, If not four illegal Demo
cratic votes, and after those solons
have exhausted their entire store Of
wisdom and patience in executing the
task that "Bayard's friend.fos" has
laid out for them it will be found that
the muchly- defrauded party spent, for
the purpose Of elscting their ticket,
about S3 to the Republicans $1--pre.
vided Blackbird is allowed as a basis
for calculation. Then again, the in
vestigations might reveal to the puzzled
voter Of Appoquinimink, the why, that
SO many Democrats voted in that pre-
ctnct on Kent county tax receipts.
BLAcKBIRD.