The daily gazette., 1880-10-27

into their attompt to raise a business
scare and proclaim themselves the
champions OF protection to American
industry, Notwithstanding their candi-
d ate is 8 we'll known freertrader, and a
member of the famous Golden Club,
the great free-trade organization of
London. s, ,rs,,e e-,.- -'f..fs.ttst ~.
During Mr.. Nicholson's speech the
parade ended, and the clubs began to
file into the hall until it was crowded
in every part. a ee.4il o4G l-
Charles B. Lore, Esq, was next in
troduced and was received with APP
plause and cheers. He said the meet
ing was vivid illustration Of the fact
that the Democracy were not dead, as
had been stated, but were alive and
stirring. He alluded to the intense
excitement now spreading over this
country, because the people are about
to exercise their great privilege of
choosing their rulers. He said the
struggle was between party of Office
holders, who had abused their power,
and who numbered over one hundred
Thousand on one side, and the people
on the other. In good old Democratic
times, these ofice-holders numbered
less than fifty thousand, but now they
are found in every corner of the land,
The Republican party, led by it's Office.
holders, are struggling for a retention
OF power, afraid to answer, as we in
tend to make them, at the bar of the
American people for their twenty years
Of misused power. During their reign
they have not only increased their
numbers but have led us to the very
verge of ruin by their reckless extrava-
gance. They overrun the Southern
States after the war, and piled up enor-
nous debts In six years, aggregating
nearly two hundred millions Of dollars.
Mr.. Lore next proceeH to detail the
fiightful extravagances of this carpet
bag rule and showed how it nearly
ruined the people, aud would have
done so had they not risen in their
might and driven out the usurping
robbers. In speaking of this negro
rule, Mr.. Lore took occasion to say
that the Wilmington Republicans thus
far this campaign, had care fully kept
the negroes in the background at their
meetings, and allowed none of them to
sit upon the stage as officers. He also
gave an account of many of the ridicu-
lous and unlawful expenditures by
which the carpet-bag and negro legis-
latures of South Carolina run up such
an enormous debt in that State.
Mr.. Lore next gave some figures of
Republican rule in Northern States,
showing how the debts had largely In
creased In the States OF Massachusetts,
Michigan, Iowa, Ohio and Illinois. Ev
nRrrWnF
or this spendthrift party. In contrast,
he showed that under Democratic rule
the general goyernmnet expenses
amounted to only sixty millions OF dol
lars per year. while under Grants, cor
rupt rule they ran up to the enormous
figures of S1S6, ,000, 600. But, on the con-
trary, while debts had accumulated In
Republican States, in Democratic Della
ware the debt had constantly decreased,
the same being true of the city of Will
mington since it came under Democratic
rule In 1877.
Mr.. Lore here said that of the white
voters the Democra 8 had q majority Of
over 800 In Wilmington, and Of fully
i've .housasd in the State. The Repub
lican party Is actually controller by the
negro vote, and If that party obtains
power in this State the result will be the
same as was experienced in the South
ern States while they groaned and suffer-
ed under negro domination.
Mr.. Lore next proceeded to review the
utter failure of the Republican party
either TO honestly fulfill its promises or
to wisely govern the country, and spoke
Of the object OF the Democratic party
70 place men in power who will restore
all the fraternal relations of the govern
ment and make it strong In the affec-
tions of the people. He then closed
with brilliant tribute to the Democrat
10 party and its able standard. bt arer,
General Hancock, whose triumphant
election on Tuesday next he confidently
predicted.
After few brief and vigorous SEN
tences from Major Biggs the meeting ad-
iourned.
The SPECIAL train left Middleto wn
about twelve O'Clock and reached viii
mington at one. 1t consisted OF niI&
cars, and had the railroad company run
1t from Wilmington instead OF New
Castle only, at q reasonable rate of fare,
every car could have been filed with
mem bers OF the city clubs. The rain
also deferred number of New Castle
people from going, but as II was they
turned out over tive hundred, and the
parade was greatly admired BY the Mid
dletown people. For round trip tickets
between New Castle aud Middletown
the price charged was SO cents each, Ger.
tainly very small reduction for an ex
on ra{ar froiv