Daily Republican., 1880-04-13
Detawars sseMind Msrylan d.

press Of Delaware oppose comparison
in which the laws Of the Sta.e are mad
to appear inferior to these Of the State
of the North, which are aaors liberia
and more in accord with ahs advances
spirit Of the age. Witt them sucl
comparisons ere odious. Bot how is i
when Delaware as compared with thu
States OF the South, wkich are consider
I'd more her peers and equals, and will
which it has always bsen counted wher
n similarity Of iutsrestg are considered
We are afraid that Delaware will fall
~ far bskind even in a comparison
with the most unpregressive Southern
State. Let US look at this phase Of tbt
question in calm Cnprejudiced man
ner and certainly no offence can be
taken By comparing Delaware with hel
sister State Of Maryland, by whom she
is halfway surrounded. In making
this comparison We cannot in an ordi-
nary short article refer to all the laws
Of the two States on every conceivable
sIDject, only to cay that as general
thing those Of Maryland are more lib
sral and progressive than those Of Del
aware, but We only refer to the fran
ehiss law, for after all that ia what
makes full responsible citizen. The
Peninsula between two of the roblest
hays in the United States has o SINH
larity Of interests. 1t has the same
climate aud the fame soil. In the cul-
rtivatisn Of certain fruits it nay he call
cd the garden Ct America. Taeii ahal l.
fants Of this Peninsula are alif1e. Tn
sarea is geographically divided icto cne
whole and TWO parts of States Della
ware highly favored and ret in the
great Corfeaeracy CT States which make
Ahe nation,i 10 circumscribsd and laid off
by itself in the most favored part. The
Larger balance Of the Peninsula is divi-
ded between two other larger States,
Virginia taking the two mest extreme
Southern counties, and Maryland taking
mine counties, or about txo-thisds
OF the whole which Is oaNsd the
kastern Shore. Maryland was a slavs
Bate and so was Delaware. Maryland
before the late war was generally a
Wing State, so was Delaware. Mary
land from her geographical position
was cam mpelled both by her own interests
and the interests Of the General Gov
ornment to remain in the Unisn even
though her support Of the Union was
not hearty. This was exactlyrthe case
with Delaware. Through the efforts
10 save the government Maryland was
made free State, so was Delaware. In |
each State eolored men came TO the
polls at the same time and voted with
sU"A ih hAoi "Alto LudSte[Ss ueYS now
ever the similarity ends. Maryland
accepted the situation but Delaware
acquiesced sullenly. Maryland went
to work and passed laws to facilitate
and simplify voting. Delaware went
to work and passed laws to make vo-
ting dificnlt and TO disfranthis. from
time to time as many colored nen as
possible. Maryland passed registry
law BY which every citizen white or
black can simply register themselves
thirty days before the election and
every person registered can vote with
out the prepayment of any tax what
ever. Delaware instead Of passing a
registry law amended her old etfste ss-
sessnent and tax laws, by which a
~eolored man is compelled 10 pay the
county ard poor tax, his Cog tax, his
sohoel tax and every other kind Of tax
before he can vote, whils 8 white man
has orly to,pay his county aud poori
tax before he can vote. DEPRESSING
from this subject for q moment vel
would also refer to the MAGNIFICENT
school fund of Maryland for the e6uea.
tion Of colored children. Tie latteri
are allowed as much in proportion
TO numbers as is allowed to white child
rem only it is aIportionsd separ tely. '
In Delaware not solitary cent is vol n
unfairly allowed by the state TO the =
OF eo'ored ehilGre, Bat IN 4
stead there is a miserable abortion of a a.
law which taxes cslorel people fifty h
cents each for tho support Of their own II
schools, and the collection Of this tax m
under the pres ut partisan government =,
Of the Stats,is ia the han!s cfcollec.ors m
whose political interests are better sub
served by an utter neglect to collect
Lhe tax. OF all TIE fat revenue which ri
pOurs into the Treasury OF Delaware, W
not o dollar Of it Is allowed to be paid d
or the education of colorod children. Ct
This comparison Is not made with al
Yankee state, nor with the nearer h:
Asighbers PennsylvaHa and New Jsr- b.
ey, bat with Maryland a southern and
ormsr slave state in whose lap Dsla-