Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-13
A YOUnG kEPUBLfCAN
speaks, and show S the Bencdf Of
Ine RepabtieaH Party over tho
Democrat.

speaks, aud showS the Bencar o
sue RepupIican Party over TN
Democrat.
| BLACKBIRp HD., Oct. 8.
MassRs. EplroRs 81 will bog you
lpardon for insisting upon you Tor spao
in thts Issue Of your valuable paper
This will 6e almost wholly poli.ica
commureation, yet to be brief, vii
!say that cur agricultural resources arr
not neglected to deal in politics. Dur
ling this political crisis, your Demo
leratic contemporaries are trying to !ncul
cate In the minds OF our Young voter
THAT the vital and important iaaues will
lbe best concluded by the success of the
1sc called democracy. Now young voters
of New Castle County, let us consider
40 / know stand unbiased and have
Imy first vote to cast for without consid.
leraticn we can not lsgitimately exercise
our elective franchise. Take the cry OF
fraud away from them and their BEST
speakers are left upon the musings with
comparatively nothing 10 say. Let Us
real their Cincinnati platform and con-
trsst II with their previous ones and see
where their consistency is. Where
we're they on the Qualification Act,
"SlaveHy Question" Presumption" "
and all other Measures that lead to the
perpetuity Of noble republic. have
gone to history and experience for my
conclusion and think any intelligent
voter can not do other wise than agree
With me tina. they have tepudiated ell
these great msasnres that the Republi-
can party has prevailed in and now join
them by saying they were good things.
They also say let 'bygones BIZ bygones,'
but think as Patrick Henry did when
he said in speech at the dawn OF the
Revolution: There 10 but one lamp by
which my feet are guided, and that is
the lamp Of experience. / know Of no
way Of Judging the future bat by the
past"
Who can predict f,r the future; other
wise they say, We should no. IL Cluds
them with "the Southern Rebels" bat
they should say, with the Southern
We'll do | remember
that some Of Delawars's present officials
would not work under the "stars and
Stripes" during the war. Twas quite
small bat say II they were followers
Of Gen. Hancock they were in "sack
cloth and ashes" Now young voters,
20 with me little farther. In 1864,
after iour years Of war, the Democratic
party met in National Convention at
Chicago, Aug. 20, and adopted plst-
form Of which the follow ing Is the most
important plank
"That this Convention does explicit
" declare as the sense OF the American
people, that after four years OF failure
TO restore the Union by experiment Of
war, during which under the prstenoe
of military necessity, or war power
higher than the constitution, the con-
stitution itself has been disregarded in
every point, and public liberty and
private right alike trodden down
and the material prosperity Of the coun
try essentially impaired; Justice, hu-
mauity, liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made
for q cessation Of hostilitieS. do not
wonder that they growl because troops |
are sent down South TO prevent dis
franchisemsnt by intimidation, for
during the most tryins days Of the war
the Democracy formally declared the
struggles Of the loyal army failure,
and insisted upon peace al any price.
wonder II General Hancock would
have accepted the nomination on that
platformf Yes, he has been an aspi-
rant some time, and is very enthusiasts
tic for the place. Do away with our
National Banking system, introduce
State Rights aud Free Trade, and give
the rsins OF Government into the hands
Of Bob Toombs. Wade Hampton and
others of the Democratic leaders Of less
importance, and l will say without
fear of contradiction that the Rspublic
will stand in rs delap'dated condition
as when Buchanan sent the defense
down South, preparatory to the firing
OIL Fort Sumter here was an immense
auantity of guns and military stores
valued at nearly &c, 00e, 600 handed
over by Buchanan to aid the Confsder-
atss. Now they want another Penn
sylvania son to play his band. Young
men I have decided, for I have to work
for my living, not to encourage this
band Of s.istocratic leaders to throw
our market open 70 the composition OF
the paupsr labor Of Europe, but let thy II
aims be thy oountry's, thy Gods and
truths. ofiDhh "AD'