Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-09-16
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,onf.ent We clip from this mornings
DaAy News
s..rhs spssch Of Senator Bayard on
loDday evening, at the BAyard club
I AZ reception, will be an Smsseaent
and sxrprise TO bis friends. Evidently
The Senator is pretty hard hit By the
result OF the city election, and the dis
CORDS in the Democratic party, or in
his frantic endeavors 70 stop the break
In his ranks he would not have de-
scended to the mean and unnanly ap'
ueals which marked, and I may say
1sg,aoed, his .speech on last Mondss
evening.
OF Mr.. Martin In his Dover speech
there was no especial hope OF better
Thugs. But Senator Bsyard has SO
long been posturing before the codatry
as. an apostle Of fairness and truth, apd
manliness and honor. that the Public
nave a right TO expect from him az least
common decency.
As a candidate for the high otii,s OF
President, his frisnds even had hopes
Of snpport from the republicans Of his
own city aud county aud State, on the
ground that he bad risen ADORE party
IN the broad scope Of his ststsm;man-
ship, and his want Of low partisan
feeling. To such ss these at home,
aud TO the liberal and independent
people Of the country, who have been
looking to Mr.. Baykrd for something
better than the customary Democratic
methods akd manners, his rant OF MON
day night is commended.
Thays no desire to enter on any
comparison between toe respective
character and station Of the persons
making up the Democratic and Rspub
lican parties Of this city.
Nor dol wish or intend to submit
any analysts of the constituent Dem
oTatic elements Of the Eighth ward
who composed MIR. Bayard's espseia
spdiiory. But the character OF the mel
who make up the Republicans OF thiI
city needs no dsfenSe at my hands. 1t
happens TO b. the fact that the soills
factories, shipyards, and the manafac
turing aud mercantile establishment
OF this oily are mainly owned by them
hey form large majority ofthose VIII
sit at the boards If our banks and dnat
cial institutions. They make up tn
bulk Of our Protestant. churches. The,
chiefly maintain cur public charities
and tie interests OF education And re-
llsion are largely committed to theiI
hands.
The sons of these nsn, the very dow
Ut Of the youth Of this city, are gather
cd into the Young Mems Republican
Club of Wilmington. Still other Re
publican campaign clubs have bseE
iormed. The earnest and patrioti
mechanics aud workingmen OF th'
Eighth Ward Itself compose the Clul
nam cd after one Of the olty's most On
public spirited, and respest
d business men---k Mr.. Washington
Hastings. Others still of our mos
worthy and deserving young men have
named their organization after Mr. Bay
ards special friend, Mr.. Bird.
These clubs, to the number Of sever
al hundreds, together with ssme mem
.ers Of the colored clubs of this city
The latter not exceeding If indeed they
n umber fifty men, paraded on Fri
day night Last, in honor of the kepub
lican victory at the late city election
Now OF these clubs-of this parade
Senator Bayard speaks in language
unworthy OF blaokguard.
'Look :" said he, "at the composition
Of the ribald crowd that rushed hOwl
lug over al imaginary victory through
the streets Of Wilmington, q few night!
since, aud tell me- you have not a task
TO save the State from the hsuds o
such."
4 commend this and other simila,
and Rra,uitous insults TO the excsllen
and ~worthy gentlemen OF Republican
proclivities who PUBLICLY welcomed the
Senator home . year ago. They thsr
shoWed their opiniol of him, and h'
now requites them, BY showing hi
oniniop of them.
Bad as ia all this showing Of Senator
Bayard's true inv erdpsss and chsrsc
ter. and his bottom opinion and feeLins
towards those neighbors to whom ht
o Ees 40 much, his speech, in the ligh
of his relation 40 a lawyer, is scarcely
less unworthy. A Case in ths hands o
In. courts, still pending and undstsr