Daily Republican., 1880-01-29
Scared DeInOcrs t..


zette,' and its editor rousing up as il
from q seven years sleep, finds some
thing going on that displeaSes him.
After his party having by the chicanery
of partisan law, and the most unblush-
ing fraud disfranchised several thousand
Republicans in the State, and now that
several thousand of the disfranchised
have determined to get assessed so that
they can exercise the full rights of
American freemen, our venerable but
effeminate neighbor is distracted. The
Democratic party is in danger. Yes
the dastardly Republicans have actually
had the audscity to 60 and get assessed
and more than that they have invoked
the aid of the United States laws under
which thty have had Supervisors Of
registration appointed,to see that they
are not cheated out of their votes again
by unscrupulous politicians. This sud
den turn in affairs has upset our neigh
bor, and true to his nature though be
has been tafying the colored voters for
some years Iast, and crediting Demo-
cratic victories in the South to negro
votes, he seems now to have thrown
tafy aside, and remembering how the
Democrats saved the State in 1872, by
the cry of.'White mans party, he flies
to that again, thinking that it will be
sure refuge from the storm that is risine
s. Iortentously in the future. In the
appointment. of Supervisors of registra-
tion the organ says the Republicans
have ''played their last card" and
filed with torebeding fear it asks:
"What is to be the result?' and as
if uncertain Of the result it says:
g. Let the Democrats answer" Oh, yes,
- let them show TO other States that
"tLe white people of Delaware mean to
govern then selves, that they do net
mean to be governed by the votes of
the Maryland and Virginia negroes
that stop along the boz der" etc. The
case is desperate when such infamma-
tory appeals have to be made. White
men, do come to the rescue and "strike
for your altars and your fires" Oh,
come do, and strike till the last
armed foe expires"
Delaware farmers will DO their own
voting" Indeed they will. Many of
them did listen once to the insane
haraugues in favor o. a white mans
party, and no sooner had they put it
in power than it altered the assess ment
and collection laws by wbich some six
thousand voters who paid a poll tax
were disfranchised and these taxes then
had TO be levied on real estate and col
lected from the farmer. Yes the Della
ware farmers will remember this and
will do their own voting" They
have discovered long before this time
that the Shiboleth of"white man s par
ty," was only to keep INSCRIPTIONS
Democrats in power by disfranch sing
one fourth the voters of the State,
Delaware farmers have almost got tired
paying the taxes that others 81 ould pay
and they will answer.
"We warn the Democratic white peo-
pie OF Delaware of this mater in time
says the scared organ. Oh yes let the
Democrats beware. There is an effort
being made to have fair and impa1-
tial assessment. Democrats beware.
Supervisors of Registration have been
appointed 10 see that q fair as.
sessment is made, Democrats beware.
1t might be possible that with a fair
assessment some good honest Republi-
cans would be elected to Cfice, Demo-
Gratis beware 1t is more than likely
that by the appointment Of Supervisors
a vast amount of dishonesty end fraud
will be prevented. Democrats, beware
of this especially. In short several
thousand disfranchised voters baye
come to the conclusion that they will he
disfranchised no more, and they are
trying by every means in their power
TO get honestly assessed that they may
cast a square honest vote at the next
election. Democrats are called upon to
beware of this Gin time" We suppo .
sin time" means now, and it meaus to
prevent disfrancbised voters from get
ting assessed that the Demo- may
continue in power. Democrats ty all
means should beware and try to pre- !
vent an honest 'assessm ent and an hon '
est vote Of the ci izens of Delaware. [
With the wisdom Cf an aged seer, cur t
venerable cotsmporary takes a glimpse a
into the future and in wierd-like i
prophecy ellis th4 ave struck Deaoc- /
racts, "that the initial steis have been i
taken to prepare Delaware for that is Il
sue which may not he far in the future t.
when she will be the pivotal State in s.
the senatorial majority Here comes u
the great rub after all, Knowing that the il