Daily Republican., 1880-02-28
!. rn., whits Man,s PARTY :

Some cruel dispositioned body, intsn
upon having q little fun, has been tai
flying the editor of the ''Gazette," max
ing him believe that there are a mum
Der Of oolorsd people who desire to cas-
their votes for the Democratic ticke
next fall, whereupon we are astounds'
upon seeing an article in the editoria
columns Of that paper, headed with tn
caption in flsring small caps; "sse t
it that the negro be not abused fer vo
ting the Democratic ticket" VIII
would have thought iti What, tn
Gazette" the organ Of the whit
mans party, that has screeohed AM
howled, and sweated, and raved, ant
tore Its broadcloth, and pulled Its hai
out Of root. because the hat-foosed
croeksd.legged, kinky haired negro
(names which it has used.> was allsw'
Cd to vote, in favor Of negro suffrage Il
only the negro would vote the Demo.
cratic ticketi Yes it is even so, and
if the quotation above is not SUFFICIENT
proof Of the fact here is something
clipped from the body Of the "Ga-
zetts's" article, which is certainly
enough to convince the nsst skeptical.
Read 1t:
"Let no negro who is known to have
uttered threats of violence against any
other negro who wishes to vote the
Democratic ticket be employed by q
Democrat, and when such threats are
persisted in, let the offensive negro be
arrested charged with such offenss, and
made to give bonds to keep the peace.
See to it that the negro men who choose
TO vote the Democratic ticket he not
and that they be allowed to
exercise the right Of suffrage unmolest-
ed"
As If this were not enough to rouse up
the slumbering Democratic Losts to
protect the colored voters in voting the
Democratic ticket, the article winds up
with the following trumpet blast:
"And We call upon the Democratic
clubs throughout the State to pass res
olutions expressive Of their determine
ton to protect the negroes in their
right to vote the Democratic ticket"
We used to think that when the sdi-
tor Of the "Gazstte" opposed negro suf-
frage and shouted for the white mans
party, that he did so from principle,
but he has Voluntarily disclosed the
fact that all the time he was advocating
q white mans party, he was never sin.
cere only 80 far as it subserved party
purposes. We have often said that If
the colored men would only vote the
Democratic ticket that all this hue and
cry in favor of q white mans party
would die away. We knew that the
party was after votes, no matter where
hey came from, and by depicting the
results Of negro suffrage in
dark colors, the cry Of negro
equality, had the effect desired, a great
many persons who before had been vo-
ing the Republican ticket going over to
What was called the White mans party.
rhe voters Of New Castle county need
not be remi nded that only until within
TWO or three days past the Gazette"
still vociferously shouted for the White
mans party, and called upon the young
white men to protect their sisters and
mothers by voting the Democratic ticket.
These same young men will no doubt
low be astonished to find that the same
,aper is calling upon the negroes to
,ome over tc the white mans party,
y voting the Democratic ticket, and it
ustily calls upon all Democrats to /
ome to the rescue and protect the ne
,ro in voting the Democratic ticket.
What will those persons think who
lave been induced to join the white
mans party on the grounds Of opposi-
ion to negro suffrages Wonderful
transformation! How unselfsh. Negroes
Who vote the Democratic ticket are TO
% protected, and those who do not do
10 of course are to be prosecuted. Col
red men who vste the Democratic
icket are suddenly transformed in to
White men, except in color. To the
'ditor of the "Gazette," the how legs
became straight, the gently curved in
tep Of the foot appears where before
here was but fiat surface. The kinky
lair straightens right out. The un-
pleasant etfluvia which SO often became
10 offensive to the "Gazstte" editor, all
lepart the moment Sambo walks up
md deposits the Democratic ticket
md joins the white mans party.
But what does all this mean for the
Gazette" being the acknowledged Or
gan of the Democratic party, we sup.
pose it sets forth the principles of the
party. We think we can see through
it all. There is Republican majority
of at least twelve hundred in New Cas-
tie county if the Republicans get as
saopaI op1 a II unfa ppara l., M ,u.-