The daily gazette., 1880-03-06
sArURDAY. MARCH s. 1850.


in adding names to the assessment Of
voters, during the past week, has not
pleased the Republican party club
committees. But, if they, and their
feed attorneys lacked the brains to
adopt wise plans Of action, this should
not be laid to the charge of the Levy
Court, and yet it seems to be by few
vulgar and half-drunken whites who
have espoused the cause of the negroes,
who visit the Court room and utter
ear-shots for the members of the Court.
The Court has been faithfully and sys-
tematically abused and slandered both
by such partisans as have gone
there and by the Republican press, be-
cause it has not chosen to follow out
at once the dictate of these unwise
plans Of committees as are headed,
by Mr.. Higgins Mr.. Bush, Mr..
Warner, Mr.. Hastings, and Mr..
Hawkins, and such other violent and
persistent enemies of the Democratic
I party, whose real object is to defeat
the Legislative ticket in this County,
and secure the defeat of Mr.. Bayard's
reelection to the Senate. Their chief
leader, although arrayed in the lions
akin, has not hidden his ears.
So far, the Court has actually fol-
lowed the course the GAZETTE had
outlined that it would pursue, al
though no member had spoken to us
on the subject. Nor do we know now
what it will do in the future, nor are
we authorized to say what it will do.
We. do, however, believe that the Court
will pursue the even tenor of its way
81 regardless of all abuse and all efforts
to bulldoze it into the line which the
Republican clubs desire to force it Ito
take. We believe that the Court will
continue to occupy such spare mo-
ments as they have in attending to the
applications of such voters as are pres
ent and desire to be put on the assess
ment lists, until it has got through
with the regular business of the Coun-
ty; and that it will then attend to this
political business, and if desired ap-
point separate days on which tho oe~-
eral hundreds who apply, therefore,
may come forward with their voters
and vouchers and be assessed.
i This is the natural and proper
course of business.
.a. But, what an absurdity it was for
Mr.. Higgins and his crowd of negroes
TO suppose they could bulldoze the
/. Court Mr.. Higgins did not go there
with his committee and propose a ay
onwhich, if set aside, the voters he
represented would come forward. But
ne was followed on the very day ne
snbmitted this request by crowd Of
negroes who demanded to be attended
to that very day, without any regard
to Mr.. Higgins request for a future
day /; and so they have gone each day
81. IN crowds, to bulldoze the Court =
They are the camp followers of the
Republican clubs, and expect to he
paid for their services in aiding tile
white office-seekers to defeat the Dem
ocratic party. If the funds of the Re
publican club contributed by such vid-
lent opponents of the Democrats ais
Geo. w. Bush, E. T. Warner, Mendin-
hall, Hastings, Neilds and Higgins
are wasted in passage money, lager
crackers and cheese for the motley
crowd of colored men, it is the fault Of
their own bad management, not of the
Levy Court. These men expect to get
enough names on the assessment lists
to make probable show of being able
to defeat the Democrats, and then 90
ahead to collect money, on the plea
that one Senator may, in the near fu-
ture give their party the majority IN
the Senate. This is their game tn
raise funds to capture Delaware and
hand it over to Grant and the third
term camp followers.
A TRICK OF THE PAPER MANuFAc.