Daily Republican., 1880-06-02
FOURTH EDITION.
AN APPEAL
To the Democratic voters or New
New Castle g0unfy.

You are aware that on last Saturday
there was held at New. Castle a Demo
cratic meeting-the first in this politics.
campaign. The papers state that \
was not harmonious meeting, which
was, Of course, q fact. But whose
fault was it'll
Forty-two years age next Friday
June 4th, 1898, at large Democratic
County meeting he'd in the village d
Christians It was decided, after heat
ed struggle to do away with the dele
gate system Of nominating candidates
for Sheriff and Coroner, and thereafter
to nominate by the vote Of the people,
Uninterrptedly since then this has
been done. Some years after 1886
members Of the Legislature and Levy
court were included in this mode o.
nomiustion. Bnt by wirs-pullinR o.
Office holders and men who live on Of
the party by their wits the nomina.
ten by ballot as far as nominating
candidates for the Legislature and
Levy court won't, was stopped and the
people cheated ont Of their right 10
select. The c.amsr foi its rs-lnstats-
mont was 50 strong by the Democratic
Masses that the trieksiers had TO give
in and the old plan Of selecting Iegisla.
tive and Levy Court candidates was
resumed two years age.
And now in the opening Of tha great
campaign Of 1880 when the fate Of free
government is trembling in the bal
ance, fifty politicians in the Democratic
party draw up in secret Q petition TO
the county meeting to elect sixty dele
gates TO meet and try to, not Only
change the msde Of nominating nsnn-
bsrs Of the Lsgislatars and Levy Court,
from the white Democratic masses, but
aftAr this year, to take tho nomination
Of sheriff and coroner frsm the masses
and place II in the hands Of Delegates
whs would be packed and slipped in
10 Dc the railing Of pretended aristocrst-
10 Democrats, whose ssle aim appears
10 be TO run the Democratic party for
The sole benefit Of the would-bs privi-
lsged few.
Now, the foregoing being truests 70
mont Of the ease, 10 II fair or honorable
TO reflect against persons who we're op-
posed to bringing such . petition to .
Dsmosratio county meeting. had
never seen the petition before that day,
though had heard runors in regard
10 1t, aud these runors were what
caused me To attend that meeting.
And / said this to that meeting -
That we were entering the greatest pc
litical campaign this great country ever
saw, and whilst our Republican cns-
mics, net Gfty yards oti, were holding
Shsriff's and Coroner's nomination by
ballot, and not only letting poor white
men vote, but in addition negroes as
black as SCOT, this Democratic Conven-
lion was entertaining and preparing to
car.y ont the petition Of fifty men to
break up ths right Of posr Democrats
to an equal privilege through the bal
lot box 10 help select the candidates
hey were expected to vote for at the
general election.
II disaster comes to the party these
fifty men who threw the are brand last
Saturday will be responsible, and II
these petitioners can afford to throw the
gauntlet down, and defy, and propose
to abridge, the rights of the poor Demo-
Gratis from a full, free, equal chance Of
selecting candidates to vote for, let all
who are in favor Of nOmina-
tions by ballot, and the selection Of all
officers by the ballot Of the people, in
tones call mestings and declare
In favsr of calling q convention to make
q new constitution for this state which
will make all oGsers in this state as
in Pennsylvania, and ether enlightened
states, elective by the people.
Do this, and then ysu will sec no
such scenes AZ that at the Clayton
House last Friday evening, whore no
man in his plain clothes was expected
to come. But at the ballot bsx, as in
Pennsylvania, he could have expressed
his preference for Clerk Of the Peaoe
or any ether officer. .,
The Afty petitioners have opened the
ball and bid defiance to the Democratic
masses, and 1t is now for the masses to
vindicate their rights at public meetings
and at the voting places. Settle this
ballot ouestion now and forever, for II
is to MS Of more consequences than any
President election, for If niggers in
the Republican party can have the
right to help seleet q candidate
by ballot 1t is o humilatiRg position for
q poor white Democrat 70 have that
right taken. from him. Strike down
your would be political masters, have
no sympathy for them, crush then
bsyond resurrection. If white men can
not be trusted to exercise the ballot,
our government is fraud and rotten to
the core. The fear of niger rule il
Delaware has caused very bitter dos,
to be swallowed but this last act o
fifty signerS of petition, at our lat
County meeting. proposing to take th'
ballot away is enough TO cause every
real Democrat to bid defiance 10 thos,
| would be masters, let the consequence
bs what they might.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
TowxsEEp, Del, June ], 1850.
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