Daily Republican., 1880-03-09
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The Bayard Organ speaks.
| After waiting and hesitating evel
since the meeting of the Levy Court, Mr.
Bayard's organ comes out fully anC
fiat footedly on the side of injustice
fraud and tyranny. The individually
ideas of the organ amount to nothing
were it not that it is supposed 10 re
fleet the sentiment Of Mr.. Bsyard him.
|self. That distinguished gentleman
was in the city several days last week
in the performance of mournful duty
and friendly act, but during that time
it is not likely that he could remain ig-
norant Of thu doipgs of the Levy Court
of New Castle County. OF course nc
Republicans know what Mr. Bayard
said about the assessments during his
visit home, but the evidence is before
us that as soon as he departed his organ
came out fairly in support Of thesystem
of assessments which has disfranchised
one fourth of the voters of New Castle
County. We thought Mr. Bayard
would not be equal to the emergency in
this matter where he had so much at
stake, especially since by his advocacy
of fair and Just assessment of voters
hs knew tha. bis own county
would not even give him a majority if
he were candidate for the Presidency.
This is just exactly how the matter
stands. With full and fair assess
ment and fair election there would be
fifteen hundred Republican majority in
New Castle County, enough to elect a
Republican Congressman, and with a
fair and honest basis of representa- ation
in the Legislature 1t would defeat Mr..
Bayard in hi3 candidacy for reelection
to the Senate to succeed himself. Wei
would not say that Mr. Bayard indie
ted the article which appeared in his
organ yesterday, but it cannot he de-
MED that as soon az he had felt for
Washington the article carefully re-
vised by more than one of his faithful |
henchmen apparel. The writer of the
article is too carefully booked, and 700
wise to advise the Levy Court to refuse
assessment 20 the c0lored voters, but
it justifes the Levy Court in the stand
it has taken.
The organ attributes the movement
to get colored men assessed to political
motives, on the part Of the Republicans,
but the Levy Court, and the assessing
officers who have been so signally sue
cessful in assessing all tbe Democrats
and leaving off two or three thousand
Republicans, are not acluated by auy
political considerations wba.eveY. Oh
no, not at all. But what Of it if there
is an effort TO get the c5l0reI men as
sassed? Are they not entitled TO it
infinitely more than the five hundre!
Democrats who are glaringly illegally
assessed after having been returned as
delinquent, and against which Mr.
Bayard's organ has nothing to say. If
ii wanted something to condemn, there
It il. What difference do motives
make in getting assessed so long as
people are entitled and want to be as
5es3ed? And ii motives are 70 be taken
into consideration, why not object to
Democratic motives as we'll. Their
motives have resulted in assessing all
Democrats who were entitled. and five
lundred who were not entitled, and
yet this virtuous Bayard organ can lind
10 fault with that. It's walls of wrath,
md condemnation are preserved to be
ooured out upon the heads Of such poen
IS Anthony Higgins, Esq, George W.
Bush, +. Tatnall Warner, Washington
hastings and others who want a fair ss-
'esment, and think that ifDenocrats
,an be illegally assessed by the Hun
ireds, Republicans ought TO be allowed
to be legally assessed. These men DO
not aspire to be party leaders. They ?
want no Offices within the Gift of
he psople. They simply want Justice
between man and man, and thew think
hat If a man is entitled to be assessed I
le should be, no matter what his mo,
ives are, the Bayard organ and It's 9
'dltor to The contrary notwithstanding. ?
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