The daily gazette., 1881-12-13
The s.Gaxette's" Argument Criti
efsed hut Admitted in the Main.
From the Milo d News.

torial on the "Cost Of Crime" the Will
| mington Gazette shows lis accustomed
| prejudice against the negro race aud
| makes about Its average number of mis-
| statements. 1t starts off with the follow
ing aphorism;
"If the money which the people Of
Delaware are required to pay in conse-
quencs of the crimes that are committed
could be saved it would form a hand
| some contribution TO the cause of edu-
| cation, and render untold benefits to The
| rising population of all classes"
But the Goxette should know, il II
does not, that with reference to her
population, Delaware has little crime;
that as law-abiding citizsns her people
compare favorably with those Of any
State, and that II Is Wilmington that
furnishes to the courts more causes OF
criminal action than all the rest of the
State.
But the Neal case IL the text from
which the Gazette preach ss, ana IL makes
the statement that Delaware is tho 10.
ceptaele aud stopping place OF many bad
negroes from other States that 'About
one-sixth OF the population il composed
OF negroes, and their crimes cost the
State more money than the whole five
sixths of the balance put together"
This IL a stroug assertion, and we wish
the Gazette to furnish The proof Jnsi
what the relative proportion Of crime
comnitted by each race in our State is,
| we do not know, but IL Is plain TO any
| one Of intelligence that the GdZette eau
| Hot produce evidence to back it's asser-
| tion.
The Gazette goes on to state that the
Neal case has cost the county $1,000,
and refers 10 case OF rape two years
ago which cost the county heavily IN iis
trial. ii the Gazette wishes TO look vi
the cost OF trials, there is Ca berry's
case, and then there is ths West case OF
some years back n Dover in both cases
negroes were killed. Perhaps the Gazetts
Will charge these accounts sgaiust the
| colored mans record OF crime, and say
that the negroes had no business Lo be
killed
"It would bs good thing for Drla.
ware II she couli get rid of great part
OF the indolent aOd improvident uegrsrs,
whose places would b. supplied by in.
dustrions wht'es," says the Gdzeite. /
she could exchange her worst popula-
tion-ether white or black-for better
class OF people. such an advantage To-
those remaining is apparent to all but
The Gazette probably means, and other
Democratic papers have sand the same,
that Delaware would be the gainef
con'd she exchange her negro popula.
ton for foreign lsborers. Ir Della areans
could live tor awhi Ia among the average
of emigr ants fresh on our shores from
the other country, they would change
their minds, ami be- better satiA fed with
the negro, and the Gazette would find In
such community a lar greater proper
non OF crime ihan among The negroes Uf
Delaw2re.
The negro is not bad ettlzau c0u,id-
erlng bis education, oecupattOu and Gp-
portunlties, ard is generally turbnariug,
else he would resent the iudiguitie.
heaped upon him 20 often that they are
looked upon "a a matter of course.
Unfortunately 1t Is too true that IN New
Castle county crimes seem 10 be more
frequent than in Kent and Sussex coun-
ties. But We Co not think our people
are more deficient In scholastic educa.
ton. The truth is that the \ fy wishes
to make itself more popnIar with The
Republican party Leaders AID the
"powels that be- defending The
government wa, eb1eh It's party
votes are halt ma i danoancine
foreign born citizens, '.1e have mad
this Republic their h6fne, and assisted
to build il up by honest, frugal industry
and the rearing of children Nho have
taken rank IN many eases as the first
Citizens Of village cities anI S ase.. II
We could only look back and see n.,l
Ibe negroes who have been here CEN
tury or two aud witness such progress in
their race in ednca ion, refinement and
wealth. Bat this We are not 4bls 10 do
although the negro hss been made tbe
snhjaet Of much care and patron g BY
rich and gfea' parties for many yaass
As lace he has proved a gfry e8ad |
servant, bat gtea. failure a. a cIszeD.
The Reees will excuse is from attembtfFs
to defend onr foreign citizens. The
comparison it makes between them and
negroes is so palpably false tia, We can.
not waste TIM upon the proposition II
states evidently only to crafty illjteIa,e
negroes. Il certainly fotsets that not
many years ago II made one Of our
foreign born cltzens It's choice for
candidate for Governor oi Delaware. ard
a noble old gentleman he wa, leo. Had
he been Democrat we would haze IA
bore9 tor his election ami voted iar hin,
with the greatest pleasure Imaginable.
although he had not been in his conn
try long enough to learn to talk good |
English. When will the Radical pafty |
nominate a negro from Africa or a
negro's son Tor Governor Echo AN
swers when
The main point la the article # the
dAzETTE was to call The attention of tlte
people To the fact thai crime Wa eas,l, |
and increased Immensely tho burden q,
Tax which fell almost exclusively upon |
The moral and industrious portion OF the
people, since those who committed lie |
most crimes had no properly aud were
not able to pay the costs Of their own
suits In court. We made no poIftical
issue, but instaneed b. negroes as form
Ing one-sixth Of the whole popnlsffnn
and yet costing Us more in taxation far
crime than the whole population he
sides. The Ne,gs does not dieoroy.
this.