The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-12-06

49, E~SkAS ~ DoioWakV al0 Ec~
CURED 70 pay in consequence Of the
grimes that are committed could be
saved 1t would form a handsome con.
tributicn TO the cause of education,
and render untold benefits to the rising
population of all classes. 81 s.assi
. Delaware Is peculiarly situated on
the line between the North and the
South, and as was observed by Hon.
James a. Bayard many years ago, Is
the receptacle and stopping place for
many bad negroes from the more
southsm States, who make their es-
cape 70 the North and often fell back
to Delaware. About one. sixth of
the population Is composed Of negroes,
and their crimes cost the State more
money than the. whole hve-sixths
q the balance put together. The
crimes Of these people have greatly in.
creassd Within tho last twelve or fif-
ssen years, and there is now scarcely a
session Of the Court at which some
negro ID not required to be tried for
rape or murder. The present trial Of
the negro, Neal will cost this county
over $4,000 in ready money, which
has to be borrowed and paid in cash.
Thus creating debt the annual In
terest Of which is 5000. When the
county will get clear of debt and in
terest we do not pretend 20 say, but it
10 like enough that before 1t is all paid
the crime Of this negro will cost the
virtuous, laborious white people of
this county $4,000. 1t is but a short
time since two negroes were tried for
rape upon another white woman in a
oornield where they had led her to 20
BY telling her it was the nearest way TO
the farm house where she could get
employment. The trial Of these ne
groes cost this county over 5000,
which had to be borrowed and forms
to-day o part of the county debt.
These are only two cases, and we use
them to show the terrible results of
crime upon the moral portion of the
people. Because all the burden OF
taxation fa,ls on the industrious and
moral portion Ut society-the negro
population pay none of the taxes
scarcely, and it would be good thing
Tor Delaware if she could get rid of a
great part Of the indolent and i'm
prevalent negroes, whose places would
DO supplied by industrious whites.
The pretty thefts of the negroes are
quite as expensive in the aggregate as
their more horrid crimes of rape and
murder, and they take place at every
court. But it does not matter whether
the crime is by black or white, its ex-
peHse IL all the same, excepting in
most cases where the crime is perpe-
trated by white men they pay the ex-
pense of their defense; but In the
cases Of negroes the county is mostly
required to pay the cost on both sides.
This, however, Ia one feature of the
cost Of crime. What the crimes of
men cost their friends and relatives is
another matter to be added. To
which must be added also the cost of
the loss of time of witnesses and such
a. are called upon to assist in the
efforts to defend or convict the crimi-
nal. Worse still the effects of crime
upon the relatives and friends or
children of criminals may not be call
cplated in money. The loss Of edu-
cation to many children may be
directly attributed to the crimes of
the parents. AL the disadvantages
arising from the bad effects of crime
have to be atonsd for in SO many
hardships heaped upon the industri-
GUS and moral people. Notwithstand-
ing all this Bob Ingersoll and his
radical crowd would have all of cur
churches torn down and morality such
a. he proposes taught from well,
We don't know where.
DIvEReYTY OF CRoPs.-Tbe Cbicaoo