Daily Republican., 1881-04-12
TUESDAY. APRIL le. 1881.
senator Bay ards Partisan Sub
SRrNiRntK

We ar" informed that Senator liayard
got away tr,u Washington lo4g enough
to allow him 10 drop in and see the
closing huurs o. the Legislature that
elected him 20 the Senate. How coutd
this great mar have felt rs h. came up
through Wilmington, his own native
city. where = III his stately mansion ON
Linden street he could look out over a
city spread al his feet in which were
$4,000 di>frauuLis.-d constituents What
must he have thought As the railroad
train bore E.rn III down through the
fertile wheat teld> aud peach orchards
of New Castle and vet with the stamp
of di,apprcb4tion from that wealthy
and popu!ous county against him" Il,
was only wken he crossed the line at
Duck Greek into Kent that he could
begin to breathe the friendly atm, -
phere UL;il he crossed into Kent
county he was reminded of the verdict
of $4,000 eCple against him, But ar
irving at Dover he could proclaim him
self monarcE Of Is, 600 people who gave
a verdict iu MS favor.
To congratulate those 6S, 900 did he 60
10 Dover, toT rilry sent him to the sen
ate Of the United States. Those not
understanding the system of disfran-
Chisement, which is grinding the free
men of New Castle county into the
earth, may ask why it was that IS, 600
had more power than 5000 That is
Just exactly what we want the pco-
pie of New Castle county to understand
Under the present system Of rcpreScn
ration New Castle county has only ten
representatives or one to every 1900
while the lower counties have twenty
or one to every 3,400 According t.
this computation it takes two and five
sevenths men in New Castle county to
equal one man in either Kent or Sussex.
To put the matter straight and in it,
trne light, 1890 people have only ten
members OF the Legislature, but 6S, 900
people have twenty members. $4,000
people gave a verdict against Mr.. Bay
ards return to the Senate, while only
$4,000 gave d verdict in favor of hie |
return. The difficulty in the case is
that while 5000 is ten thousand more
than $500, twenty representatives OF
6S,O 200 are more than ten representatives
of $4,000, and the representatives in
stead of the people elect the Senators.
That is wha, is the matter, and that is
why Mr.. Bayard airs himself in the
United States Senate. He may boast
OF his native city Of Wilmington, of ,
her enterprise, her wealth her pros ,
perity and the intelligence of her pco ,
pie, but he tOrgets to tell that if his ,
people Were not disfranchised by an in
iluitoqs system Of representation which
ir ha.Snever opposed, another would fill
the place he occupies.
With all his boa~ted fairness, liberty.
high character and love for his people,
he has never reached that point that
has impelied him to lit a voice either
at home or abroad, in the Senate cham
Der or on the public rostrum in favor Of |
his 5000 constituents with -.
the full rights Of citizenship.
He has always been content to hold
,ffiCeat tn" expense of the rights of his
)e0plc, and wleI he Vi>iSts the CAPITA
,f his native state his congratulations :.
ire for those who keep themselves in :
power by injustice and crush out the !,
iberties Of the people by unjust taxa
ion without representation, as, 900 of !,
ais immediate constituents living in the !,
lills and IL the levels spread in review
before his paiatial mansion look appeal !
nSly to him for help. They hold up ,
he political chains which bind them ,
md rattle them before his eyes, but he !
needs not the appeal and turns with n
lOnicd words 20 the many representa- !
ives Of the le y TO congratulate them -
md thank them for elevating him to =,
lis high position. He owes his native q
Ounty, his ativr city, nothing. He is j.
Inder no obligations to the place that
ave him birth. IF Senator Bayard is
he fair hon. lhlc highminded man he =
ays he ie, why does he not speak out in fl
lefenSe Of his down trodden and dis t
ranchised ncighbors? Even tyrants t
exercise teniency and grant favOrS to c
heir friends around them, but nothing :
moves the heart of the great Delaware '
senator TO say word for his disfran- t
hiScd people. When there was danger a
# passing local option bill in the Leg I
stature he was not slow in parading his |
opinions which We're adverse to local t
option before the public, but when the 9
iberties and rights of the whole pOpu-
alton Of his native city are anjustly
aud trampled upon, he has not >
4 word 70 say III their behalf Why
loes he not speak out against such IN .
Justice, do you say? Because if the
,eople Of New Castle county were ad- e
nitted to equal rights with the other II
,ounties, Senator Bayard could not be Il
'a-elected to the United States Senate. y
Selfishness and desire to hold office G
,redominates over desire to do justice u
That is the whole truth. We do not II
pretend to say that Senator Bayard
himself could right the wrongs of un- +
qud representation in New Castle n
ounty, but he cou.d speak a word or r