Daily Republican., 1882-08-08
AnomOcrntlc Rpeech.

a Democratic speech.
If the Democrats would tell the trut
and all the truth when they take to tn
TOstrum to make speeches during tn
coming campaign, there would be n
difficulty whatever on the part of tn
people arriving at the true natur
and state of the political affairs of tn,
common wealth Instead Of BEING az.
gressive the Democratic speaker SHOULD
be apolOgetic. As the party has beer
in power more than quarter of q CEN
fury, there need be no lack of subjects
upon which to base good speech. In
all that time any ordinary party not
vithstanding the harm it does should
do some good, but to present the true
state of the case and position of the par
ty the bad should be told with the good.
A Democratic speaker taking the stand
could easily spend an hour or two hours
II his audience will listen, in giving a
quarter of century's review of the do.
ings of his party. He might make a
speech something on this style; "Fel-
low Democrats Our party has heen
in power continuously over a quarter
ola century in Delaware and we are
proud of its record. When we got pos
session of the treasure chest, we found
1t full of money and the State was en-.
&irely clear of debt. But you know it
iS said that individuals are more indus.
triouS when they owe large sums of
money and as with individuals so with
States. Our first effort was to make
the State prosperous by creating a debt,
SO that the people might feel the taxes
they were paying. One of tho first
1hings we did was to take some S4OO, 900
worth of stock in the Delaware Rail
road, which, though heavy tax ON the
people for number of years, will be q |
paying institution some day to the
State. 1t Is true we were opposed to /
Yankees and carpet baggers coming
into the State building railroads, but
then you knew that all leRislaturemen
get free passes, and as all Democrats
expected to be Office holders, you see
the mighty advantage it was for US to
have railroads. We afterwards took
risks in several more railroads down
in Sussex that we are fearful won't pan
ont so well, but then 1t is a consolation
to know that Democratic office holders
can get free passes. We always took
good care not to give any money to
railroads in New Castle County, because
you see that County wasn't always safe
for the Democracy, and whenever it
failed to stand by the Democratic flag,
the Democrats of Kent and Sussex had
to turn in and elect one or the other of
the Mr.. Bayards to the United States
Senate. We never had any trouble
keeping one Of the Saulsburys in the
Senate, but I must confess it begins to
ASOA y AbNAO ohhAJ uOWs |
Then my fellow Democrats you kno
that the wicked North made the South
go into rebellion and in self defenc ce
the brave South Carolinians had to fire
On q handful Of United States soldier
on Fort Sumter. This of course kicked
up racket and to add to the trouble
Mr.. Lincoln, the first Republican Presi-
dent, took his seat and declared war
against the South. Then fellow Demo.
Gratis we tried to take q neutral stand,
though many Of our citizens were so
imprudent as to volunteer and 90 to the
war, where some of them were killed
and many Others got hurt. The Demo.
Gratis however, who went, were mostly
engaged in blockade running and in
helping their brethren in the South by
selling them contraband goods at one
hundred per cent. profit, in which bust.
ness their lives were not in so much ,
danger and they made lots of money. ,
One of the brave, noble blockade run ,
ners even now represents the Democra. ,
Cy Of our beloved Democratic State in
the House of Representatives at Wash
ingtOn. Thus perseverance, and suffer. .
ing for noble cause has its reward. In ,
The early part of the war the Democrats
we're blamed for entertaining and hold.
ing CoHnsel with q committee of rebel .
from Mississippi and
Alabama, who wanted us to take Della
ware out OF the Union to join the Con. c
federacy. But you see my fellow Demo. [
,rats 1t wouldn't do. Lincoln's hire /
Engs, as our talented and beloved Sena. 1
Tor, Mr.. Bayard, called them, had pos \
session of Maryland, and one of his a
hirelings, ,named General Schenck, wap I
watching Delaware, so that 1t wasn't O
safe to try to get out of the Union. We
told the rebel commissioners that 1t was
ine1pedient to comply with their re. "
quest and permitted them to depart D
home. I
Now, fellow Democrats, great fault q
was found with us for not spending a r.
little money to equip Union regiments, b
and to purchase bread for the wives, tl
widows and children of misguided SOL
diers, but what were we to do? Two =
or three drafts took place and a Oreat =,
many Democrats were drafted, who 4" "
lid not want to 60 to fight at all, and If p
shey did 60 they would rather fight on :,
ths sther side. So you see our party
had to 60 to work and pay for substi-
tutes for all these drafted men that Il
iifdn't want to go. To do this We had o
70 borrow oyer . million and a half of j