Daily Republican., 1882-11-01
ON SUFFRAGE
,,r AWRAIGNMENT OF
J EEsS,,.SI,Aw WARE BoURBONS-
THE LIVE InsUEs.


,..s of Delaware are thor
The clslnVsi clsl,,ss'i on the questions enter
Ighly aiOI' ,I making up the local issues
I ~. iT.V campaign. Thsy Ser.tand arc snn1 All
tni' p.sr 10 know and unoeLssAnS S,Sh al
% eager ~ abuses Of the party which
,Cut tne controlled our State; and
y 30 lonE ~ be every indication that
lsie u,sau this time 70 v9te 70 ,ne IeSuy ,Soi,
Isy nils usiIS. Il they are made to see tneir
sy clearly mum uouppoN ARCH
y 70 all the abuses, or rather
,IS l%pSs Ssy crimes, chargAon1e to Demo,
Hsau EsD X legislation and Demooratlc ,.l,
ntc i' none approach in enormi'y,
p'thOas,, ,,naTs In unmixed evil, with
lfHa cO.rrt c...psnt and collection laws and
J s"nsr Iss",V Of their execution and al,
nAut,T, nl.,ou Other laws are bad
IlHlsilSsS,Ott SUt they are subject to repeal
Fplgu, DU without these laws relA.
SIpES iSs assessment and collection of
Nv .nS sn the qualification of voters
...Us " sa~ would be left free to correct
suT,TIS 1,Is in legislation by changing
HsSnU sStus OF the legislators. With
S's.st s,Stutes in force the citizen
l@e sso'i Z Nm because he is by them,
llnO. y w nan nan selected to execute them
lG s,od s1O n lis manhood, robbed OF his
ppOVS, w.. "a and stands helpless and pow.
fanCDIS', ,hs presence Of the men and
tleSs y ~ IN tS,t have despoiled him. Is
es \ p..S ...tsSrmsnt true In theory and In
Dls ~ ~ these laws permit the citizen
~ ISssroSSsd, and do their administra'
~ h'bituAlly rob him?
9l m. II .SsvS Think Of it, men OF Della
"'TS y 'psmOCrats and Republicans, do
i. ~ '.a"d D in eminent peril OF being rob-
y y ~ '''sS ! svstem Of laws made for that
s,s,,nurpoSe ~% Of your citizenship, OF
Y, ,'o manhood, Of your right to have q
sIOsi n the government OF which you
" y OsrtP Do you? Answer this
..Ipn to your conscience. to your
Judgment, to your own sense Of
" 4 Won have any doubt about 1t
around among your acquaintances
\ Sif YOU cannot fnd scores Of men,
Iam YOU know, that are at this very
|ns % cespoiled, and II you do find
E,w then reflect that you are SUBJ ject
ma same danger and that your time
Il come whenever it ia the pleasure
An assessor to neglect assessing you,
vheuoySr collector can keep out OF
arr Vsy to avoid receiving your tax.
ISST,r these questions, and then de-
m whether you can afford, be your
.ry predelictions what theymAy, to-
M perpetuate this system Of robbery
nia the guiss OF law.
Mr. BAIARD's VERSION.
TAs most eminent Democrat of this
hp Senator Bayard, evidently alarm
4 n The damaging effect these nefa-
ou, susCtmeDts are having upon the
ISDsCts Of his party, has been com.
ma BY the logic Of events to come to
hslr rescue and TO offer an excuse for
hs,o euaCtments. His excuse IL aslun-
usbls % the laws for whose existence
lpoogizss and whose necessity he
ntudS to regret, are infamous and
biskd. What is this excuse? The
waDt says, and continues to say and
lVsk that these laws were made
Ruary sad were enacted to protect
huIsCtOrS Of taxes and the Levy
Dgutnsmbers from malicious prose-
Hti1 b the UnitedStS tsS Court for not
BiHdue diligence in hunting up indi-
hinl or poll taxes. He charges that
1ch prosecutions on such charges were
hIds, and that under the charge Of .
Dllted States judge such negligence
JAS crime; and that a packed jury
OnviCted collector of that offense and
opposed upon hima heavy fine. 1 will
ndertake to say for the people of this
punty, to the voters of this county,
lhO have the privilege yet preserved to
bonn, that ifMr. Bayard will substan-
llts bis assertions by proof these people
lhO have felt the pressure OF these
Tvs 80 heavily upon them will join
ln In honoring the motive while Ihey
ltll still condemn the result.
DEAD"
But Is his statement true Was tho
plrge made against Archibald Given
pa bis associates that they had not
sen diligent in the collection of taxes
senator BSyard asserts>7 Was 1t 2
y 1t was not. Mr.. Given was indie.
=, and the members of the Levy Court
ore charged If not indicted, as acces-
inS, for violating the old assessment
ivy, not BY being too slow or too neg.
gehtin bis collections, but because he
connection with others did, contrary
IlsStatutes, write opposite the names
Altge number Of colored men on the |
sCn OF assessment at New Castle IN
LISTERS these ominous words: Dead
LAlt the State. This was done, not
~, tos knowledge which could alone
WY 1t In law; such was the fact, but |
W sle knowledge that such was not |
siaCt and because it was not the fact,
laeSe men were walking our streets, |
NtAg In our various industrial es-
Ilsaments, living and actual men;
'asy were 30 marked because they
@lVlng and not with the belief
Whey were dead.
was tho first attempt made In this
%W rob colored men of their man.
Of their lately acquired citizen.
hG their votes, and il was success
" did what it was design ned to do. |
AcCOmplished what 1t was expected
NCOmplish; and no man in Della.
|lls knows this better or with more
SUu@ S certainty than Senator
a0 S% this crime, for this robbery, q |
~ ~ was tried and convicted and
p@, 10 court that so far from being
r''Cutlng lru,ted to this one example
|, ,IlIeCt u this foul abuse But did it'll
MI" s' oooIu Vi the Democratic party
'u'' state from then till now answer.
nSALIzlNG \, THE INFAMOUS THIra.
Isssa suS next i session Of the Legislature
'o'Ou tne first instalment of these as
I'%en' 'Ss0a laws for, according to Senator
! Iu, tne protection of the assessors
\ !, ,OOilectors. In this the Senator
4 tt'suly: t,y 1t was for their protection, |
lth,, ,OI what ? tt ey had stolen the
.snt, SOo, the manhood, the citizenship |
'Tass ~. {! o. our people away from them,
A Ut ,O.s tnem stripped and despoiled OF
\ d',Ss Ost priced by every manly man,
'',Ie law laid It's heavy hand on them
O,so. Suo Urine, This law was made to
tSs M; 1nem In doing the same intam-
d mug mns according 70 legal form. 1t
rio,mae a'e 70 protect them, not In the
llioa liahce Of duty but in the perpe-
T,'Nu VI Crime anN sH I,a o.a-.