Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-07-20
Political Thieves.

Inc m0gnAnlmOus A'ouUcE0bo VI
South Carolina have made one Con-
Rressional District of the "shoe string
order with about %, 900 Republican ma.
jority, and by doing so have left fight
Jig chance of the real bull DOING kind
of carrying the other six for themselves.
If Hamburg Butcher Butler, now a
United States Senator, but before his
election the bloody hero of the Ham
burg and Ellenton massacres, takes
notion however he can carry this strong
Republican district for the Democrats
also, by using the latest improved Demo
cratic methods of electioneering in the
South. A ''shoe string" district was
made in Mississippi, but to the surprise
Of all, even General Chalmers himself,
it was carried for the Democracy at
three succeeding Congressional cleo
lions, and it is only at the present ses-
sion Of Congress that Chalmers, elected
by the most outrageous frauds has been
seated and Mr.. Lynch the defrauded
candidate admitted. This shameful
gerrymandering has been vigorously
defended by the Democratic press.
Even in Wilmington where loud pro-
fessions of fairness are made by the
Democratic organs, mot word has been
said against this monstrous injustice
this latter day fraud for the disfran-
chissment of Republican voters. The
Charleston News, the leading Demo
cratic paper of South Carolina, some
times credited with sprinkle of liberal
ideas, comes boldly to the support Of
the shameless gerrymander, and gives
its reasons tor supporting 1t. These
reasons will of course pass current as
sound arguments amongst the Demo.
Gratis even of the North. This leading
organ says: "There is broad distinc-
tinCtiOn between gerrymandering in
tie North and gerrymandering in States
like Mississippi and South Carolina
In the North the purpose is to give an
improper advantage to one political
party, but in South Carolina and Mis-.
Bissippi, the object is to secure an opporss
tunity of eleGting Congressman of rea-
sonable ability and good character. Any
Congressional district in South Caro-
lima which can be carried by the Re-
publicans, is sure to send to Congress
some low BLACKBOARD or self confessed
thief"
This kind of an argument may be ap-
plauded to the echo, by those who see
in politics nothing but disgraceful
scramble for Office and who justify the
most outrageous means OF securing Of
fee, but to the intelligent, thoughtful
man, who has love Of Justice in his
heart, it will be looked on In different
light. II the argument of the News is
to be accepted as truthful and the means
it advocates as justifable, then indeed |
have frae institutions and a Democratic
form Of government become failure,
and following that failure comes an.
archy and confusion. 1t is confession |
that a majority cannot be trusted and |
are unfit to govern, and an admission
that in the South unlike in the North |
there 10 ruling class Of voters, to whom
though in minority, belong the pre-
negatives and privileges Of power, and |
that political trickery, juggIery, vio-
lence, intimidation and fraud to give
them that power, are justifable. Why
must they have the power? Because
rs they say, "some low blackguard or
self confessed thief will be sent to Con.
Rrsss." How do they know that this
viii be the result? There have been
several Republicans elected to Congress
from the South, but amongst them we
have never heard of the confessed thief
or the blackguard. There are many of
the latter in Congress, hut they most
invariably pan out ON the Democratic
side. What meaner theft can there be |
than the theft of voter 8 rights What
bower blackguardism can there be than
that which threatens and drives peacea.
be citizens from the polls and leaves
them in the possession of thieves and |
blackguards?