Daily Republican., 1882-10-27
FRIDAY, OCTOBER - ISs2.
Wn,cn VIII you Choose?


ing nigh, when the great battle of bal
lots will be fought by the treemen OF
a majority of the States of the Union,
amongst them Delaware, the smallest
in the territory but one, but In political
importance amongst the greatest. Are
the freemen, voters of the State, ready
for the conflict? This Is an important
question. No voter of Delaware should
be caught on q week from next Tues
day without ballot in his hand, and
that voter will not have done his duty
until his ballot shall have been deposi-
ted in the ballot box. The issues Of the
conflict arc made up and are before the
people. 1t is their fault If they are not
acquainted with them. The contest is
between two great parties, between
which the people are nearly equally di-
vided. One of them, the Democratic,
comes before the people with q record
of thirty years control Of the State; the
other, the Republican party, has no
record in the State, but points to its
record in other States, which have be-
come progressive and powerful in all
shat constitutes greatness and intel.
lectual power. What RepubliCanism
has done for the great North Is offered
to the people of Delaware for their re-
oeptisn or rejec ion on the seventh OF
November.
The record of Democracy in the
State Is spread out before the people
and it Is in place to say right here so
then that all can see through it. When
the people are called upon to endorse
tina: record and continue the Demo
cratic party in power, 1T is well enough to
examine it aud see if it Is worthy of lon.
ger support. The record is old enough to
have had = fair trial. Let us look 81
that record and test it in Republican
crucible to see if it will stand the test.
The Democratic party took the reius
of the State Government into its hands
when the State did not owe q dollar OF
debt. 1t now owes three quarters of a
million and 1T one time owed twice that
amount. Is this not true? None will
contradict 1t. 1t did call State Con
vention and agreed upon some com
nendable reforms, amongst which was
increased representation for New Castle
County, but when the new Constitu'
tion came before the people, the Damo
cratic party itself Civlded upon the
issues and defeated what had beer
done. Selfish and polit cal motives
alone prompted the calling OF the Con-
vention, because New Castle rs a gon-
eral thing was then Dan. OCratic and
the other swO counties were as gsner
ally Whig. Since then no attempt ha'
been made to reform the Constitution
Why? Because Nav Castle County
has become Republican and the lower
counties Democratic. To consummate
q selfish purpose and to keep Senator
Bayard in the Senate from New Castl
aud a Salisbury in the Senate from tn
lower Counties, fifty Thousand peopl
are now distranchised from voice il
the Legislature frCm New Castle Coun
ty, The Democrats could at any tint
have called a Constitutional Conven
tion and have given the people equa
representation, but it was not their inter
ests to do 3d. 80 far the record
not good.
What Is the record during the civi
war? Worse still. While the loyS
States of the North were pouring on
treasures of money to equip re Riment
and send them to tho field to pay bouI
ties to volunteers and to okeep the wlveI
widows aud children of the soldier
from want, the Democracy OF Del
ware creaGed q burthensome debt
keep men from going to the war, 81
tertained rebel commissioners from ii
South who came TO DIVER to take Del
ware out of the Union and refused
hoist the stars and stripes upon ii
State House. Is this not true?
there Democratic historian who vi
dare deny 1t? Is IT not true that wh'
a resolution was offered in the Hou
to give small donation to the widow
wives and children of Union soldier
that resolution was voted down and
substitute offered eithA by Mr.. Be,
ley, Of Smyrna, or u resent Cove