Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-23
me eVy Court Assessnent TrOu-
bic Again.

DIe "A y ain.
1t is humiliating to think that public
servants who are generally good and
honest citizens in every other relation
of life, should for the sake of gaining
a vote for their party commit acts that
show that they are not honest in their po-
litical opinions. But if man goes 80
far as some of the members of the Levy
Court, members of the Democratic faith
did yesterday, to hinder and obstruct
the assessment of citizens, who had
been shamefully disfranchised by an
INSCRIPTIONS assessor and collector of
taxes, may We not reasonably infer
that these same men would bear watch
ing in every relation of life? Here is
body of men who have taken solemn
oath that they will do their duties hon
estly and faithfully. Those duties are
to see that the county is not imposed
upon, and that citizens are protected in
all their rights. They are to see that
money is raised by taxation for the
support of the county, and these taxes
are to be levied at a prorata rate upon
the male citizens of the county and
UPON the real and personal estate of
the county whether male or female
They are to see that citizens are faith
fully assessed, and that the taxes levied
are faithfully collected. They have
taken a solemn oath to do this. How
have they performed their sworn duty
How are they still performing their
sworn duty? Let the crowd of dis.
franchised voters who thronged the
Levy Court and the corridors of the
court house yesterday answer this
question The Democratic assessor
refuses to assess them and a partisan
Democratic Levy Court supports him
in refusal to do his duty. A collector
of taxes absolutely refuses to collect
the taxes which these men should pay
and which they were anxious to pay
aud partisan Levy Court supports
him to the utmost of its power in his
refusal to do SO. How do such actions
agree with the solemn oath of a Levy
Courtman to do his duty faithfully?
These forty or fifty men from St. Geor-
ges Hundred, were asking tor thei,
rights yesterday but partisan Levy
Court decided that they had no right
which the majority were bound to re
spect. Had the assessor and collector
of st. Georges Hundred done their duty,
these men would not have been before
the Levy Court yesterday demanding
to have their names placed upon the
assessment, and had partisan Levy
Court done its sworn duty in better
spirit, these same men would not have
been compelled to stay in Wilmington
over night to besiege the court to-day
again. Every name entitled to be as
sessed could have been placed upon the
assessment yestt rday in an hours time
if the Democratic members of the Cour,
had not tried every sXpedient to evair
the law. But the partisan members OF
the court will not assess these mon il
they can help it, simply because they
are Republicans. Let honest men re
fleet on these things and consider
whether party that will resort to such
means to disfranGhise citizens are
worthy Of being kept in office. In
common business affairs between man
and man, such discreditable actions
tainted with fraudulent intent to COM
NIT wrong against the county and
against individuals would not be toler-
ated. Men who would act in daily
business of life as they acted yesterday
in politics would be discounted in hon.
est business circles and their names
rendered unworthy Of confidence.