The daily gazette., 1882-04-24
l1oHDAY. APRIL "a. ussa.
Ans They PAID TO sLANDnRq-V

MONDAY, APRIL "A. lSs2.
Ans THEx PAID TO sLANDER 2-We
cannot see what pleasure the irrespOn-
sible carpet bAgger of the Morning
NssOs can receive from writing and
publishing slanderous and viiupera
tive attacks upon the Democrats of
this State. They have done him no
injustice. If he is paid to come here
and abuse our people let him say SO,
and his falsehoods will be treated for
what his venal occupation is worth.
Az . specimen Of the falsehoods Of
thespaper we republish the following
"And now we will whisper something
70 the Republican which 1t will do we'll 10
heed. You call New Castle the meanest
cty because 1t deprives its little innocent
90 ored children or their fair share in q
piece OF public property which New Cas-
tie holds in tIust for them as much as IL
does for white children. But this dirty
piece of raseality is done by the Demo
cratic government of New Castle, and the
Democratic government ofNew Castle is
rua and controlled by"Bln Herbert" and
"Bllr Herbert is the most efficient and
faithful henchman in Senator Bayard's
local band. What terms do you think
that you ought 10 employ the next time
you speak of this par, gon of political
rectitude, Thomas F. Bayard?"
We will not characterize that Ian
guage as we might, although it justly
merits to be so termed because it is
false. Mr.. Herbert is not a "hench-
man." or the page, or a servant of
any man. 1t is therefore false to
style him as such. And it is perhaps
well that the venal writer who uttered
the slander was 80 discreet as to keep
himself at respectful distance from
the arm of Mr.. Herbert or the toe of
the Senator's boot.
1t is thus every Democrat whose
patriotic zeal and admiration for the
grand old party that has done so much
for his country and extended it from
the st. Lawrence to the Pacific and
from Sabine to the Rio Grande, is
assaulted on every occasion of a Demo-
cratic success without provocation
whatever. 1t is time this thing had
stopped. The people of New Castle
value the aStive energy of Mr.. Hel-
bert and believe in his competency and
determined will to run their city upon
the most economical principles, and
hence his great popularity, and it is a
burning shame to thus try to blast the
reputation of an honest, jealous citi-
zen whose every impulse beats for the
benefit of his native town and it's
people of all classes. Mr.. Herbert has
been a subscriber TO the GAZETTE for
many years, and we could not allow
him to be thus referred to without
saying something In his defence. But
1t is not he alone-this carpet-bag
organ of the New York Native Ameri-
can snobbery has undertaken to abuse
Delawareans and Delaware lnstita.
tions generally and Democrats in par
ticular, and we only desire to show
through its attempt to tIaduce Mr..
Herbert what our people may expect
OF its paid experts at vituperaion.
Many years ago the writer through
the GAZETTE introduced Mr.. Herbert
rs the mosb fitting man for candidate
for Sheriff. 1t was time when the two
parties were 80 evenly balanced that
none could venture to foretell the re-
suit. But nothing daunted Mr.. Her.
bert entered the field the nominee
OF the Democracy and was triumph-
antly elected, and came out of the
office moIe popular than he went in j..
Having, while in Office, besides dis
charging his every duty, driven band
of several hundred New York bulles
ana prize lighters, who came here to
fight from the soil of little Delaware.
Since then be has filed other import>
ant and responsible trusts, and is now
discharging the duties of County
Treasurer to which he has been three
times elected in succession. Wbv
abuse and attempt To dehaaa him 10
cause he is an humble citizen zealously
endeavoring to aid his neighbors by
securing to them good and economical
city government and cheap and excel
lent schools 7 Is their any sense or
justice in this things Let it be s.op-
ped, and some sensible argument sub
stituted therefor, if you please.
After the Moraing N ,os has sen
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