Daily Republican., 1882-09-18
moNDAY, SEPVEMBEK Is. 1882
aInriRnd Democracy.

GIOrIfied Democracy.
The insincerity of the Democrats was
n ever more clearly shown than in their
own speeches at their ratification meet.
ing last Friday evening. In theirplat'
form of resolutions adopted at their
late State convention they promised
certain reforms in milk and water re
solves, but when they had an opportu-
nifty OF advocating those reforms before
the people they are strangely silentand
indulge in columns of rhetorical elo'
uuence glOrity ing the Democratic par
ty and its achievements. Senator Sauls-
bury gloried in the acts ofthe Democrat
ic party. 1t was untarnished and uu-
SMILED. But there was no action OF the
Democratic party in which he gloried
more than that in which it plunged
Delaware into a debt of million and a
half of dollars to pay men to stay at
home dnring the dark days Of the war
when the government wantsd soldiers
to crush the rebellion. The Democracy
entertained the rebel ommissioners at
Dover, who came to persuade the legis-
lature to take the State out ofthe Union
and the Democratic speakers all gloried
in the Democracy. When motion was
made in the Legislature to hoist the
national flag upon the StaEe capitol, the
Democrats voted do Wn the resolution
and now their speakers glory in the
rebel achievement. A resolution to
appropriate a small sum of money to
assist the wives, widows and children
of the soldiers who were away lighting
the battles of the nation, was Cummarily
disposed of by substituting another
recommending the families of these
men to the charities of the public. Cold
charity indeed, but this is the kind OF
Democracy ttat the speakers on Friday
night Rloried in. When the enfran
chisement laws were passed giving
every man equal suffrage and equal
rights, the Democratic party com
need tampering with The assessment
and tax laws and made them engines
of disfrauchisement urtil one.fourth Of
the people of the State were prohibited
the right of Suffrage and yet this is
one of the great achievements of the
Democratic party that sheds lustre and
brightness upon its action, and Senator
Saulsbury and other speakers gloried
in the actions of the party.
Through partisan legislation and a
refusal of the Democratic party which
alone had the power to amend the con
stitution there are to-day 10000 people
one third the population of the State
that have no voice whatever in making
the laws OF the State being unrepre
scented and disfranChised. The Demo
cratic party has never by word or deeC
attempted to correct this evil preferriD(
10 be oPpressors, and to enjoy the lux
uries of office holding by the diSfrau'
Chisement of One-third of the popuia.
ton of the State. This, the Democrac!
glories in. May their glory be short
Bhonld be the sincere desire of ever!
man who prefers manhood and desire
the rights of man. Democracy ha
kept six thousand children Of the Stat,
uRder black cloud of ignorance b!
positively refusing to provid'
vhuOls for them and to-day there il
not in the State school house erected
by the aid ofthe State for the education
sf the colored children. The law passet
four years ago taxing colored people t,
support their own schools is a close rela
tive of the resolution passed In tn
Legislature years before recommending
tho hungry wives and children of tn
soldiers to the charities of the publ
without giving dollar from the Treas
RTy Of the State. There was plenty o
money TO buy substitutes for draftel
Democrats, plenty of money to subsi
dine railroads; but not dollar for sui
SsIing wives, widows and children Q
sOlAisrA. There was plenty of money {
increase the salaries of Democratic off
gals, bnt not a dollar had the State t
pay for the education OF 5000 poor Il
Aorant colored children, who had neve
been educated. But this was Demo-
raey and this is what the speakers
the Democratic party glOried in. Wa
ahere ever such sham-such q delu
.ssiNn--Auch a pbantOm-suchsa shade