Daily Republican., 1882-06-15
THURSDAY. JUNE 1882
Reasons for n Ch ange.

Reasons fer n Change.
If it We're only change of men fol
office in Delaware that is demanded,
the people might well hesitate before
giving in their adherence to the public
voice. One party can give as good
government, can be as progressive, can
advance the prosperity of the State as
well as any other party if it would do
so, but the difficulty is that parties
usual become selfish and arrogant by
long continued power and look more
to personal good and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
than to the public good and prosperity.
This is especially the case in our State
where the Democratic party having
been long in power has neglected the
practice Justice and has become pow
erful ombination to secure to them.
selves all the offices Of the State and to
pass no laws but those that would tend
to the perpetuity of the reign of Demo.
cracy. They have kept themselves in
power by appealing to the prejudices
of the people and establishing race and
color lines and. by the passage of laws
that resulted practically in the disfran
chisement of a large portion OF the peo-
pie.
After long and contin uous possess
sion of the government of the State by
such means as described, the people are
at last waking up to see the folly CT
keeping one party continuously in pow.
or simply because it possesses the name
of Democracy without the principles
of the same. The prejudices engender-
dered by scheming and far reaching
politicians to keep themselves in office
are wearing away, and the people are
beginning to see that the name of De-
mocracy is one thing while the practice
of Democracy is quite another. They
see that there is no other way to cure
this evil than to change the govern
ment Of the State, and this they intend
to do at the next State election by the
election of the Republican ticket
This change the people see is absolutely
necessary that justice may be done to
all the people regardless Of race or
color. By the practice Of Democracy
rs Democracy sees it, there are 10000
citizens, of New Castle county that are
deprived from representation in the
Legislature Of the State. By the prac-
tice of Democracy, 10000 citizens are
deprived of the means of securing an
education for themselves and for their
children. By the practice Of Dsmocra-
Cy, Delaware has for the last twenty |
years had large bonded debt created
which III the manner of the application
of the money raised for the most part
f0ste-ed and aided the great rebellion |
against the National Government, !
whereas prior to that time the State
was practically free from debt. By the
practice of Democracy the State has
been deprived of the benefits of humane
and benevolent institutions for the
comfort and protection of the unfor-
tunate ones of the State. In place of
blind, deaf and dumb asylums, houses
of refuge and houses of correction,
there is nothing to break the cheerless
monotony but the poor houses, the jails
and whipping posts of the State.
To change this is the object of the Re-
publican party, and the people have
evidently made up their minds that it
is time for the change to come. They
see that no harm can result to the
State by such legislation az will en-
franchise all who have been disfran.
chised by unjust and iniquitous as.
laws.
They propose that the $4,000 citizers
who now have no voice in the Legisla.
ture of the State shall be represented. |
They propose that educational facilities
shall be provided for all the people of
the State, the American, the German,
the Irishman and the African. They
propose th at the debt of the State shall !
be Inundated, but that no more shall
be raised and spent to cripple the gov
ernmeIt in its days of trial. They pro-
pose that in addition to the means pro-
vided for the punishment of crime, that
crime shall be prevented by just and
righteous legislation, and that the
poor, the blind, the deaf and the dumb
shall be properly cared for. With these
intentions and principles the Republi-
can party stands before the people and
asks for their suffrages, and they are
not asking in vain. The people are be-
ginning to see that nothing can be lest
by the Republicans obtaining the con.
troll of the State government and the
and at the next election
they propose to make the change.
REPUBLICANS, HAVE you paid your
axss yet? Go and do 1t now if you
rave not done 30. A tax receipt In
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