Daily Republican., 1882-11-09
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER .. 'ssa
The YoIce OF the people.

The Voice of the People.
Delaware has decided by something
like the usual majority that the GOV
ernment, as carried Oh by the Demo
Gratis, is good enough and shall Dc con
tinued at least two years more. 1t Will
hardly do to say that this was the de-
liberate intelligent decision OF the
Democrats, for it is to be regretted thai
blind adherence to any particular par
ty disqualifes voter from making an
intelligent choice. The people have
said however by their votes that they
ARE willing to trust to the promises OF
the Democratic party and take reform
in small homeopathic doses. They
have said By their votes that after all
tisfranchisement is not such a bad
thing-that fifty thousand people out
ofoDe hundred and fifty thousand, hav-
Jig no voice nor vote IN the law max
ing body of the State, is not grievous
evil-that it is perfectly fair and hon
orable that one man in Kent and Sus-
sex counties should have as much po-
litical power as three men in New Cas-
tie. They have said that the depriva-
&ion of some seven thousand children OF
the State of the advantages of free edu-
cation, is an evil that can be very easily
endured. 1t is true that a weak prom.
Use has teen made by the Democrats
that there will be reform in the plan
of free education, and that they will!
give the people of New Castle County
increased representation, but these are
weak promises, made, we predict, to
prolong their poi wer and only to Le|
broken. 1t is a sign however of reform
that even these promises have been
made after thirty years OF power, with.
out an effort to make any change. The
people of the State however, those who
had the right to vote and who did vote,
have said by those votes that reforms
shall move slowly. Had ali the people
voted the result would have been On
tirely different. Behind the large vote
cast. stand Thousands of disfranChised
citizens, who had no vote because they
were the victims of tyranical and in
iouitous assessment law, which has
been an engine for robbing the people
of their rights and liberties. This po-
litical guillotine when put into opera
ton, left three thousand victims in the
State, nearly all Republicans, who were
deprived of their tight to vote. This Is
what gave the Democrats their victory
last Tuesday. This silent army could
Int look at the fortunate Democrats
casting their votes, while they were de-
prived of the right TO vote. To the
workings of this iniquitous assessment
law, may be ascribed the Democratic
victory of last Tuesday. Delaware is
Republican to-day by two thousand me-
jority, out of vote Of thirty Two thous'
and, but enough Republicans are dis
franchised each successive year to make
the State safely and securely Demo
cratic. This is the truth in a nut shell
and there is no Disgusting it.
The darkest lookout for the future Is
the fact that in this respect the Demo-
Gratis have promised no reform 1t was not
difficult to extort from them a promise to
reform the educational plan and TO pro-
vide for increased representation, but
the assessment laws were pronounced
to be perfect in every part. They were
sanctioned by such high dignitaries as
Senator Bayard, who, indeed exultant-
ly proclaims himself to be the author of
the most Objectionable part of the whole
law. The beneficial results OF this law
Injured to the Democrats last Tuesday.
While all who could be raked up to
vote the Democratic ticket we're at the
polls with q tax receipt and Democratic
ticket in their hands, hundreds Of Re.
publicans, good citizens, many ofthem
property holders, could not vote because
they had be- disfranchised by law
Which would be more properly denomi-
mated q law to cheat Republicans out of
their votes than to be called an assess
ment law. &