The daily gazette., 1883-06-26
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Be Furnishes "D. d." with some Pointed
Suggestions, Worthy Of Careful Consider
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To THE EDITOR OF THE GAzETTR.-"D
D." writes another letter to the Mornin O
Nsps, dated June 21st, which from begin
ming to end shows him to be q fanatic on
the subject of temperance. He says he has
reverence for holy things, but he fails to
show 1t. His language denotes anything
else, and sayors Of the pot-house politician
say that anything that has q tendency to
lower the standard OF religion, / am op-
posed to. very much fear I'D. D." does
not read the Bible as much as he should.
will therefore urge upon him TO search the
Scriptures, and by so doing he viii find that
religion and temperance go hand In hand.
Now, Twill anticipate what this movement
will amount TO by the time that candidates
are to be nominated for another Legislature;
both the Democratic and Republican parties
will nominate men to be voted for. The
Republican nominees will endorse all that
I'D. D." and his Independent followers de-
sire, and that will be the Republican, In
dependent, Local Optic n, and Prohibition
ticket, and will be supported by all the isms
outside Of the Democratic party. No differ
ence who the Democrats nominate, these
men will look upon them with suspicion,
what they may promise. Now, suppose this
independent movement nomlnates a ticket,
pledged to Local Option or prohibition,is this
all they have in view, If elected2 No, no;
they would be In favor of giving New Castle
county as much representation as the two
other counties have, and more. These same
people, If they had 1t in their power, would
Iegislate In such manner as to allow the city
of Wilmington TO control the State. But
this state Of things canDot and will not
come TO pass, for be It remembered that the
Democrats have majority In each county,
and rule the State, as they have q right to
do. know very many Democrats are In
favor of Local Option and would willingly
support men who are In favor of 1t, But
they Wouldnot support men whose principle
are at variance with our time honored insti-
tutions for the mere sake of Local Option.
They cannot afford to place men in power
who detest our laws, and trample upon the
acts of the Legislature with impunity.
Something more must oe promised by these
independents than Local Option. The honor
and Integrity of the State would be at stake,
and Local Option honey will not induce
men who love their State and her time
honored laws to be caught with such bait,
Now, suppose the independents nominate q
ticket and elect 1t In each of the counties, or
a sufficient number to give them power to
control the Legislature. The first bill passed
would be Local Option bill. What next9
I'D. D." does not make any promises, and
has not the courage to do so. Now, sup
pose the Democratic nominees accept of
the pledge for Local Option and make
but with ali the other planks Democratic,
according to the old Jefferson school. Now,
these men will vote for local option If
elected, and fulfill their promise to the letter.
ask any sane man in Delaware does he be-
lieve that the men whose names are pub
lished in the Morning NeWs on June Is and
%, would vote the Democratic Local Option
ticket / say no, they would not. They
would not sacrifice their party principles by
electing to office men whose principles are
opposed to them. tf
Now, Brother "D D." have your pre-
amble and resolutions published on the 18th
amended. suggest the following for your
consideration "And whereas, we the un-
dersigned will vote for, and use our infu-
ence to have elected the nominees of
any party who will vote for local
option, in consideration for which we
pledge ourselves to not interfere with
the political convictions of said nominees on
any other subject that may come before
them while members of the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Delaware" Be honest
preambles and resolu ions in such manner
as will show to the world what you mean,
leaving no loop-hole for escape andno butts
or ifs In the way. Then / am with you,
and will gladly assist with all my power and
influence (if have any) to make the move
ment success. 5us So .ra ..
Let me tell you true story, not that
desire to injure your cause, but because 1t
furnishes food for reflection; Some 30 years
olraNx al In
county and was composed Of Democratic and
Wings. was at the election and saw for
myself what took place. One of the most
noted temperance men of this county was
there, He was at the head of the move
ment and worked hard all day amongst
Democrats and many voted the temperance
ticket. When this man voted 1t was within
few minutes of the time for closing the
polls. He handed In his ticket and lett In q
hurry, but the ticket was put In
the inkstand and well marked be-
fore going into the ballot box.
was there when It was opened and
counted. 1t was straight Whig ticket,
voted by one of the strongest advocates oi
temperance and a consistent member OF
church. believe he was good man, but
he did not bring his religion into politics,
and would not sacrifice his Wing principles
to vote the temperance ticket because q
number of the candidates were Demo-
Gratis. I--
sd. D." when you enter into politics and
expect success to crown your efforts, you
must not let your right hand know what
| your left hand is doing. am honest In
what say. / like good men and like to see
them in good company. think It is their
duty not to mingle too much with worldly
men, but TO set an example that is worthy
of their calling. Now, sir, you can call me
honest or dishonest, as you may be inclined,
but you will find out at least that have
told you the truth, HONESTY.
WmMINeToN, June IS. 1888.