Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-03

shsriE-ERANK G. SrIDHAM.
rofoner--CHARLEsE K. SPARKs.
Tho Constitutional Amendment.
We would say to Democrat" in
the Every Evening, that there is some
thing else in this Constitutional Amend
mept, that is now pending before the
people of Della " are, than an avaricious
disposition to take what you can get"
and be satisfied with IL. The people of
New Castle County are not driven to
the necessity yet of sacrificing honor, in
tegrity, manhood and political franchise
1t such a price as is offered by the
Constitutional Amendment referred to.
Those who love principle more than
party would prefer getting along under
the constitution as it is now, than to go
to the polls and place their own stamp
of inferiority upon themselves by voting
for an amendment that makes the in
feriority perpetual and binding
Did Democrat" really ever stop to
think what he was advocating If he
has not, let him stop now and view the
proposed amendment in its disfranchis-
ing light. He can do this no better than
by making comparison of the proposed
represen tation of New Castle County
in the Senate, compared with that of
Kent County. New Castle County has
$4,000 population at the least, while
Kent County has not more than $4,000.
The amendment gives New Castle
County four mem bers, and it gives Kent
the same number. Deduct 80, 900 from
IS, 900 and we have just so, 900 remain
ing that have no representation in the
Senate. Fifty thousand people, fifteen
Thousand more than the whole popula-
ion of Kent County totally disfranchis-
ed. The people are called on to vote
for this distr inchising amendment. A
voter in New Castle County is called
upon to say by his own ballot that he
puts within the ballot box that he shall
only have one-third the power by repre-
sentation III the Senate that a voter
from Kent County has. In other words,
he is called upon, by his own vote, TO
say that it shall take nearly three men
from New Castle County to equal one
man from Kent County. This is the
great amendment feast to which the
voters of New Castle County are ill.,
vited. Will they go and partake of it
Are they so hungry thai They will sac
rihce manhood and suffrage by accept.
ing little more than IA third of LOAF
of bread ?
How much better off would the peo
pie of NewCasrlcCouuty be, so far as rep
resentation III the Senate is concerned
under the amended constitution thai
they are now under thu constitution a
it is ? Now, New Cas- lie County ha
three Senators, SO has Kent. Unde
the amended constitution, New Castl
County would have four Senators, 81
would Kent. What would the pcopl
of New Castle County gain were the,
to elect the Democratic ticket, and b.
so doing adopt the amendment Sim
ply nothing.
AS it is, the ratIn Of representation /
the Senate is, Que Senator 70 rs, 1888 pee
Pile for New Castle County for Ken
1t is IL, CSC. Under the amended col
stitution it would be one to u 250 pee
pie for New Castle ; for Kent it woul
be one to $3.50. The disfranehised pc,
pie of New Castle County in their e,
tremity asked the Legislature TO CON
TO their relief, and this is the way
has come. We have already show
that there are 80, 600 people, one-thil
the population Of the STATE, in Ne
Castle County totally disfranchis,
from representation in the Senate no,
Under the amended constitution Il
number of DISTINGUISHED would be e.
actly the same. That is rellevii
Il. 81
freshing.
But the amendment gives New Ca
tie County four more members of u
lower house than Kent County We a
told. Yes, aud that is all it does, al
this Is the fractional loaf the people a
asked to accept to keep them fro
starving. New Castle County, If plac
npon an equality with Kent, is entitl
TO ten new meInDe She is given lou
six short of what she is entitled to.
beggarly pittanoe indeed ! But we a
reminded that it WAS not the Dem
cratic party that is responsible fer I
present constitution.
1t matters not what party is respo
sible for it. One thing is certain,
started out right on the principle
the time of its adoption having abe
the same population. 1t was not fol
seen at that time even by the keen |
litical eye of John M. Clayton til
under that constitution there would
$4,000 disfranchised citizens in New
tie County in 1884. Now, then, citiz
voters of New Castle County, is Dem
cracy so SIC ed that you will 60 to
polls and vote for the proffered amer
meDt to keep it in power even thou
you place your own So III of inferiori
upol YOU NJ: iood IN fgs p
people have suffered marty rdom Tor
sacred cause, but is the latter
Democracy 40 consecrated and dear
the soul that people, who ought to
freemen, will immediate themsely
upon the altar of political slavery, Il
it may be perpetuated ? Is there a
occasion for people accepting the st
walton political loaf that the Der
cratic party may be kept in power
Delaware
The whole amendment is but
litical scheme to perpetuate DeInocrs
ascendancy. 1t cannot do that with
DISTINGUISHING $4,000 citizens of n
CastleCounty. 1t is not an amendmen
benefit the people, but one TO benefit
Democratic party and it is left TO a '
OF the people in such partisan m
ner that the only plan of defeating i
to vote against the Democratic Legi
ipa tirlar