Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-14

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FRANKLIN q. sTibHAh, Wilmington.
CORUNER,
CHARLES z. SPARks. WILMINGTON.
Delawsre's Recor1 or Democ.
raey.
The Democrats have had possession
of the State Government for thirty
years and what have they got in the
way Of progress to show for it The
State went into their hands free of
debt, how is it now? Over q million
dollars in debt. They found in it
free school system good one for its
day and generation upon which they
have made but little improvement, and
in matters Of education at the end OF
those thirty years it is tar in the rear of
the race for know edge. They found it in
IN approximate equality Of representa-.
tion though the ny stem was bad one,
but they have made no improvement
upon 1t aud at the end of thirty years
they have on their hands fifty thousand
disfranchissd c,tizen>-one- third the
population of the State. These dis
franchised citizens are all in New
Castle County and have no voice in
making the laws that are to govern
them in either branch Of the Legisla.
ture. A puuy attempt is made now to
0nfranchise twenty-five thousand of
them 80 that they can have a voice in
one branch of the Legislature, but they
are to have no voice IN the other. This
il all the Democrats of Delaware have
done in thirty years in behalf of a
popular Government of the people for
the people and by the people.
1t Is true they found slavery in the
State thirty years ago, a system Of in
voluntary servitude and injustice fol
which the Democrats were not alone
responsible, but when every Other
State in the Union has repudiated
slavery and bloted it from their Con
stitution, the Democracy of Delaware
have left it uurepeale upon the statut.
books of the State dead letter at tn,
present time it is true, but ready 70
instant opera tion should any emergenc,
occur that would place slavery upol
its feet again
The Democrats when they came il
possession of the State found a system
OF assessments for taxes coupled witt
the right To vole which bore tQuitabl,
upon all withon regard to party, bu
1t the end OF thirty years they hav
turned the assessment laws into par
tisan machine for the object of cheatin
the ate out Of taxes by cheating Re
publicans out Of votes. They found
life judiciary system in the State whic
il aHti-republican, but there is no change
nor even now, when an effort Is mad
to change the judicial system in som
other respects, no change is propose
which interf eres with the life tenure G
Office.
When they came into possession
the State they found only the Legisl;
ture, the Levy Courts, the Sheritfs an
COroners elected by the people. n
change has been made in all thot
thirty years Though every 9th,
State has abandoned this undem ocrati
unrepublican system, the Democracy {
Delaware moves in that direction
The people are still deprived of th
rgh5 they should have to say wi
should be their State officers, the
county Off GERS, their magistrates an
their constables. In no other s a
does sue / a state of affairs exist, p 1
exists in Delaware because the In
cratic party is in power, and will n
interfere with system that keeps Il
best offices of the State in the hands
favored few.
In all these years the Democrat
party has been the foe to State reform
the foe TO progress, the Bourbon thi
never meves forward.
Soon after its advent into power
the State the rebellion against L
Union broke out and the Democrat
party FASTENED to place itself as near
Upon the verge OF secession as it pc
sibly could without going all the W.
over into the Southern confederacy.
opposed every measure put forward
the National Government to suppre
The rebellion. Its orators went up al
down the State calling the Union ~
diers Liacoln's hirelings and C
throats.'' IL entertained the rel
commissioners sent from the South
induce Delaware to go on: Of the U nit
and apologtzed to them by saying
substance We are sorry, but =
can't
When motion was made in 6
Legislature to hoist the stars a.
stripes upon the flag pole OF the 5 u
House Democracy defeated the motto
When motion was made to make
appropriation TO help the wldoa
wives and children of the soldiers W
were in distress, the Democrats dete
ed the motion. When draft "
ordered by the National Govern mt
for men Up go into the army, the Leg
lature was called together, and
State was plunged into debt 10 ra
money I'd pay communications or to p
chase substitutes wherever they COZ
be got More than this the Der
cratic Legislature, several times sil
the war, has made an attempt to coll
from the General Government what
State raised and paid for substitutes
the plea that it was a war debt.
At The end of thirty years OF Def
cratic rule we look over the State
we find no humanitarian institut
within It's borders to which the et
pays ono dollar, unless jails and pE
houses come under that name. OF