The Wilmingtonian., 1885-02-21
POCKET BOROUGH!
THE DELAWARE ARCHON IS-
SUES HIS MANDATES!.
Are the Exactiops of the hay ard Family
10 become a Hereditary Lien ON the
State OF Delaware

tical. Should the Senator from Delaware
be mentioned, the word "Bayard'' flies ia
the lips! In our state it has its '1ocal habi.
tation and its name" Can we imagine OF
dare we, Delaware not being represented by
one of that family The only instance in
the annals Of this county where father and
son sat in the Senate simultaneously is that
of James A. Bayard and the present incum-
bent, THOMAS T. BAYARDR'
Since the birth of the nation the Bayards
have represented this state in the National
Congress, they have been the recipients of
the greatest honors that their fellow citizens
of Delaware could confer upon them, In
addition, the present Senator has run close
candidacy in his party's nomination for the
Presidency of the United States. The fact.
stated in a recent lengthy notice in the New
York Times of THOMAS F. BAyARD's family
history, although Southern man by
birth, education, association, and feeling, he
is by no means popular favorite in that
section" reveals the probable cause of his
failure.
To bear out the Times assertion as to his
Weakness it will be remembered that North
Carolina was the onl Asouthern state that in
structed its delegates in the last Democratic
ann ION IN nta Cnp u
while two-thirds of the southern states had
instructed their delegates to vote for Cleye-
land and had not mentioned Bayard for sec
ond choice! Additionally Maryland was
the only state that gave THOMAS f. BAY
ARD d solid delegation on the first ballot,
that is, of course, outside of Delaware's
three votes. This would indicate, aud
should be the real test OF our Senator's all
legged strength in the estimation of the De-
mocracy of the United States. 1t sh ould be
remembered too, that that very convention
which defined the Hon. THOMAS F. BAY.
ARDS status in that distinct way, was the,
concensus of all the leading minds Of the
Democratic party, tie ablest delegation the
country ever saw!
The State of Delaware has paid a centu-
ry of Senatorial ho1ors to tins s.ir-r,sa
heretofore the other states of the Union
have considered that that favore name was
not unentitlcd to this continuity of hered-
itary honors.
Now the question aIises, as the present
incumbent, SENATOR THOMAS L. BAYARD
chooses to throw away tbe richest gifts of
his fellow citizens, and, for reasons of perso-
nal aggrandzement, accepts the position Of
Secretary of State, the question comes, as
that exalted parsonage tells his vassals of
Delaware "my wish is that you place my
friend, the Hon. GEORGE GRAY, IN the Ma
tional Senate" Oh, hol Our great heredi-
tary Satrap commands us, free citizens of
this state, to do his bidding, and endow his
personal friend with the vacant Senator
ship!
1t looks very much as if Mr.. BAYARD had,
or considers he has, vested right in this
patronage. Mr. Bayard's exalted qualities
may or may not be very great, and their
resplendent glamour may have dimmed the
discrimination of hero ro.worshipers-but If
in this country of Democratic principles,
we refuse to consider hereditary conditions,
or rights of hereditary patronage, surely we
shall without hesitation refuse to tolerate
the absolutely amazing spectacle of this
man, whose family and self has been sur
feited with honors, arrogating to himself
the prerogative of appointing a Senator to
the National Congless, and get this is the as
founding assumption that The HoN. THOMAS
F. BAYARD essays.
He essays to reduce the sovereign State
of Delaware to the position of pocket bor-
ough! An appanage of the noble house Of
Bayard! How do you like the picture, Del
awareans! If you or your Representatives at
Dover do MT nominate Mr. George Gray as
Senator to the National Congress, you will in
cur the everlasting wrath Of the aristocratit
houseof Bayard The Hon. THOMAS F
BAYARD and his immediate worshipers ar,
the State Of Delaware! Do you remembe
the Great Napoleon who supercl.iousl,
cried pE,dt, c'est mol (The state, am tn
state)
The incident is repeated here in Della
ware, the first record of such presumptio
in the history of the United States.
And this great parsonage who overawe
the citizens of the State of Delaware wit
the immensity of his superiority is as indi
:, ferent to their domestic needs as he rise
above them in national solicitude. Do yo
forget the studied indifference to the petitio
of the merchants of Wilmington ON til
Trade Dollar question, his forgetfulness {
the paramount requirements of WilmiDgto
among the ports of the United States f.
state aid, as the busiest ahd most euerget
shipbuilding community in the countr,
u Its legitimate needs compared to the 9th,
ed seaports for which millions are asked by Il
g, Senators who represent those districts, fa
&C. ed at the time to dawn upon this superb