The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-20
What The Delawarean Says.


What The Delawarean Says.
In regard to our past campaign, our es-
teemed contempory the Delawarean says i
"The election in and for this State is one
of the things of the past, and we believe We
voice the sentiment of every true Democrat
in the State when we say it is to be hoped
that such another will not again occur in
this State. For six long months, turmoil,
bitterness, elimination and reormination
were the oi der and rule, Reason, sense and
justice seemed to have been abandoned by
many members of the party, and they acted
DIS though they verify believed that they and
they alone should dictate nominations and
piomulgate the policy of the party without
any consultation with their political associ-
ates. 1t is unnecessary now to speak of the
causes which led to such a state of affairs ::
sufficient it is to know that such state OF
things existed and that they sprung up in
the last few years, aud thai they should be
eradicaied from the party"
Perhaps it may be said that the Fall cleo
tion campaign of 1856 will never be thing
of the past. 1t cannot be. 1t must always
remain the grand text, par excellence, fol
it,,fi NJ i,,,
ware.
Also We are very glad that it happened,
and, as it did happen, that it happened as
foully iniquitously as the record, from all
directions show. Without this glariug in
iquity, its accompaniment of infamous fraud
and de5asement of the franchise, what
worthy or pertinent text would the press Of
the Peninsula have to preach from
We are devoutly thankful to an al-wise
providence that the mis- chief has developed
at this opportune moment that we are SO en-
abled "to point moral and adorn a tale"
The glazing brilliancy OF the iniquity, its
immediate contiguity, its regency and una
apologetic impudence are the points that
commend the fact of ,the sretssgeBae, No.
Delawarean who knows and patriutically
loves his State would wish our annals to be
otherwise. The parallelism is that Of a
r6ductto dd dJSurdam. The moral filth is so
noisome that the bovine instincts of our
brethren are stirred. Thank God for the
pestilence. A Stase Board of political Health
must now move in the matter.
Natural laws give us sometimes evidence
of heroic treatment. The atmosphere is so
impure that pestilence alone will bring a
perfect cure. So, in this case, honest Dem
ocrats beseeched their Conventions, election
after election, year after year to do some
thing as well as to promise only. But bos-
sism and PERJURY and fraud continued un-
mitigated despite the ''endorsugs" of GER
tain platforms by the County conventions.
No better proof of the logical right of
honest Democrats to demand reform exists
than in the record of the past campaign.
Our County committee (of New Castle
County, was beseeched to condemn and pun
ish the methods used in the legislative nom
nations. They were full of promise but no
action followed. .+-
Aud still these very men of the County
committee Were the first who had the i'm
pudent assurance to turn around aud sneer
at their fellow Democrats as "bolters" for
refusing to openly endorse the regular tick
ct
Now if we judge Alright the proper time
and opportunity was taken to demonstrate
against these wrongs. II is conceded that an
improper time to demonstrate would have
been after instead OF before the nominations
or elections ior here they are one and the
same. Loyalty TO party is a right and
proper thing. But that loyalty cannot be
asked, in fact the remonstrants are released
from all fealty when their demands, made
at the proper legal moment, are not attend
ed to but purposely overlooked.