Daily Republican., 1890-03-27


The colored people Of the State Of Del.
aware v 70 on the eve Of organizing
State League for the advocacy and pro-
motion Of their school system, believing
that, In the politics Of great nation.
even the greatest questions must tako
their turns, according AZ now one and
now another gains the lead In public At
tentiop, and the more sagaclously and
diligently any worthy question 10 pressed
to the front by the forces that dictate to
the daily press, the stump and the M.
tional and STATE legislature, the sooner
and oftener must " time come around
to lay uppermost hold on the national
conscience and policy.
They proposed to keep their vote alive.
That meant much. II meant, without
vcnality and servillty, to hold their vote
mp for the honorable comparative bid OF
political psrties. They believed 1t to be
an evident fact A vote that one party
could not hope TO win ut any price. That
people need not expect anything from
either. That vote WAS not . free will
offering to the past, but debt TO the
present. RecognizipG that tho debts Of
gratitude were sacred. but NO unwise
vote could tighten 1t. That both parties
were formed for Legislation, and each was
Indispensable.
Therefore any people who would band
themselves together to oppose any lsgis.
lation save that which. rs put forth by
| one party, WAS menace TO any State
But few days ago an article appeared In
The DAILY REPUBLICAN, q fac-simile Of
Que which was sent to the PhilAdel phia
Inquirer, by Governor Biggs, Of the State
OF Delaware, giving bis opinion OF the So
luton OF the negro problem. II he but
re-echoed the sentiment Of the Demo
the proposed league coming to naught.
Let ne state few Of the statements made
by tho Governor, aud at the same time
how they are looked on by the league
LET them educAte their own children a
their own expense, teach them to throw
away tho cigar, the pipe, the whisky bot
tie and the tobacco plug. "Instead o
turning politicians, wasting their tim,
seeking Office, Lot them apply themselves
to industrious habits and economy
This System Of social science seems u
foreign that we are led to inquire into th,
Governors school days, q we'll as hii
age.
theories OF Ricarcs and Nautilus appear
to the civilized people Of to-day, they
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great problems that are agitating the
lminds OF the statesmen to-day, aud at
d.stnguishsble into three departments
of national activity-the jurRl state. the
culture state and tho industrial state
seem to have given the legislator 0i
Delaware no concern ~ yet. Aanifestly
the second OF those now engrosses the
attention, whereas they hitherto have
chiefly considered the third. And II
the same strain he continues: "And 70
member the decree has been proclaimed,
by the sweat of your brow you shall cal
your bread The Governor has quo
tation mark, hence indicative of 4 direcl
quotation from the Bible. We how
ever, do not think that he got thai
sentence from the Bible on which Presi
dent Harrison took mis- oath. We have
often heard that the Governor held to the
Darwinian theory In part, that 10 as ap-
plying exclusively to the negro. But we
were not aware that he claimed no allie.
glance whatever to Father Adam, aud
therefore shared In no wise any part o.
that Divine JUNCTION, 'sIn the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread"
In pressing Biblical Views on US further
he says: Solomon says II you have .
wise man among you let him be youl
ruler" II the Governor will only read
our Bible, he will find that Solomon
Gays: "A wise man." He simply useI
one adjective.
1t 10 an cid sdsge, ''show me you
rulers and will tell you the condition o.
your people,"
need not say more than that. Thu
colored people at the correspondent
: home. Summit Bridge. Del, are erecting
a new school house now, by means
mortgasing their homes. Dare the col
ored men 10 build upon volcano that Il
constantly belching up such CHASTITY sub
stance. We believe, however, there ar
aome whose loyalty to principle is un
questionable, whose vsracity Ii unim
peachable, whose motives are beyon'
suspicion. Yes, they sxiit, unsubmerge'
In that bad element All homer to thos
strong swimmers.