The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-23

Let the Leaders Pause.
How far will the leaders OF the Dem
aratic party in this city take John L.
ckey In his course Of tyranny, fraud,
Justice and outrage upon more than
ne half the people of the city, simply
bcause that larger half dare TO be Re-
lblicans? How far will Hon. Thomas
Bayard, Senator Gray and Hon.
Charles B. Lore invoke and control
he courts upon a mere technical plea
n defence of fraud and violence that
The party to which they belong may
DO victorious and shower its favors
Upon the heads of favored Democrats
by means of thievery and with the
stolen goods in their possession? These
distinguished gentlemen have never
Tailed to respond to the call OF their
party when they were needed to in
woke the courts in its behalf -.-..
No matter how rank the fraud, how
reeking with injustice, how terrible in
its tyranny, how crushing in its dlsre-
gard Of the rights of the people, how
intolerant Of liberty, the leaders of
the Democracy, true as the needle to
the pole have responded in the hour
OF danger to their party to defend all
that Is bad in the partisan laws of the
State, all that is offensive in action
and dishonest in purpose. And the
courts have never failed them. The
sun has never pursued his course
with more regularity from the east to
the .sest than tie courts have favor
cratic leaders. We will not say thot
law was not on the side OF the courts
but with the courts differently con
stituted, the law might have been con-
strued to bear as strongly on the other
side. But let that pass, it is delicate
ground to tread on.
We ask again how much farther the
leaders of the democracy Will lead
their party In its course OF crime, out
rage and Acknowledgement? We are
too much used to putting the blame
upon such men rs Dlckey, McClosEey,
Dobb, Doud and Finck, bat tho real
offenders live In exalted positions and
Issue their orders from Clayton street
heights and from the Senate chamber
at Washington and whose ready weap,
ons are injunctions from friendly
courts. .....-. ......
Their leadership sustained q
monstrous assessment fraud, designed
TO disfranchise more than three thou.
sand Republican voters, as Is proven
by the long lines Of Republicans ap
plying daily at the Levy Court to be
assessed.
1t has led delinquent tax collector
Finck, under the dictatlon of his chief
john t. Diekey, to attempt TO aid TIL!
disfranehlsemeIt by refusing to col
lect Republican taXc5, which resulted
In violent resistance on the part OF the
tax payers TO such Infamous tyranny
What next is to be done? Where next
will Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Gray direct
their followers TO follow? Are til,
people to be farther trampled upon
insulted and outraged? We would nd
wise these distinguished gentlemen t,
beware. An outraged people are still
disposed for peace. but not peace Il
the sacrifice Of their franchise rights
All they desire, all they demand, is tn
privilege Of paying taxes they owe tc
the county, their franchise rights the!
will exercise as they see proper after
wards.
They are not in a temper to lay
this privilege denied them. They hay
suffered more already thaa our reYo
lutionary fathers endured from tn
tyranny of England Whom they thre,
the British tea overheard and tough
the battles OF Lexington ana BunEo
Hill. What did tAe people Then cHr
for law and for courts only used t,
crush them2 They all disappeared Ii
fore the grand uprising OF the pcopl
in defence OF their crushed liberties
Nobody wants to see this history re
peated in Delaware, and tho test wa
to prevent It Is FOR the leaders Of u.
mocracy to pause in their course, an
simply let the people pay their taxes
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