Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-10

this thing, but here in this city we have
the leading newspaper, called the Morning
Ne'es the leading organ and mouthpicce
Of the Republican party Of our fellow
everyone of whom | have nothing but
kindly feelings for--1 have been their
representative and when was in Congress
] never thought of asking the politics OF
man who came 10 me for pub-
tSom service &c lA4R2p nI, represented
have relations Of confidence and profess
sional relations which hold to-day, and
feelings of the greatest good willard
therefore, II is that am shocked when |
read labored editorial covering two
columns and over of a paper attempting
to Justify the purchase of any mans vote
by giving him public office provided he
IS weak and corrupt enough to accept it;
think where the immortality Of such
doctrine carries you. Milton says III one
of his verses that "All weakness Is wicked
ness" and | suppose that all wickedness
Is weakness. l.aughter But what arc
you to think of the morality, or rather tho
immortality of the doctrine that finding a
man weak corrupt, dishonest and sinful,
you shall plunge him further into the
abyss of degradation and crime, and do
that by taking the public Offices of the
country, and staining the public service
by Introducing 4 man whom you know to
in order to introduce him there. [Ap-
plausc.
My friends, shall await the result Of
this election with deep, sincere and trenlul-
GUS interest. | want to think well of the
men whomay not agree with mein opinion.
have lived ana maintained friendship
with those who were not of my mind or Of
my way of thinking, but there are some
things about which honest men cannot diff
er. Applause. Mr.. Webster once said THAT
there were certain rights pertaining to Il
man that could not be drawn i'll question
He termed them 'tireside rights" the
rights that belong to tho individual and
no man onght to ever allow such rights to
be drawn into question at all. And so |
say in regard 10 essentials upon which
society rests for its safety, for its respeHsi-
bility even ii our lives were to end here
even if when the grave closed over bodies
that was to be the end of rs, still there
would remain the necessities OF certain
qualities in society to make us happy Or
safe. Those qualities are truth, are honor,
are good faith, are Justice and vet what
becomes of all those qualities Under the
guidance of Higgins ami the editor OF the
Morning Ne@S. Applause.
My friends, | have kept Nou long,
voices from all over the house, ''Go oil
go on!" but, indeed, there cannot be sub
lects more important to your welfare than
those which l have tried to bring before
you, have spoken plainly OF this last
criminal and netarious act, because IL was
my duty so TO speak. did il with 4 sense
OF pam and sense oil shame. never
could have believed that this honest old
State would have had such stain Us has
been sought to be put upon her nnw; and,
therefore, have the righttD call for every
man, Republican or Democrat, every lover
OF Delaware, every lover Of honesty, every
profe9sOr-l Will not say of religion only,
but professor of the morals thai underlie
religion--l call Oh all these by vote and
act to rebuke this great and monstrols at
tempt not only to put UP our state at auc-
ton but to steal her by corruption and BY
acts that shall breed new infainies in other
departments Of the public government
What kind Of man would it be thai woulo
take and fill the Office proposed by Mr.
Higgins to Major Wootten. what would
lie be like Would he not naturally anG
certainly deceive and betray the govern
ment there just rs he had deceived and be
trayed his party here Applause.
No, my friends, / do not know, in th(
providence of God, what may be the result
of the election throughout the United
States on next Tuesday, but do knOwthi!
that issues have been made that will grow
deeper and palmer and palmer until thu
right is established and the wrong is over
thrown.
had thought, within the last two d
three years that my share Of political cx
ertion in life had been ended and that
had right to have relaxation and rcpus
after many years of anxiety and toll ii
the public service; but when | see this new
issue looming up more dreadfully and il
Haster proportions | feel that whether
die tonight or live for 90 years | am en-
listed for the war. Cheer after cheer. ioni
and continued applause, in which tn
whole audience joined, from the gallery L
the stage.
And now we part for tonight read
the other day u few words that | will asl
you to remember. There was a MAJ
named Daniel Morgan, who was bort
in New Jersey Of humble America
stock, aud entered the Revolutionary army
fought through il braYely and came out .
it colonel Of the Eleventh Virginia Regi
inent; 50 linc Il soldier and the head of i
fine body Of men, that when BurgOyn
surrendered at Saratoga he told him it WA
the finest regiment in the world. Attn
close Of the war he WAS called on b,
the governor Of Virginia 10 render a rcp0r
of the engagements Of his regiment, wheF
they had fought what actions they hil
taken part in and Tie general military hi
tory OF the body. The old man was nc
much of Il scholar, but he managed /
write back this report Fought every
where; surrendered nowhere" Applause.
Let us, fellow Democrats, take that a
Our motto in this election IApplaus
and cheers for the speaker and the whul
Democratic, Ticket