The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-26

DEAR SIn:-I am led to address this let.
Z tor to youbeoAuse YOU have been identl.
lied for SO many years with the Delaware
Democracy and because an examination
Into your career will let flood of light
Into the inmost reces5es OF the party you
serve.
We are confronted with a paradox al
the outset. Mr. Handy. and ask you to
all too frequent in American politics,
which allows a man OF stainless private
character to descend to any political de.
baucLery. and which paradox is made the
more remarkable by your liberal educa'
ton and intellectual training,
There Ia ali Unreasonable dist ance be.
tween the time when you were schoo
teacher In smyrna, Del, and tho present
living. Your first appearance In the pc.
lticai arena was signalized by an ac un.
worthy OF an intellig ant man. heard you
boast OF IL on the political stump two
years ngo. and II now make any mis-.
lead me.
You were an 'humble school teacher.
Mr.. Handy. when you wrote your mix
ed school" circular. and 1t was taken up.
by the Democratic machine simply be.
ca use all other demagogic appeals to the
masses were worn out and the threaten
ed secession OF the voters was an emer-
Rency that had to be met. You supple
m ented the old cry of negro DONNA
tlon" with the infinitely more cunning
appeal contained In your linked SCHOOL,
dodgers. You managed to persuade
voters willing to be- convinced agains t
their sound Judgment, that every Repub
lican State had mixed schools" while
every Democratic State was free from
their baneful influence.
For time the scheme worked we'll. In
the light of recent Developments, how.
ever, your intrenchments arc becoming
nEtenable. With linked schools" In New
York and New Jersey. which, until recent
iy wore Democratic states. and mixed
school, readily accessible n:the northern
the blind cannot help seeing through you
and your demagogic appeal. Mr.. Handy,
let US hear no more from you on the
mixed school question.
have often been surprised and pained.
Mr.. Handy to hear you defending and
trickery by which desperate party has
maintained its grip on the State machin .
cry for thirty years. did not quite uD-
dersthnd 1t until year ago. when the
rumor began to go around that you as.
pired to the Democratic nomination for
Congress. Then began to understand
It, and fully comprehend the situation
now.
What can be your present feelings. sir.
when after ten years of debasing service
to degraded political machine, during
which time your sacrificed truth justice.
morality, conscience and intellectual
gifts to the Moloch of your ambition. the
ungratefui machine turned you down and
put III your place q man with money.
bag5 One might have supposed that you
would never had bent the knee to either
ltaal or Moloch or any other Idol which
Delaware Bourbonism has at different
times SGT up to be worshipped.
Now that just Nemesis has at last
overtaken you and now you have been
denied even The poor consolation OF lead :
Ing forlorn hope in the coming Novem-
Der, you will admit to yourself that there
Is such thing as retributive Justice for
you and your party.
Yor are still at your old game. Mr.. Han.
dy. and are likely to perish by the hand
OF the demon. which like the fisherman OF
tho Arabian nights. you hauled in with
your political dragnet from the sea of OBJ.
livlon, which mastered the man who gave
1t freedom; and which, unlike the fishsr.
man of the tale. you have been unable to
re.1mprison.
think, Sir. that you and your party are
on the brink OF well deserved destruc tion.
With every county In the State burdsned
by an ever-n creasinH debt the object les
son OF adversely staring us In the face,
which Secretary Carlisle thought the
American people needed, and with tue
general incompetency OF the Dem ocratic
party in both State and National affairs,
the people OF Delaware have at last been
aroused. and your party Is now surround.
ed by menacing plalanxes, only awaiting
the WuFu TO Charge. lou 10 not ike the
looks bf things. Mr.. Handy, and do not
blame you. But you and your party are
alone responsible for your present miry
bed.
We see the despairlnR state OF the EN-.
battled Democracy, IN the unworthy at.
tempt they eve making to keep Republl.
caus from registering and we rejoice to
behold that those who were In darkness
haye seen great light"
You ire doomed, MIR. Handy. Not ever
the agoni2ing appeals of Bayard. whose
anxiety has brought hlm from his beloved
England. can ward oil the overhanginI
stroke of tate. party suffering for the
sake OF righteous cause, is nu ennoblIna
sight; but party struggling to escape
the long deserved punishment for its siDt
only excites horror aud loathing. Your
respectfully. JULIUS.