The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-20
To my Friends Of oil Parties.

i VI DuuOCEuCys AuuGoW JuGkbVIl
aud Thomas Jefferson were the political
gods my fathers worshippsd. But pre-
vailing over party attachments had a
sentiment of love Of country and hatred Of
slavery. Whether this was inkorn, or ac.
quired. 1t amounted to religious devo-
ton. 1t does vet.
Inherited slaves which mover held, so
In 1860, when the mon Of the South at
tempted to disrupt the American Union,
in the interest Of the hateful institution, I
joined the party Of Abraham Lincoln,
That Is where stand now for although
that party has, In some respects. deterior.
ated, 1t Ia still the best we have. Ny de-
votion TO it has besn sincere, pronoun oed
and conscientious.
When In 1895 revolt occurred in this
State, went with the Union Republicans
and have acted with them since that time,
In perfectly good faith. There Ia nothing
In my public career, whether in Congress
o. out OF Congress, Of which have over
been ashamed. and which will not bear
the closest scrutiny.
| My connection with the Union Repub-
lican party was perfectly logical. I re-
| garded 1t as THE party, and the. boilers as
schismalics. have often condemned
their course and spoken hsrshly Of their
actions. At the present time, while do
no yet justify maay things that they did,
l can now see they interpreted the sltu-
alton more wisely than did
T., 1904 1ob, Eaw,ra Aaaio.s anroorod
rno, tho pan,,,l,,,u th,o,r. NJ ,hn ct,t.
He c,mo with mn ,ndorss,nsrt or noiit;cal
n,,o,s f,,,h,, t,,.n H.. ,,..,ua MT,
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tore, tho ;oonto,t fn.rr s,,otor with
six man supporting him, Hc refused to
20 In caucus and denllocketl tho Leaisla-
ture. After two OF his adhorcnts had left
him. ho s. i'll held ,hs remaining four with
the watchword, "Adlicks or Nobody" A
snort tmo beto'o the close of tho sessiontn
1913, In reply to nn appeal from mo to step
ASIDE anu wait until tn, next ctmpaign.
lie made this answer. III they don't elect
me U. >. senator, will sink the Ropub
lican party ton Thousand fnthoms deep"
Iexprossed astonislmant and sorrow at
such an utterance, and while gave him
the benefit of my charity, slpposing him
t. Je laborlng under excitement and
hoping that subsequcnG reflection aud the
cooling of passion would leave him under
tho influence of better and wiser counsels,
nevertheless could rot avoid tho impress
sion that IL was an instance OF the most
gigantic concelt l had ever known. I
asked myself the questions: "What has
this man over done for the party of tn,
p,olio OF Delaware mat he 'hQuld assume
this role" HAS a new Daniel come to
judgment!
HAS This person such intellectual grasp
and ripe information such nuc Qualities
of craftsmanship, as to o>'ablish valid
claim, so suddenly, upon the fcalty of tho
partyP'
He ,ronned like Ano,,vo, rror, tbo
clouds, and the pnrtv In, b,en nn,Icr n
eloud ovcr since Fran th,s tim, t,1l po,v
bs bos IN occosions o;va, u,tar,,c, \,
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tho I, ,I,t and sball Ina as lon, no livs and
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