The sun., 1900-01-02

whole Of the "natural Democratic senti- Fl
ment'' in this State was hatred Of the G
negro. That was the foundation and
Observation-Disclosures the whole edifce.
For many years in this State there was ,
never political meeting, nor speech, oI
the Democratic persuasion, in which this
natural Democratic sentiment was not
manifest. There are gray-haired Demo
cratic orators now in the State who have
shouted th, mselyes hoarse over the dan
gers Of negro dominance in politics, and
negro social equality, inherent in Re
publican politics; and iiom 1870 unit
now, there has not been one OF the
1merous Democratic election laws, in
Guiding the provisions Of the new con.
ssitution, that has not been enacted for
the special purpose oi 1isiranchising the
colored voters OF this State. 1t il within
easy memory to recall when a now
Democratic ex.Congpssman distributed |
| pictures OF school room in which there |
were white and black pupils, to illustrate
the danger of Republican supremacy in
Delaware, in order to inhame the pIeiu
dices OF the ignorant and arouse the
hatred OF race in this natural Demo.
cratic sentiment" That sentiment op-
posed the constitutional amendment en-
franchising the negroes, and devised the
i tav Ia ~ 80 Atefr l1i 80
them; and under that law the exponents
of the natural Democratic sentiment OF
Delaware "smothered" an easily ascer-
tained Republican majority and made
themselves the unnatural governors Of
the State.
Another fruit Of the natural Demo
cratic sentiment" OF The State, was the
tax office frauds. The editor Of Every
Evening, if his memory has not entirely
failed him, will doubtless remember, and
if not he, then some OF his readers, how
the natural Democratic sentiment op
posed the payment Of poll taxes by Re-
publicans-how Republican taxes were
refused and thousands Of unpaid tax re-
ceipts distributed to Democrats; how
. long lines Of men stood at the City Hall
. and Court House, day after day, tryin:
! to get assessed, and how the assessors
lodged, delayed and quibbled over the
: work in order to disfranchise Republi-
. cans; may possibly remember when the
Democratic city police drove Republi-
; cans, who were trying to get assessed,
. out OF the City Hall; how Democratic
a heelera-ex ponents of natural Demo.
cratic sentime nt''-crowded the tax Of
a fees and attempted to drive Republicans
. out; and how Republicans stood in line
!. day after day, trying to get an opportun
y ity to pay taxes which Democratic col
i lectors would not accept, because suct
/, acceptance ould imperil the 'natura
! Democratic sentiment of the State. i
"a is possible some few Of these natnra
. sentiment Democrats, who are slightly
70 reminiscent, will remember how th'
~ State court, also naturally Democratic
n in sentiment, sustained the natural
70 Democr cratic-sentneut collectors in re-
,e fusing TO accept Republican taxes, to th
70 dstriment Of the county treasury and th
Is benefit Of the Democratic party. 1t ma.
=, be, too that some of these "natnra sent
=. iment Democrats will remember hoy
10 they openly bought votes in thei
he primary contests, and at elections il
10 support Of the natural Democratic sent
n ment OF the State; and how when the
,s could no longer play that game success
hs fully, they suddenly became politica
in 'aints and proved it by stealing tn
al Stately stealing Legislature, cor
in stitutional convention, by holding u
a, the courts Of the State TO let a frandu
= lent Legislature slip out in time 70 avoi
h4 effective condemnation by natura
~ Democratic.sentiment
These TascalIy things were all nece
-or sary 70 support and maintain Democrat
NJ majorities n this State. We agree wit
in Every Evening that were these thinl
II. possible now, when they are again po
"a sble, Delaware will be tas Democrat
,ta as ever" That. however, is not poss
nd BILE. The Democratic legal disfranchis
NJ ment machine has been broken and di
III mantled by Union Republican effor
md Delaware has been proved, despite bot
nd Ex-senator Higgins and Every Eve
he ings' denial Of it, to be Repubica
State Republican ia sentiment and K
ter publican numerically, and the I'nic
ion Republicans intend to keepit Co.
,Ie History proves that the natural Dem
ION cratic political sentiment in Delawa
his was negro-hating prejudice that E:
be cused every degree ot political rascalit
,tic in order to dsfranchiss Republican
and defy the suffrage amendments Of Il
United States Constitution.