Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
FRIDAY. AUGUST. 2, 1901.
A HYPocRITE EXPOSED

A HYP0CRITE EXPOSED
Under the caption OF Exposing q
Hypocrite," the morning Blatherskite
shows itself up in fine shape. As usual
its text is Addicks, and 1t is little won
der since its obligations to the New
port statesman are we'll known; but
its over-zeal is liable to embarrass its
benefactor, il, indeed, that is possible.
We are regaled by the following:
In his political career in Delaware
his aim has been the enfranchisement
OF every citizen of the State; to make
Il possible for every man to cast a bal
lot Of his own choosing and to have Ii
honestly counted when cast in order
that the State government might repre-
sent the majority will, and be really
founded upon the consent of the gov
erned.
We cannot know what his aim haS
been since we do not reflect his in
nermost thought, as does the Blather-
skite; we can only judge by the acts
of his organization, but 1t is certain that
Addicksism has done more to enslave
the people than any other force since
the war; 1t has bought more votes,
subsidized more leaders, prostituted
more pens, than any other agency Del
aware ever knew. 1t has had for It's
motto, Every man has his price" and
the worst is that the truth of its as
sertion Is so widely demonstrated.
There is no longer a free election IN
Delaware: when $4,000 are spent in
one campaign in a single county to buy
votes; talk about Acknowledgement is
indeed exposing a hyprocrite." The
writer knows, and everyone else
knows, that voters could be no more
enslaved if they had been driven into a
pen and the Addioks brand stamped on
their hides. The Republican party
had fought the battle for an honest and
full vote, and had held up the infamous
assessment and collection laws to pub
lie scorn, winning the battle before
Addicks ever thought OF the matter. OF
cared a picayune whether the aver
age citizen was a freeman or a serf
The stale lie that he has stood for ma
jority rule is disproved by his earliest
political act OF defeating the will OF
the people in holding four wooden mel
up against fifteen freemen. Men know
the exact truth, and If they will only
be honest with themselves, must admit
that Addicks has courted and meritec
political damnation.
The hypocrite exposes himself some
more in the following:
Mr. Addiclxs did for the working peo
pie of Delaware what Lincoln did FOL
the poor black people OF the South. i
is because he did this and put the po
lltical power Of the State in the hands
of the people to whom 1t belonged
those who condemn the poor people
who would be their rulers and masters
hate and abuse him.
We are not surprised at this, sine
that same organ has been known 4
compare its master with divine beings
but il only needs to be said in all serl
business that Addicksism has done NOR
in Delaware TO discredit emancipatio
than all else. Its special prey has bee
the poor negro in the two lower cour
ties Ills loNti ~ iAfio bA'Nh 40 -
opportunity, and like a swarm OF VA
lures, it has sought to debauch hin
while pouring into his ears the mo-
plausible and damnable sophistry. II
weakness has been the point of attac
and it is only truth to say that Az
dicksism has put large class of OF
colored citizens lower in the race f
true emancipation. These are simp
facts. as cold andas oolorless as histo
and any man or any paper which see
to use the weakness or credulity Of al
class Of people from base personal m
tive, is an. enemy of society. and nee
to be branded as such. He is not ev
beneath our notice, since "obsce
birds" must be put to flight