Year: 1878

/ Nationals can he made to sweep the
field like a hurricane. This will be
the result II the opposition leaders are
wise.


The Neps certainly has the Green
back fever bad. as it shows its willing
ness to carry out and support the ide'
Of solid South that the Republican,
may be defeated in the next Presiden
tial campaign. Who would have though
that the gifted and talented Pr-ttyma'
would have been found now stabbin.
the party that fed and fatteped him
Republics it is said are ungrateful
but here We have proof that individu
ais ares till more so.


"The Democrats on National Green
back platform, can beat the Republican
in the next Presidential election. Thi
is the only combination that will saw
them. On this they can carry th'
West and the South, leaving only th'
East for the republicans


We simply clip the above to show
that the Neps if any farther proof !,
needed, as taken leave Of its old party
afiliation and Is now a Greenback Dem
ocratic organ. Much as We regret tt
part from our old political associate
we bid him an affectionate adieu anc
we will leave the light burning in tn,
Republican window awaiting his re
turn.


From the Newark Ledger.


A Constitutional Convention is what
our State sadly needs. Onr present
constitution is not at all suited to oui
present cireumst ances, and to attrmp
to patch and tinkerit up would maxi
bad WORSE Tn. unequal representation
ought to be remedied; the officers and
their fees need some ad ustlnent. and
the leading principles ofa good schoo
system should be expressed in thf
organic law of tho State, and not left
as now subject to Legislative caprice.
The cost would be comparatively tri


ding, and our financial condition is
such a. to Justify the expenditure.


We are glad to see the Ledger ready
and willing to advocate every needed
reform of which there are many in our
State. The School system though =
good one in the days when 1t was first
put into operation by the late Judge
Hall, has out gro vn its day and cenrr
alton. Representation according 10 pop
ulation, however, is the leading want
and when that is supplied other re-
forms must follow.


The mere fact that the southern peo
pie have voted by large majority for
the Democratic candidates in the recent
election gives no just ground to agi
tate the consolidation of the North
against them. We find no fault with
he people of the North because they
choose to vote the Republican ticket; it
was their privilege to do so; and We
ask that the same spirit Of fairness
should be exercised towards every other
section of the country.


All this looks well enough and til.
people of the South have perfect right
to vote tho Democratic ticket if they
wish to do so, but they have no right to
make those do it who wish to vote for
some other party. We would find no
fanlt either if all the people in the
north voted the Democratic ticket, but
we would object to compelling Repub
licans to vote that ticket unless they
wanted to do so. That is just the dis
tinction and the difference between lie
north and south.


From the Sussex Journal.


The details of the recent attempt to
murder negro near Middletown are
given in the JOURNAL. On the story
Of the negro in regard to the burial of
The babies, as a juror, We would not
hang dog, the negro being notorious
liar; that he was whipped and brought
into this State and shot at, there can be
40 doubt but as to who did the shooting,
is another matter, ,one thing is certain, if
as We believe, he did try to damage tho
character of the innocent and virtuous
ladies and disgrace family of highly
re p table people, he deserved to 10
shot, be he as white as snow or black as
the ace of spades. And if our views of
the facts be true, the only misfortune
that the ball did not reach a vital
point. His crime was worse than double
murder, for a villain even by slander
may do woman a greater wrong than
taking life. There are some things
d-arer than life: they are virtue, per.
sonal honor and character


The above needs no comment. The
editor had better remove at once to
South Carolina, adopt the red shirt un.
form and shoulder the shot gun.
From the Delawarean.


The charges brought by the Every
Even'ng and Commercial against one Of
the insurance companies of this State,
suggests the propriety and duty of the
Legislature, at its next session, of in.
stituting, through a committee, an in
vestigation into the affairs Of al the
Insurance Companies chartered by this
State.


We join our valued contemporary in
the above suggestion. Such an inves-
tigation can do no honest company
harm, and all others should be expos
ed.


As for the Levy Court adjourning,
after having promised to sit and put
on names, every person in the county
knows that it is not true, and if the
editor O { the RfDub[icun had takan +h.