Year: 1878

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY is hard |
master 1t got the Democrats under Its
feet in 1861 and it went about like roar |
ing lion. Even the girls in their teens |
were prosecuted and made to keep their
tongues still. A Democrat had no chance
at the polls whatever; but the tax collec-
lector pounced on him without mercy.
He had to pay and pay quickly too; and
he was glad to get off in that way. But
as to voting that was another thing
Red and blue tickets We're printed and
if Democrat used one of them he could
vote it. But if it was the usual ticket
without significant signs upon it why
then his vote was challenged; and the
iron clad oath presented, amid the jeers
and .iibes of the editors of the Republican
and EUery Evenil,g and Commercial. How
different all this is under the impartial
administration of the Democrats. Alllone
has to do, be he white or black, is to pay
his poll tax and vote. And what's little
remarkable the Democrats of this city,
when they had a majority in the City
Council and after the negroes had been
given the right to vote petitioned the
Legislature to reduce the poll tax of the
laboring men about % per cent. Ard a
Democratic Legislature reduced the tar.
And thus it was enacted in Delaware that
negro generally gets his vote cheaper
than white citizens do.


Now we don't want any controversy
with our neighbors on this subject. We
propose to talk to our readers and inform
them; or rather call to their intelligence
the facts that they all know, barring and
excepting our young men. But we do
say that the Democratic party has been
generous to the negroes and the negroes
know il too.


Now, see how the other party has used
the negro. They have given him moth
ing but paltry office, where he is the
servant of some such companionable fel-
low as the U s Marshal and his bailiff But
they passed such laws as forever prohibit
Democrat asking negro to vote. The
Republicans can go to the negroes and
make regular bargain with them to
vote so many men for so much money,
just as herd of sheep are brought up
and put through, while the Captain, or
Col. j. L held the receipts. But
if a Democrat offered a negro a bag OF
wheat to pay his tax to vote the Demo.
cratic ticket, or pair of chickens,
Tony III. would be sure to hear of it and
the poor Democrat be brought before the
u. S. Court, under tho Enforcement laws
and hence it is that Democrats may moi
compete with Republicans in Republican
districts. The Radicals were sure the
negroes would vote, and in order that
their party might get all the negro votes
without the asking, they enacted such
laws as prevented the Democrats from
seeking negro votes.


But they need not have done that in
Delaware. For the GAZETTE imnedi
ately took the ground that the Democrat
ic young men should not be made tn,
companions of negroes and it assumed
at once the position that the Democrat,
party could not vote for negroes an,
therefore would not ask negroes to vot
with it. And hence it is that the Demo
cratic party became in fact white man
party; while it strives to do the very bes
for the negro-to give him good anC
cheap government and to assist him ais,
to make living for his wife and famil,
and to educate his children by providin,
fund for the purpose.


The government of the United State
owes Delaware million of dollars, an
we have proposed to try TO get it on seN
eral occasions and to devote it to tn
education of our people, white and blac
for they were both forced into the wal
and we are just as fairly entitled to t
paid for the bounties we paid for soldie
as other States that were paid. But IL
Republican and the Commercial very u
wisely we think opposed u.s. Now, "
do not mean to give up this matter al
she Republican party ought to help to &
this million of dollars back. 1t was TAX,
from our taxpayers, much of it very IL
justly and wasted too by Radical thi
by the name of WILMER, who was p
over us and kept over us as Prove
Marshal until he was sent to the penite
tiary as a punishment for his thievir
propensities. Through this man, Il
agent of the government, our pc ople we
literally robbed. We respectfully a.
Republicans to help get this money bac


The Republican has discovered tn
Messrs. Given and Carpenter, the Coun


Collectors of this Hundred, are substanti
citizens, taking care of the fruits of the
industry and like sensible men expendil
what they save from frugal living in ;