Year: 1879

Republican party. Where there are
those who have bowed the pregnant
knee to strange Democratic gods, there


are honest Democrats ashamed OF their


party's action, who are ready to take


their places in the Republican ranks.
IAN that is wanted is thorough effective


organization to infuse that life into


the Republican party OF Delaware


that carried their brethren of Ohio
through to a glorious victory. There


are to-day 1000 more Republicans In
Delaware than Democrats, but they are


not qualified to vote. If the names OF


all the Republicans Of New Castle
county were upon the assessment books


and were made qualified voters, Ne"


Castle and Blackbir would be the only


Democratic Hundreds in the county, and


we are not so sure that even in New


Castle there is not Republican ma
iority. None but the uninformed and
wilfully ignorant will dispute that


there are $50 more Republicans in st.


Georges Hundred than Democrats, and
vet that Hundred has for years past on


about a two-third vote Of the county been


giving small Democratic majority.


The same system of disfranchisement


has made Appoquinimink, Pencaier


and other Hundreds in the county


which are well known to contain a Re
publican majority, Democratic.


Now then what is wanted! We say
again, organization, effective, energetic,
thorough organization. The first thing
is to get the names Of Republican voters
upon the assessment books, and difficult
as this may seem, with persistent et-
fort and the law which has never yet
been'iavoked on the side of the voter,
this can be accomplished. The books
have been swept so clean of Republicans
that all whose names have been left of
during the last six or eight years are
now entitled to have their names put
on again. They have felt that the iron
of disfranchisemen has entered their
souls during all this time that their
rights Lave been trampled upon by
fraud and violence under the disguise
of law, and now it il for them to be
ready to assert their rights, and de-
manding them the time has come when


Justice must prevail or prove hollow
mockery. These disfranehised Repub-
licans can be assessed and if they stand
up for their rights they will be as
sessed. There is way by which it
can be done and il the thousands o.
disirancbised Republicans of the State
will but pursue the right method it
will be done, and there is no Levy
Courtman who will dare to have their
n Ames erased from the books after they
have been placed there in a proper legal
manner. We are glad to know that
the Republicans are waking up to the
necessity and Importance of being as
sessed and of once more becoming not
passive citizens but active voting citi-
zens ever ready and qualified to east a
vote on the side of justice and equality
before the law. There has not been a
year since the enfranchisement of the
colored people in which there has
not been from 1000 to 1900 Republican
majority in New Castle Co., and from
1000 to 5000 Republican majority in
the State of Delaware, and if every
man in the State ia assessed this fail
and winter, he he Republican or Demo-
crat, and after raying their taxes and
voting intelligently at the next State
election, we have no doubt that the
electoral vote of the State would be cast
for the Republican candidate for
President, a Republican Congressman
would be elected, the Legislature would
be- Republican and Delaware would
have Republican United States SEN
ator. The Repub. lean votes ara in the
State to accomplish this work. All
that is needed is to qualify to vote.


Will the Republicans do it?