Year: 1876

found in the States of New York or Penn
sylvania. And we believe this same re-
mark will apply to any of the towns of
any size in either of the counties of this
, State. We do not think Gen. Woodford
is aware Of the facts that we have here re-
ferred to. We have no doubt that he has
been misled entirely by the tone of and
general denunciation of Delaware and
Delawareans by the Commercial and
prints that copy from its columns the
numerous articles rejecting so severely
upon our people in all pats Of the
State.


1t did not appear from Gen. Woodford's
| speech that he came here TO combat the
argument of Senator Bayard, because he
failed to make any argument worthy OF
the name. That such effort would have
been futile, and might have been made at
home, We refer our readers to the eX-
tract of an article copied from the edi-
torial columns of the New York Herald,
of Tuesday, in another column, and also
to one from the World, on the same sub
ject.


The State of Delaware expends about
as much money in public education as
Pennsylvania in proportion TO her popu-
lation. Our people are doing their best
and quite as much as they can well afford
to do until they get from under the ter
rible burden of taxation that is now set
tied upon them by the corrupt and ex
travagant administration at Washington.


Gen. Woodford is as much misinformed
as to the negro population of Delaware as
he is of the whites. We will venture the
assertion without the fear of successful
contradiction that the people of Whining
| ton and Delaware have done as much for
the negroes, as the people of Philadelphia
| or Pennsylvania. No where in Whining
ton can more destitute, immoral, wick
| ed and wretched class Of negroes be found
than the lower sections of Philadelphia
lIpduNto. w lillN tillo 10 9p' AilN -ipSo
Of some of the lower Hundreds of Della
ware are quite as moral Us those of Penn
| sylvania-there has been no effort to keep
them down, on the contrary our people
all over the State. have treated them
kindly, and this has been especially the
conduct OF the Democrats although they


will not elect them 10 office or ask their


votes to put Democrats in office.


The negroes in Wilmington have been
a petted class, and ought to have been


equal to many of the whites: it is no fault


of the latter that they are not. And the


Delaware people are not willing now to


deprive the poor white boys of American,


English, Irish, German or French paren-


tage or those of any other nationality, of


education by taking the tax contributed


from the labor of such parents and ex-
pending it upon the education of negroes.


Our people are willing to give the negro


advantages that the whites have in the


struggle Of life, but they do not propose To


deprive their own children of anything SC
needful as education in order that it may
: be conferred on the black race in prefer
i ence.


The entire speech Of Gen. WoodforCl


was simply a diversion. Its scope and
intent was to call the attention Of the peo-


pie away from the scandalous conduct ofthe


corrupt and eXtravagant party, OF which
the General is member and to awakeI
u sympathy for the negro and create preiu
y dice against the whites.