To get Deluge running one should remember that deluged is a Python program which rewrites its variables to a config file on exit. Once the config file is located it can be edited and the variables
The initialization problem is a problem. I used update-rc.d to disable the / etc/init.d/deluged script that deluged installs. I then made deluged initialize with systemd by following the directions on this page: https://deluge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how-to/systemd-service.html -- "The Plan is for the United States to rule the world. The overt theme is unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of domination. It calls for the United States to maintain its overwhelming superiority and prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on the world stage. It calls for dominion over friends and enemies alike. It says not that the United States must be more powerful, or most powerful, but that it must be absolutely powerful." -- Investigative journalist David Armstrong, explaining the Pentagon's policy of "full spectrum dominance."