The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-10-14
FOR THE GAZETTE.

" Tenehrc, sole exerto, dihugiunt"
for tie CONSIDERATION Of the free aua independent
ct.ra # ,se7u- Castle coaAty.
FELLOW CITIZENS,
Your election now being over, think it but
iair and just that a discussion OF the mode which
has tor SO long time confused and injured the
republican party of our county should be
brought before you; and some Change made as
| II respects the future choice Of members of the
legislature and levy coury.
The one lately adopted for selecting Of She
riH, has mef with such universal applause,
nong the enlightened part Of cur citizens, a.
| to induce majority OF them to believe, that 1t
| Is the only mode tina. can be pursued in select
ing members Of the Legislature and levy COURT
| to preserve union IN the party. The moae of
| delegation, since its first introduction, has ne
vel failed 10 p"oduc. turmoil among our repub-
lican friends; and why should We continue to
pursue system that has nearly already, made
our country the scorn Of opposition Was, we
! gn on 10 continue measure so deleterious
Must We Continue system hat is striking ut
| The very foundation Of our party? No, fellow
citizens, your own interests, responsibility.
and respect for the enlightened county Of N
| Castle lorbids the IDEA
! he advoca'es Of the delegation system, from
! thc tirs; time the Intended cnange was a.5italet.,
| nave never tailed to ninupun your ears, uncon-
| sJtutanaht", destruction OF party and every
| o,htr argument, calculated for any bat an en-
| lis,n.enej people. 10 1cnvilce yourselves OF
| the weakness and lncons!stence of their ar.,u-
! ments, loos g; the consequ noes Of the mea-
! sure. tah ca,25as su0t .fl,Ao,es. feliow-ci-
tizens, answer the following questions.
| Have you since the Delegation system has
! been in force, had os good representation as
| when the party convened at some suitable time
| pi eyious 70 tine election and 10. med the ticket
| Did there not then exist more harmony in
the party than al present
| These are questions that rest with yourselves
| to determine. For my own part feel d yrlle-
| ration for REBELLION meetings. | believe it is
the best way we Can effect concentration OF
our force But, what friend OF rcpubllcanisn.
could wish to see measure continue, that is
| inlu.ing corruption, and essen!ng the strength
! Of the party iii every hundred in the county
| The present elect ON has given us few in
stances, to our sorrow, OF the doleint effects of
this destructive system. We may be asked,
| why are not the humid eds more attentive to the
selection OF proper delegates We can as rea-
diiy answer that where there has been attention
pad, delegates have went forward instructed
by the candidate himself to vote in his favour,
contrary TO the intentions of majority of the
hundred and in many instances have NOT at
tended-by which means the hundred has been
deprived of her representation.
Are these not striking instances Of the inn
propnety OF the mode, though they are not all
the inconvenience that attend it Suppose one
Of the nomination declines serving-to be con-
sstent you ought to call all the delegates 10.
gether, and elect another; or else you infringe
upon your resolutions, as in the late case IN
New. Castle hundred-though the hundred Sc
leced. 10 have prevented trouble, and to
have given every hundred in the county its due
weight, how much better would it have been
to have selected all in the same manner in the
first instance.
Hundred selections would cure the present
animositles existing among us. They would
add strength TO the party by giving US all ADLER
representation. The people would soon }eel
their own Importance. They wouiu be less
apt 10 deceive themselves, BY voting i'll direct
manner--in propria persona-tian il they vr.ed
for delegates. lis well known they arc, IN
mdSse, less liable to abuse blessing than an IN
dlyiduai They would feel IA emulation,
which would naturally bring forth from the
hundreds the abest and best men. 1t would !
be attended with such ease and convenience to
the hundreds, that every man would be alive to
his interest AS Tor being unconstitutional is !
out Of the question. The people in the county, |
on the contrary, are invested with power 10
take the best methods Ut making The selections
from the same.
The county s to send three senators and Sc
ven representatives. The mode OF choosax /