American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-10-31

except 20 give silent vote when called upon uh.
ill the difficulty in relation TO Nh. Gray mao pro
ceeded 10 such lengths as clearly TO threaten, no
only he breaking up Of The meeting without eies
Ell but, as conceived, the total destruction OF inc
party in the County, and consequently 10 inc oa.e
/ then did propose that the meeting should suspend
he rules under which we had been acting, and that
vote rira roce instead Of that by ballot, should be
taken on the remaining nominations. For this mo-
lion, the gentlemen WHO were al the BUCK hee'"s'
and also Delegates at Red Lion ALL believe, voteo'
1, eeded aud division was called for upon Nlr.
tCray's nomination. For Mr.. Gtay, these gentie
men voted and so did l. He was carrled-imme
diately after which left the room and did not
again return. II was at iha, time dark, my probes
siouai engagements were pressing, and could re-
main no longer. | could at that time see nothing
in all this. nor can yet any thing IN my conouct
upon that day, which could reasonably give onehce
TO the FIVE dissenting Delegates from Chtlstiana, OF
their friends. did not upon that occasion either
secretly, or openly ask single Delegate 10 vote iot
or against any candidate that was putin nomination.
Some of the gentlemen upon the Delegation from
the lower Hundreds did, know blame me at the
time for moving repeal OF the rules by which
the baliotn1 had been carried on; and was thus,
strangely enough, censured by both sides tor the
self-same measure. have no apology. however
/ 10 offer TO either; except, that acted under iu
conviction tha, ii was for the good OF the party TO
which We all professed to belong. he rules we're
salutary and proper, and were moreover 10 stiict
conformity with instructions given oy me Souh'y
meeting and 70 dispense with the ballo,ing, was
certainly violation Of those instructions, but yet
the difficulty into which the meeting had gotlen,
/ could apparently be remeded in no other way. Al
all events, If there be fault in having proposeu and
voted in favor of suspendng those rules and suosli
tuting the vote rira roce for that by ballot, am
guilty Of it-and if there be fault IN having aoso
Gated the adoption Of the rules at hrst, | am also
guilty of ,hat-and so were the whole meeting, Tor
there was not believe, one single dissenting voice
Iheard 10 their adoption. There never was, am
confident any man engaged in meeting ior pub.
lie business, who thought less oil "lntrlgulnS"
than did upon that occasion ; my Only concern
being in fact 10 get through with the business and
be of, thinking much more at the time about my
private engagements. than about politics.
Another reason have heard assigned for the slo-
lent and unmany attack made upon me oy the BUCK
Meeting is. a Suspicion that was the author OF
Lhandbi about that time put into circulation, sign
ed 4 A Jefyrsonian Democrat" the ayowed object
Of which was to alter the Red Lion Ticket by dis
carding from il the names OF Andrew Gray, Charles
|. du Pont, ard Williain +. Read 1t the gentle.
men OF that meeting had acted deliberately, and
honoraby, they would, before aiming stab at the
reputation and feelings Of any man, at least have
made themselves sure that he deserved II. II they
felt disposed rather to indulge revenge, than TO exer
else mercy, they should have acted upon better IN
formation To have done otherwise, was ungener-
ous-i was unjust In relation 10 the handful 10
question have only to say, that dsapproved OF
its object from the first moment that saw It. ~
came 10 me enclosed in the Wstchman upon the
Friday evening preceding the election, and was the
frs. whisper that heard OF any organized oppos.
ton to the Red Lion Ticket, in the County. saw
repuhshed in that handful the proceedings OF the
n apJ prap inc Hupdret Mretinpa. and
from that momen; considered the County Ticket as
lost, and the party distracted No man in the State
regretted The course which appeared to Be taking.
, more than dds would, it hope had remained
that any exertions could prove available, have gone
greater lengths 10 arrest or couneract such pro
fceedints. The case, however, at that time appear
cd absolutely hopeless, and all that remained was
for every man TO shape his own course. Mine was,
10 support the Red Lion Ticket and vote for it
This did, as the suboined certificate Of the lnspec
tor, and lhe Freehoders who were Judges OF the
Election in Pencader Hundred, will show.
"rhe undersigned, being the Inspector and Freeho'
es appointed Judges at The late General Election u Pen
cader Hundred, do certify thai certain knowledge
Doctor Black did a. that Election vote he full Rcd Lion
Ick-t, aid support the same long hope appeared
; that such support could have any effect"
tssncdl JOHN CAtLk,
LEVI BOULDEN,
Dated October 1896 JESSE BouLDEN.
!, have no other evidence to offer in. support o.
my assertion that neither wrote the handbill sign
4 ed \ Jefersntian Democrat, nor did advocate
E the sentiments, approve the object OF that paper
unless The printer who published it or its real au
thor, will volunteer his testimony, which hope one
J. or the other Of them will do.
X This ungenerous and unfounded surmise, Of m,
!; having laborcd, and intrigued TO throw Messrs
e Gray, du Pont, and Read from the ticket, has sor
Of TWO edged cruelty and injustice in il. Indepen
n IDENTIFY Of lis atiribu,ing to me the prosecuting am
bilious views, by The most unworthy means, it i
:, also calculated violently 10 the ties Of perso
!! nal friendship, Mr. Gray, and Mr.. Charles l. d
r, Pont have long known, and highly esteemed