The Delaware herald., 1854-03-29
SAMUEL ToWNsEND's CIRCULAR,
No, 2.


SAMUEL ToWNSEND'S CIRCULAR, q
No. q.
Mr.. Samuel Townsend is out arain witt,
Circular No. q" it possible, with Greater
vituperation against, as he calls them, "hypo-
critical, church and State, MISUNDERSTANDING.
temperance-fanatical tyrants." He certainly
isskilled in using adiectives. This reminds us
of an anecdote of Lord Byron; there was a
woman in the city Of Dublin that prided her.
self on her powers of description, and out-talk-
ing any one, to do which, she had taken the
pains to commit all the adjectves in the Die
tionary to memory. Lord Byron, finding he |
fell so far short, got Euclid's Geometry, learn
ed ali the angles, theorems, corollaries, &C.,
before he could claim the victory. Samuel, we |
think, has searched his dictionary and got all |
the adjectives; we fear he will drive us to our
geometry. He says: "Now, you pretended
Temperance hypocrites," (admitting that we
a.e not bona .fde hypocrites,) I" who are trying
under the garb of temperance to sap and de-
stroy the constitution of these United States,
understanding that |, Samuel Townsend, of
AppoquinEaink hundred, New Castle county,
and State of Delaware, utterly disregard your
groanings; / shall discharge my duty to-
wards you, regardless of all the church-thun-
der that you have to aid you" Well, we
have one champion Of liberty among us--one
whose mandate will quell the raging storm
one whose edict: say it, it shall be done.-
The constitution is in danger,-the temperance
hypocsites are trying to sap it by advocating
the cause of ftemperance--by trying to destroy
that which murders fathers, murders mothers.
murders children--changes ease and plenty
10 poverty and want-turns a quiet citizen
into a bloody assassin-6lls our almshouses
and jails-and, in the language of one Of our
public men few days ago, though himself op-
posed TO the temperance movement, " thai
liquor undoubtedly causes seven-tenths of al
the crime in the nation" If our constitution
h cannot exist without being supported by thu
multiarious evils Of liquor, it is time it shoulC
be destroyed, and one formed that needs no
drunken politicians to keep vitality in it.
Again, he says: "The church ought neve
10 hlTe meddled in politics but as she ha
N seen fit to do so, her thunder shall not frighte
this individual from preserving the rights c
man." We would ask the gentleman, whe
has the church meddled with politicsl We
not recollect Of the church assuming polite,
attitade in this country. If he means by " tn
church, y the professors Of religion, we would as
him, would he deprive them of the rights of fre
citizens merely because they are followers
Christi Does religion make them worse citizeni
Docs it make them violate the law Does
unftor inequality them from doing and perform
ing tn, functions Of Office, as established
lawi Hsmay think So; SO thought Voltair
Marebeau, and Tom Paine, butdid it make it s
The caurch has lived. increasing in resplende
glory, 70 this day--while they who promised
destroy Il, died miserable deaths, and the
once fair escateieo1 has been tarnished, al
their names perpstnated only as they are cove
el viii ignominy. No; member Of chur
has as much right % say what laws he shall
governed hy as Samuel Townsend, or any o.
else. Wouii be have them bear the burd
Of the stats, BIZ taxation and service of
1snds, which r may call upon them to render, a
vct tnsnit entirely TO the law.naking Of p
houss politiciansi The days Of Feudalii
ire piEt ard it is little worth the while of d
"sxalsisssl" (as he styles himsel0 to endeav
70 bring them back.
Again, be conss down upon the hypocrisy
politicians and nominees for Office. He has
eidar'ly stumbled into the right track at last
We agree with him precisely; they will,
fors IN eIsetioa, pledge themselves to p
SO ,-. 2:o.ssome lave, as did part Of
,..-.---ls preceding the last; they passe
'jtaiay Law one winter, but showed the
l'lic:ty oftaer hslrtzs the doubly-dark hypoci
us purpose-by rspealing it the next. As
Eli K. Price, while q candidate for the Legi
ia-c Of Pennsylvanias say, when the pledge
ofEsred him, athat ifhe could not endorse th
principles be should think himself a very
inan," and gave twenty dollars to circu
- ,asrn, by which means he was elected;
when the bill came up, before the Senate
s!sfsated it--ths very bin for the passag'
which be was elected. If il is true, as sd
ID rscsntspeech, q thatoae hundred thous
.sllass were circulated among the Pennsyiv
issgislatorss" theif hypocrisy stands out in
s,lief and elbows why they cheated sheir
st.tuon.s. As did Samuel Townsend. viii
eaaaidsts Cor the Convention, boldly advo
reform, but as soon as the Convention
f,und 70 consist Of a majority of men OPP
ID biz plsty, lie taarlcd and gro=lsd, and