Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-11-06
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nications, have heard of n protest got up by
William d. 0chetree and Doctor JOHNNY. Merritt
and signed and presented to the inquisitorinl
committee Mt Dover by fourteen dupes. from my
Hundred. This protest, as they call ii, is re-
hash Of lying charges made in four anonymous
articles TINT AZ peared in the Delaware Gazette,
over the signature Of 10 Justice" alas William
ID. Ocheltree and John Merritt These enemies
of Democratic harmony, failing at the State Con-
vention at Dover, published said protest in hand
bill form, and in the Gazette just before the
County Convention, at which our county ticket
was to be ratified. A more base, or villainous
Transaction by men, protesting to be Democrats,
was never before enacted in this county, and as
they have signed their names to the libel are
amenabe to christian law, but M it is sometimes
1 slow in its operation, have determined to give
them Turkish Justice, which is immediate and
at once, so that whoever reads this may know
the hollow-hearted hypocritcs who are playing
the respectable part of tools for the disappointed
Office holder at New Castle, Billy Ocheltree; and
John Merritt, the Middletown disappointed Ma
tanzas man. The names of the Appoquinimink
| gentry who want all and do nothing, and who,
this year have taken TO the respectable occupa-
ton of sandering me, the best political friend
they ever had, and who, if il had not been for
me and my friends would not probably ever have
been known out of this Hundred.
Here following is their names and sketch
of their political characters viz: James Kane
ly, Cyrus Tatman, Jr., Henry p. Reading,
William C. Riley, Joseph Roberts, Isaac Gibbs,
Nathaniel Williams, William L. Rigs, Thomas
Middleton, R. P. Hanson, j. Henry Hanson,
Samuel Roberts, William @. IIorner, Albert
G. Deakyne. Now, gentlemen, yon have got
your names in the paper on the pretence of
| being great apostles of Democracy, it is but
Just that should lift the veil and let the pub
| lie see your political deformties. First gent
stand up and hear the charge; James Kanely,
always conspicuous where nominations are TO be
made, absent where active aid is required,
have never known or heard of his giving but
three dollars to the party for this last twenty
years, or sending wagon or carriage, or lend
ing horse, to help get persons out to vote, or
even circulating tickets, or challenging voters at
the polls. In 1888 | used my influence and got
him nominated for Levy Court Commissioner, he
was elected, and in the terrible struggle in 1910
whilst the old guard Of AppOquinimink was all
but wading through fire to resist the minions of
the United States Bank, he the said Kanely came
to the Election late in the afternoon, and merely
voted. 1912, when his term in the Levy Court
was out, the party very properly did not nomi-
nate him again, which gave him offence. As an
old acquaintance, was sorry that he did so lit
tie for n party that had helped TO get TO honor
him. In 1913 helped nominate him again for
Senator, he refused to serve, and gave rea-
son, that he was not qualified, very proper one,
and was satisfied with it. Appoqunmink then
| nominated Bassett Furguson this year, as one of
the judges of the nomination election, Kanely
signed two certificates, that the delegates to the
| State Convention were elected by ballot, and
another protesting against my right to serve as
one Of them. Next on the list, Cyrus Tatman,
Jr., young man and neghbor to Kanely, who
no doubt signed to please him, as no doubt did
| the next siguer, Henry p. Reading, another
young man and William c. Riley, might say
ditto, however, his politics are Of very soft,
questionable character. The next, Joseph Rob
erts, very self-mportant young man, who, my
self and other Democrats of this Hundred helped
nominate for Road Commissioner in 1854, his
father, as he said, would not let him serve.
Whether or not Joseph's aspirations extended as
high as the Presidency Of the United States, |
am unable to say. The next is Isaac Gibbs, q
renegade whig who left the wing party, or as
some wings say, was run out Of it, aad whilst q
J whig, was always an asprant without any popu.
larity eternaly making a fuss amongst them,
and finally got into difficulty with Thomas
Caulk, (who hal beat him that day in uomina'
tion) and left the party, as he come to our store
on his way home and told us; but wings say they
run him out. In 1916, the next campaign attel
: he mad come to the DenUvrulc party, ne leagnet
with James V. Moore, and Jacob @. Vandike
and run n set of delegates, as this year. to try
and break the party down, but was defeated, ther
demanded three dollars that he said he was out o
pocket for the party; Ipaid him ut once. james
[ V. Moore and Vandike went over-to the wing par
ty, and Gibbs would have gone also, If it had mo-
probably been for shame, as he had so recently
left In 1850 he showed signs of repentance
we gave him some political money to get out yo
tiers with; in 1852, in February or March, h,
come to my house and told me he had mind t.
come out for Assessor and asked me if | would
, go for him, told him yes, and was well pleased
MS ! thought it would do away with his Jack o
the Lantern propepsties, and make him n more
steady Democrat. afterwards went TO one Of
. my friends who talked of coming out for Asses
sor and urged him not and to go for Gibbs, hC
! said he had no great objections, and the mex
t time saw him, he told me he hal talked will
Democrats, aud there would be no use to try
Gibbs we could not elect him; I nevertheless
urged his nomination, and Mt the nomination
election | received 10Y votes out of 100 for dele
gate nominee for the Constitutional Convention
Gibbs same day received 2S votes for Assessor
and was therefore beaten by W. Weldon. /, how
! ever, voted for him, but could not on that day
take an active part, as | was n candidate fol
l delegate mind that same year, whilst was run.
: ming for delegate against his brother Benjamin
| Gibbs, then a wing. land by the by clever fel.
low, he, the said Isaac, although pretending Ia
be Democrat, on the night before the Novem.
Der election, at Democratic meeting, whilst
was speaking, was heard and seen by two men
} of veracity, trying to hire and pursuade Demo-
Gratis to vote against me and for his brother. In
1854 he again showed signs of repentance, !
agreed with my friends to nominate him for Levy
Court Commissioner and voted for him he on
the afternoon before the last general election re-
ceived from William johnson 800 of political
money, as per receipt. have given him since he
pretended to turn Democrat $40 so, which |
have proof of, therefore in my opinion, the Dem
ocratic party has cost him nothing since he came
to it. have but poorly portrayed the political
character of Isaac Gibbs, one of the leading re.
vilors aud dirty aefamers of my political char.
acter, this is the fellow that had that lying pro
! test published in hand bill form and circulated
j. them in Maryland, at Democratic meeting, tC
try to injure me amongst strangers. At home il
J, this Hundred he is politically abhorred; any pc
It ltical SANDER he can utter out of his mouth can
. not hurt me, and God help the Democratic part,
! Of any Hundred who would be couuselled by sucl
4 a man, and the Democratic fools up the county
/ think will find it out when they know more
, the man. The next is Nathaniel Williams, {
d young man that took an active part in bringing
a into political existence, anil who, serpent like