Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-03-05

For the Delaware Republican.
! AMENDMENT TO THE CRY CHARTER.-Pub
| lie attention has been directed to tho fact, tina
important changes have been made in the Cit!
Charter, by the General Assembly, and are only
! awaiting the acceptance OF the City Council, Il
become established as part OF the law OF tht
! State. One or two evils likely to ensue from
the adoption Of these alterations, have beer
/ pointed out, and evils they are acknowledged
| TO be, by every intelligent man who has eS
amined the proposed amendments. The pow
er given to the Council ofplugging up the ends
of streets terminating on the Brdndywine OF
Christiana, without any adequate compensa-
tion to the City, is obnoxious to every voter
and taxpayer, except the select and favored
few, who enjoy the happy privilege ofustns the
public property as their own and to the exclusion
oftheir less fortunate fellow citizens. This is a
defect in principle, andin cxpediency, inmotive
and in plan, and can be traced straight home to
the designing schemes of one individual. who,
an has official capacity, has attempted tand It is
TO be feared only too successfully to frame
public law for his personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Another deformity, which it is proposed to en-
graft on the Charter, is this;-
"SEc. 81. lind be ii further enacted as Gtore-
said, That the power of u Justice Of the Peace
under section 8 Of chapter 81 of the Revised
Statutes, to punish offences against ordinances
of a city or town shall not hereafter extend to
or include any offence against an ordinance Of
the city Of Wilmington
Now, what member Oft the Council, OF of the
Legislature, can interpret the hidden meaning
of this little section which has been so adroitly
slipped, thus far, through the forms Of legisla-
tion2 What public necessity or grievances de-
mand the repeal of the present law which i'm
powers Justices to punish offenders against
the City ordinances The simple truth is, that
the same cunning brain that plotted the other
defects is the parent of this. Here is Il musty
couplet-none the worse for being old
"No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law"
which, ifthe record ola Wilmington magistrate
speaks truly, is applicable TO the ingenious
author Of this section. Thus it is, detormity
begetS deformity4Ba bad principle spreads and
widens, and there is no telling in how many
other sections of the Amended Charter this
principle of scheming for private gain or re-
vengo may be found cropping out. Hasty
legislation is nearly always pernicious. Let
the City Council give thesu AMENDING nts little
more deli5eration before finally adopting them.
Better to wait two years longer, than to tdsten
ON the City an odiOus law, which for every
good feature in it, has dozen blemishes.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
A STRONG SToRY.-The following letter from
Samuel Townsend, Esq, appeared in tho Del
aware journal, on Tuesday, and we publish il
to let our readers know what is going on in the
world. Ii Mr.. 7. would not indulge so freely
in rough expressions his writings would effect
more good, and prove equally advantageous to
himself 1t is not good policy to apply hard
names to an opponent.
Nh. EDrroR
ask small space in your paper,
TO say a few words to that black hearted G. p.
johnson, OF the Gazette. have not written any
thing for the papers lately and was in hopes it
would be some time before | should again be
forced 10 defend myself from attacks; but il APP
pears their are some meu on earth 80 mean and
dirty, that no ray of fairness ever crosses their
vison--aud this C. P. Johnson, of the Gazette
is one of those men. few weeks back Mr.
Deakync,the Delaware City Delegate Representa-.
tive for this Hundred died. Quite a number OF
Democrats from the different parts of the Hun
'ired then met at Blackbird, on the 9Th inst,
and unanimously nominated John TOWNSEND.
who at once resigned and then Richard Fergu-
son was unanimously nominated. The meeting
ordered the proceedings sent to the Gazette for
publication, which the editor who has control OF
the paper published. anil put in nm editorial say.
ing that he merely did it as n matter Of news,
TO let people know whit was going on in the
Hundred; and went further, and rerudiated the
nomination, aud named two other persons az
candidates for n3--jnst as though we did not
know our own business q.ite as wed us hypocrite
q. p. Johnson and further he said, as well rs I
can recollect, that he should wait to hear FROM
the ch firm IN of the County meeting, Now yor
dirty lneniai you complain Of other persons mo-
sticking to n rinnatiuns, but in your dirty paper
you recommend Reorganization aud the repuli
alton of n nomination fairly made, and By the
| only proper power, aud in the same place and
| same manner, thnt was done &c years ago on
the death of a previous member. Who else ex
cept the Democrats of the Hundred have the
right to make a nomination? That beautiful
posse Of Delegates who met ut Delaware City
last year are dcfunct, and trust that no such n
body will ever assemble again, The Democracy
Of each Hundred has the sovereign right to
select candidate by ballot, anil my man who
cannot get majority of the Democratic votes
of his Hundred, has no right on the ticket. So
much for your slurs against the nomination.
Next, you vince and groau over the result of
the election. You say that their were objections
made against Ferguson. because it was supposed
he would be under my influence. Whata black
hearted untruth Your own Democratic citizens
Of Wilmington have, through the ballot-hox,
stamped you falsitier, by giving almost unan-
| inous vote for Ferguson-a Just respect that
Appointments Hundred will be happy to pay
back whenever the opportunity offers. You
| again say, il the opponents of me bad nominated
Kanely, Ferguson would have been baaten worse
than be beat W. NJ. johnson. What stuff, fool ;
| the Democrats of this Hundred understand their
own business, and whenever they nominate one
man, they are not quite such fools as to nomi-
nate another to run against him. Whenever
they want Mr.. Kanely or any other man, they
| will say so until then, you and others may as
| well shut your tly-traps. You and other dis
organizers pretending to be Democrats run
W. NJ johnson, and got most shamefully beaten.
notwithstanding your lies and misrepresenta-
tons. Is not the election of Samuel Townsend's
| friend, Richard Ferguson, sour cranes to you
scamps? Don't you hate yourselves? Your
success, gained by villiany at Delaware City,
was but short-lived, and should he warning in
future SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
TOWNSEND, Feb. 25th. 1857.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In Congress on Monday, Mr.. Cass presented
resolutions from the Legislature of Michigan
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