Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-23
For the Delaware Inquirer.l
Letter from SAMUEL TOWNSEND.

, fire back few hot shot until hiring the wire
, workers behind the curtain TO their senses.-
The editor of the Gazette, in his paper of the
18th inst, talks about the future of the Dem
ocratic party. BY that term he means. the
Buchanan or Administration wing of the De
mocratic party. Now, Mr.. Editor OF the Ca
zette, you and all others who are receiving
3 patronage from the Administration and there
fore upholding it to the contrary of youi
better judgment, are the worst enemies oil
9 true Democracy that ever existed in this
country. You well know that Franklin
> Southern men, caused or gave rise to the gpeat
: Republican party in 1856, and you further
know that Buchanan was only elected by his
own and his friends, pledges that the people
in Kansas or any other territory should have
the full, free, fair right to settle their own al
fairs in their own way that pledge elected
Buchanan. Since his election Southern die
tation has caused him TO repudiate that pledge
and promise, and recommend Congressional
interference in the territories, in favor of sla-
very, after the Democratic party had several
years ago justly repudiated Wilmot's pro
viso proposing Congressional interference in
4 Territories against slavery, and further the
! leading Administration Democrats are now in
favor of re-opening the African slave trade
and are pledging the Buchanan party to adopt
a resolution at the Charleston Convention in
its favor.
I To all these outrages against the Demo
cratic party, which had caused its split and
defeat where there had been an election held,
General Cass has now come in with final
clincher in his LeClerc letter, sweeping away
from all naturalized foreigners all security
and protection of this government in case OF
claimant by any sovereign from whose terri
tory they had emigratedhere. Now | say
any pretended Democrat (for they are nothing
but pretenders) who will try to justify or
hold up an administration with all these sins
on its head, are the worst enemys of true De-
mocracy. Do you for one moment suppose
that a party who repudiates popular sover-
eighty, favors Southern proviso, legislatng
niggers into a territory by congressional enact
ment and directly at variance with tho cx-
pressed wishes of the majority of the citizens
in said territories and also favoring the re-
opening of the African slave trade, and the
abandonment of all our naturalzed citizens
to be claimed by the governments they emi
grated from, can be successful in 1860, and if
not why continue your administration abuse
! 9 Al. n. IL
Douglas and true Democracy, Popular Sover-
eighty, opposition to Congressional interfe.
renee in territories, opposition to re-opening
the African slave trade and in favor of using
the whole Army and Navy of the country, at
any moment, to protect naturalized citizens
in their rights, which wepledged ourselves to
protect when they took the oath of allegiance
TO our government and country, and also in
favor of tariff for revenue and protection Of
our great interests. These are old Democrat
| ic principles that Stephen A. Douglas and his
friends favor and support, and ON this plat
| form the united Democratic party can be vic
torious and ask every true Popular Sover
eighty Douglas Democrat if you are in the
coming campaign in Delaware, going to allow
the Democratic party to send men to make adj
ministration nominations, and thereby in ease
of victory on that policy (Which is iinpos-
sble,) secure all Offices, as at present, for
/ themselves.
had under consideration for long time
in 1858, to form Douglas Democratic party
in this county. | found that the Adminstra-
ton men pondered and promised some of you,
and others of you hung back hoping that a
reconciliation would take place. Buchanan
could relent. All this | could see through
and knew you Were wasting time. The great
Democratic party was intended as party OF
principle, and not a one man party; when
ever chosen officers see proper to tread its
principles under foot, the friends of principles
should withdraw from those selfish dictators
oven if the party is beaten, it will afterwards
do good by teaching selfish men that prin-
ciples are eternal and must he respected, and
the more the people have the manly indepen-
dence to condemn an administration for de-
parture of principle, the sooner will an Ad-
ministration succomb to the will of the mass
es, and the only thing now that prevents a
reconciliation in the Democratic party is
Buchanan's stubbomess to acknowledge his
blunders, and the thought of the sleek, fat
ofice-holders, that they will lose places TO be
+ filled by some other Democrat who is more
deserving. 1t is now the middle Of July, 80,
and if this warfare and policy is kept mp by
the Administration wing of the Democratic