Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-05-09


And makes me poor ir1sea-S 1880
--HAMLET, Aor III, 50. g.
en- eta-tc tA,nplaint, sir, that the newspapers
have injured me, by llching from me my name,
hitherto good and reputable. complain that it
has been done wantonly and without cause.
not only enter my complaint but petition for
redress.
The injury has been done me because bear the
name injured. 1t is no less wrong to all who
have borne that name in years past, and it is
still greater one to the posterty who are not here
to defend themselves.
| The sirname of Jenkins, Mr. Editor, is not so
common and so numerous as to lose Its individu-
atty and become public property. The Census
Reports will show that it is by no means frequent
in the list The family is not so large us the
Smiths, the Browns, the Joncsos, or many others.
It ia therefore not in this quarter that excuse can
be found for outraging its private rights and drag
sing it into public use as the synonym fer
character contemplate if not disreputablc.
Nor s there anything in the original meaning
OF the name, or the occupation, pursuit. or en-
ployment either OF the whole family, the greater
part of it, or any prominent member Of it,
which gives justification or reason for tho use OF
thS hhhit up lnt representative Ot u luGuuey, n
rolet-de-chanibrc, and a snob.
do not know of any, and l do not believe
here ever was any, Jenkins, who followed the
vacation Of i man milliner. Except in the i'm
agination of the very imaginative and very rrey-
ercnt newspaper profession there is no reason to
believe that any such person ever existed.
The family is Of Welsh origin, but one or two
, branches have been located in England for many
years, and in this country other members were
; among the frat settlers The old Welsh stock
were hardy mountnneers from Merloncth Mentro.
i merry, and Radnor. presume they kept goats
: made Welsh flannel, and sang Welsh songs whel
f they were not fighting the English in their rock,
h Businesses. That they should have been vcrsed il
tho mysteries of fashionable Dress or addicted t.
seeking information in the McCracken style Il
from their origin, location, and character, so ut
8 tery absurd and prcposterous that ii needs no cy
n PLANTATION. OF the English branches of the family
(see Burkc's English Landed Gentry. Sir llugl
- and Sir Richard were prominent and useful men
, but in prosaic business walks of life. They d
v not invent Brummel tic or D'Orsay waistcoai
Is but earned honor in the service of the East Indi
o company in times when mountain courage am
a Welsh stubbornncss were needed to achieve sue
n cess,
3. In this country the name. includes several yer
= respectable and highly trusted gentleman in til
i, business and professional walks of life. Sever.
" are in New York, and in New England othci
still in the Wyoming Valley, and Pittsburg, Penn
W sylyania, while in various portions Of the sout
II and in this State there still Others That the
character stands high, and that their talents Al
of practical character, seems to be evidenced Ii
the fact that in the various banks of the countr,
III a year ago, some fifteen or twenty of the nan
s. were Presidents and Cashiers.
y Iappcal to you, sir, to insert this communici
IN ton, sobcrly written that may have hearing
n, behalf Of myself and those who have gone b
he tore. rs well as those who arc to come aftr
H. against the irreverent, irresponsible and rccklc
newspaper writers who have done US grieyol
H., injury. am
. Yours, very truly,
~ MORGAN AP GMFFiTH Ar JESkIN
CoEpYFoEI, May ith, 1867.