Middletown transcript., 1869-03-20
From, the CAesterto,pn Tron,cript.

B.
gzB- The "friend" of the Middletown Trans
cript, the enemy of the Chestertown Transcript, |
and Of Chestertown, again, after several weeks |
cogitatiOn occupies column Of the Middletown |
paper.
lie starts out with the declaration that he has
sought no controversy with the Chestertown ed
itors. With the Ehtors, no--bst with one cd
itor, certainly. We have lost our temper and
appear in rage; the other parties are only a
little less cool and courteous than usual We
understand; the exposition Of certain little
Northern correspondence has neither been for
given or forgotten; and if certain parties do not
beware they will find some day they have been
nursing viper. Those who toy with reptiles,
for the amusement or annoyance of others, gem
orally end by getting stung.
But the identity Of Sinapis is placed among
the irrelevant issues. Not quite SO irrelevant as
he seems to suppose; for if he will sign his
name, the whole force of his articles are gone
and in this partial concealment he has at least
shown one spark Of wisdom. But even here his
vanity got the mastery, when he declared TO a
citizen of this town that he intended "to give
them another mustard plaster.' The assertion
that we have attempted to pry into the affairs of
the post Office, is simply untrue the fact that a
certain meddling and scribbling individual
ceived the Mddletown paper, was common report
here; and if Sinapis desires his name he can
have it.
But again, this Sinapis says, Do we know tina,
his communications were not offered to the Chcs-
| tertown papers? We know they were not offered
| to this office and we believe if they had been
offered TO the other, that fact would have been
too gladly paraded.
He refers TO communication which was ex-
| cluded from the press of the town. But one conf
| munication in reference to the railroad has been
declined by this paper-and that was prepared
by one person and offered by another-the first
paragraph of which contained sur at the ed
tor of this paper; this by gracious permission,
was TO be struck out This communication was
offered Immediately previous 10 the last election
for directors, its purpose was to aid the election
of set of directors who would change the To-
cation of the road, which had then been fixed
upon and contracted for, the western terminus OF
which was Swan Creek. We refused to publish
it upon these grounds, and SO told the reputed
author.
But this man, having done what he can to in
lure the press Of his County, and the leading
hotel of his County Town, now turns his atten-
ton to our prominent citizens. His morbid i'm
agnaton supplies facts to hand in his crusade
against our town and those of our citizens who
are connected with the railroad. In direct con-
| flict with the real facts, he assumes that "the
leading men of Chestertown do earnestly and
persistently oppose the extension of the Kent
County railroad to any terminus on the shore of
the Chesapeake" 1t is difficult to understand
how he could have remained in such ignorance
on this subject as to credit, for a moment, the
truthtulness of his own assumption. He must
know-or at least could have known-the citi-
| zens Of this town, SO far as the action of their
representative at the board may be regarded US
rejecting their wishes, hare di,oays and do note
tdroT the Western terminus of the road on the
waters of the Chesapeake or at Deep Landing
1t is known generally that in 1867, when the
road was located, and the Chestertown influence
was supposed to prevail in the board, the then
President Of the road and the Chestertown di-
rector aided in fixing the terminus at Deep Lam
ding. 1t is also fact that ut their instance the
advertisement, for contract for construction,
was delayed for time, in order to get the sur
veys completed to Deep Landing, so as to secure
q contract for the entire road. A contract for
the entire road, in which the then President and
the Chestertown director took leading part was
made, and the funds of the Company equally
appropriated so far us practicable, on every part
OF the read. Does Sinapis hope, with these facts
staring him in the face, 10 make any one believe
that Chestertown is opposed TO the Bay terminus
of the road.
We understand that the director from Chester
town has never, since the old contract was
abandoned, opposed making the lower terminus
at Deep Landing, but has insisted that the upper
portion OF the road be made .iIs.. i'it ,'is
in explaining the reasons tor his alse.y uIned
state OF the case, presents the follow Inl cement
Il 'The answer is, in the nsuIse Of !, proni-
nent citizen of the town, and II StocAholder aid
Director in the road, that such an eXt,nsiUn
town; whereas if Chestertown were made the
Western terminus, Chester river would be alive
with transports bringing the products of the sur
rounding country TO the town, and Baltimore be
wholly excluded from its benefits.
We are authorized by the only citizen of this
town, who is now or ever has bcen director in
the road, to pronounce this whole statement ii
pure fiction, false from beginning to end.
The impudent gravity with which this man as
sumes injured innocence and says he has not de
sired or attempted TO array Town and County
against each other" is truly wonderful, when
in the very next sentence he says THAT has been
'done long time ago by the arrogant assump-
"tion of the town to dictate to the country and
''absorb and control every common interest"
Docs he not know that the most important mat
ters of general interest in the County, have, for
years, been mainly in the hands of gentlemen
from the country. The County Commissioners,
who have charge of levying and dshursing the
revenue of the County, have for many years been
entirely managed by gentlemen from the country.
This effort to stir up prejudice against town
in one who occasionally recommends the servi-
ccs OF a missionary, and who himself undertakes,
as has been hinted, TO teach peace on earth and
, good will toward men, is most remarkable, and
, suggests the query whether he may not consider
himself as favored with dispensation from the
sacred obligations o; truth love and charity.
, We do not see what good he proposes TO him
. self TO the community in which he lives or those
q in Delaware TO whom he writes, beyond the graft
ifcation of his own personal spleen and OF his
disappointed vanity. He endeavors to fan up
old slumbering prejudices for no other apparent
purpose than to promote i'll will against our town
We are satisfied, however, that his designs are
well understood by the generous, high-minded
and well-thinking people of the County, and thai
they not disposed to regard with favor his ef.
forts in this direction, or to allow themselves to be