, 1870-05-11
THE DELAWARE WHITE MEN,
Row Some ofThem Attempted TO Or.
eaDlzc n Political. Party, and How
They FuiIcd-Shomcfnl Apathy OF
the Great Mass. of-White- Men.

E340uLE IL A9A - = <@A%eA eNN -
They FalIcd-Shumcfnl Apathy OF
the Great. Mass, of-White Men.
From, The Ea.hsnston lDsll Commercial, Maya.
For several weeks past a cal has been be-
fore tho people OF this State for mass con-
Mans Party" which would 1ssorb 81 the De
mocracy, and that large number OF Repnb1i-
cans that Democrats beiieve to be1ying around
loose outside their party. The convention.
it il said, was to be held at Dover, and
bills announcing the fsct were sent to two
OF tho nnti-saulsburJ Democrats there, to be
put upt but said bills are believed to be, as yet,
peacefullY slup1bering in the desks OF the
gentlemen aforesaid, and Dover has not, to
this day, had official notice Of the honor in
men interested in the proposed convention,
expecting to have all the while mon ;" OF the
\ State fIocking to Dover, urged the railroad to
make suitable preparations1for carrying the
| host, and the company accordingly issued half
tickets, put extra cars on the morning train
| train, which stops at Harrington, to continue
| on to Seaford al this that the accouchensent
Of the new party might come of comfortably
and with eciaG- -.
The trai1,!' started from Wilmington With
| three enthusiastic white men," without re-
garl to patty, and one enthusiastic 9'Demo-
erat," without regard to color, who proclaimed
| himself Iookor-on.
Newcastle contributed another delegate.
1t nIiddletown it was expected that a large
hssd vas out of the window Looking for tho
| waited throng Of white men. 'Whsn the train
stopped, one individual stepped on, and that
was ALL This MES surprising: nay, alarming
The Middlotown DemocfaeJ hayo for years
| had but one cause for pride and conSrntnla-
.tion, and that il that they ''weren't niggera,'
aud Il they failed to respond to such call
VIM Honld Eeaponas
"Well, there's hope in Townsend! 1et rs
nait till we get to Townsend Samuel, OF that
name, is the Grand Mogul Of tho now move
ment, and he uil bring = crowd"
The train Btopped, and our venerable friend
Samuel, and his brother John and another
man got aboard. "onlT this and nothing
HI1ings is serious now" and the uine
white men look into each other's eyes with
| alaru-but stopt there is yet hope. Smyrna
lies ahead Of them, and has not al the whise
fleeh OF Smyrna been made to croep by the ex-
tracts recently read there from French book
By Senator Baya1d? Smyrna viii doubtless
do its duty. The train stops and one man gets
On TO represent Smyrna aud Clayton too.
This completes tho delegates, and nobody
: says anything for mile Or two. Somebody
suggests that the upper portion Of the State i
no longer much OF place for raising peachea,
think, with bitter paug, that it is a poorer
placa still for raising white mon, snd BAY
"Wait till the train from doWn-countFJ
comea."
We I'll get to Dover, and curious crowd ol
boys is at the depot to see the ghost1y array
of white men, doubtless expecting to see 1
procession uniformed in winding sheets SEQ
ing ten men in ordinary garb get OF, the ju
yeni1ea turned away disgusted.
Dover wore its usual Sunday-lke aspect
and tho ,mperturbable calm wss not disturbet
by the convention. It appeared that MI th'
Democrats had concluded to stay in thei
houses, and this Of course left the streets o.
the town almost deserted, as tho group o.
white men went quietly along, painfully con
scious Of the fact that many . pair Of eye
wero looEing through the blinds 1t them.
The Uelatrarian Office had out no banners
the State House doors were not open, Cover
! nor Saulabury did not make his appearance Of
the streets, and brother Eli quietly watchet
the thing from lis den on the corner OF th'
State, House. while not an c1-membcr Of tht
Legislature vas to be found in the town
Presently the train from below arrived, ant
With it from thirteen to fifteen more "wh1t'
men," and that was all. The fifteen looked a
tho ten, and the ten looked at the fifteen, ant
then ali looked 1T Sam Townsend, and then a
gNed on the ground. Presently some box
man said, "Lct's 60 home" and as soon -
opportunity offered they rent.
| And thus ended the White Mems Convention
at Dover. Sam Townsend Rass the white mel
of Delaware will live TO regret their spath,
yesterday.