Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-05-27
Spicy Account Of the Delawafe TIzzIe.

FcR several weeks past call has been
before the people of this State. for o State
Mass Convenfbnof Of White niento orgglizei
White Mars Party" which should,
absorb all the Democracy, and that, large
number Of Republicans that Democrats
believe to be lyihg stounrId t.oy rI loose outside
The convention, it s~as'said, was 10 be
held at Dover, and bills anpognejng ~ the,
bury DemesEsts thsFe, to be put up,y but
fully slumbering III the desks of the gen
tlemen aforesaid, and Dover has not, as
yet, had official police of the honor In
tended to be conferred uponhersa
The gentleman interested. in the pro;
posed convention, expecting to have all
the White Meh of the State flocking to
Dover, urged tide railroad TO make suitA
BILE preparations for carrying the host, and
the company accordingly issued half tick
cts, put extra cars on the morning train
down, and issued orders for the afternoon
train, which stopsh at Harrington, TO con-
tinue on to Seatbrd; all this that the ac-
couchement of the new party might
come off c0lhfortably and with 6oIdt i.s
The traIn started from Wilmington with
three enthusiastic "white men, without
regard to party, and one enthusiastic
"Democrat," without regard to color, who
proclaimed himself O locker on. siobi t.tr %
New Castle contributed another del
AT Middletown It was expected that
large delegation would come on, and
everybody's head was out of the window,
looking fof the waiting throug Of white
men Whensthe train stopped, one indi-
vidual quietly stepped on, and that was
all. This was surprising; nay, alarming
The Middletovn Democracy have, for
years, had but one cause for pride and
congratulatiAn, and ~ that was, they
"weren't niggersS and II they failed to re,
spond to such call, who would respond2
Well, there's hope in Townsend let US
wait till we get TO Townsend. Samuel, of
that name, is the Grand Mogrh Of the new
movement, and he will bring a crowd.
The train stopped, and our venerable
friend Samuel, and his brother John, and
another man, gotaboard. "Only thisand
nothing more.p I
Thingsfs serious ncw," and the nine
white men look into each others eyes
with alarm-but stopl there is yet hope.
Smyrna lies ahead of them, and has not all
the white flesh of Smyrna been made TO
creep by the extracts recently read there
from French book by Senator Bayard?
Smyrna will doubtless do its duty. The
traiu stops, and one man gets on to repre-,
sent Smyrna and Clayton, too.
This completes the delegates, and no
body says anything for mile or two
Somebody suggests that the upper por
tion of the State is no longer much of a
place for3 raising peaches, and all the
"delegates" doubtless quietly think with
bitter pang that it is poorer place still
for raising, white men, and say" wait
till the train from down country comes. u
We all get to Dover, and a curious
crowd of boys is at the depot to. see the
ghostly array of white men, doubtless ex-
pecting p sseia proce ssion uniformed in
winding sheets. Seeipg-ten men in or
dinaIy garb get off, the Juveniles turned
away disgusted.
Dover wore its usual Sundaylike
aspect, and the imperturbable calm was
not disturbed by the convention. 1t ap
peared that all the Democrats had con
cluded to stay in their houses, and this oi
course left the streets of the town almost
deserted, as the group of white men went
quietly along, painfully conscious of the
fact that many pair of eyes were look
ing through the blinds at them
The Detf7onrinn office had out no ban
ners, the State House doors were moi
open, Gov. Salisbury did not make his
appearance on tne SreeIs, ana Drothef Eli
quietly watched the thing from his den Oh
the corner of the State House, while moi
an exmember of the Legislature was tC
be foundsin the town
Presently the train from below arrived
and withlts from thirteen to fifteen more
"white men, and that was all.
The fifteen looked at the ten, and the
ten looked at the fifteen, aDdthen al
looked at Sam Townsend, and then sl
gazed on the ground. Presently some
bold man sad '.Let's go home" and as
soon as opportunity offered they went.
And thus ended the White Mans Con
vention at Dover Wilmington; Del,
Commercial, Nay 6.