Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-11-10
[From the Commercial Of Friday.1
The Condition of Affairs In Lower New
Castle.

VIOLENCE AND OUTRAGE Observation-Disclosures
TO INTIMIDATE voTERs-AssAuLrs ON REPuBLi-
CAN SPEAKERS.
We mentioned the fact, q day or two age, that,
at the Republican meeting at Townsend, on
Friday evening, some colored men who were
standing by, were attacked and stoned away from
the place, by rowdies and ruf1ians in attendance
upon the Democratic meeting. Samuel TOWN.
send. prominent Democrat of Appoquinimink
Hundred, has since called upon us to say that
this outrage was committed by persons, not
residing in the neighborhood OF Townsend, but
near Middletown.
IL is likely, therefore, that these low-lived
brutes we're part Of the same gang who have
been making themselves conspicuous, by other
acts of mob violence. On Friday evening, as the
speakers at the Townsend Republican meeting
returning to Middletown, to spend the night, 2
party of drunken and noisy wretches followed
them, on the road passing them shouting out
the most obscene, abusive, and insulting IAN
guage and heaping every sort OF opproblous
epitRet on the two gentlemen--U. s. District
ATTORNEY Higgins, and DR., Franklin Taylor.
Again, at Middletown, on wednesday morn NJ,
Taylor (who had spoken the proceeding evening
at that place. were about leaving the hotel, they
were met by some half dozen rufhans, some OF
whom, it is said bear the name Of Cochran, and
| DR.. TAYLOR was grossly assaulted, abused, and
nsulted, the leader OF the gang fourishing kis
| fists in violent manner in DR.. Taylors race,
with the evident desire of melting a riot, N
which he and his company Of outlaws would. oi
course, have seriously il not fatally beaten both
| Mr. Bradford and DR.. Taylor.
| We have, also, conclusive evidence, that nor
| withstanding all pretenses and promises, there
| have been persistent and outrageous threats o.
violence made, to intimidste the Republican
voters, both in st. Georges and Appoquinimlnk
At the latter place. at the Little Election, mel
crowded and hustled the coored voters ava.
from the window, and at one time man arme'
with q club, stood before it, for some time an
by his apparent menace kept them from voting
These are facts which we relate both WIZ
shame and indignation. Mr.. Ponder deluge
Sussex county with his whishey, and Hoods
with money every artiice, however degradin
and low, il resorted to, for the purpose OF de
moralizing the citizens OF that robbed and ou
ragged community in Kent, the. Saulsburys al
riding rough-shod over the people, and crackln
their whips in their faces and now IN ne
Castle, 1t appears that justice is to be overawet
and a fair election prevented by rufhanism, sue
as that of which this Middletewn gang. has bee
guilty, and such as others with ioud-mouthe
: insolence, yet threaten.
] We call upon the United States authorize
4 upon the Courts the U. s. District Attorne
.. | and U. 8. Marshal, to see that there II Ire
t fair, vote next Tuesday. The law OF Congre
= guarantees it, and there is ample pooer 70 e'Jor
v that la,p. Mr.. Biggs too, may find that IN ior
:, lug an apparent election by means OF Vioish
'i he has grasped at the empty air.