Middletown transcript., 1870-11-26
For the Middietown Transcript.

Mr.. EDITOR Having now little
leisure time | propose through your paper,
to call to mind few incidents of the late
political struggle in Delaware, and | might
say in the United States, where, for the
first time, the races have been brought face
to face, at least in Delaware. Foreseeing
such state of things, l last spring pro-
posed in published letter, to throw all
old party names to the fourwinds and ac-
cept the challenge thrown down to white
men by President Grant, in his proclama-
ton saying the 18th amendment was the
law of the land, when he well knew as all
other republicans did, that it was never
adopted by three-fourths of the States un-
trameled, and for this reason it was not
the law of the land, only an act of Con-
gress, or in other words, could not law
fully overrule State constitutions. But new
ertheless there was political party called
Republican, so far lost to every just and
honorable principle and obligation to white
men, as to seek their disgrace and destruc-
tion by bringing in an inferior race (ne-
groes,) on political equality with white
men, and for the particular reason that the
present party in national power saw that
they had lost the confidence of white peo-
pie, and therefore must soon surrender to
party that the people had confidence in.
However, this expedient of negro fran
chise must be resorted to, therefore, as |
stated, | was in favor, and am now, of
throwing away all party names, as value
my race and color above all party names,
Last spring, there being a great many
Democrats who loathsd to give up the name
a compromise was effected, to call it the
democratic White Man's Paty," a ne@
party, and therefore an no way bound or
responsible by what Martin TanBWen or
any other man calling himself a Democrat
might hare done, or chat any free State,
or accept-situation-Democrats may do, ,oe
hare in Delauare pledged ourselves, not
only to Je a Democratic Party, but to be
purely and erclusioclya White lMu'ts Par
ty; to seek no nigger's vote, and what
was done in Delaware, was done and will
be done in all the late slave States, for it
is common cause-self- preservation of
our white race-and all delegates from the
late slave States to the National Democrat
ic Convention in 1872 should be instruct
ed to oppose. should they be offered, ac-
cept situation Resolutions, and if that op-
position failed, to withdraw from said con-
vention, and nominate candidates on the
White MINIS Platform, without preserva-
ton or evasion, for this negro franchise
amendment is the dtoiding line, and d,carfS
all other issues. The very moment Pres
ident Grant announced the 18th amend
ment to be the law of the lrnd, that mo-
ment the Republican party ceased to be a
white mans party, and thereafter started
ne,o life, the Negro Party, and the cham
pion Of Negroes Rights, thus absolving all
white persons who were opposed to negro
franchise from all party connection with
the republican party; and in this county,
and State, these noble tchite men, have
helped the Democratic White Men to a
chieve a great, and God grant, lasting
victory over the negro party, notwithstand
ing the leaders of that party resorted to
the most damnable and cowardly y means to
try and help hold on TO power in this
county. Hireling scoundrels were sent to
the polls, heavily armed, to murder white
people, on the triAing pretext that negroes
were obstructed in voting. The Census
Marshal here, has, since the election told
who sent the nine men here. lie says he
was told in Wilmington they were sent
from Marshall Gregory's men of Philadel
phia, and each armed with two 7 shooters,
a knife and billy. want our Legislature
when they meet, to ferret out this outra-
geous act, as it is said part of the pro-
gramme of the scoundrels was to steal the
ballot-box, and to send for persons and pa
pers and mete out ample punishment to
such offenders as cpunseled and aided This
outrage on The citizens Of Dela~are, and
pass such needful laws as will hereafter
meet such cases The noble motto "White
Men Shall Rule Delaware" will forever
be lived up to in Delaware.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
To,onsend, Nou. 81, 1870.