Middletown transcript., 1871-06-17
fsr ne .v;ailao~n Trans-yf.

Ma. EDiroR.- have sent you few |
lines in reply to q communication that hns
appeared in the late issue Of a Whining
ton paper.
Mr.. William Dean, l have read ysur
letter In the Delaware Journal did not
invite you. or any person, into a discus-
sion. wrote few lines in the Middle
town Transcript, complaining Of men call.
ing themselves Democrats. but living en-
tircly out Of the State, aud therefore had
nothing to do with the Delaware Democ-
racy. further than in n national view. and
for the very purpose Of forcstnlliug public
opinion as far as possible. Vallnndigham,
at a county meeting in Ohio. commenced
the forestnling Of the Ohio State Convcn-
ton; and Pennsy lvania Ring followed
i, up at Harrisburg. If any person will
read the Wcslchcster JciicrsoInn OF the
3rd instant they will see the secret histo-
ry Of that disgraccful convention held at
Harrisburg, where this 9th resolution was
passed and | would like the papers in
Delaware, tla, call themselves Democrat
ic to publish that history Of the said Penn
sylvnnia State Convention. You stepped
in and il you got worstcd you can step out.
or do as you please; SO far ns the truth Of
what each Of us say, or have said the pub
lie must be the jui ges. You call yourself
Democrat. and admit you voted for John
Z. Breckinridgc He was not nominee
Of the national Democratic party--only n
disorganizer nominated in separate place
(thc Baltimore Market Housc.) where
the national convention was held; aud
from your articles last winter on porula-
tion and representation, you were bound,
as every other Democrat was. TO have sup
ported the majority candidate and rcsou.
lions, and il you then would not supper,
the majority what use is in you now wish
ing TO ascertain the peoples views ON the
so.called amendments to the constitution.
What political right had the I'rcckinridgc
Democrats in Del to call their party The
Democratic Party? None whatever; and to
Breckenridge Democrats cf these United
States are chargcable all the wnilings of
mothers aud orphans, the horrors Of four
years war, murder, ,npine, ruin and end
less tnxaiion; aud yau Breckenridge seccs-
siouists IN Delaware who did not follow
your leader John G. Breckenridge where
Northern Brcckinridgcrs promised before
the war, may thank God that we, the real
Democrats, Douglas men, and union men,
plead for you IN our State as dcludcd
brothers, aud by our good will for YOU
saved hundreds from going to prison We
did not do hy you Brcckinrdgcrs MS Ohio
and Pcnnsy lyania now propose TO do with
the southern men. After encouraging
them to get in rebellion and have pretend
cd amendments Of the constitution passed
by the republicans to oppress them, and
instead Of manly standing by the old con-
sti,u,ion and the southern men, these
friends Of yours in Ohio and Pcnusylya.
MIA that you defend. tell them they must
submit to the CALLING ehnius, tha, they,
the northern dir, eaters. have but very
few negroes in the free States and that
being the case they cannot bother them
selves. no matter how much the white reo-
plo Of the South suffer on account Of this
negro equality doctrine. LAST year !
lore.aw this caying in of thc northern
Democrats and recommended that although
small Delaware was late slave State. aud
had too many negroes in her to submit to
the whins OF free State policy, aud and
nihers called State Convention to form
White Mans Party When Wo got to
Dover We found that old politicians in the
Democratic Party would rather the negro
ties &c, control Of the State than that they
would run their chances for place in
new party, aud had We lccn 10 better
Democrats than the Bre,kinriige men in
ls60, would have formed party which
would have caused splt an the ncgro-
ties would have carried the Stale. us the
republicans did the nation in 1850. We
would not be 50 destitute of principle as
the Drerkintde men were in 1860. We
went home aud done all We could TO beat
the republicans, aud you say White Clay
Creek come half over by adopting the
name Democratic White Mans Party.
Well, | am willing to give her credit for
it, even If it was kind Of tudJole, half
fsh and ha!f .tiog, aud hope she may in
1872 drop of the namc Democrat and be
white man ull over. MS have too much
respect for old White Clay Crcch 10 think
any man. or set Of men. can get her old
Democrats to sunr'ion this new negro g.
quality departure from Democracy. She
refused Van Buren, free soilism and Dave
Wilmot proviso, and il would be really
disgraceful in these late days il she would
turn her back on white men and rally un-
der Salmon J. Chase, the ncgroi,c cham
pion.
William Dean, neither by your writings
nor the extended quotation Of the black
and-tan journal from other papers, can
you get u majority Of white people of Del
aware to agree to the political situation MS
brought abont by anPrincipled rcpubli.
cans, to try to hold on 10 power As to
Polly McNatiism had nothing to do with
it, aud will therefore hand you over to
them for reply TO that part in your let
ter. aud in fact, as before stated. go,
up no controversy with you. was writ
ing against the action Of Ohio and Penn
sylvania, aud any other states or persons
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