Middletown transcript., 1871-07-01
~, NE !Mddvs.o~n r,an,erps.

Delaware journal OF fTlu"y iass' H"'
from you. denying that you told INC you
traded with house in Baltimore that was
in tho Southern trade in she early part OF
the war aud was found out and stopped. or
broken up from that trade. ! did not ask
you to tell me your business in the cars,
and should no, have mentioned this mt
ter in the papers, only that when ! FIRST
wrote I termed the Brcckinrijgcrs as has
usually been done. and might say uni.
versally. North. sympathizers with the
rebellion. as John G. Breckinridge their
chief and disorganixing candidate for Pres
ident. was nn active rebel general in the
war; and us you were 30 sensitive about
the name .ympathixcr. l put those qucs-
tions to you Of active aid aud comfort sym.
pa,hy you deny. and not having the time
or desire to search freight bills and trace
packages to wherc they were delivered and
who 10 leave It to your conscience and the
public: and as you mentioned Mr.. j. Rid
die aud give him such high place in your
estimation. | pu' another question to you:
Did you not tell me that man in Phila-
drlphia that hauled goods for you and Mr..
Riddle. told you that Mr.. James Riddle
had urged him to come down TO Delaware
and sec the Priest. to got the Priest to
urge the Catholics to vote for Mr.. james
Riddle for Governor, and that this man
told you he did come down aud got horse
in Wilmington and went out to the Priest
at tho Banks.
Now. Mr.. Dean. how lame your nrgu-
,ncnt when you say l tried to forcs,nll
public opinion on this New Democratic
Departure. or rather I should say, this
conversion to Black RcpublIcnnism You
know. aud every other person who has
read my communications. that they were
written after the Vallandigham- Ohio. o.coun-
ty Meeting and all but one after the Penn.
sylvania State Convention. n, which place
they adopted the 9th resolution. and the
reason for my writing. was to complain of
the basoness Of Northern Democrats to
abandon the contest Of 1872. on the prin-
ciplcs that the Democratic Party had con.
tended for, ,as follows: As soon rs that par.
ty should be restored to power, all revolu-
tionary aud unconstitutional ncts Of the
republicans should be repealed, aud that
Ms the late slave States were not allowed
to have n free and fair expression and vote
on the proposed constitutional amendments
said amendments had not been ratified and
therefore was no plrt Of the constitution
/ BAT only congressional runt'mcnts, the cree
a,ings OF Congress. and ns law abiding cit
izcns il was our duty to abide by il no lon
ger than we could elect majority to Cln-
grcss who were opposed to said measures
then if one Congress could enact another
Congress could repeal. and instead of en-
bhzoning on their standards the repeal oi
ali obnoxious laws passed by the rcpubli-
cans, these Northern Democrats pass res
olu,ions accepting all ,yrasicnl laws aud
measures of the Republican pnriy us n f.
nali,y, aud pledge themselves to respect
them. This is what first induced me to
write against ilcW.
did not suppose that public opinion in
Delaware required any forcs,allng on ,hi,
subject, and God forbid ii ever will. and
unless you and Eclel are trying To fore
stall public opinion here in favor Of Ohio
and Pennsylvania per6dity. am n, los,
to understand you, for if yeu was opposed
to this movement why did you step in to
defend Nalandigham's course Mind, i,
was Nnllandigham's political course that
took exceptions TO aud no, his priyui,
character, as deeply sympa,hizc with hii
wife and children for his fatal accidcn,
and as to trying to forcsia,i pub
lie opinion in Delaware | have nlway,
been in favor Of nominations by ballot
which is the opposite Of fhrcs,alling, IN
1865 ! was extremely anxious to unite III,
Democratic Party of the nation. aud n
the same time pursue such an honorahl,
course us would secure TIC votes Of sucl
men as were opposed to republican ,yran
ny. and to show these mcn we bad ih
good Of the whole country a, henr, | WA
opposed TO sending men as delegates to tn
New York Convention. MS had been ilen
,iied with the split n, Charleston. mn
wrote letter to delegate Of Christians
Hundred, who was Douglas Democrat
or at least acted in meetings with Us i,
1860 and in said letter stated the oh
iact. thnt thought /, would be best l.
, send such delegates to the National Con
, veniion rs would give the least offence I
class o! mcn 4, was important to hay
with us. This said letter was marke
. private aud confidential anl notwiihsiand
, ing, said delegate. | am told showed
around OF this | care nothing. for h
or any other person may publish any pr
liiical letter ever received from me. I
1851 refused to be forced by this del,
gate TO recommend him to the Governo
for Proihona,ary Tie. I was told, wro,
several sheets Of paper abuse of Govcrne
Ross. because he appointed William G
0 Whi,clcy instead Of him. and he took.
J was told. said manuscript to wilming,o
to publish hut there was induced not ,
. have il published
b Now. Mr. Dcan.I am no, an Office hun
] or. A commission was sent to me ,lnr.n
: the war. unsolicited or uncalled f,r.
: took ssid commission back to Wnshinrio
( and told the Secretary l would not has
: il. and he gnve il To another person. a r,
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