Middletown transcript., 1871-03-04
Oriainal Artitlts.
Correspondence Of the Mdaii,fown Trdnseripi.
NEWARK, DnL. Feb. II, 1871.

ANb"Nhh, DEts ItU. tCt
Mr. Editor One Of your correspond
cnts, Rambler" says of "our late fricnt
Dean Of White Clay Greek Hundred has
taken to letter writing, first upon one sub.
ject then another, his latest illusions have
been upon temperance and representation. y
How Rambler" can say that | have
been writing anything on temperance
cannot understand, for have not advocat-
cd single measure that has been brought
forward by any temperance organization
and the temperance has never been used
but once in any Of my communications
and that was when disowncd having am
. connection with any temperance society
for the last tiitccD ,eare' ! haYc had u
spell OF sickness aud am recovering, aud
have been confined To the house for over
two months. Ii " Rambler" had been
accustomed to rs active life rs the writer
and he was not able to leave the house for
the length of time which the writer has
been obliged 10 be housed up, he ~oul,.
take to letter writing, or some other means
Of killing time In all my communica-
tlons have tried 90 gct subject that the
people Of Delaware were interested in
Ny communications on the subject which
" Rambler says was un temperance was
intended for the purpose Of showing UP a
secret organization, the object Of which i,
10 screen violators Of the License Law of
the State Of Delaware from the penalties
attached TO iis violation, and TO Lrercnt
the said organization from securing the
enactment # law which had fir it, pur-
pose the assistance 10 the matter screening
the vlulators of the law from its penalties
| want !, understood that | am not op-
posed iq Tie business of hotel keeping. tor
the accommodation Of the travelling rublic
such houses cannot BE- dispensed With
Our license law shoul be made t. define
what accommodations we're necessary foi
house 10 receive license and make the
charge for such license Il, price that il
would not pay 10 take out too many in
any one place. aud not To license any
place simply for the purpose Of taking it
u whi,kcy mill am opposed to prohih.
tory or parmissivc laws. fr the reason
that they never answer the purpose for
which they we're intended. Make your
lirersa laws 81 that they canno, hc violat-
ed will mpnnity, or they are of M ac-
count, aud See ihut every person convicted
Of a violation suffers the full penalty of the
law
3" Rambler" thinks we should appeal
to.our Reruhicun Congress { aud Mt the
same time usuJ such big. hard words lha,
| shall not repeat them. 10 pass law
taxing ont of existence its manufacture
aud stopping its Importation" Now. if
:" Rambler hal kept himself only half
posted in regard 10 the action Of congress
h. would have known that when the law
tnXing the manufacturer at the rate af two
dollars per gallon, that the law was eyad-
Cd and that more liquor was gGla that new
el paid cent of tax than what paid the
tax required BY law, 50 you may Judge Of
the possibility Of any law that might be
enacted either By a Republican or Demo
cratic Congress prohibiting the mannfac-
,nre and sale Of Intoxicating liquors hcing
enforced In the writer crilion Ram.
hler's v meihol Of curing tie evil would
not havc the effect he claims for it, |
think whenever 3" Rambler" writes for the
general good Of the people of Delaware he
had better leave party politics out Of the
question, ii takes away all the effort in-
tended Ii il was discussion of party
politics with republican the writer would
not spare them any more than would
!" Rambler +" Rambler" SAYS. until
such move is made they might as well
cease their efforts in Delaware. for ii is all
done to weaken the hands of the
dominant party, and for this only"
= Rambler > does net know the writer, for
in regard to the fur,hering the cause Of
the Democratic party he has done us much
rs " Rambler or any other man in the
State, in proportion to his ability to do,
and am cautious of saying or doing any
thing that would injurc the Democratic
party rs any one. yet hold that have
right to criticisc the acts Of our public
men in Office, n righ, which not all the
men in Kent and Sussex counties can take
away from me. aud intend to use il when
| think proper. ''Rambles says, were
il not niggersm Dir Deans views on rep
resentation would be very good, but while
radicalism is doing its utmost to secure
power II is better TO make no changes, MS
one Kent and Susscx Democrat fully
equals two radicals white or black" From
this kind Of argument am led to suppose
that Rambler" would deprive himself Of
his rights rather than some one whom he
does not look upon with favor should en-
joy them along with him. For nv part