Smyrna times., 1872-06-05
Geo. Alfred Townsend On Delaware
Politics.

George Alfred Townsend seems TO love tOdabble in
Delaware politics since he cast SIX votes for the State
III the Cincinnati Convention, with more effrOnery
than authority. Eo has been TO Wilmington looking
up Greeley men. Of whom he found only slx accord
Ing TO his own exaggerated account. As Washington
correspondent OF the Chicago Tribune he writes the
following;
So lar as my information went, all the persons
who had sympaIhEed with the Cincinnati movement
are satisfied with Horace Greeey's nomination. Men
like Samuel Bancroft IA cousin of John Bright, OF
England) Col a. II. Grmshaw. w. G Gibbons, G
w. Stone, j. H. hOhecker q. L. TybOut, and Others.
are disappointed wIththe personnel OF the Republican
psrIv, and The parry has been split up by local leuds
This Stale was long ruled, in the name OF the
Republican party, by George Fisher. OF Dover,
now Grants District Attorney Of Washing Ton Fisher
IS plausible semi sincere type OF politician and he
long ruled the State by organizing the Republicans IN
Convention; ;acc0rdIhg 20 the manner IN which the
Stale Government Is organized, namely: making each
county equal, that The principal Republican
county, New Castle, can be Irampled out by the
sParsey settled and reactOnary lower counties,
where The Sanlsburys live. The Wilmington eople
revOlutiOnlzed this method OF making Conventions
and 50 captured the Stale organization Alter while
the Wilmington men got 10 quarrelIng among them
selves, between the pretensiohs OF the Grant editor
there-One Jenkins country chap with goggles.
FROM NOrrlslOwn, Pa who carpet. bagged INTO the
Stale a few years ago-and another man omInOusly
named Pickles. who ruled the City Councils OF VIII.
mnglOn and. by he way, 10 control the City Conn.
ellis is OF more consequence than 10 control the Della
ware Wilmington being rich flourish.
ing municipal and the State of Delaware having
no patronage worth considering, except the Two
Scholarships.
"The ablest politicians of the State on the Repub-
lcaB side probably. Nat B. Smilhers, OF Dover,
and j. Il. Heald OF WILMINGTON. Smithers is reported
to have no great opinion of Grants Administration
He member of Congress for some time, and
as lawyer, has as much force, style, and ncision
can be found in prominent pla in other States
He made some mistake of political jud gment about
negro-suffrage good while ago, and has wasted a
good deal Of time in defending that position. The
most foolish chase in the world is that for consis
tency; a wise never bothers about il, and goes
ahead with something else.
" T. Heald is one of the weatbest men oil Viii
mingtOn, which city is Just now approaching
population Of 40 900, and has shown much energy
for its size, any city in the country. Heald
really the brains of Pickles, the Wilmington p0ti
clan. lie is President of a railroad, and o
Quaker family, quiet, courteous, methodicsl, and
deep thinker, whose Judgment is respected by people
of both parties In the future history of the State
there is little doubt but that of the character
Smthers and Heald will supersede the old foges il
politics, and live on serenely, despite the abuse
young men who wear goggles and publish news
papers to enhance their self-importance. AmOngs
others who have been named n dissatisfied with th'
political situation are Lewis Thompson and Johr
| Pilling.
"The Democrats of Delaware show more sens,
than would have been believed ofthem. The George
town Sussex County, journal, published where
| Willard Salisbury resides, says that probably th'
best thing the Democrats do is to nominate
Greeley. Even Governor Sausbury's paper, pub
lIshed at Dover DeLanarean,-says the Demo
cratic Conventions edicts will be respected IN tn
State. Blggs, the Congressman of Delaware, VIII
used To be noisy little Wing, ranting around tn
State and full of ndectives. is. like every new con
vert, terrible Democrat now, and will neveT-oh
never depart"