Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-04
For the Daily G'dxefse,

Mr.. JOHNSON II observe in your paper of the
I'd inst. a communication over the signature of
TRUTH in which a bungling effort has been
made to xcuse the "outra ceous" condnct of GER
tain members of the Board Of Trustees OF the Poor |
OF whom "Truth" seems 10 be a champion the |
gist of which is that preliminary caucus was |
held ut the Almshouse on the 9th Of March, and |
a certain gentleman from N,ddietoacn received
the nomination for Treasurer OF the Poor, (which
has been dened) but on tho dav of the election
9th OF April the sad gentleman was ungr,-
ciously passed by, and tor that the Boilers
threw their votes IN favor of the Republican can
date, elccting him over all the goo and eo,npe-
tent Democrats In the county, and forsooth, be-
cause the "gentlemau from Mddetowl" could
not Obtain the position, they determined, rather
than any other Democrat should have it, to de-
| against the whole Democratic party
Judging from their actien) ard went bodily
| To then opponents. Not satisfied with the be-
| trayal of the party they, or truth undertakes
to justify their conduct by entering on n crusade
| against gentleman from Wilmington. hecusc
| 1T is nferredj he had the audacity to present hi
| name before the Trustees tor the appon tment
| md further, because he had written a certain
| letter to sons members of the Board III which he
| took occasion TO say that as the Trustees of the
Poor were the creatures OF the Court, therefore
they were "bona to elect the can iidate they
| recommended"
| The writer, who has copy of the letter, de-
clarss that there were no such words "bOuild to
elect the candidate they recommended' in the
said letter. He hopes 1t will not be considered
uncharitable when he declares his belief that
"Truth" knew, or should have known, that it was
Hntrue at the time ne made the assertion. But
he that as it may, should like to know. Mr.
Editor, what that had to do with the other re
spectacle Democrats who were applicants Tor tn.
Office !. Suppose, for instance, which Is positively
denied an insult should have been inadvertenti,
given to every member OF the Board Is that an,
reason that protesting to be Democrats shuu!'
so tar forget their tealty to their party as to .
over to their opponents and then boast that the
l had succeeded in defeating tine will OF the ma
IA jorty:
The ..sentleman" from Wilmington would her
say that his Democracy does not depend on tn
: "oaves and fishes" that he has voted the Demo
cratic ticket Tor forty years, has never asked II
any Office during that period. save this; that I'll
simple disappointment or not receiving 1t WI
never alter ms opinion, nor force him m spte
~ 20 over to the enemy; and so tar as he is persoi
:, ally concerned he has no complaints to make: b'
Il feels sore to think that among many firm Den
ocrats none was found worthy to receive Il
appointment. But "rruth" goes farther, Al
threatens Wilmington with the malediction OF Il
IN "Leyisature" and the two CLOVER COUNTIES b
"a cause a resident of Wilmington should presun
m to ask for the Office. He also undertakes to dl
tate to the Trustees, Should II reconsideration tai
place who they shdN not offer Tor the office.
am much mistaken, Mr.. Editor. II the ma jorty
-, the Board are not made Of "sterner stuff than
suffer a malcontent to rule them. | am very sor
to be compelled to come before the public III ii
c. way but | cannot remain quiet and become t
re Escape goat OF Truth or any other man.
en- NAV 3D. 1872 VINDICAToR