Smyrna times., 1872-07-10
The Saulsburys, as Portrayed i'll the
New York Herald.

The Saulsburys, as Portrayed i'll the
New York Herald.
One of the q" interviewing" correspondents Of the |
New York Herald at BaInOre. before the COnven. |
ton. writing 10 that paper, says;
In conversation with well-informed gentleman OF |
the State OF Delaware yesterday, he gave me some
particulars about the exceptional altitude OF The dem.
ocraiic party OF that State toward Greeley and Brown
:" How do you account, said L. - for the obstinate
position OC the Salisbury family relative Greeleyi
"'rhe Saulsburys are unyIeldmg, nnlearnng. hard.
ruling possessing only the two attributes of pur
pose and organizing power. Everything the State
is fixed Just 70 their liking and open the gates
of the party and let III large number OF intelligent
and restless liberals would hazard their 0scendancy,
which is really growing weaker every day; and If
they were squarey met by some men OF courage who
had The OppOitun to expose their demagOguerV
and sefshness the whole fabric they have real red
would tumble down. They 80 frightened, even
il stood two three years ago, thai they admitted
Tom Bayard TO the Senate and made truce with
him"
.IIOw many Sausburys re there, and what is their
relative rank n the Stale T.
"The most accomplished a public speaker anil
active, cunning. agreeable canvasser Is Willard
| salisbury, who lives at the small county seat OF
Georgetown, in Sussex county Willard Salisbury
was formerly handsome man. personally known TO
the maj jOry Of the people in the State, having been
al one time Methodist exhorter aud always pTOI1ess
ing when IN his cups that he meant TO return 10
| the Methodist Church and be a travelling preacher
in 1t. lie got great deal OF support among the !e-
|
brlancy which probably will mol bear examination
Ii commonly rcma rked W hat smar man Willard
S8uisbury would be If he would let liquor alone
You that it was WIllards best hold TO keep
on drinking SO as not 10 exIOse ms deltquences lh
the way Of hnllIancy for II ever he should be per
| ecily sober and Then not brilliant the State would
have been outraged lie CARED out his Intentions
concerning the bottle with great vg"r and the thing
became notorious that bO,h his brothers res"lV ed
for the famly name 10 beat him for re election 10
thIrd term Yet. even reduced he was Willard
hal ad "a no
big brother Cove quite off the track and between IN
Two the most lnconseqnentlal and least formidable
salisbury slipped through and took the seat the
Senate Willard salisbury Is man Of too much
restless talent to content himself in a small and Oh
scure and since his retirement from the Senate
his habits have not vIsbly improved. lie belongs
the class Of McDOuga Patterson. Of Tennessee and
some other Senators, who. from original want Of Will
and strong appetlies, never find returning road"
THE Ex GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE.
"What kind OF a man IS Cove salisbury p
| Cove IS the most determined BOuI bon the S ate
and the least popular OF The Saulsburys because he
has an IndOmiIabe WILL the very best habits INDUS
try aud business rcspons by, and nc has TO he
good deal Oi bully politics. being inca pabe of
apIng the small strategy and blrrOum manners Of his
more brilliant biOIher Willard Cove a member
| OF The MehOdIsl Church. country physiclan at The
capital tDover), aud, excepting his Practice, he is
wholly concerned IN pOiIcs. keeps orrespOnd
wIth hs satellites IN all parts OF the State ami makes
flying visits up and down. The Governor OF Delaware
has very lllIe 10 do, as the Stale has ,tuuons
nO even penIentIary, and things are going they
will soon have no Capitol building, Tor the Old dire
on Dover Green is squalId and riCkety, with whip
ping post right under The caves OF IT, Cove usbury
irUn SORT of CONSCIENTIOUS cussedness has kept
Slate back more than all The personal influences in
H. lie will appear Baltimore the representative
OF what he AS made The Stale and OF the State
as II might be. You lInagl what a small affair
the Sale OF Delaware Is pOlIucally. when tell you
that TO preside the CITY Councils Of Wilmington
Is of more account than to be the chef magistrate
except that the latter can control the United States
SenaIOrshIp; for. according to our unrepubcan con.
stuUn, two counties always control the tn rd there
being but three IN the State erefore the Two On er
counties of the Sausburys (SusseN and kenO, over.
wheim The Thrifty and enIerprisIng county OF New
Castle, which Ouinumbers tht III bO.h by large
J0tlty aud Is, II not iOr Grant lhen iOr Greeley We
have college in Delaware, whose pre- school
was founded twenty wears before the Revolutionary
war; but beIween 1855 aHd 49, the college was kept
closet IN part account Of the Indifference OF such
men as the Bayards and Sau!sbnrys TO education.
although at that time we were actually paving the
small State expenses had by taxing passengers
who had TO 2" through the corner OF our prncpalIty
That per capita IaI generally paid our State expenses
aud lett margin In the Stale Treasury Some tIIBe
ago got from the federal government a large gIi
OF and On the public domain TO establish an agrIcu
Iural college aud owing TO this alone The college Is
now opened, although AT the first cOmmeuc ceme n t.,
after the long recess % thirteen years Gov. Saus.
bury. who President OF the Board did not put
an Appearance at ali. while Senator Thomas Bayard
delivered address there which, If II meant any
thing meant that he favored only qualified obsIruct
cd and B0urbOnIZed kind of education That speech
delivered by comparatively young man. who holds
The SenaIOrship by right nt prlmogenure and entail
was a Remuneration OF compulsory education and a
cold appeal for puhlIc education generally"
DELAWARE AND ITS HEROES
"What sort OF man is the present Senator in Con.
gress, Eli Salisbury z
:. lie Is a tall slab sided slow poke, who pr lcices
law IN Dover, and is, IN Obsnnacy reduced type OF
Cove and IN ability very reduced type OF Willard
Are the Saulshury's good looking menF'
has rON q ale nd a daFk
haired rather dOmlneerIng sort OF q whom some
people pronounce good looking ReacIIonary as he
Is. he Is the most honest OF ali The SauIsb1rys snd
although nobody has ever imputed personal dishonesty
10 any OF them, yet Their manner Oi conducting Stale
campaigns without irankness, and I'm TACT, u con
sIsts oi keeping eyanis out OF sight buyraggIng the
InquisIiIVe and dupng The ignorant. James Ponder
who IS a member Of the National Denucretc Com.
mIiIee aud delegate 10 Baltimore. Is salisbury s
brother lnlaw. Willard Salisbury used to have fine
head Of black hair, laughing. bluIsh.grav eve a
line open face and very neat and agreeable attire
lie ls now turned gray has fiery red face and shows
the ravages OF the barley. brew"
How does Tom BaYard compare with the Saus
c bury's "
'T"m is socaliy higher type Of man. a good con
s, snlIng lawyer and fellow of lut gmeII but he a,
an InvncIbe repugnance TO all forms of modern por
gress, aud Is quite selfish under the surface any
OF the Saulsburys lOr continuance of his power
which he knows he holds more by transmission and
{. entail than by original parts personal confidence
Tom Bayard IL afraid that unless things remain a
II they are some OF the young fellows OF the gene
ration will make war upon l. i'm and drive him o
politics, Tor on the stump he sophomore. 70 loOl
Z upOn he IS tall, hesaIng speech, and bears ;ht
l. stamp OF man who had gone through great deal o
'i work and discipline TO be able carry the mantle
Al his father and grand father"
What sort Of man is Biggs. the Delaware Con
gresham T.
Il "Oh," said my informant. laughing, Benny Bigg
is sort OF agricultural bowhafd Illerate, ObserV
ing aud very provincial, who old whig 70
years and years and esteemed The highest privilege
TO follow John III Clayton around like a coach dog
:" The good humOfed perseverance of Biggs Ovefcam
the pity 0i The Sansburys. and they finally allow
him 10 go to Congress. where, like every convert
!, he seeks TO out. Bouthonize The BOurbons "
" 4" Do you ever expect in Delaware 10 revoutiOniz
n. these people y
e "CerIaInly we do; the Greeley movement will d
p it, That is what they are afraid of Even IN Wiiar'
Il Saulshurys town the local democratic paper Their
/. has been making sharp and effective fight th
" salisbury influence for time and the papers II
Wilmington. Del, are going through the State an,
hberallzIng it. We have good many difficulties Il
" contend with there, aud probably have the rh
A. less free negro population IN the United States