New-York tribune., 1872-05-10
nr1AWARE AND THE CINCINNATI CONYEN
TION.

Tho following communication was sent to
rbe philadelphia Press administration, as yeti:
To The Editor Of The Press
SIR: The following editorial paragraph from your
tssue of Monday, is At hand:
Asni Delaware writes to US for information concerning ihe dele
cation At from his state which cast SIX votes m adams he
,sls from tie and hence the query addressed 70
Tbs HE quite number OF other iaoes IN coonS % e. s 3
'' .a o'''''a'A '-' Of those things that fellow can '''
Iwapt every fellow TO find out all about It, The sub
scrber had that pleasure alone He was so well known
10 be native Of the State of Delaware-never having
soted elsewhereand to be writer in favor Of the hber
szaton OF both parties, particularly the ruling party
hat the Administration journals accused him OF design
70 appear at Cincinnati and vote Delaware there.
paragraph this effect conceived in nteness ike 10
ts form, its travels and by the time arrived
IN Cincinnati to in the line OF my profession, letters
and telegrams came to me from Delaware-from col
egates OF Newark people of my native County Of Sus
sex and folks of the City Of Wilmngton-advisngm me
that the Liberal Republicans Of Delaware were pleased
20 hear that they would not be without delegate Had
none OF these messages been received should have
voted anyhow as Delawarean by BIRTH interests, and
by intentions Of residence and citizenship never aban
doned since my boyhood and which, long this, had
been grated except by my rowing attachment to the
profession OF the ilustrous whom nominated at
Cincinnati and whose old white coat, as Chaeauorand
said Of Napoleons redingOe 0ris has already made all
the politicians Of the continent run 10 arms"
The name OF Delaware called in my hearing be-
fore all the Committees without response. At last
presented my name before the Committee on Creden-
tias where was, perhaps not the only solitary repre-
sentative OF State for this called as "mass Con-
vention." Bot times have also been when as large
State as Pennsylvania had only voice in Irregular
Convention the echoes, however, counting. In this
Convention at Cincinnati every delegate counted. and
none were echoes. recognized. and cast six votes
alternately for Adams and Trumbull-the rule adopted
being that where a State partly represented, the
fractional representation should still give the whole
vote In Delaware delegation there was no division
We retired to consult In the language OF Carl
schurz 4" we meant business" Finally we accepted
Horace Greeley with entire unanmlty--one blue hen
sitting on the six electoral eggs with ease. 1t re-
marked that as the first State TO ratify the
constitutions we the easiest 10 please and TO fall
into accord at Cincinnati. The following was the reso
luton drew up TO report TO the people OF our state
First in war was Uncle Horace when he outlined all
the campaigns with On to RichmOnd;" first In peace
appeared at Richmond cOnqueror, and TOOK the
most gTieVed the fallen cause by the hand, bound
Up hs wounds poured in the oil without the wne and
became his surety with the mild-mannered landlord
And when we prove him, next November, 1rst in the
heart Of hs cOuItrymen, somebody may, perhaps, ASK
gtlCnt captOusness, VINO cast the six votes OF Della
ware for HOrace GTceley's nomination g. shall be
20 checrfully then as now and believe
my children Will approve it, They were given by Oours
truly. GEO. ALFRED IOWNSEND.
Washington Cjty, May 10, 1872.