Middletown transcript., 1872-09-28
lbr "a. Mddlaern Ttsnsriipt.

FOT tHt 1t"Sao"" f'""seSYs.
Mxssss. EprroRs :--Ou Saturday last
went to New Castle for the purpose Of at
tending county meeting which has gen.
orally been held on the same day ns that
on which the Democratic County conven-
ton met. mt which meeting Il has always,
heretofore, been the custom TO endorse the
nominations made by the convention. aud
to adopt resolutions showing the position
Of the perty, md to hear speeches from
promincn, members Of the party expound-
ing the Democratic doctrines Of the party
As cur State Greeley Republican Com
vention that met at Dover 10 nominate e.
lcc,ors did no, pass any resolutions defn-
ing the position they occupied. |. as n
Democrat. thought that o. our County
Convention was called as Democratic
body Of men, We should, when we ratified
the nominations, pass such resolutions as
would define our present position. After
listening for some time to G. w Wright,
Wm. g. Whi,cley and John OByrne
speaking, all Of whom attempted to show
tha, the only course lcf, for Democrats
was to support Greeley and Brown. aud
adopt their platform. Mr. O'Byrne went
so far as to say that anyone who did not
do 30 could not be called Democrat.
Now could no, help differing with the
speeches made by those gentlemen. |
therefore offered n shor, resolution defining
wha, to the appeared to be the position oc-
cupied BY the Democratic party. and which
simply rcnffirmcd the resolutions passed
two years since by the Democratic State
convention, and also at our county meet
ing at that time. Judging from the man i.
ncr in which my resolution was received.
there could no, have been any Of the
Democrats present on Saturday last who
were present Mt either Of the two conycn-
tons above named, ms the parties present
would scarcely wait until could read ,hc
resolution before motion was made to )at
/, on the table. which motion satisfied m'
that it was not the same Democratic part,
of two years since Why. therefore, 6nt
SO much fault with men who cannot sup
port party that has no avowed principle
and whose only recommendation is that i
has nominated for the two highest positions
in the gift Of the American people iwt
men who are avowed Republicans, an,
who now tell all whom they expect TO sup
port them that they are the same Rcpubli
cans they ever were. was much sur
priscd when listened to Mr. c. W
Wright, one Of tbs speakers, and hear,
him endorse Horace Greeley and the Gin
cinnati platform, looked at him Will
surprise, aud said to myself can it be pos
siblc that this is the same G. W, Wrigh
T that once looked upon, when, in tn
year 1869 he. by direction Of His Excel
lency Cove Salisbury then governor o
Delaware. presented TO the House OF Rep
rosentatvcs Of Delaware (wi,h all tn
pomp. parade aud show that could be at
Z tachei to so important, a mcasu.c) in hi
{ official capacity Of secretary Of state, tn
18th amendment for adoption, when III
House. then unanimously Democratic, vo,
ed solid for its rejection, which vote WI
more aprlauded than any other vote give
during that session, and now to-day b
his speech at New Castle he says the vot
: we as legislators, cast in 1859 was a
/ wrong, and tha, the lith AMI 10Th amend
!, men,s are fixed facts aud cannot be alter
ed. only wish that all such men o
: hold similar views to those expressed
c New Castle on Saturday would read II
speech Of the Hon. T. +. Boyard ma
bef1ie the Greeley convention held
e Baltimore, and see IL the views there e,
|. pressed are in accordance with those mo-
held by the Greeley Republican party, {
will any one Of their speakers say ,hi
Mr.. Bayard did no, express the h,n view
Of the Democratic party Of Delaware, il .
= when did the groat change come ov,
them For myself have not yet eIpe
fenced the change. IL men holding Il
viows expressed a, our State conycntio
held at Dover which nominated delcgat
to the Baltimore convention are not Den
ocrats. who are? have no doubt III
there are many such. and the resul, of Il
November election will no doubt she
such TO be the fact The Greeley me
accuse Us who are called Straight-o
Democrats Of trying to dcfta, the coun
aud State ticket, To prove tina, such W
not our desire. DR. J A Brown offer,
resolution the purport of which W
tha, no matter what our opinions on Ma
ional politics were, We were as one M
in State and county matters, which res
luton was also tabled, thereby shown
that ,hey--thc Greeley Republicans ID
not want anything to do with s,raight-o
Democrats They cannot, therefore, co,
plain if we lei them conduct the campai,
and do the voting themselves. To sho
that there are some s,raight.out Dem
Gratis the only school district that | ha
heard Of ye. tina, has been canva.scd
No. 81. Mill Creek Hundred, which
. 27 straigh,-out Democratic voters and
!, :. Greeley Republicans No doubt wh
n others arc canvassed, like results will
: obtained. which will in due time be
" !. tended to- Respectfully WA. DEAs.
:. Newark, Del. Sept. ,6th 1914.