Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-27

US and deprive us of the honor we,have held so
long as we have existed as county, of being
the County Seat "of New Castle" The above
statement Is 30 feeble as to need no comment.
He then asks, 'can New Castle county afford
to spend $50, 900 merely for the convenience Of
% or 80 gentlemen?" (refering to the lawyers
residing In Wilmington.) Such an inquiry Is
palpably "begging the question al issue" 1t
assumes that to be fact which is a falslty /;
namely, that the location of the County Seat
at Wilmington, would add to the convenience
Of the lawyers, only. He then proceeds to
speak Of the GENERALIZATION of the Wilmington
lans," which Is totally irrelevant to the matter
In hand He states that New Castle aud Will
mington are really the same town." They
certainly are not the same town now, and even
after they become so, the "bulk of the popua-
tion and the railroad connections will probab-
ly, for very many years, be far removed from
the present site Of the town of New Casile.-
The same writer, at the end of his communica-
lion, exclaims: "Let Wilmington grow in great
ness; let her look more leniently upon her
weaker neighbors; let her foster and protect
her, let her stretch out her arms to help, yes
even Lbsorb her." Perhaps the writer Of the
above will explain to the public the consistency
between the last sentence which has been quot
cd, and his protest against the ''centralization
Of WilmIngtonians."
The other writer, who, with considerable as
after intinating that the city of Wilmington
desires to deyour the whole State of Delaware,
Is guilty Of series of glaring Inaccuracies and
Inconsistencies. He says, 'they say 1t will cost
one hundred thousand dollars to erect new
County Buildings, when III tact. II will take at
least five times that amount" Such an asser-
tlon either Is a deliberate misrepresentation, or
results from gross ignorance of the subject, aud
can only be calculated 10 throw discrcdt upon
other statements made by the same writer
He proceeds, 'if Wilmington must have courts
and jails within her limits, divide the county
and make the Christana the southern boun-
dairy line for tho new county" This sugges-
tion indicates a great lack OF judgment, and a
singular paucy Of ideas.
The city Of Wilmington has formally offered
TO give an eligible site for county seat, and
10 pay one half OF the expense of erecting suit
able county buildings. The citizens OF Will
mington would pay BY way Of county taxes,
two-thirds Of the remaining half Of the cx-
pense, leaving only one-sixth upon all Of the
county outside Of the city limits, and only one
tenth or twelfth of the expense upon that por-
ton of this county which would form the low
er OF the two proposed Counties 1t can hardly
be doubted by reasonable men, that the run
Aing of ''distin0 set Of county machinery"
would, even for the lower Of the two proposed
counties, with Its county seat a. New Castle,
be far more burdenson.e than the bearing Of
only one-tenth or one-twelfth of the expense
Of erecting new county buildings at Whining
ton, to be used by New Castle county mdiui-
ded; while upon the upper of the two proposed
counties would fall, not only the expense OF
running distinct set Of county machinery, but
also the entire cost of the erection there, of
county buildings
The above suggestion, In view Of Its unprac-
ticability, looks very like an insdious attempt
" kill the movement in favor of the location
oil the county seat at Wilmington, by making
threats OF a most injurious measure.
The last writer further says, "The people of
New Castle county are opposed to the removal
81 the county buildings from New Castle, and
the removal OF the State House at Dover, to
Wilmington. The people OF tie county are
pleased TO see the city prosper, but they do
not want il done exclusively at their expense
Of course the people Of this county, outside
Of the city Of Wilmington, do not want 1t done
exclusively at their expense, and 1t would not
be done exclusively al their expense, as has
been heretofore shown. He further says, rhey
say that the population Of the city Is forty thou
sand, when La fac. 1t Is only thirty thousand
The foregoing statements Of Nix Jacet Alta
and New Castle County are fair sample Of the
rash assertions, the inaccuracy, the inconsist
ency and the untairness with which the oppo-
uents Of the removal fthe County Seat, wage
their war. If the remoual be not desirable for
New Castle county generally, there must be
facts and Legitimate arguments based thereon,
to prove that such removal would be prejudi-
cial to the interests of this county in the aggre
gate. The fact that the opponents Of the mea-
sure 10 not answer the facts md arguments in
Its favor. and are reduced 10 SUCH a kind Vi
/; warfare as Is above displayed, strongly indi
Gates that the present movement is just and
should be crowned with success.
BoNUA PUBLICAN.