Middletown transcript., 1874-01-17
FSr The Middleto,pu 7rcn,c,;pt.


gaining information on few questions
which have appeared to my mind. and
thcy.may also present themselves to 9th
err. sad as i have mot been abls to answer
'thsM to- my cwn satisfaction, knowing
your kind feelings and desire to give in
formation to persons desiring it, / take
the liberty Of asking yeu sfew questions
which, owing 10 my incapncity TO see as
far into intricate subjects. as men like
yourself, who bava so much greater ex-
perienee, education aud natural ability can
do In your issue Of the Sd inst. you
brought p,rtiasa Vubernatorial. candidate
John p. Cochran, Esq., . gentleman for
whom l have the highest personal regard
Does he come up to the standard of JEFF
'fersonian Democracy that an Editor would
require who was straight-out DeMocrat
during the Presidential campaign of 1872?
Does &c come upsto- the standard Of your
correspondent from Wilmington signed
Democrats, whose communication in
speaking -of Mr. On said: "being thor
sughly imbued with the principles Of the
Jeffersonian Democracy the Democratic
party of Delaware could not choose a
worthisr, sstshdaSd bearer or one much
more certain to Win success? Now. Mr..
Editor. when Democrats" will say that
Mr.. John p. Cochran is a Jeffersonian
Dcniocratg shsy either do NOT know any
thing about the late political course Of that
gentleman. or If they do, then their JEFF
fersOpian Democracy. Of , very different
school Of Democracy from. what ! have
been taught in. Did not Mr.. Cochran
accept Of. and act as chairman Of. the
State Executive Committee appointed by
the same State convention which nominat-
ed electors to be supported by the Greeley
and Brown party? though many Demo-
Gratis who supported the Greeley ticket
try to wrigglc out by saying that that con.
vention did not eaderse the Cincinnati
platform. It lie true they did not by word
but did by their acts. which speak equally
true Will you or your correspondents
democrat" pretend to ssy that the plat
form of the Greeley party is such one
as the Democrats Of Delaware should, or
can consistently support? Does not that
platform cover up all the outrages that
have been perpetrated against our southern
brethren and would it not clothe with au-
thority the General Government to come
into the State Of Delaware With packed
juries and allot-box -stufing United
States official, who also is the associate of
Bank robbers, roughs and repeaters, with
whom to try in the Federal courts, officers
of the State Of Delaware for violation of
State laws while at the same time our
State courts and our Attorney Gencral
were ready and open to see that the laws
Of our State were vindicated and properly
executed Yet. men who, by their
actions endorsed all this are called "Jef-
fersonian Democrats, and are these such
men as should be brought forward as the
candidates for the highest Office in the
State Of Delaware and to be supported by
! the sutfragcs Of the Democracy of Della
ware? l think not, and if the question
had been asked Of you. Mr.. Editor, dur
ing tho last Presidential campaign could
you have supported it? If SO, then Jour
practice would have been different from
your teachings If you say tho course
you pursued in that campaign was all
wrong, then AM done and have no more
to say, but if on the contrary you say that
the course yea then pursued was right,
why bring out man as candidate who
you know as wei as l BY his acts endorsed
the Greeley party, or he never would have
allowed his name to, be made use of in the
official capacity which be did and which
he still holds In the coming campaiga
what appears to ME to be one of the first
things ito be done by the Democracy OF
Delaware is to find out where the party
stands; whether il is sill Greeley party.
or is the Democratic White Mans party
siu favor Of the States enjoying all the
rights that belong to them as understood
by such great mem as J JetEeraan,i Madison
AND Jackson, and by reaffirming their
faith in. the Resolutions passed by the
Democratic State convention held at Dover
in 1870. If the latter proves to be the
position Of the party l am still Demo-
crnt.- If the Greeley party is reafirmod |
have no interest in politics, and the few
men who like, myself in the last campaign
had honesty Of purpose enough not to a.
bandon their principles bat were willing
to be branded as boilers and perform their
duty with the thousand other Democrats
who stayed AWAY from the polls and
showed that they would not endorse such
an inconsistency as the Greeley dodge
They hasstitce been reinforced ten fold
by the stir honest men who supported
this same Greeleyism and who have since
said they were deceived by their leaders
ocd rbr orn uoL nth tbo ,tr.;ch. -,
Democrats and amount to such in num-
bers that the Office. hunting portion of the
Democratic apariy-pannot afford to ignore
them. They are a true Jeffersonian Dem
your Wilmington correspondent.
In your editorial Of the 10th inst. you
say I'VE could stand right here in Middle
town on election day in 1872 and count
scores. Of true Democrats who stayed away
F. Al III Al. Al :