Middletown transcript., 1874-02-07
espolldente.
wILMrss7os. DEL, Feb. 8, 1874.

y. Editor Nv sncs heard Of .. girl
Who would. not unfreqasstly. provoke her
lcver to wrath, just 70 enjoy the passion
ste snthas;.sm which is sure to attend and
follow reconciliation. And ws have al
w,ys admired that girls sagacity; for. in
deed, thcre is sound philosophy underly-
ing that thing.
We all know that 10 the physical world
storns have their bene6csnt uses Those
violent agita.ions are the sgcncies by
wkich wise Prsvidence rids the stmos-
phsre Of noxious gasses and restores to il
itr lost equilibrium Of temperature, and,
as the result Of tho operation Of those be-
nign Laws Of Nature" not only are
s,agnation and death prevented. but we
are permitted to enjoy cslh and quiet
serenity, pregnant with solubrious inAu-
epoes. And, as 10 the social and physi-
cal, 30, also. in political spheres when
the storm of rage. wherein. are hatred
and all uncharitableness. subsides-friend-
ly, possibly affestionate relations, are re-
established and everything becomes lovely
again. @'S'. e4a ~ Y Nsi,i3 q
To this happy conclusion We seem to
have come at last, in regard to the item
pest iu = teapot" which our favorable
mention of Mr.. John p Cochran, in con-
nection with the nomination for Governor,
oecssioned 1t is quite evident that
period to the unnelodious howlings Of that
stern. has been reached. and, that. here
after. the lion Of White Clay Creek. and
We lambs Of the Democratic fill, may lie
down together in harmony and peace.
And We rejoice that it is 20, for, !" tits q
consummation most devoutly to be wishdd :"
A few weeks ago. you thought it Ct to
express through the TRANSCRIPT. de-
cided preferences for Mr.. Cochran, for the
Office Of Governor, and as VIC approved
your choice, and did not see any impro-
priety in saying 60, We said it. Imms-
diately, the Storm God-thc Thor-of the
straigbt-outs. began to hurl his thunder
bolts at Us. Not only were We (you and
y rebuksd for our ten,crity, for such it
was regarded-but Mr.. Cochran, with
whose name We had taken liberty, who,
however, had certainly not committed any
offence, in this matter, was severely con-
demned. For serving as chairman of the
State ErecMiue Committee Of The Demo
cratic Party. in ~, Mr.. Dean accused
him Of endorsing all the outragcs that
had been porpstrated against our southern
BRETHREN" and Of having the. desire and
purpose to 'clothc with authority the
General Government to come into the
State of Delaware with packed juries and
. ballot box -stufiag United States official,
Who, also, Is the associate of Bank rob-
bsrs. rsughs and repeaters, with whom to
try, IN the Federal Courts. officers of the
State of Delaware for violation of State
laws, &e. &C." To the several counts in
that indictment. we entered gentle de
msrrsr, in your issue of the Oath ult. We
vindicatod Mr.. Cochran's courss-ani We
did more; We ventured to hurl back some
Of the thuudsrbolts Of Jove. Indeed, w
were obliged to do that, or ever afterwards
Ito hide our diminished heads" and, in
doing 30 We adopted what writer's upon
military science call ""the offensive defer
sivs" system Of warfare-in fact, we scar
ried the war into Africa" }rs
Our justification for one Of the charge,
made against Mr.. Dean, is this: He mo-
only condemned Mr.. Cochran, but h'
brought hir.self--saying, "the few witt
like myself had honesty, &c." into i'm
mediate and lively contrast with him whom
he condemned. Now. Mr.. Editor, w
submit the questioa, whether the ,patura
inference to be drawn from thus contrast
ing himself with Mr.. Cochran. under th'
circumstances, is not. that. "Mr. Cochran
is not 4 proper person to Gil the Office o
Governor, but Mr.. Dean is?" Mr.. Dean
however, says our inference is wrong, an,
does him injustice. and as We are willinI
to be corrected and to believe that he i
not ambitious, we chserfully withdraw th
charge. as sHs' l'a aai ,asa
i There is another point upon which "
wish to make an explanation. Both Mr.
1ean and "Straight-out," of Sussex, linn
Elittle because We declare what was noto
rious in To, ''that it was freely charge
and extensively believed, that the leader
Of the O'Conor movcment were bough
with a price," Pray tell US. Mr. Ed
tor. if one were to stand upon the dom
fthe Capitol, at Washington, and wer
% cast stone, exclaiming at the sam
4 ,ime, tuiS Will bCTtkc tuo ueduo Oh "
leaders Of the O'Concr folly" will ever
man Of "thc nsble Eve hundrcd," frol
the prolific Nanticoke to the classic Brar
J dywiae, dodge? Now, we solsmaly a.
! everate that, when We spoke Of the lcadel
the connection complained of by Nj
Dean and "S,raight-out," We did nj
have either of them, or any other man
Delaware. in our mind. And, so, th,
casus beNi is brushed away. "f g a3s
Now that Mr.. Dean has expressed
: willingness to supp ort Mr.. Cochran if /
shall be nominated by the Party. and p'
> upon proper platform, and we diseov'
that We were mistaken in imferring th
he had nominated himself; and, furthe
: a. We have declared that We did not ha,
either him or ''Straight. out" 10 our min
J. when. We revanpsd 4 certain charge
gaiust certain leaders and further still
4 a. We emphatically declare that, We vi,
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