Smyrna times., 1874-04-08
lOr Ia" SmIrna " Times
VISIT of "Eeritas ~ TO Sussex County.

DuvLR. DEL., March 3Oth, 1874.
-hI' EdltoT last week was very p!easanI
week tor US. We went down to Sussex Count, and
spent several days. We saw and heard a pea
"a my thng- down there. Ever, thing /. prupres,,n.
hnely. The farmers are busIiy engaged plOughnp
aud getting ready TO plant com. ant the peach
crop dIthUugh sSinewhaI injured, et It we do not
nav any mOTe cold weather there VIII he a 6n
crop "i pr"chcs spent d.y OF two ~ George
iowa We nave not been there brfnre for ten years
""d The IItte town Is very much ImptuV, d an
"us'"ess ~ the mann Is brisK One day while We
were dIIVIng from C1,.rgeloM - 10 Dag,bru We saw
man IA The hcd throwing of from u wagon
"d"9Te lie seemed |" ht SIngIRg when hrs,
Ippru"cheC him l SAID To bun You =. 10 be Ia
g""d hun"ur. what ~ tue matter with YOU? lie
Was very retIccnt al tir-I he did not seem dspO
- taik but We made up minds that we would
tdLk little politics with hun. We SAID we suppre
YOU ares Democrat Tie Z, PIed that always have
"cen, but h"d the Democrats are not hai as q ,,d
10 NE 4s the Republicans" lie further sad lb.
men who control the Democratic party never do
dhyihl"g lOr ne, Ur words l., this fleet. The,
Ptohlse w"dt they goI"g 10 d. before the elec.
'In" Out alter The election they Ie worse han
higger. Incy would /: they ccne out ~
the he'd TO see me, make much OF me tut ai.e:
the eIectlun they W. uld treat like a dog. a.,
further said that tue man who lives over ,,udrr
(Po'ntIng TO the west; offered me ten dollars a
month aud board # would work on the farm E,r
Tie sad tie would mt give me any more. then
came here with The mIm am nov working iuT
and Ie gives 'ne hteen dollars "a mouth umd board
We me"ti"n this hIue circumstances To show that
Tue Republicans are more liberal mnre progressive
'""Hrd the Pu"f IabOrIng hiIc the DO Iticdi
TInS mdSteTS ~hU believe igno a nj
we Iound Out tIut great changes taking pl .c,
that men who hUve worked and buliled Tor the Rina
al The polls are not disposed To- do u any longer
i"u all Know Mr.. Editor, what | mean. There /,
not an election held Delaware II the Farai[u have
The power Ia that Hundred but what they hire men
10 bully the eectIOn-In other words TO kick up
hghI IN order II possible 10 prevent men from voting
lhls man whom have mentioned told W. he war
oing to vote the Republican ticket BECAUSE he did
not lhnk that party would cReat and deceive them
Ne t'le S"-c'iled DrmOcTDIc PITty had dome for the
aSt hiteen years. Sussex County we were Informed
would not give less than five hundred Republic an
m'J"rIty. We then lett ham and started ;or Batl
more Hundred When we got down there we
found great many Republicans. They seemed TO
Oe as thick as hops. This hundred during the
existence OF the Wing party was a great strong
hold of the Wings. Inc aforesaid II Iundr, d o ~.
Gov Coursey aHnIoTIty Of two hundred and seventy
hSe or eIghty My friends. q mean now my D,.tno.
cfatic iends) told ire that most all of the old Wing
IN that Hundred were Republicans and that TIM,
year BALTIMORE Hundred would give al least tv,
hundred majority ior the Republicans. We found
very lew Democrats In this Hund,ed and | did not
see man who called himself a member Of tbi,
"DooeT Waite Nuns PARTY" There are .ome
Democrats there but who not hide. bound but
liberal aud progressive Independent Demncrats, who
'ote aud act Tor themselves. Il was also plainly
seen In Sussex County amIng the so.called Demo
craIc party that every person was trying 10 be a
leader. That every Democrat was Jealous of his
ne'ghbo' and that they were afraid to trust one
another with their secrets and there did not seem
to be the slightest confidence manifested in one
A a. a.
said he was sick and tired OF the way things were
managed. We spent several hours among our
friends 40 Baltimore Hundred, and then concluded
!" 20 L. LcweS we arrived al Bewes Just at da Il
aud remained there until four n'clnck the next dnv
IhiS old t"wn has very much improved within the
last ten years. The Meth,iISl Church inst
c"mUeted presents a very handsome appearance
The Odd Fellows building ls a veIy neat con.
spIcIous une, and dnes great credit 10 the order
heS'ues we noticed that many new houses have
been put up within the last ten years Politics m
Tits town IL always IN a ferment. Lewes and Rrhu.
beth Hundred l. under the control uf no ring or fac
non' and never was. The SIuisbuTv Ring never
could manipulate this Hundred. There nre too
many Independent Democrats there, whose neck
WAS never mide tor yoke; were informed
mat the Republicans would carry this Hundred from
seVenty'hVe To 0ne hundr, d aud twenty-five. IL
went ahonI MY Republican majority ut the last
election. am an did man, we'll advanced in life
ana It does my heart good To see how the peoule are
w"rkng for the success of the Republican ticket in
Sussex county THINK y"u will find out at the mex
election" that Sussex County will redeem herself and
throw Oft this dead incubus, called the White Mans
r"ry. so that IN year AFTER the next election YOU
cant mud man who will be willing TO admit that he
was member thereof We had and exceedingly
psas!n Visit to leweS, and then bidding our friends
good bye, we started for Milton. We found Milton
very dull and quiet. but concluded to stay few
nnurs TO md out something about matters aud
things. Our visit 70 SUSSEX Coun,v ,v.. mn, GLa
Farmers" VISIT political one, but ours was a
business visit. We had not been In Milton long