The daily gazette., 1875-03-19
Letter from Samuel Toscuseud
For the Gazeffe


ourselves and therefore rendered nearly
as weak as q rope of sand. Eight or ta,,
years ago Mr.. John Allderdice. then a
NepopiIcan member of the Legislature.
insisted on carrying ont the old Demo,
cratic doctrine of representation ac-
cofolng TO population" Or, as near that
~ possible. | was requested by some Of
Sle nadinK Democrats cf Kent to come
uowh 10 J'over. l went down; we held
mee,ing' and they asked me what |
thought would satisfy the people Of
New Castle county. told than tho+
thought the best plan would be to make
Two counties; the four upper hundreds
one county-they had similarity of in.
Ierest, manufacturing and make tha
six lower hundreds another conntv-N
they also had a similarity of interest
agricultural; and that this last named
county could still be called New Castle
county and use the county buildings.
snat we could value the buildings at
view castle and also the county build
lheS ana grounds in Wilmington. and
any Chfee or fvc fair men could arrange
the matter. This proposition of n';1e
80 pleased the Kent and SUSSEX man
chat they appeared willing at once to
carry out the proposition. Some law.
yerS IN the meeting, after looking at the
constitution, said it would have TO be
amended. and professed u willingness, to
request the Legislature to go on as ask
ed by our present Governor and inan-
gurate the matter. This movement
thsn headed OFF Mr.. Allderdice, and was
snnered to drop as it appeared. When
Ine threatened cloud was removed the
henC anu Snssex men tCent back on their
pronttSe. Inc question at that time was
agltated in the lower hundreds. tbn 4
upper hundreds then made no resnonsc
OF moved IN the matter until now. after
Iait M OF the present session has expirpd.
mere Is quite an excitement in VIII
inihgton ana ChrIstiana hundreds. and I
tnlhK Chrlstiana, at her late iueetinp
where Messrs Whiteley, Grimshaw and
Nhandler took part, passed one of the
,n'o nuoso looiish resolutions / ever saw.
Inere must have been great ignorlnce
or presumption. here quote the words
VI tneir third resolution SO that any
sensible man can judge for himself:
Resolved, That the agitation nf th;s
question County division is caIculatod
to and will probably result in the defeat
OF the just claims of our county to in
creased representation
NOW, Mr.. Whiteley, this was Mr.. AL
derdIce,s proposition several wears 400
Dld yon not back him up thenP Bnt
Tor Chrlstlana men to pass such reso-
luton, when, ii Brandywine, Whining
ton ana Christiana hundreds, Us propos-
eu' WAS nn9e into one county, does not
evefy sensible man know that Christi
ana Is likely to get moro repr.sentat;on
by thl5 than any plan for increased ren-
resentatlon for the whole county. Now
we, Ine friends OF making two counties
oug Oh New Castle county, have ALWAYS
hau nearly all the county office e-holders
VIII US ana the expectants of comfy
oihces against us. And why? Because
the whole county would make them more
costs and pickings than it would if two
COUNTIES were made. But what is n loss
10 few ring office-holders is a gain 10
Ihe people at large. Gentlemen. am
sctCing 10 DC an Old man, and L think l
know the leading men and the feeIines
't politicians in Kent and Susscx Ss
"eli as any man i'll the State. and IL is
perfect foolishness and loss Of time 70
ak OF increased repro ontation for our
PRESENT New Castle county when there
las been no plan sent down this winter
nat dld not claim the whole increase of
New Castle county for the city of Viii
nlngton alone; and will Mr.. Chandler
II Mr. Anybody tell me how that
would heip Chrlstiana hundred? Some
heh up the county, and this Christiana
iuIurea Is falr sample. cry out and
- "i'o"ioo tpout New Castle
'ountys rights and increased renresor
alton, and then let It CROP ont soleiv
or the benefit Of the city Of Wilming.
on. Smart statesmen; able defenders
u their hundreds rights! Now on The
question OF expense, the Poor Uonsa
rounds will make nine squares of nron.
fty IN the growing city of Wilmington
hd 'ihat and the buildings thereon will
ell Tor more money, ii judiciously put
II n,arKet at certain times, than will
una aii the county buildings and have
wo OF three hundred thousand dollars
= apaIe' therefore, two counties can
e :, made out of New Castle comfy and
IL the buildings put up. records rsn,nn
ana adjusted without costing the tax-
ayers one cent, and have money left
Iow' every man of sense knows that
'ew oastie county pays nearly double
. uiuch state tax aS Kent and Susspx
ON put together. and that Kent and
usSeS nave unnecessarily kept that
ign state tax on this county, and at
ms very time the members from Kent
NJ sussex counties have united and
ohoiheu TO pass law loaning the
~ onuS Vi TINS state to the amount of
lree or four hundred thousand dollars
D several fictitious chartered railroad
ompanles, and will year after wear con
niue TINS policy until millions of dol
lrs worth OF Delaware bonds will he
ut in the market, and then grind down
ne people Of New Castle county with
ndless heavy State taxes to keep these
onds at par; and when re propose the
MY possible remedy, which is to make
wo counties out of New Castle county,
'hich would give us an equal number of
lem bers of the Legislature with Kent
nd Sussex county, men of our county
o oppose us and cry ont representa-
ION according to population" And so
A. yet all the propositions have named
Whining ton as the place for the sole it,
rease. The Kent and Sussex members
lugh in their sleeves at this plan, for
hey dare not SO home if they give a
ote for such II measure. But if we
mite and demand two counties to be
lado ont of New Castle county they
lust and will listen to us; and If not.
e can repudiate all their sectional leg
lation and make their railroad bonds
OF worth the paper they are written on.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
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