The daily gazette., 1876-05-18
For the Delaware Gazette.
A Letter from Samuel To,cnsend.

l see by the papers, lot of self-im-
portant politicians such as Carl Schurz,
VIM. F. Cullen Byrant, G. Adams, and
probably fifty others of such calibre,
have met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, to bring out what they
term b reform candidate, or rather
threaten the Cincinnati and st. Louis
conventions, to see which of the two
conventions will offer these Fifth Ave-
nue. fellows the best terms. What q
set of Political rascals to call meeting
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and call it
reform meeting, when the bill OF fare
at said hetel is i've to seven dollars
per day, well knowing no poor man
can afford to meet them at said hotel,
nor do ttey apGnt him there. In tnis
country, where all white men at least,
are called equal, the rich to get clear
of the society of poor men, build ho-
tells that cost millions, and then have
the excuse for to get interest for their
money; charge such rates that no poor
man, or one in ordinary circumstances
can afford to put up at such hotels;
and therefore; a barrier is made in this
manner between the rich and poor
politicians to meet at the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel, and talk Of reform and the
grievances of poor men, is the quInt-
essence of political, hypocritical scsun-
drellism. This Carl Schurz was such
a demagegue that the German-Ameri-
cans in st. Louis turned against him
and broke his influence by electing
German Schurz opposed, Then again
last Fall, it was charged and could not
bo denied that this same Carl Shultz,
for hire or fee, went into Ohio and
helped defeat the old honest Demo-
crat, William Allen, for Governor. 1t
is said these beautiful squads Of hyps-
critics favor Bristow for Republican
nominee, and the whole stock in trade
that Bristow has put in, is his war on
distillers. Now, nearly all of these
men at the Fifth Avenne hotel have
been old Republicans in Lincoln's and
Grants terms, and they well know
the great sustaining element of the
Republican party was the money,
and liquor extor ed out of these very
distillers, and thereby opened the door
and invited the corruptions of dis
tillers, fer the distillers after being
robbed by the Republican party for
funds, to keep it up had to go into
cheating the Government to try and
get back funds to run their business
and keep their families. Then the
Republican party appoint the temper
ance fanatic, Bristow, and as he Is sup.
posed to make popularity for himself
and temperance friends, goes back on
his party and those men who furnish
ed the sinews of his party, 1t certain
ly is great honor to Blaine that these
Fifth Avenue buzzards favored Bris-
tow and not him, and it is to be hoped
that the Democratic convention at st.
Louis, will Aot tolerate for one mo-
mcnt any advice, or mind any threats
of this Fifth Avenue junto, The De,
| mocratic party want an honest,
unfiinching Democratic nominee, anu
it would make the party stronger if he
was taken from one of the large free
States, fer the people are little
shaky, and are not prepared to elect
any Dem ocrat, let him he whom he
may, fer President, from an old slave
State; and never wish the to see the
Democratic party bound and fettered
to Southern men, and their policy as
it was before the war. The Democrat
ic party to be healthy and lasting, want
heavy support from the old free
| States as we'll as the South, and it
would be better for the Democratic
party, if part of the Southern States
voted against it.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND,
Townsend, May 18th, 1876.