Middletown transcript., 1876-06-10
Last Saturdays Election.
LETTER FROM SAMUEL TOWNSEND.


From the Deldware Gazette.
Mr. EDITOR: There is quite a tenn
pest getting up in the Democratic party
of this county, particularly about who
shall be the honored man or men to
cast the vote for this county, at the
Democratic National Convention, for
Thomas F. Bayard. Of our State, for
candidate for President. Now. as there
is large majority of Democrats in
Delaware favorable to Mr.. Bayard, l
cannot see the great honor person will
gain in voting for him, or wiping the
dust off his shoes. IF l ever hated any
one thing. it is toadyism. On last Sat-
urday, l was run on a ticket, with four
others, as delegates to the State Con-
vention; some of the Bayard toadys
got up another ticket, and reported that
l was opposed to his gracious highncss,
Mr.. Bayard After the election was
over. and I was elected. got up on a
chair, and showed to these over-anxious
gentry that had made it appear that
Appoquinimink hundred by electing
me was opposed to Bayard, that they
had overreached themselves; that they
ought to have known, and did know.
that would not accept q position from
the people and then 60 against them;
that knew there was vast majority of
the Delaware Democrats in favor of Mr..
Bayard as a candidate for President, ,and
that if | bad the whole casting vote. |
would vote for him as long as there
was hope of his election; that | gave
Thomas Bayard great credit for his op-
position to the civil rights bills, and
his course always, throughout against
ablitionism but that | differed with
him on the currency question that l
was no lick-spittle: when and where |
thought an officer done wrong, claimed
the right to say SO Mr. Bayard knew
me; that Mr.. Bayald, eight years ago,
opposed my going to New York as one
of the two delegates from this county
that now, 1 would not accept the posi-
ton if offered. but would do for Thomas
Bayard what be would not do for me-
90 for his nomination-and as every
delegate to the St Louis Convention,
that has been named, is in favor of Mr.. |
Bayard, what is the use of getting up
such a tempest in Wilmington, over
VIM. G.. Whiteley and John O'Byrne.
William Whiteley was delegate to the
Charleston Convention, seeded from.it
10 meet with other seceders at Rich
nond never met at Richmond, but went
20 Baltimore and contested my seat. who
1ad been sent in his place. We had a
and a fight; made up and are
low friends, and both of us are getting
I'D, and young men should take our
places. John O'Byrne is an ardent,
good hearted, ambitious Irishman, and
argely contributed to the election of
Mr. Whiteley for Mayor. and he is
1oung and can afford to wait and live
prejudice down. O'Byrne and Whiteley
ire both good Democrats. and were
riends until lately. That good feeling
would like to see renewed between
hem, and in my opinion, the best way
'ut Of this present delegate trouble,
would be for Mayor Whiteley and Mr..
)'Byrne, to both decline being delegates,
hake hands and make up, for we want
ur whole Democratic strength in this
,reat campaign of 1876, and if they
lave the manly strength to aubdue
heir own pride, 1 think they will both
gree that Benz. T. Biggs and George
tray would make the most suitable dele
,ates, and fairly represent the Demo-
ratio party at St. Louis, and do all
hey could to help to nominate Thomas
: Bayard for candidate for President;
hen, as there is vast majority of the
Democratic party favorable to Mr. Bay
I'd, why should we not all be satisfied?
>ut take the opposite course of wrang-
ing and quarreling, and everybody
nows where it will end
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, Del., June Z.