The daily gazette., 1876-04-25
For the Delaware Gazette.
A Letter from Samuel T0ri,scmd

on the politics Of this
and state. 1t may be a long one,
for We have elections only every two
years, and We get into campaigns and
become heated, and swallow imposi-
tions rather than endanger the ticket,
which is often put on us by Rings and
the rankest political frauds; and pro.
pose to treat of some of these Hing
of the last campaign; and
shall send said communication to you; {;
il you have not room, or do not feel
to publish it, mail it back to
me, and | will then send il to other
Democratic, Neutral or Republican
papers, for l am determined to be
heard when | see proper, if l am net
so fortunate as to own % Rewspaper.-
The GAZETTE has fer a long time, been
considered the Democratic party organ
of this county, and as it is Democrats
particularly OF this county, l propose
to say,a few words to. / see in the
Middletown Iranscrfpta long code of
so-called Democratic rules, that were
said to have been Matched ut the Sep
tember Convention, at New Castle, in
1874. Mr.. Reynolds has done right to
publish them, so the people Gun see
them in advance of the county meet
ing. Now, | enter my protest against
them as Ring fraud, attempted to be
fastened on the party by delegate
meeting that had not the power. Now,
we may as well look one another in
the face and speak what we mean, and
l intend to do it. Hundreds of Demo-
Gratis in this county have suffered and
born with Ring tyrants for several
years, sooner than endanger the ticket,
and thereby let white Republicans and
their negro allies get into power; and
these pretended Democrats, Ring
packing, forstalling rascals, depend on
this prejudice OF the Democratic
masses. Now, every honest Democrat
ought to know that on the 4th day of
June, 1883, at Democratic county
Convention held at Chrlstiana, a reso-
luton was adopted to do away with SO
much of the delegate system, as to
nominating Sheriff and Coroner candi-
dates, and in its stead nominate Sher-
ifs and Coreners by direct vote of
tho members OF the Democratic party
in the county; and uninterrupted for
3S years, counting this year, we have
chosen Democratic Sheriff and Coro-
neI candidates in this manner, 1t was
urged on the said day, that the men,
bers of the Legislature and Levy Court
should be nominated in the same man
ner, by ballot in the different hun
dreds; but it was deferred, to see how
the new plan of nominating the She--
iff would work. In few years after
wards, we adopted the plan, and nomi.
mated the candidates for the Legisla
ture and Levy Court by ballot. II
] worked so well that the then old Whig
party was forced to adopt our plan OF
nominating both Sheriff and Coroner
and candidates for Legislature and
Levy Court, by the different hundreds
and have continued to do SO under all
their different names-Whig, Native
American, Bell Men and Republicans,
and allow the blacklist negro in theil
party, to vote at their said nomination
elections, and we, as Democrats and
white men, and pretend to respect the
immortal saying of the great Themas
Jefferson: "That the true essense OF
! whiIe Democracy, was the rights of
the masses and the will of their ma
J jority." Refuse poor white men that
right, and how can you ascertain the
will of the majority? Only by letting
the Democrats express their wish
either by voice or by ballot.
AS | before stated, after the Demo
cratic party had nominated member
to the Legislature and Levy Court on,
year by ballot, The Democratic Ring
tricksters, or packers, or assumed
masters, dictators or tyrants, or any
other name you see proper to cal
them, succeeded in breaking it up ant
fell back on the cid plan, as they saw
that if nominations were made by bal
lot, the Democratic people would al
have an equal say or voice in the mat
ter, and these fellows who lived off o
the party would have to be weighed
according to their merits; and this agi
tation to restore nominations by ballo
has gene on for many years.
There wasa cunningly devised papel
drawn up by tricksters, called Rules
and at every first county meeting held
in each political year, there would bt
a committee appointed. that has "a
often been smothered, 1t ran on unit
the 9th day Of June, 1874; at thai
meeting, the question was fully raised
and the rascally action of certain
,tricksters Of the party fully exposed
and the Democratic mass assembled b,
unmistakeable signs, showed that il
their opinion, all power was in the
people, and as they then were as
sembled, they could adopt or original,
what they pleased; and just before thu
vote was taken, one of the Ring got w
and insisted the meeting was out O
order, as one of these Rules, befor,
mentioned, prescribed a differen
course of action, and the chairman de
cided in this Ringstcr's favor. Wher
these same so. called Democratic kule
expressly stated that nomination elec
tions for Sheriffs and Coroners, shoult
be held on the 9th day of June; thi
livery day we were holding the frs
county meeting; these packing tyrant
had no hesitation to tramrle on on
part of said Rules-that said nomina
tions for Sheriffs and Coroners shoul,
be on the 9th day of June; but whel
the people demanded the rights t.
nominate the Legislature and Lev,
Court in the same manner, That inc