Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-08-16
PENINSULAR UNION.
A Voice from Northampton - The
Eastern Shore Of virginia DOM
Want 70 be Annexed to Delaware.


Eastern shore Of virginia Don't
Want 70 be Annexed To Delaware.
Correspondents Of Kvsry Evening and Commercial
CAPEvlLLn, NORTHAMPTON Co., Va,
August 81 have been reading
your several articles on the subject
of forming a peninsular State
out of Delaware, Eastern Maryland
and the two counties of Accomac and
Northampton, of this State, with some
interest, Us ten years ago when this State
was in the throes of reconstruction large
majority of the white property holders in
this county were very favorable to the
project, but after reconstruction became an
accomplished fact, and they found they were
not likely to be under the heel of Pompey
or Cotfie, all idea of Remembering the
old State quickly disappeared, and to-day
| if there is one white property holder in
this county, native or emigrant Carpet
Dagger, if you please that is favorable to
that project do not know him, and do
not believe there is one, and as to the
blacks, with all the stupidity and ignor-
ance they are charged with, they are
not lunatics enough to vote for any such a
purpose. Here they are protected in all nee
essary and proper rights, with full share
of the public funds for free schools, which
are kept up aud managed by the county
superintendent, just ms the white schools
are, and in all matters in dispute negro
can get Just as free, full and clear justice
Us white man can, while in Delaware n
negro has no rights that an freshman is
under any obligation to respect. Here, thank
fortune, we have no Irishmen, and but
two Dutchmen, and if whisky is but mod
erately plenty and cheap for year or so,
we bid fair to get clear of them. You can
see from this that we have none of the
rich Irish brogue or sweet German accent
among us, mud do not want them. Our
labor is good, reliable and trusty, with NO
strikers, tramrs or mobs.
So much for the dark side of the picture,
now for the white. In the fist place
taxes are not twenty-five cents on the
800, as in Delaware. We havt none of
your old, costly, dilapidut,A court
machinery to keep np.and, with our home
stead and exemption laws, .h"ra is
little or no court business to do. One
man fills all the county Offices known &c
you as parliamentary, register of wills,
register in chancery, recorder of deeds,
clerk of the peace, and God only knows
what other titles some of them claim
Here he is known as county clerk, and vi
have been for over year at time with
, out sheriff, the coroner doing what little
, there is To do. We have no tax collector
eating up our taxes. The county treasure
receives all taxes at his Office, and if no
, paid by certain day five per cent. i
added. The lower half Of this county j
by far the best for farming purposes. AL
; OF our business is with Norfolk or will
/ New York and Boston via Norfolk wher
, good steamship lines take all onr produc
f to market We have no more TO do wit
5 Philadelphia or Wilmington mark is thai
, We have with Port Penn or Mount Pleas
/, ant. doubt il there is a Philadelphia O
> Wilmington paper taken i
Q the county besides wha
, l take myself. When other questions mr.
b all settled it will be time enough to tax
a up the question of the formation of
: prninsular State. II it takes place in tn
4 next fifty years you or your graz 4 cildre
l will have to count out N -, 'ampto
county, or greater change W.! dave
, come over the feelings of the p, pie c
this county than has come over tla ,elin
j. of any one since the conversion of ipi, {
j, Tarsls. The man would bo l.ul; led O,
i. of tho county or sent over to tbs Stat
@ asylum at. Williamsburgh, who woul
Q advocate any such project. The aboy
4 is the true sentiment of this county, whit
a and black. 1t is a waste of time, ink III
n paper TO advocate any such scheme.