The daily gazette., 1878-05-30
Letter from Samuel Townsend
For the Gazette.
Mn. JOHNSON IL see a notice in your

For the Gazette.
Mr.. JOHNSON IL see a notice in your
paper, of an editorial in that dirty lep-
rous paper, the Every Eye,dng. / have
borne with that rotten, fostering, black
hearted rascal who edits it, until l feel
compelled to say a few words to demo-
Gratis, who take that paper, and thereby
put victuals in that vulture's mouth that
edits that Eyery Eyening newspaper
Any man with n moderate amount of
common sense, who reads said article Of
that dirty cowardly editor, that he spits
as the rattlesnake, his venom at certain
Democrats, whilst he lauds and crawls
around others, and by that means he thinks
he can divide the Democrats and keep
| them from uniting and withdrawing all
their patronage from him, as they should
do. Now Democrats of Delaware, you
wonder why that EUery Eueniny pole cat
editor squirts his musk at me. In the year
| 1874, there was in the then two districts
of Appoquinimink Hundred, a contest
between Democratic delegates to the
Democratic State Convention, that was
soon to be held. And q democrat, from
Dover, at my house, advised me to pub
| lish statement in the Fiery EUening
newspaper, by stating that at least thirty
| Democrats at Dover took said newspaper
and that it had a circulation down the
State ameng the Democrats, and there
| fore, If i published a statement of our
| case in said newspaper, the down country
| Democrats would come to the Safe Cou-
vention with a better understanding of
| our case. | wrote n letter and sent it up
| TO the proprietors of the Ecery EceIiing,
| to publish it in their next issue, even if
| il had to be y ut in as advertising matter.
| They d,d not publish IL as ordered in their
next issue, but on the day after when il
was too late to reach places where
/ wished IL to. The said letter took the
space of little over half a column
and here follows the bill that Editor sent
me for publishing that letter, giving the
Democratic subscribers of the EOery En-
ening down the State a true statement of
the Appoquinimink case. The bill sent
me was Sl6.30:
WILMINGToN. DEL, Sept. !, 1I4.
Samuel Townsend, Esq.
TO CROASDALE q CAMERON, DR.,
PUBLISHERS OF
Every Evening & Delaware State Journal
No. Bio Market Street,
Augt. 13. To advertising letter In f.. f.
1853 |. l /. SIS 80. Please remit.
/ W pay II, anu dibVi a. iC w itb-
ters passed each way, he selected Mr..
Levi Bird and i selected John O'Byrne,
and was ready and am ready to abide
their decision; but they have come to
none yet that / have heard of. Now,
Democrats, who by your patronage to
the EUery EUeaing newspaper feed that
editorial hyena, who would feed on the
entrails of your party and laugh and
curse you whilst swallowing the victuals
you put in his mouth, have you no party
Iself-respect, that you tolerate and sup
port such viper in your midst?
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, May %, 1873.
| p. S.-With regard to the slanderous
report in the Republican of what l said
at New Castle, l am surprised at the
owner of the paper, Mr.. Vernon, whom
/ have always regarded as decent po
litical opponent but / am told he has
employed that old superanuated tom cat
who splutterS and has the visage of a
catfish-mouthed old tom cat tapping up
sour milk, to help him run the RepubH
cdn i used to give this old spluttering
cat peaches and always treated him re.
spectfully. He begged in to be a reporter
of newspapers and attended our peach
conventions ut Dover, and the old jack
ass tried on the sensational style a.
though he had been n learned smart ras
cal of big city paper. He took me for
a subject and put up with it for awhile
until got tired of it, and | brought the
subject of his slander before our Peach
Convention, at Dover by proposing tc
eXpell him out 'of our conventions, and
several members gave him a wholesome
lecture and allowed him to remain pro
vided he stopped reporting lies about
members. This incensed the old catfish
mouth tom cat against me, hence this
and other ISLANDERS of what | should say
at New Castle and other places. / now
: give the owner of the Repuohcda, Mr
Vernon, notice that / will be under the
, disagreeable necessity to sue him as own
er of the paper, if he does not put stoI
to the black-hearted ISLANDERS against me
in his paper by the man he allows to
, polute his columns. -
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.