The daily gazette., 1878-03-30
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY
ST. GEORGES, DEL, March %.

MIR. EDlTOH.-lb IL stiuOm Inab Il III
trude ON the indulgence Of editors for
space to present my views through the
press; but may be pardoned in this IN
stance, since Delaware's iron Governor
has been assailed; and it becomes the
duty of every father, husband and
brother in the State, to stand by him, in
his manly determination in ''seeing that
the laws are faithfully executed" and
woman's virtue protected from violence
and brutal outrage. The Delaware Re
publican comes out to-day with over
eight columns devoted to hosanna re-
QUEEN, meanings and bewailings for its
heart loved idols, Chambers and Collins,
who paid the just penalty of their infer
nal lust on the scaffold, last Friday. 1
have but little patience, and no desire to
engage in controversy with such scri5-
blers and defamers as at last have found a
suitable text, from which to indulge in
their billngsgate defamation.
How closely do they, with one accord,
insist on the legal maxim, 'false in one.
false in all things" and fain would have
the public believe that the brutal scoun-
drels were convicted solely, on the oath
of purgered strumpet; but sir, may not
! these champions of negro brutality also
be judged by the same maxim? ? for when
| they alledge that these (shall call them
| men were convicted only by the testi-
| mony of Kate Smith, they wilfully aud
| knowingly, utter falsehoods, for it is well
known by every person who has read
| the history of that outrage, that her tes-
timony was fully and unequivocally
corroborated by every attending circum-
stance; and also by Collins himself at
| the Office of the Justice of the Peace in
Middletown They should also know
that when Chambers at that time at
| tempted to prove au alibi, that his wit
| ness failed him and implicated himself
| also, and then made clean breast of the
whole matter, saying that they both
were guilty. Now sir, suppose that Kate
| Smith had not testified in this case at
all, would these scribblers and pettifog-
gers $50 filed with legal lore that it seems
TO be almost gushing from the pores of
| their hides,) pretend to hazard their
| legal standing by giving an opinion for
one moment, questioning their guilt from
purely legal stand point? Why sir in
the category of crimes, ever committed
in this or any other State, never has
guilt been more clearly and effectually
proven by testimony, measured and ap-
proved by the highest authority, on evil
dence than it was in this case, and no
honest sane man who is acquain ntod with
| the facts, or heard all of the evidence at
| the trial of Chambers and Collins, has
| the slightest doubt on the subject. But
| the Delaware Republican in its blind zeal
1 to screen and defend the negro race, and
Il IN al fn fl.nsr ,t.1s a
| crimes, (Which by the way are but the
legitimate outeroppings of its vile teach
ings) goes on to prove how sadly they
have been imposed on in this county ,and
| by the courts of Delaware, by publishing
| a list of executions in this county since
1889, and in this it certainly drops the
mask and claps the climax. He says,
"that of the fifteen men executed, bui
two were white men, (what n pity,) one
of whom was Armstrong, for wife mur-
der, and the other white man being
Bowen, for numbering a constable, who
was bringing him TO New Castle" Why
sir. is the Editor of the Republican a
knave or a fool? Bowen did not murder
an officer who had him in custody, but a
man with whom he was fighting, and at
the time of the fatal blow both We're in
the heat of passion and frenzy aud many
persons to this day do not believe thai
/ eho hhoiNpi "ho
ed, but Delaware's laws sent him to the
scatfold Notwithstanding.
But the constable Davidson was butch
cred by negro Zone of the Republican
lpets) when he was quietly taking him &c
New Castle for some trivial offense, but
the Republican would strive 20 screen
that murder as much as possible and
place the all odium on the white man.
Mr.. Editor what color is the editor oil
the Republican
Again it is threatened to abolish the
law authorizing capital punishment
well it may be done when the Republi
can party gets into power in this State
for 1t certainly grieves them to know
that their favorite mode of electioneering
and carrying elections is punishable with
death; but when will that come to pass {
If the editor of the Republican should live
to see that day, Methusla's age would be
but tender childhood compared with his
But as his slander, vituperation and
falsehoods seem to please his negro allies
and their worshippers, it does no harm
to men of responsibility; so it is as wei
to let them jog along unnoticed except
in contempt; unless they are influenced
to commit murder, or outrage q defence
less woman, then little air JIG will still
be reminder that Delaware is governed
by men who know their rights and dare
maintain them.
Very Respectfully, NJ.