The daily gazette., 1878-08-06
Letter from samuel Townsend

r Ut tne 6aZette.
MR.. EDITOR:-It appears that this is
the age of strange events and l think
sometimes must be dreaming, and have
to pinch my flesh to see whether 1 am
awake, and find mysef mere old fogy
and behind the age. have always claim
ed and tried TO be a Jeffersonian and Jack.
son Union Democrat, and therefore have
always been and am now opposed to abo-
litionism and secession. These two ele-
ments have cost the United States the
lives of nearly a million OF men, and three
or four thousand millions of dollars, 1
was in hopes that the country was emerg-
ing from the influence of bad men, and If
we did suffer them to live 1t was the SOON
er to forget them. Ifthe extremes of both
sides bad been put to death their memo
ries might have been cherished by fanat-
les who would worship them as martyrs
Now In the year of 1878 IL appears that the
people OF Kent county, Delaware, IN and
about Dover. have gotten up an agricul-
tural association and proposed fair, princi-
pally as race course to exhibit trOtting
horse flesh and the managers think to
make IL a success OF draw off the masses
to patroniZe the said fair by announcing
tDat Ex-Governor carpet-bagger Cham
Derla1ne, OF SOuLn carolina, Will deliver
the opening address or first sermon on
horses, corn, potatoes and pumpkins.
why in the name of God did the mana
gers OF this Kent county proposed fair so
far forget the'Dselve, and Their state as to
impose this damn and everlasting dis
grace on this State by trying to honor this
carpe, dagger Chamberlaine, who did his
best to try TO cheat the people out of the
lawfully elected President, and also the
lawfully elected Governor Hampton, of
that State, (South Carolina,) and the said
Cham berlaine did all he could to make
human blood flow as water in oruer to
keep his admitted by the Republicans
cor upt state administrat on in power.
Democrats of Kent, where Is your man
hood? WIN you sully or disgrace your
white mans record to aid or cOuntenance
a harangue at your horse race and agri-
cultural show by man whose hands are
red with the blood of your white friends
of South Carolina? 1 was asked to take
stock in this Dover association. took
none, but If had Il have always liked
Dover and her citizens in geHeral.) won d
have at once given up my stock 10 Kent
county Niger and / advise all Demo-
cratic white men of Kent county who
have taken any stock in this agricultural
horse race association, II the managers
have no moro selfrespect for rtheirneighbors
and county con ,tituents than to invite the
per6dious Chamberlalne, late of South
Caro- ina, to make the opening address, or
speak at all Tor you, 10 give all your STOCK
to mig gers, so that they can appreciate the
said Cham berlaine as their e1d. And
by all mea the managers who invited
cham berlaine should without delay send
a specical invitation to Judge stump; and
If they can find witch of Endor. get her
10 raise Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Ste
vens, Lovejoy and others. As this associ-
alton Is c, imposed of persons OF both pO-
Iitical parties enough high minded Re-
publicans and Democrats can be found to
make speeches without having TO invite
Ex-Governor Cham nerlaine or eA-Presi-
dent Jefferson Davis.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, August 5. 1878.