The daily gazette., 1878-06-12
Letter from Samuel Townsend

For the Gazette.
MR.. EDITOR R:-The editor of the New
ark Ledger, kindly sent me a copy of his
paper so could see wherein the Apostles
of that old Newark College, had said
editor to write an editorial on Newark
College, but styled by some purposely,
Delaware College. In order to try to
make it appear as the only college, as the
orignators of it, | suppose, thought to
make it the aristocratic hot house of
Delaware, to sprout and grow plants for
lawyers, doctors and ministers, to control
this little Delaware state. In the course
of time sectarian jealousy, spoiled the
supposed well laid schemes of Newark
college, by the establishing of other
colleges. The pap that this Newark col
lege fed on began to fail, lottery bills were
refused to aid said college, but in trying
to make the public believe they were too
pure to take the money direct, they de-
graded the State by having the money from
lotteries, the colleges share first put in the
Delaware State Treasury, and then the
jackass members of the Legislature pass
bill ordering the State Treasurer to pay
out every six months to Newark college
her share. Therefore if there was any
going to the devil for receiving lottery
money, these law makers and the State
would lead the van, whilst these Newark
college saints would follow in the rear,
although they fed on lottery pap. Next
this Newark college sent committee to
Dover, and wanted State bonds issued
to, or for the benefit of Newark college.
Parson Gilbert called on me, as MEM
Der of the Legislature in 1913. told him
no. Next this old college run down at
the heel like an old shoe; then the scheme
Of selling scholarships was resorted to,
and they sold to white men, and certain
to one yellow negro or mulatto, and to
how many more | do not know. But
this one mulatto bought two scholarships.
All that bolstering Of scholarships would
not do; next they made dive, like the
bald eagle after the fishing hawk, and
took old Major Jones fish or public land
from him. In the Newark Ledger | saw
an editorial in regard to some remarks
| made as joke, to Mr.. James Ray on
the day of our last county meeting
The editor of said Ledger, from what
have seen of him, is clever young man,
and a stranger in Newark. Therefore
his information in regard to that old col
lege, comes to him from some interested
party, and for their benefit | write this
communication. l presume L knew
Major Jones as well as any Newark man;
he was Republican and l Democrat,
but we were friends, and he told me
both in Delaware and Washington, that
he wanted grant of public land for the
benefit of our schools of Delaware, not
for New ark, for he never mentioned
Newark college, but for the schools, dis
trict schools OF Neto Castle county, Kent
and SUSSEX counties, for each school TO
hare Agriculture taught in IL as branch,
and went with him and saw our sena-
tors, George r. Riddle Esq, and Willard
Salisbury, Esq, our now Chancellor
of this State, and asked them to help the
Major and his scheme. They laughed and
appeared pleased with it, and said they
would, and did help get the land
for Jones' scheme. This was the start of
the law. And, now right here am will
| ing to ask Chancellor salisbury, what
We're his impressions gathered from Major
Jones, and will 80 further and say that
l believe, that had our Senators have
known at that time that Newark College
would have absorbed that public land as
she has done that neither of said Senators
would have voted for the bill, and if there
is any lawful way to take the proceeds of
that land grant from Newark college
and give it to the district schools am for
doing it.
Yours Respectfully,
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
TnwNsENn DEL. Iune IL. 1878.