The daily gazette., 1878-08-24
Letter from Samuel Townsend


Mr.. EDIToR:-Althoughb born and rails
ed in Delaware, had no idea it was
place Of 50 much political importance.
and that we Democrats were worthy of so
much outside sympathy, especially from
Philadelphia, whose Democrats are so in
fernally under COW, that they have not
the manhood to maintain tirst-class
Democratic paper; or, in other words, a
Democratic paper with moderately
large circulation. But the PHILADELPHIA
piebald, milk and cider Democrats are
eternally giving us advice through TIE
meddling Philadelphia Times and its cor
respondents. One of its spooney cores
pondents heads letter from Wilmington
OF to-day. Now, AS sample of this
jackanape's pratings,l Il wilquote afewlnes
of this fellows letter in the Times. He
says: "It is evident that the sharp re-
preston put upon the Democracy by Sell
ator Bayard's friends, and the demonstra-
tion that the soft money, greenback clique
| could not come to tea against his wishes,
have seriously dampened the spirits Of
| those who proposed to run Delaware in
the Ewing Bland direction, &C." Now, this
is news to the Jews; when was the Demo
cratic party in Delaware in favor of pa
per money alone? Never since the days
of Jackson, and there has been no contest
on that subject and Bayard, the great
man of this Times spooney, placed him
self in Congress, if | am not mistaken, on
the doctrine of the goid standard alone,
and the Democrats who differed with him
in Delaware, proclaimed themselves in
favor Of gold and silver standard, with
paper money convertible at the will of
the holder, into either gold or silver; and
this doctrine was reaffirmed in the Dem
ocratic platform, laid down at Dover, as
late as the sixth of this month. Now, if
this spooney correspondent of the Times
can make Bayard victory out of that, he
is for me, welcometo it. Now, Mr.. Cor
respondent you talk about Delegates be-
ing elected in Delaware, in 1880, who
favor gotta standard alone; forty Thos
Bayard's could not save them from defeat
l dare him, you, or anybody else to run
Delegates in Delaware, for a gold stand
ard alone; and for Gods sake stop this
eternal chattering about Thomas Bayard
being nominated for President; it is thin
ner than skim Elilk. Neither him MOI
any other Delawarean, in all probability
for the next five hundred years, will re-
ceive the nomination for President and
one of the main reasons, Delaware is toe
small, therefore has neither command
ing influence North or South. These
rich northern banking aristocrats no doub'
fondle around Mr.. Bayard, and make
their hired mercinary papers and cores
pondents write and talk him upfor Presi
dent for their own selfish purposes; ant
Mr.. Bayard should cry out, God save me
from such gold bug rascals. Old Banl
Wings fondled around Henry Clay, anC
when they found they could not contro
the masses through Clay's name, the!
dropped him, and it is said Clay died a
he first set out in political life, Demo
crat. AS much as Delaware Democrat
, admire Mr.. Bayard, they admire thei
, own Democratic manhood more, and h
/ who runs may read the Democrat
resolutions passed at Dover at our yer
: last Democratic State Convention thi
month.
3 SAMCEL TOW WNSEND.
Townsend, August 81, 1873.