The daily gazette., 1878-02-20
WHAT THE .PEOFLE SAY.
Letter from Samuel Townsend.
For the Gazette. TT Iil

For the Gazette. ''"f ". e1l n'ni
The great struggle in the U. s., Senate,
over the passage of the silver bill, Is pass
cd for the present, the said bill receiving
more than two-thirds vote. One of our
Senators, Mr.. salisbury, | am glad to
see, voted for 10; and one Senator, Mr..
Bayard, voted against 1t. 1 would rather
have seen Mr.. Bayard's votb recorded for
the bill, and in accordance with vast
majority Of the Democratic party in Del
aware. Notwithstanding, l am told, or
find out through the Herald q few letters
have been written to ar organ, the EverV
Eueaing, who has espoused Mr.. Bayards
cause and attempts to represent the
Democracy. A few days ago saw that
Fisk Townsend's Georgetown paper
stated IL was no odds how Mr.. Bayard
voted . majority of the Democracy of
Sussex supported him. If that was the
truth II speaks well for the intelligence
and independence Of the Democracy of
Sussex; that they went it bind, had no
mind of their own.And rs Mr.. w. Il. T. is
newcomer comparatively in Sussex.
would advise him before he again under
rates the intelligence and independence
of the Sussex democrats; or, like Mr..
Bayard assumes 20 think for them on the
money question, that he, Mr.. Fisk Town
send, editor and owner OF said George
town paper, had better first consult with
some of the Old democrats of Sussex. ASK
them II Louis McLane, previous to 1895,
was not as popular with the majority
party of Sussex, then called the jackson
party, as Thomas Baayard has heretofore
been with the majority party, in the
Democratic party, aud further ask said
old men If Louis McLaiie was not as
populaf In the nation at large; that
General jackson took him into his cabi-
net rs Secretary of tho Treasury, and
when Jackson in the old quarrel between
the rich and the masses, or poor, then
the would be exclusives were called U.
=. bank men and now Gale I'd bondhOlders,
tried to have special laws made for their
Exclusive interest and benefit. That
honest, farseeing friend OF the poor man,
General Jackson then President, ordered
his Secretary of the Treasury, Louis Mo
Lane, who before that time had been as
much of an Idol of the donlinent party OF
Delaware, as Mr.. Bayard has ever been
McLane went with the bankers and re.
fused TO obey jackson to remove the U
S. deposits out of the United States bank,
or the nations share.
jackson removed McLane, and the
Ipeople, the masses and working people
of delaware sustained Jackson, and Nc
Lane never after could be elected, and
| lost cast in Delaware, and left the State
, and moved TO Baltimore Mr.. Bayard
should not forget this lesson, and FISH
Townsend you might profit by good lonl
talk with some of them old Sussex county
, men yet living. am sure they will give
lyou good advice This great AmericanRe
lpublic differs from all empires and king
doms In this particular, the masses here
claim that when they confer the powe
on an agent TO represent them, said agen
, shall obey or resign, and when he fails o.
refuses and attempts to think and act in
l1anagHanf 4 nf xrrin M
who elected him, he steps Oft the Demo
f cratic platform, and on tothe platform o
. king craft, where the doctrine Is the kin,
can do no wrong. The people of thi
republic have passed through the cru
sades of the rich against the poor; tn
0 first crusade was the Alexander Hamilton
a monetary tried TO ne exclusives. Thoma
Jefferson headed the democratic masses
: and put down the heHamiltdnia moneyite
t The I.ext was the United Bank would b
. | exclusives, with their foreign partners
who tried to chain down the working
J, producing masses. President Andrew
= jackson headed the democratic working
i masses and put down said United State
bank, its party and allies, there has inter
vened tariff, and slavery questions, civi
war and so forth Mr.. Hayard came ol
v the stage of action during these period
= and has acted very satisfactory to tn
- party of Delaware who lonored him a
Q their agent.
q But the rich would be exclusives hav
a determined on another attempt to ge
control of the country and cham dow
& the working producing masses, and dread
@. ing the Democracy that was looming u
l. with the certain prospect of again gettin
control of the country, the bondholders
v American and foreign, with Belmont 9
their head commenced operations, and i
"a 1873, stole or sneaked the gold bi
through Congress that made the interes
u on Government bonds payable alone i
II gold, reduced the silver standard so thf
l. silver and gold could not az heretofore L
T. equal and called specie, and from tina
time commenced another or third mons
'i tary war, the rich against the workin
es producing masses; and as In Jefferson
re- and Jackson's time, will override
"a other political questions. And in 1850 "
want an honest unfiinchE ing democrat
20 Presidential candidate W ho when electe
Of will reflect the opinions and feelings {
of the working producing masses again
bondholders, monopolsts and all oth'
would be exclusives and dictators. Th
is late votes both in the House of Repr
q sentatives and Senate, are very satisfa
tory to the working producing masse
These would be money aristocrats ca
read the handwriting ON the wall,
their doom as in the days of Jetferso
y and Jackson.
il SAMUEL TOWNSEND
"a Townsend, Feb. 18, 1878.