Daily Republican., 1878-11-27
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Fhe REPU EfLCAN hAs she larxees
rlroulation Of any paper In DelS
wsre. Adversissrs take aay"ss Of
this.
Division Of tho County.


ticiaus who have some selfish interest
to subserve and the Erery Erentnq news
paper in this city. All these see some
thing in the division Of the county
which Ii either instigated by selfish
purposes or to crafty some lurking
spirit of revenge. lit is not these it 10
hard to tell what the ruling motive is.
Surely IL Is not because the popu-
lation has got large and unwieldy. for
1t 10 doubtful IT, It viii exceed 10000
which nothing like comes up to that Of
Chester, Lancaster, York, Bsrks, Mont
Gomery Bucks and q host Of other coun-
ties in Pennsylvania. surely it can
not be on account of the extent Of ter
ritory, for Kent and Sussex in our
State are both larger, and all the
counties named in Pennsylvania are
larger. One Of tho reasons advanced
for division Of the county is that New
Castle might have increased represen-
tation, and one who advances this idea
with much apparent sincerity is Sam
uel Townsend of Appoquinimiuk Hun
dred. He sees in his proposed plan a
way by which rspr esentation can be
increased without acknowledging the
right OF representation according
to population, and this may probably
be one reason why he favors it. An
other reason no doubt Ia that he is res.
tive under the domination of the city Of
Wilmington over the rural districts. 1t
ia proposed to make the Christiana and
White Clay Creek the dividing line,
throwing together the Hundreds of
Nav Castle, White Clay Creek, Red
Lion. Pencader, St. Georges, Ape
quinimink and Blackbird into one
conaty probably retaining the old name;
and throwing Wilmington, Mill Crock
Chsistlana and Brandywine together
into one county, called probably Will
mington county. We are amongst those
who can see no reason Why New Castle
county should be divided at all. The
plea for increased representation can be
as easily subserved by dividing the
State into Senatorial and Legislative
districts, which would come nearer to
representation according to popula-
ton. There are many reasons to he
advanced WHY New Castle should moi
BE- divided, one OF which ia that State
pride which has always characterized
DeIawareaas, probably moro than th.
citizens OF any other State. "The
three lower counties of Pennsylvania
on the Delaware" has become his
torioStitts in which every citizen feels
Juathi@plo PioS, SAA Huou tlOSe
same three sonnties became the State
Of Delaware, it but Increased their his
torical intsrest, ard thecitizeps of New
Castle county would no doubt if they
had q chance say in rugged verse:
Lawmaker! Spare our State,
Rend aot = single sls;
Il ID our Tathsrlasd,
Aad in 1t wo would die.
Asids from State comes the ques
ton Of geographical boundaries, which
cannot be \ difficult question to dscid.
upon TO the atvaRtsgs off either snd O
this d'idsd esunty. TIE Christians
liae proposed rould cut Of section o
Wilmington, and should the saire town
or couRTy seat bs established at Mid,
dletown - is proposed, it would be al
incoEvonisns for the citizcas of New
Castle Hundred 20 attond court, "a it
is now for the citizens Of Appoquini
mink and Di&ckbird TO attend court at
Now CsstIe.I New Castle Hundred vera
to Ia ghroHn ~ish the upper county, the
lattar wOuid contain about two thirds OF
ths population aad would soon perha ps
want ansfher divide az that mode had
besI sd1pt,d to secure Increased re-
presentation. Then another objection
to tounty division would bs the great
expense sntailad apon the people to
keep up too sets OF oiicers. The peo.
p!s sIrof,dy complain Of high taxation,
but taoy should reoo!ecs that if county
aiyisioa tskss place, taxes will be in
crea-eJ, for a lo1g time twenty W
perhaps fifty per cent.
W. knoT how expensive it is now.
only to have some Of tar county dock ets
indeed according to the Campbell Dro-
cess Of hook keeping, but when it would
come to making division Of tho county
records, the expense would be almost
incalcuiabfe.' 1t cost s5 600 since the
last Legislature adjourned, to re-index
I'VE think The Prothonstory's docket, }
one Of the county records. But the
greatest objection to 8 division of the
county il the mode adopted to securs
increased representation. The principle
Of representatio, according to popula-
tion is generally conced-d to be lust
one, and the more il is looked into the
more favor il meeta. The lat, con-ti-
tutional convention of Pennsylvania
acknowledged the justnsss of this prn-
ciple when it gave to Philadelphia and