The daily gazette., 1879-03-17
FIFTH EDITION.
REPLY TO Mr.. s. TOWNSEND.

To the Editor of ihe GAZETTE.
Although have had occasion frequent
ly to differ with Mr.. Samuel Townsend,
q misfortune common 10 most persons
who have had anything to do With him),
and although have never been able full
ly to appreciate the style In which he Is
accustomed to enforce his opinions on
all subjects, yet have been disposed to
accord to him the qualities Of candor and
consistency.
l am sorry to say, however, that his let
ter In the GAZETTE, of Saturday, as to
the new county building, read in the light
OF his former communication on the same
subject, tends to raise doubt whether he
Is the possessor of these homely virtues.
In his first letter, he shook from his
feet the dust Of New Castle-washed his
hands of the championship of her cause,
aud loudly called upon Wilmington "to
ring her bells and blow her horns" for
removal-but in his last letter he char
acterizes the recent overwhelming de-
maud Tor removal ga joke" and adds
talthough with evident alarm) "that the
joke has gone far enough"
In the path of over 5000 earnest pc
tloners for removal with vast majority
Of the people at their backs he plants his
sturdy form to block the way. In his
zeal, lie appears for the moment to lose
hls head, when he cries, II tell you men,
bers Of the House from Kent and Sussex,
If you give Wilmington the new Court
House, they will eterually oppose divi-
sion of the county" Really Mr.. T.!
do you think the prospect Of that result
likely to make those members very un-
happy, or that the best line of argument
TO secure their votes against removal I?
As but few of the mem bers from this
county, and none from the others, are In
favor OF county division, DIR. Townsend's
pdndeed will hardly be accepted ianaedi-
dteiy as the best and only remedy Tor the
disease.
l regret also to observe Mr.. Townsend
entire loss of faith IN the members of the
Legislature present and future from his
own county. He h olds up as warn,ng
to Kent and Sussex, the Senator from
sneers at the member from Black bird
who proposes to do likewise. Finding
the members to the south of him, and a
large majority of those to the north of
him for the bill, he says un defence of
| the in 'lienable right Of Appoquinimink
to have her own way,) "you see we can
not depend on the members Of the coun-
ty below Wilmington"
He appeals to the members from X ent
and Sussex counties to put stop to this
nonsence about new court house, by
passing "an act to divide New Castle
county, and make two couuties," with a
plan To value and divide the property by
commission, composed OF one man
from each Hundred; Wilmington, with
d IGI yptes and so TON ff7 nf IN -.
1 perty, TO have one vote, and Appoqu ui-
mink, with B5 votes aud Sl.2S2,l ,lg7 of
| taxed property, to have one vote.
If no longer candid, consistent, or Just,
surely, the sage OF Appobuimink is stlli
ingenious!
But would the passage by this Legis-
lature of "An act to d. vide the county. :,
settle the difficulty?
IL has been supposedly the lawyers
and the people generally that the county
could not be divided by an "act Of A y
sembly", but that an anne ndmeut OF the
Constitution would be necessary, which
would require Ii two-third vote of each
House OF tins Assembly the appreciation
VI the Governor, aud IA three-fourth vote
OF each branch of the Assembly.
AS for the members from Wilmington
and those from the adjacent hundreds
he bundles them all together. and tosse,
them overheard as a bad lot, wholly un.
worthy OF his own, or any body elsei
consideration.
In conclusion, would venture to in.
9uire of the members OF the House from
kept and Sussex, whether the adoptior
Of Mr.. TownseLd's advice, to disregarc
the wishes of the people Of New Castl.
County as expressed by a majority of bel
Senators aud Representatives, and to es.
tablish guardianship which shall max,
the people of that county the wards o
the other counties, will be more hkel,
to harmoniEe and strengthen the Demo
cratic party, than to weaker and disrup
IL. No .JoKRR