The daily gazette., 1879-05-20
Forths Gazette.
Letter From Samuel TOwnsend.


FRIEND J.--I received your letter en-
closing . few lines, or attempted verses,
cut, you say, from the Euery Erening.
The squirt who wrote it tried to get off
something smart, in his own estimation,
aboat the Sage Of Appoquinimink, turn
coat &C. As you suggest, | think you
are correct, that the said squirt is a
third-rate lawyer, who, two years ago,
turned his coat from Republican and
came to the Democrats and made night
speeches or harrangues, and then, on
election day, it is said, he turned his
coat again and voted the Republican
ticket, and since turned Democrat again.
Friend j., you will please, in my name,
call on this fellow, and present him with
two cents worth of panacea, and draw
on me, at sight, for that amount.
have never in this world known perfect
man, Who never committed fault Of
some kind, in the estimation of some
of his fellow-men. do not claim per-
fection. Politically, started out as a
Jefferson and Jacksonian Union Demo-
crat, whose corner stone of faith was
"The Rights of the White masses, and
the Will OF the Majority" and have
voted for every Democratic nominee for
President, in my voting days. Horace
Greeley was not the Democratic nominee
but \ fraud stuck on the Democratic
party by tricksters, and, of course, did
not uOte for him, when he, in a speech,
on the 18th Of October, of the same year,
repudiated the Democratic party and its
doctrines, and so far as our own County
and State politics are concerned, when
the County Convention at Delaware
City in 1856 repudiated the nomination
OF candidate for Representative for thi.
hundred, although he had received 134
votes out of poll of 1876, thus leaving
the doctrines and landmarks of thu
Democracy to strike at my brother, t,
reach me as they said. l, in the mex
campaign in 1858 revolutionized thi
county, and originated opposition +
punish those seeding Democratic, ty
rants, and was successful in humiliat
ing and crushing their majority of owe
eight hundred at the previous election
and making the whole ticket bite tn
dust, for they were all beaten, and Sam
uel, or the Sage, as you call him, was
satisfied and order since has generall
reigned in Warsaw. The Sage's teach
ings and love for Democracy never al
lowed him to falter. When the Unio
was tried to be dissolved by Souther
and Northern fanatics, | gave my bon
for 30 stand of arms, and, although, owe
the age for military duty, enrolled IN
name as common soldier in compan
OF delaware militia, to help use sal
guns, If necessary, to preserve the Unior
As soon as the cloud here blew owe
General Lockwood wrote me that the
needed arms for the Third Delawar,
and II would give up the 50 stand b
would be much obliged. | wrote him
once to send for them, and he did s,
and 1 turned them over to the Cover
ment; and the Sage did not vote again
the tariff OF 1886; the Sage was nevt
political native American; the Sas
never favored negro voting and negi
franchise; the Sage would never ha,
voted to allow the U. S. Judges to sett
the Presidency in 1876; the Sage nev,
voted against the use of silver money
an equal in circulation of gold, as far
the value of metals go; the Sage wou
never, let come what may, allow /
political party to use guns or militia
force at the ballot box. have not forg
the Marshal Gregory murderers, sent
Blackbird by Wilmington Republican
The Sage is in favor of extending O
commerce to the uttermost ends of t
earth, and OF allowing and appropriate
reasonable sums Of money to individu
owners OF vessels to open up new maj
cts and just as soon as the business W
pay It's way, withdraw the governme
support but, no vessels to be allowed
touch or combine any ports together, {
cept the port the vessels sailed from a
when she cleared, must 90 direct frt
the United States. And further a
lastly, the Sage gives to this suppos
third-rate lawyer, the following adv
before ne again calls my political cou
IN question: Let him read cert;
passage in Scripture, wherein cert.
women made to Christ grave chal
against another woman, and when
aforesaid women had prepared the
selves with stones to stone this n,
woman to death, Christ's reply to s.
women was, "Who Of you, that are eli
of the same sin, throw the first ston
they looked at one another, dropped
stones and sneaked away. Now, wi
l, or as you call me, the Sage, is az
accused OF short comings, for God s,
iet some purer politician than you und
\ lake the task of lecturing him.
4 SAMUEL TOWNSEND
townsend, May 10, 1879.
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