The daily gazette., 1880-02-13
For the Gazette.
Letter From Samuel Townsend.


Letter From Samuel Townsend.
MIR. JOHNSON Some time about
the first of January, a committee of
Tammany Hall, New York, sent me a
copy Of an address they had issued to
the Democracy of the United States,
with regard to the trouble in the Dem
ocratic party of New York State last
Fall. / read it carefully, and some
days afterwards wrote to the commit
tee acknowledging had received it,
and my views on it, and Democratic
matters generally. did not suppose
said letter would be published by the
committee, but it appears from what
| see in the gutter scraper Whining
ton Eyery E0ening, the Tammany
committee published said letter, which
is all right if it suited their pleasure,
as always try to speak and write the
truth. am Democratic white man,
who has voted for every Democratic
Presidential candidate down, COM
mencing in 1885, except that abortion
Horace Greeley, and that year l did
not vote for any Presidential Electors,
and l claim, that / as a Democrat,
have before a nomination Is made the
right to talk or write in favor of what
candidate l please. | stated in the
Tammany letter that if the Democrats
committed the blunder Of nominating
Bayard, in my opinion, he would be
beaten. Have J. not right to my
opinion? But aside of all this, what
paper am taken to task in, for giving
this opinion? In any Democratic pa
nf lala No l. ian
Croasdale, of the Eoery Evening, a black
hearted Republican, whose morning and
evening curses are directed against
the Democratic party, and the Demo-
Gratis, (all except Thomas f. Bayard).
Now, Democrats of Delaware, why is
this? Was not Bayard Breckenridge
Democratg Was not Bayard one of a
company in Wilmington at the break
ing out of the Rebellion? Did not
Capt. Joseph Barr, to save the feel
ings of the officers of this company
call on them in the nighttime, and
tell them he had orders to dis
band the company, and that
he took this method to call on them
at night TO save scene next day. And
when "Bill" Yaucy came to Delaware
10 try TO persuade her people to secede,
and ameetiHg was called in Wilm ngton,
did not Mr.. Bayard introduce Yancy to
The meeting? Who passed Gwin down
through Delaware? What did Mr. Bay
ard tell the committee from Newark,
Del, when they waited on him in re-
gard TO submitting to the draft? Did
not Thomas F. Bayard use as strong
language against the Republican vii
ainy at Washington as any other Demo-
crat Of Delaware ? Then why is 1t that
Bayard is so white and pure In "Bil'
CIoasdale's eyes, and every otber Dem ,
crat so cursed ? There are no mysteries;
| am an unbeliever in such trash; and
the only solution is there is a power be-
hind the curtain that for their own sell
fish interest makes this poor, miserable
mortal of the Erery EUening do their
dirty work. Now, If by accident Bay
ard should be nominated, this barking,
swapping cur, Croasdale, would, in my
opinion, politically stab Baysrd In the
dark, for Croasdaleis whole course and
action seems modelled after the mosqui-
to's song "cousin" round Bayard, whilst
he sucks his blood when he can. As to
) X, very few men have an unbroken
political record like me from 1886 down
TO 1880, or A years, with the single ex-
ceplion of 1858. And that year, al
though Democrat, | found it neces-
saTy to practice the Mosaic doctrine on
my prosecutors, who were Democrats
only in name, but tyraDts in practice.
Aud if this debased caluminator, "Blll"
Croasdale, does not know had just
cause for securing the services of James
Montgomery and his paper TO help form
a party out of liberal Democrats, dis
banded Wings and to beat and punish
Democratic tyrants who had treated me
md my brother John so badly in the
'ampaign previous 1856, he can ask old
Democrats and old Republicans, and
urn oveT-the files of the Wilmington
newspapers Of that day. My political re-
cord will, i think, ,favorably compare with
any Democrats In the State. One con-
solation,I never was CALLED or consider
ed traitor to the flag of my country.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, Feb. IL, 1880.