Daily Republican., 1880-02-21
Sam. To wNsENB,s LETTER.
His Opposition 10 Senator Nay ara
BASED ON His DlsToy oyasty-He 1s
Biili a Democrat But o URfen
hT0n.

For the Republican.
/ MEssRs. EDIToRs:-I ana very much
Obliged to you for your kiud offer to
publish in your paper the communica-
tion sent to the "Gszette" on Non
day morning and which was refused By
Mr.. Johnson. Mr.. Johnson has been
very clever in publishing my letters
and as hs publishes what might bs
called Bayard organ, he may have
been threatened by soma of those short
sighted selfish men who split off from
the Democratic party and run JOAN C.
breckenridge on purpose to defeat the
Democratic party and did do it, and
afterwards their candidate John C.
Breckenridge abandoned his seat in
the Senate, took arms and fought to
break up the Union.
Now these superior Democrats of Del
aware never to my knowledge, ever met
and censured or denounced Brecken-
ridge. Then what right have they to
suppose the Northern Democrats whe
fought to saveths Union we're 10 bad Of
that they would have to go amongst the
breckenridge di5organizsrs for candi-
date. am getting too old if can help
1t to have quarrels and controversies
with anybody, and when | recaivsd
from the Tammany Hall COMMITTEES,
their address to the Democracy of ths
United States, wrote @ letter back to
try to pour oil Gu the troubled waters,
and bseauss | intimated that it would
be blunder to take up Thomas f.
Bayard or any other Breckenridger, the
every Evening" came out furiously on
ms for speaking the truth, and abused
ms in the vi!est manner.
lsappose some of the friends of Mr.
Bayard have threatened the Gazette"
aud therefore my Mondays commune
cation was withheld. wish to say to
the Democrats that have no desire to
injure the Democratic party, but when
was attacked | had right to fire
back, and just az got the engine in
good working order to throw hot shot
into their wooden hulls they issued an
injunction on my gun and therefore
suppose they intended to behave bet
ter. But what fools they are to think
that they can smother history.
Whilst this Wilmington company OF
which Mr.. bayard was member was
either by Captain Joseph NJ.
Barr or Col. Wallace for it is no matter
which, fer it cannot be denied that it
was done, the Secretary of war issued
to me through General DUPONT 80
stand Of arms, and gave my individ-
ual bond to General DUPONT for them.
went to Governor Burton and got
him to commission as Delaware Militia
a company at this place, and although
oVer ths age for military service en-
rolled my name as a private. The next
spring General Lockwood wanted arms
to arm the Third Delaware Regiment
and wrote to me to know If could
spare the arms | had in my possession.
wrote to him that all excitement and
bad feeling here had passed away. Hs
then sent Col. Jenkins and Captain
Darrell and passed the guns to them.
They took dinner with me and went
nome in the train with the guns.
Ina \ Democrat and Union man, but as
you Rre aware am opposed to negro
outrage. do not wish to have diff
iculty ia oar Democratic family there
ore ss tus manuscript is at Whining
nn do:.ira for the present your kind
fer to publish.
Tho "5entinet" has frequently offer.
u me ths u ~ Of its columns, but have
o 6e careful not to DO led into newspa-
er disputes. Bat if Mr.. Bayard's pup
" CrOAsdals does not stop this slander,
will give him and his master such
oss tnat they will not forget. l at
sart have kind feeling for all man
ind, white and black; even if Croas-
ale wsa lying injured along the big
pad, INould DO all for him could, and
am sure have taken mora negroes
ut Of jail and kept more from going to
Ill than any other man in this hun
red, but they know | am opposed to
lem voting. SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
TOWNSEND, Feb. 20, 1880.