The daily gazette., 1880-02-19
For the Gazette.
Letter from Samuel Townsend.

signed my name and therefore take
the responsibility, and no person should
blame you. All ask Is fair play and
fair fight. In last nights gutter
scraper there is a statement, it SAYS
from some prominent Democrat, that
did not organize with the assistance
Of James Montgomery the defeat OF
pretended Democrat (but really ty-
rants) in 1858. What stuff to say it
was because an Irishman was killed,
and that one Brannen promised the
Irish vote TO the American party
What cursed nonsense. There was no
American party in. 1858. Liberal
Democrats, and disbanded Wings and
disbanded Americans met in Dover,
through an amendment gotten up by
myself and James Montgomery, and
there layed down new platform, and
then took vote to know what we
would call the new party. Some ma
tive Americans said as their faction
would be the most numerous they
ought to have more or less control. 1
told them at once, IL there was to be
any native American in it, would not
touch it, that we had come down to
see if we could form new satisfac-
tory party, if not, we could go home.
For the truth of my statement, refer
to Chief Justice Comegys, Judge Lay
ton, N. b. Smithers, George p. Fish
er, George b. Rodney, and dozens Of
other gentlemen now living. 1t was
then agreed in good faith to found a
new party, and / proposed to call
said new party, the Union Democratic
Party, and 65 delegates voted for that
name. George B. Rodney, of New
Castle, moved that the party be called
the Peoples Party, and it had a major
ity of delegates for that name, and it
was adopted, and we went into the
fight under that name, Peoples Party,
and swept the county by over 800
Democratic majority. At the two
years previous, not one on the tyrants'
ticket was left to tell the tale, and
that respectable Democrat, that gave
that important information to the gut
ter scraper's reporter, imposed mass
of nonsense on him. What | state is
in the old files of the papers of Della
ware history. And in regard to my
brother Johns treatment at Delaware
City, two years previous 1866. that is
in history. Also, the Democracy in
Appoquinimink after trying for two or
three months to get a man to serve
for candidate for Representative to the
Legislature, after many refusals from
John, fina ly got this answer from him.
Ii they would nominate him by ballot,
unH fYtxy hin, ot.ab k:a
factory he would serve. They gave
him 134 votes out 1875, only dissent
ing vote.
They also nominated five delegates
tor IL was not known which way the
party at the county meeting would agree
on to nominate. We opened the cam
paign a. d got up mass meeting a. this
place, (rownsend) in a grove. fur
nlshed the boards and had staud built,
and invited Mr.. Thomas r. Bayard
down TO my house to speak at said meet
ing. He came, and whilst he, Mr.. Bay
ard, was speaking TO large mass of peo-
pie the following notice that lave pre-
s. rved was put up against tres al this
very said mes ing by dis6rganizers to
hold another meeting at Blackbhd and
appoint another set of delegates aud
these delegates were admitted at Della
ware City, and Raymond De4kyne
nominated, and the rightful voice of the
hundred sti1ed then will any fair man
blame me for pnnishing these men?
Pursuant to the Recommendation OF the
Chairman Of the county meeting,
a meeting of the Democrats OF APP
poquinImink Hundred will De
he ID At Black bird. on Saturday, the 9th
INST, at 2 O'Clock, p. m, for the purpose
OF appointing five delegates 10 the County
Convention.
The undersigned would also recommend
the same as a suitable time for nominal
ing the Hundred ticket.
JAMES 'KANELY,
NATHL WILLIAM
Sept. Ii, 1896.
Of course in making a strike l had to
cut down friend and foe, but my old
Democratic friends never blame me.
No other man that ever heard of In
Delaware ever politically accomplished
so much in two years, and persons will
please excuse me for talking of self, but
the files of the Delaware papers have
the events and transactions recorded.
l have spent hundreds of dollars for the
old Democratic party; never kept any
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, Feb. IL, 1880.
=. S.-Raymond Deakyne, the man
these Jacobins nominated at the Della
ware City county meeting in 1856 in
stead of the righful nominee, John
Townsend, was a quiet old man, who
seldom went from home and did not
know the position he occupied until he
went to Dover at the meeting of the
and was put in a room with
no tIe, used for his vote for Senator,
and then neglected, and he began to see
the rascals in their true light. He cried
and said he chad no business there; John |
Tow nsend should have been there" |
was always friendly with Mr.. Deakyne |
and went 10 the landlord and put up
some tall swearing until l got room |
with fire in it for Mr.. Deakyne but 1t |
was too late, he had taken deep cold,
and pneumonia, and went home, never |
returned, and died before the sess on
was half out. So these Jacobins who
defeated John Townsend have the indi-
rect murder OF Raymond Deakyne on
their guilty souls. have always re-
spected VIM. G. Whiteley for remark
he made in the great excitement at
Delaware City that day before thou
sand people, he proposed referring the
back TO Appoqninimink
Hundred for them to decide by an cleo
Ii II, one or two persons hallooed out,
"If you do, John Townsend will be |
and Whiteley's reply to
them was, "By God, b. should be nom.