Daily Republican., 1880-08-04
REPUBLICAn TICKET.
samuel Townsend speaks.


samuel Townsend speaks.
That old veteran Democrat, Samuel
Townsend, has written just such a let
ter as might have been expected against
any encouragement being given to the
colored Democratic orator, Harris, wht
is trying to organize negro Democratic
clubs. We had looked for his righteous
political indignation to boil over sooner
but when We take into consideration
that he is not regular subscriber o
the REPUBLICAN, he Of course was mo-
very we'll informed OF what was going
on amongst the Democracy Of Whining
ton, and then again the idea Of the Inn
maculate White Mans party Of Della
ware ever pros;ituting itself so low as
to encourage this man Harris, must
have seemed to him something inOredi-
ble. This accounts for the delay In
making known his views. We knew
very we'll that as soon as he heard Of
the project there would very suddenly
be smell of burnt wool. We are not
disappointed. Mr.. Townsend, with con-
siderable improvement in language,
but with his usual vigor compared with
the days when he was one OF the princi-
pal organizers Of the white mans party,
ADVISES the Democracy to stop fooling
and hankering after the oolored vote,
but that If it does 80 and the Bourbon
leaders encourage the system Of nomin-
ating the Legislature and Levy Court
by ballot they may expect an in
glorious defeat at the approaching
election. He himself would thrust his
hands in his pocket, would be amongst
those who would not labor for the suc-
cess Of the party and its defeat might
be expected by a majority Of one
thousand or two thousand. We never
recollected that Mr.. Townsend paid
Henry Eckel ten dollars for publishing
the call for the first white mans con-
vention in the State, but We distinctly
recollect that he and Senator Willard
Salisbury were the active projenitorS of
the movement. We always doubted
the sincerity Of Senator, now Chancel.
lor Salisbury, but we never had the
least doubt of Mr.. Townsend's profeSsed
sincerity. The Democratic party Of
Delaware all fell in with the movement
and these who were the most blatant
and proscriptive then for a white
mans party, are now the main
contributors to tLis negro man
Harris in his efforts to organize negro
Democratic clubs. Mr.. Townsend is
faithful amongst the faithless and come
victory or defeat, he wont have any
negro in his politics. This is the cor
rect position to take for men who were
nest in their convictions, but at the
A.a, .,L :.
time the DemooraNy ~ w A"0 "
they would only stick to it 50 long as ~
served their selfish purpose, and tha'
If the opposite position would serve
their purpose better they would have
no difficulty in adopting the new. One
other point Mr.. Townsend touches
which has the ring Of the true Democ'
racy in it. At the time he called the
first white mans convention in Della
ware he declared the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the constltu'
tion frauds, and he is yet Of that idea
though he does not say so in as many
words. This is what the Democrats
called them in their resolutions, and in
the national conventions Of 1872 and
1876, these amendments were con,
dsmned without stint. Only in
the platform Of the late Cincin'
natl Democratic Convention has
there been no allusion TO them, and
General Hancock in his letter OF ao
ceptance, emphatically says that these
amendments so persistently denounced
by the Democrats must be held invio
late and all the legislation for carrying
them into effect must be rigidly adhered
TO. Nov if Mr.. Townsend cannot sup
port ths Democratic party OF New Cas-
tie county because it seeks the negr
vot,, W. ask him, how in all conscience
can he support Hancock, who favor
the riGii enforcement of all the Constl
tutional amendments that give ther
the right to vote We rather admir-
the position assumed by General Har
cock on this questiou--indeed 1t is tn
one bright spot in all his theories {
politics, and that he borrowed. from th
Republican party. Mr. Townsend, how
ever, is too astu'e politcisn as to /
blind to what constitutes consistency
He knows what we mean. The ol
Appoquinimink veteran after revie
Of the situation, with very decide
emphasis says he "would sooner see q
the Hancocks and Englishs beaten tina