Daily Republican., 1881-03-28
Letter From samuel Townsend.

letter Fr"m samuel Townsend.
From the Gazette.
There are many strange laws or prop.
ositions for laws. During the ses-
sion OF one OF our legislative terms, and
this session is no exception one an at
tempted revival OF an old visionary
humbug, the Choptank and Murder
kill or Breakwater ship canal. There
| is no more likelihood o: such q canal
than canal to the moon, and ! feel
sorry to hear Of 80 much good paper
and ink being wasted on sueh foolish.
ness.
Another matter is Democratic
Legislature appropriating money from
the white people to educate black Re-
publican negroes. II the white Re-
publioans think educating negroes
would make them better voters why
did they no: do it before they traupsd
on our State law, to force negroes TO
the ballot box to vote the Republican
ticket And, did not the white Re
pu blioans carry this, New Castle coun.
ty, last fall by using time ana money
TO get every negro assessed, and, after
wards paid nearly all the negroes taxes
and marshslled them up to the ballot
box, to vote tho Republican ticket
Did not the Constitution OF the United
States prescribe the only way 1t could
bs altered or amended Does it not
say any professed amendments must
first be recommended by two-thirds Of
the States, aud ratified by three-fonrths
Of the Statesi
The 18Th, 14th, and 18th, amend
ments, SO called, never received this
kind Of recommendation or ranfcatinns
And are therefore nothing but ques-
tIonable congressional amendments,
therefore II is enough for Democrats to
an bmit to bad laws until they can be
repealed, without aiding and trying to
improve these disgracetul enfranchised
Republican voters, Oh purpose to vote
down and defeat the Democrats.
have too much respect for the
Democrats and their members OF the
Legislature 10 think they would, span
iel Ike, disgrace themselves 70 try to
ratify white Republican wrong OF
putting ignorant negroes TO the ballot
box to vote down white Democrats. The
Democratic voters Of Delaware are
watching this nigger educstiUn bill st
Dover. The Republican members from
New Castle county we're not sent to
Dover " further Democracy; neither do
Democratic voters send Democrats to
Dover to pass favorable bills and resC-
lutions for the republicans. Some men
are perfect mantacs, thieves, robbers,
gamblers, villains, educated men, or at
least nine tsnths Of thsm. The negroes
are the white elephants in the Rspub.
lican party; they know not what TO do
with them in the end. First they think
education will be amslgamation viii
poor white people. There has been q
great rush on Garfield, first for one
negro in the cabinet, next for ministers
and cOnsuls, and so far they have the
old Dover negro Josua Parker, Page
The negroes are worrying them, and
do not propose to favor taking any ne
gTOes Oft their hands, or pay one cent
OF tax to help educate our Degro Re-
publican enemies, and want the Demo
cratic party to hold any member politi
cally responsible who votes for any
such anti Democratic bill. There is no
warrant in either county or State Demo
cratic platforms to tax white people to
educate negroes, and the member who
goes outside OF his party policy may
calculate to receive his deserts from
the party. SAMUEL ToWNsEND.
Townsend, March IL, 1881.