The daily gazette., 1881-03-28
LETTER FROM SAMUEL TOWN.
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Mr.. EDITOR Myself and otbsr
Demecratic white men were utterly a.
tonishsd to read in the proceedings of
the Legislature that a bill had been
reported in the Senate by Democratic
Senator, Mr.. Cooch, | believe, of this
county, to appropriate $24O0 out of the
State Treasury exclusively to lucate
negroes of this State and the fund
was so divided that eachcounty SHOULD
have $500.
The negroes were eniranchissd by
our political enemies solely to vote the
Republican ticket on purpose to defeat
the Democratic party, and the Demo-
Gratis of Delaware threw themselves on
the sympathy Of white people, and
called the party the Democratic white
mans party, aud under the name and
under this name and policy the party
has marched to victory for the last
twenty years, During the last cam
paign an extraordinary effort was
made by the Republicans to carry this
State, and the most reliable voters they
had were the negroes. Although the
Democrats Of Delaware, throwing out
politics, have treated negroes as kind
ly as they ever did, and went SO far
two years ago as to allow them to col
lect money from one another for
school purposes of their own black
race. these negro votes at the last gem
eral el ction went SO implacably
against the Democratic party as ever
before, and finally wrestled New Cas-
tie county from the Democrats aud
nearly carried Sussex. Now, at this
presenter first Legislature aft rwards,
the Democratic party brought this
said negro education bill forward, and
it was passed by Democratic Senate,
which stands eight Democrats to one
Republican. In the House it received
the solid Republican vole of seven and
four Democrats, making eleven, thus
passing the House and becoming a
law. The Republicans in the Legisla-
ture as party men, have shown them
selves by far the abler politicians.
They have used the negro vote to car
ry one county, and nearly Two, at the
late election, and pass negro school
bill by Democrats, in a Democratic
Legislature, and next campaign can
point with piide to the negroes and
tell them what they scared the Demo-
cratic Legislature to do for them. And
to keep up the scare, when the Legis-
lative members visited Wilmington,
last Wednesday, they were driven
first to the negro school house. Now,
suppose they had driven Grst to a
Roman school there would have gone
up such howl as is seldom ever heard.
Then, after the dinner at the Clayton
House and some short, buncombe,
poP-sun speeches, certain Harry Tur-
ner used the remarkable language that
he believed in the principles of Demo-
cracy and he desired to thank the
members of the House for passing a
bill voting $2400 to educate class of
people ASHAMED to name the negroes)
unable to educate themselves. After
a few more words of niger buncombe,
in which a Senator mixed in, he closed
by saying that as long "as The Demo
cratic party was just, it would win."
He was loudly al plauded-for what
For insinuating that the Democratic
party, from its foundation, had been a
pack of rascals, but now, for the first
time, it had appropriated money out
Of the State Treasury to educate ne
groes. Was there any warrant in the
Democratic white mans county or
State platforms, last year, for such
policy as 70 vote money out of our
State Treasury forlnegro schools 7
am glad to think that this Henry Tur-
ner, who made such a speech, was
beaten last fall by Republican negro
votes. No member of the Democratic
party who voted for that negro school
bill, or Henry Turner, or
any other Democrat who voted for or
favored said bill can be nominated or
elected by the Democratic party of
Delaware. If our Republican political
enemies have the majority in our Leg
lsla.ure and then pass such bills we
help it, but we do not expect
Democrats 10 pass such bills and fell
low new in our harness to make a
speech glorying in our disgrace and a
few persons applaudlng.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.