Evening journal., 1907-09-18
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
TWELFTH ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings

the moon they would not know the town; ana would
be obliged to have guide to show them around,
In that day the southern boundary was the creek"
the Chrstana river enormously called and
too often is so called to-day The western was what
is now Washington street whch-if the
all west Of that back Of hill" and "the country
The eastern boundary French street with
Walnut and Poplar erees and the north
Tenth with the exception a few resi-
dences out on the walk until 'Brandywino village" was
reached Tho sout lern bank Of the hrstiana was mostly
marshesas II is large northern bank
afew scattered manufacturing
tabshments then considered important ones and they
were so, in their day and generation Notably "Har-
Harlan ana Afterwards Of Betts harlan and Hoiings
worth and, later still Of Harlan and Holngsworth
machine shop Walters sawmill Poole's machine shop.
Harris shpyard psev and Jones' machine shon Yo,na
shipyard Bush's foundry and Thatcher's and Moores
shipyards There other manufacturing concerns
less Importance in their day such as cotton
mills leather factories etc. but the above remember
were the principal industries of Wilmington that time.
a little later; except the flour mills on the Brandy
Wine which said to be the largest of their kind
then In the Some Of those establishments have
since then grown wonderfully I'm size and Importance
and have added greatly the wealth and prosperity
OF the modern cyof which justly proud Others
have passed. and only recalled dim and hazy
recollection Of pastor fast passing generaton but
TO many of the present generation they
known Many OF the old time respected store keen
ers and others have been mentioned In a chap
ter; many doubtless were not, having escaped my
ory perhaps, existed before my day. but, / think
that it Is safe to sayand will say whether II is
safe not-hat the merchants and manufacturers pro-
fessiona and public and men Of affairs of all
kinds, together with the mechanics "Horkingmon"
and women too Of Wilmington in the early hfties
were as honest and honorable upright
straight forward, charitable and of high Christian
character as any community on earth-and that is
ing good deal
As has been said west Of Washington street. 'ahe
city out in the country" the Irshman would
say The old, white washed, forbidding poor house."
surrounded by its high stone wall stood lonely looking
on the hill-sde little toward the south stood the large
mansion of Colonel" Davis, whom saw
but whose reputation for herceness and that of his
dogs kept most people at safe distance and that
about all until you reached what neighborhood
Of Eighth and Broome Streets where stood old farm
house called "Pogues Place." and just north Of
that John Platts farm house. Farms and farming
land We're all around, except in northweserly
direction the Brandywne there two
small cotton and woolen mills and the powder works
all away out of town. little town, in the
neighborhood Of what is Franklin street. stood
the old mansion of the early Rodneys where
It still stands and, to the north Lloyds farm where
the late Judge Wales lived and ded-the house stll
standings whore boys go to see the Lloyd boys
and free 10 AN good bows for The asking
on the side. of Poplar street there was
residence Of Samuel Mccauiey' at seventh and Pop
lar, and that Of Esau Cox large brick structure d
recty opposite-both of which still remain-untl you
came to the old swedea Church ana the old "wbite
Hall"in its latter days of unsavory repuation-whch
Church streets corner from everything and The
old. isolated rolling mill, with its high black smoke
stack, the creek"
For the remainder from the foot of what is now Iom-
bard street the Christana, northward the
Of that street the Brandywne and from Poplar
eastward to the Brandywine, it in the MAN, all
open fields and brckyards
Seventh street, from Lombard wagon road,
with hedges each side instead of curbsones and
called "Od Church lane and led Cherry Island
marsh"
Ninth street was also a roadway ana was similarly
"curbed and paved" From the Chrstana the Brandy
wine this section almost entirely open country and
streets SUCH practically did not exist Such hastily
sketched Wilmington I'm 1850. and for a
years afterwards 1 wonder if some Of the ancient
"Springers." other claimants should come back
OF these days look up their property" whether
they would not have to seek the assistance Of com
missionaire' to ind itY
have wandered from the field OF politics" into
that Of rumination that scarcely know how back
All the Southern men in Mr. Buchanans cabinet had
resigned when il found that Mr. Lincoln had been
elected and, 1 remember before his Inauguration.
new administration in but few remained those
who resigned and those who remained l shall par
to arraign anyone for treason That been done
and better done than could do It If desired The
issue Joined and the tried decided by
the final and effective arbitramen of sword in the
dreadful arena of war. The verdict guilty. but
you didn't know what you doing and don't do Il
any more" and the accused said 1--WE thought did,
but perhaps we didn't and we WON'T" and the verdict
satisfactory all sides, and all hands said 'et
us shake hands and forget it, and they ddl
State after state in the South called conventions
and passed ordinances OF secession the border
line between the sections, il said wished do
Of the National Government Of it's strong
arm. Delaware said to be of this number but
adduced-aegation is thing and proof something
elsel our legislature in regular session
overwhelmingly il not unanimously Denocratc in poii-
tics; the State Democratic by large majority
at that time. and had been for long a time prior
that as know or ever heard, anything about And it
freely alleged that majority of its members II
not all of them, were ready and anxious to take the
State out of the Union, try do but afraid
60 try. But OF this heard of any proof
There was military organization in the State at the
time called remember "rhe Delaware state Guard"
one company OF which located Wilmington and
marched frequently the streets 1t had in its ranks
some OF the best young in the city OF whom
afterwards attained TO high places the
uonal Governments The organization denounced
as disoyal to the government ana disbanded by
on that charge But never heard any proof
disloyaty being produced, and do believe that
there ever any-simpy suspicion and allegation But
the public mind intensely excited people.
OF all classes and persuslons, greatly alarmed
believing, almost all had then believe, that
the Nation would be struggling for its very
ence So. II injustice done this military organ
| zation, IL caused, and Il doubtless Justified
by the c-rcumslancos Mh.rh sLrrnnnanl