372 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. [1847. 



removal in the most favorable light. Committees of vigilance 

 were also appointed in the several townships throughout the 

 County — even in the borough of Chester. 



Up to this time the opponents of removal had maintained an 

 apathy on the subject that could only have arisen from a con- 

 fidence in their supposed numerical strength. They now appear 

 to have become suddenly aroused to the apprehension of a pos- 

 sibility of some danger. A committee of correspondence, com- 

 posed of the following named gentlemen, was suddenly, and 

 perhaps informally, appointed, viz. : John M. Broomall, John P. 

 Crozer, F. J. Hinkson, G. W. Bartram, Jesse Young, George 

 G. Leiper, J. P. Eyre, John K. Zeilin, John Larkin, Jr., Edward 

 Darlington, Samuel Edwards, and George Serrill. This com- 

 mittee issued an elaborate address to the citizens of the county, re- 

 viewing the proceedings of the removal meeting, and pointing out 

 generally the evils that would result from a change in the 

 location of the seat of justice of the county. 



The committee of correspondence, on behalf of the Re- 

 movalists, consisted of the following named gentlemen, viz. : 

 Minshall Painter, David Lyons, Nathan H. Baker, James J. 

 Lewis, Joseph Edwards, William B. Lindsay, Dr. Joseph Wilson, 

 James Ogden, John G. Henderson, George G. Baker, Thos. H. 

 Speakman, Henry Haldeman, Jr., and Dr. George Smith. 

 Soon after the publication of the anti-removal address, this 

 commitee published a reply, criticising without much leniency, 

 every position that had been taken by their opponents. The 

 anti-removal committee had been particularly unfortunate in 

 over-estimating the cost of new public buildings, or rather the 

 difference between the cost of a new jail at Chester, and a 

 court-house and jail at the new site. The removal committee 

 happened to be in possession of the exact cost of a large and 

 well built court-house that had been recently erected at Holi- 

 daysburg, the facts connected with which were attested by one 

 of our most respectable citizens. These facts could not be con- 

 troverted, and consequently the appeal that had been made by 

 the anti-removal committee to the pockets of the tax-payers of 

 the County, proved an utter failure, and the affairs of the re- 

 movalists were placed in a better position than before the con- 

 troversy between the two committees commenced. A public 

 meeting was subsequently held by the anti-removalists at the 

 Black Horse, and an effort made to organize the party, but it 

 was too late to make any headway against the regularly organ- 

 ized forces of the removalists. 



The election was held on the 12th of October, 1847, and re- 

 sulted in a majority of 752 votes in favor of removal. The 

 following table exhibits the vote in the several townships: 



