Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-05

ufr con1sts we cnnnncr u often beneath our
dignity to shake hands, even speak to the indi-
yidual thus situated, or as you would rather have
II, thus -iailen. although you might have been In
daily intercourse with the same man fer years,
orgctiul all tie time that those ifowns and shilts
drive the poisonous arrows Of despair still deeper
snso the lacerated hears Of the afiictsd--the ne.
elected, The despissd ooe Of 'Ced,s creation. and
seilow-citizen Of yous own Lot " now look Al.
The disgraeeful position VIC hold with regard to
our own brethren in contrast with that displayed
foe the Beathers on the shores of the Pacific. for
the iio,ten,ot. the Malay. the Hindoo. and other
equally interested subjects Of our 6sa<sing care,
and attention. We collect thousands, nay mil
lions. annually from those people. and yet our dig
nifty is not lowered in the least-are these kind Of
people loss prcne 10 eril--to the vicious propens
tics ofiiie-ure they less liable to fall from their
high position than our own Species. They live
In wurm climate and care but little about your
care and troub!e, while your icilow-ciiizcns and
relatiena arc obliged TO make the ssharf their
home, and the manager or haystack their bed
Yet al these might be reclaimed by one.half the
attention and less still than oaehalf the expense
which is required for those christianized Heath.
sns who never stay longer in the missionary SER
vice than they be fad and clothed, without la
and again for the truth OF the assertion. Would
il be beneath dignity to take all those who are
termed loafers in this, or any other town, clothe
them well, give them money ind set them out on
an GRAND OF mercy arc they not as well prepared
for the mission as the ignorant Hot,cnto,1 Try
the experiment, If you wish to christi. MIC the
country in which you live and profess to love.
Tn rafore. command me. let them no, rome there,
Io ssek out sorrow shat dwrlls every where.
Nothing in this country is common, or SO
easy ID canting, and We lind that we have quite
a suiiciency OF it about a mother called religion.
That we should leave our own shores while ont
single individual remains unconyerted, unrcgcne-
rated, unrcdecmed from the error Of his ways, is
To my mind the most curious spectacle imug ina
Bile. That much lime and money should BE-
spent in providing for the welfare OF people We
have never seen or expect to sec. ccrtiply is the
most prepo,terous proposition ever Offered to the
insult oil sommon sense. Let us r.ise money by
the different dcnominatons---by charity sermons
and otherwise, 10 ull OF which suy amen Al
the same time, let US apply these means to our
own advantage, in The reformation of our kind
Do not for Heavens sake send it broad, Tor use.
less purposes, when il can be spent with 50 muc
profit ut home. Ii the matter is done for show,
make It fashionable to have thut show at home
nd then We may make a ncte ol time.
How many lives might be annually saved in
this -nd oi the free and home OF the brave" il
the same means were used for their succor and
support as there is steadily manifested for thosu
above mentioned We should mel then have our
own citizens freezing to death every winter IRON
want and destitulicn, as Is the case at present;
nor would our whuryes and other localities swarm
with oalers, II the eyes oil Immunity were stfricl-
cd 10 the sumo stension oil vision this side The
A,l4ntic, US il is oil the shores Of the tanges,
1t is this very class the Planthfupist is endcay.
oring to reclaim those dist mt shores furpe
OF th-t beautiful preccpt Of Holy VIII, take the
beam out OF thy own eye tun siialt thu see clear
10 take the mot out oil thy brothers eyc. L. The
missionary cause is OF good report lnd no doubt
much beneh. results from the 4bors OF the iailh.ui
in every Just cause, let US then have hons mis-.
sons fir the Lcneht Of III who have wandered
from the path OF rectitude, and having ior time
firgot their early training und pious education, in
order that they might by such kind attentions be
brought back 10 the iold of society, IRON which
they have long been estranged.
Mans inhumanify TO man,
Makes countless millions mourn"
But why should we as a christian nation excr.
else this inhumunity towards our own native born
citizens, and al the time he for ever and anon
grasping after the shadows which fddc before our
vision among the beniglted Heather, whom God
will cure for in his own good time, and the pom.
pous display Of men. aud the vanity Of women
cannot convert, without his benign influence
Our population is large enough 10 require our at
tention-to educate the iriendces, TO aid the dcs-
tltute widows and orphans who swarm our
thoroughiafes, are broad enough to absorb all the
means we may be able to raiso ia their support,
without going beyond the sea, to make one prose-
lyte. People have right 10 do as they pleusc
with their own--granted. But at the same time
they have no right to impress upon the minds oil
others, and denounee them for net believing that
Parade piety, ind ostentution religion this they
have no right TO do, notwithstanding il is too cflen
practieed, without making note Of time
CLARKSON.