Smyrna times., 1859-06-23
WHOLE NO., 43O.
TO THE PEOPLE OF DELAWARE.

In behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Asso.
citation of Delaware, the Vice Regent hereby
requests that further contributions to the pur.
chase of Mount Vernon, be made on the 4th
day OF July next, and during that week. lis
tie object Of The Association hroughom the
Cn1on to complete the purchase on that dau
and thus make the Anniversary of American
Independence, the birthday, also, of republican
gratitude.
Contributions will be gratefully received and
accounted for by all the officers of the associa-
ton throughout the State, or neighborhoods dis
tant from the towns; and in places where no
! lady manager res des, it is earnestly requested
that some patriotic person will take upon him
or herself, the duty of receiving donations and
transmitting them to james p. Wild, Esq,
Treasurer, at Dover, or to any lady manager.-
Messrs. David F. Barton, Crawford Culbreth.
aud William E. Carter, Will receive subscrip-
tions in Dover.
In addition to the lady managers for the Citv
Of Wilmington, Messrs. II. d. Bringhurst, VIM.
X. McClees, ]. T. Heald Edw. Brnghurst g.
Co., and Mary Slack, Confectionery have
kindly consented to receive contributions du-
ring the week.
The people OF our nation generally are re-
gardCd among themselves, and by strangers
who have visited our shores or are familiar
with our character, as being distinguished for
love of country and Of the institutions under
which they so happily live. We know ourselves
TO be lmbutd with sentiments of the deepest
veneratlon for the personal and public charac-
ters OF the linstrl0us men who founded our gov.
ernment, and Ut gratitude for the sacrifices Ihey
made IN the achievement of our liberties-
Foremost of all those who imperled their lives
and devoted their best energies to The grand
object of securing American Freedom, was
GEORGE WAsHIHGTON-a man whose memory
IS embalmed IN the lnmOsl heart of every Ame-
rlcan citizen, and whose name is pronounced
with emotional accents by the patriots of every
cline under the sun 10 him we owe more
than tongue can express; he is the Father of
our common country; we all regard ourselves
as his debtors IN an obligation which no pay
ment can discharge,
To the people Of our little State, GEORGE
WAsHINGroN has always been object of pe-
cuar reverence aud affection. Smaller in
population Than any of her sisters, her individu-
aty depends upon the government which he
md his associates framed, and phich derires
It's very existence from his brare deeds in arms
and SGgdciOuS counSelS. Without that pov.
erument, with all our independence Of spirit
aud devotion TO our lutle territory as a distinct
sovereignty, We should doubtless long since
have been cabsorbed by our mighty sister on
the North, or overpOwered by her whose arms
enclose US on the South and West. But thanks
to that government, We hold a separate, nde-
pendent place III the American Family, and in
one of the departments of lis economy are equal
in h., l..
ieliectual power, with the mighiiesi of the land.
Wherever deeds of bravery on the ba fields
OF the revolution or on the decks Of our nation
al fleet are recOnnted. the names of HasIett,
k'rkwood, Vaughan, Patten, Jacquet, Jones
and McDonough, are never omitted; wherever
teats of mental pr0wsss in the national councils
| the theme, they are related in connection
with her illustrious statesmen
Without our separate existence as an nde.
pendent State, we should have had no such
priceless legacy of fame as the worthless of
Delaware have left behind them; without the
government which WAsRiSGToN assisted to
form, we shonld not have beGn an independent
State.
How, next to chcrshing the institutions of
Freedom he has left US, shall we best acquit
ourselves Of the debt II owe him! How
shall we vindcate our character as a grateful
people In this manner: Let us further unite
in the noble effort of purchasing for the people
of our land, the spot where he lived and where
his dust lies buried. Let Mount ernon, the
home of his heart, become the nations proper
ty, and be transmitted from generation to gene
ration, as a pnblic eir-loom, whose value will
increase and grow with Its antiquity.
The eighty third Anniversary ofthe Indepcn-
dence which WAsHINGToN bequathed to his
people, is close at hand The heart of every
lover of our country swells with emotion VIII,
the mighty deed OF that day is emplated-
a deed which stamped its actors as heroes and
secured mpershabIe fame as the heritage of
their posterity. When that day arrives. let
every son and daughter of Delaware make such
contribution as patriotism may suggest, 10 the
speedy purchase of Mount Vernon If it should
be necessarily small, (and The least will be
gladly accepted, that all may contribute,) ht
no one withhold his mite !; for it is not the size
of the gift, but the feeling with which il is be-
slowed, from which has ever arised the most
| grateful incense.
Dover, June l4'h 1850.