Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-31
lRor tho Delaware Inquircr.l
Letter from Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20, 1859
w. Editor Possibly one of the very hest
things which could havc betallen our commu-
nifty is the stampede Of the medical students
last week. of which you have read go much in
the papers. II we dcnounce abolitionism and
all the other sms which aiectionatcly cling to
II, as we did q week or two since, VIC shall be
no less severe upon the same evil Of section
alism, even though it be from the side against
which abolitiopism Is arrayed. Philadelphia
is conservative city. She has proven herself
such, and all questions Of political sr Sec
ioDal character are excluded from her uniyer-
sites and colleges. To have arisen in their
contemplate impotence, therefore, as did this
handful of fre-eaters and array themselves
against an imaginary wrong, was simply per.
version of facts, and showed love for mis-
chief equally as execrable as the insane at
tempts of Deecher, Lucretia Mott and their
crew. We only pity the Southern people upon
whom they have been let loose, with their
medical education half finished and no posi-
bility Of Its thorough completion. And we pity
the poor fellows themselves, for already Is the
sober second thought returning to some of
them, aud application for their re-admission to
the colleges they have so cowardiy deserted are
coming in, but will not be received. The re.
port that the withdrawal of these few inmates
will affect the prosperity of any of our schools
of medical learning is false and barefaeed and
originated not with these students themselves
but in New York, which never omits an oppor-
tnnity to do an injury to Philadelphia. The
idea that the loss of an hundred students can
affect the prosperity of population of six
thousand and over, is about as bright as the
suggestion that the town on Manhattan should
collapse if about dozen of her aldermen
should go to sea in a bowl. The question is,
wouldn't she better off If they would 90.
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