Smyrna times., 1859-01-13
COIiitE.SI'<}N.,IhNIr
Co-resooricqo, d, d. >4.y.n4 21u. $.
Shall We have a L3tt~1y !


Ma. EpIroR- Dear N.r: Permit me to in
traduce the SUBJ, c; OF my ct,rr wl,hout ccre-
mony, y al once asking Tia. and Of your Z en-
aud press aga.ns; the iuguitou> aud d,s9race-
fuI bus aess new gong on at Dover. aIludc
particularly 10 the speculation "a LuIlery grants
Has iho moral character OF our citizens gener-
ally, and IN hugh places particularly, got to such
4 low cob that Lottery brok, RS from other
States 1au have The bold iliontery to come to
our capital aud openly offer to buy the States
honor for half a million OF dollars And have
our people submitted to aud connltcd a bribery
al the tallol-box 10 such an extent that they
SIT dOwn calmly and receive the insult by sim.
ply saying, what Will you give Just the same
ss the degraded oaiet would do in bargaining
for his vote al the polls l. 1t not bribery, and
that too in lts worst form at the centre of
CoveruIaeat II legisla'ors barter their votes
Tor half a million of dolldr>. To be distributed
GmOng heir direct and mmed ,ate constituents,
may not the POOR tut hauest private citizen,
with greater show Of noralIiy, blrttr his vote
ioT Jweaty, Etly or one uuud!ed dollars TO be
dlslTbu ed 10 members Of his own family! Ii
TIE last s bribery, the tiFst Is, and that too Of
the mos, cGipa5le cAorlcter-ior the act of the
private citizen ceases mainly with the act
The act 81 The Legislature Will tls,en dis
grace upon a large number Of citizens without
'HeIr c. 1S.nj, tod y Il b" ii sgrace upon a
E-acrat ca 't.at cannot LOW have any say in the
matter. Is u right 10 ta>teu an udIous system
a. gaut luE upon Children now in the cradle
and hat Too al tune when o1hcY States seem
10 be ~ keJ Up 10 The FaoInjtv OF the evil and
are ao'i'>8lUT Il la souit eases ty ennrait.
- G.. use IA HER cuns'I utlon. And are the
caucus al Delaware worse Than the citizens Of
Other - ttes "a State whose worth and purity
ha> hec1 r-p1e scented by The hire Dium0Hd
Safe. We hope no'. Then. whv should we
be lasa. Cd WAN o.ur 10 buv us, soul aud
bciy, LOT tWenty wears The whole secret of
ths matter u tii>: |, is known that cur pco.
pc are ANXIOUS for Iafernal iugrcyencnts-the
junction aud BrcskWatrr RUiIo4d n part!cu.
ar; and Il : % le lrae jta. Ve arr to0 poar 10
buld taem By prvate enterprise. Hence we
have TIE o.icr ot Hauu> sutiIcIcnl for that mr.
3 '>e oa ToaU,itJH - Sc-nug "ur houor for tween.
" years
l. = ev,den; lha, The cijizrus OF Philadelphia
= - ~" l"ih " tlt lrt tuc CEIi ciis sC'S at
toHtery system much grra'er ,han our own cit!. !
gems. and mat thry wtI cput5 .bute largely, if |
no; eAc.d>.'e.y " tutac fund r.i>cd trona lottery |
Tor tH' coastr,c CT ra 81 las road Would il !
AT. lhei, b" better t-r Ih" capitalists o. those
eli'e> 10 come iorwaru, 'asr. The charter and .
c 'us ruc. tn. tual. un the Condition that the
legislature cpEratt clause ~ the Cons,itu.
- n- anmg lotteries altogether! We
cannot 'Ge do not bel eve thrt our legislators.
nT majority OF them, are ~ favor of lottery,
At ~ "".' !of u>e q iH- money derived from
ae &c .n,r; ani We know Ihtta large number
y our c. .z-a> are tr,uI prtncIple opposed 10
a!s >Tiace'll system q. "a, ,sirE money. and
! 'he u'"ey mast bc rtt>,d would Infinitely
'r'ier State tax. We nope. sir. that Won.
ma ever man ana woman that Is oppo,,.d 10
"s 'n4l.ous buS.p,s>, Nil rase rnrtr voice,
.nd nea gaIn>t a. TBC
NPr'as -Mh,, january 3h. 80.