Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-10-29
Mi.,on, sussex County.

MIND AND MoRALs-wgY MANY iSiELIEcru-
Al DwARFs C-LEcTURiNG-Isv JAMES
II. LIGIrBotlRN = BUSINESS ~ TaMIISsoN,
BURTON 4 co.
Nitro, Oct. 2Uth.--ltis thought the pecl'ctn
the peninsula appreciate what pertains 10 mind
and morals hess than any other people. IL is ofcn
said. ''if Il eu.rs is advertised to exhibit, some
obscene pctu es in gymnastics, or present souis-
thing novel and neg in the art "t tibadry, the
country turns out en- .2esse;'' and this we are
forced to confess is only toe true. The gorgeous
displays Of" Vanity Fair allure to-day rs IN Tie
days Of Bunyan's Pilgrim. Aud Sf this >tpcal
Indifference 10 subjects and diversions relating 70
man's highest moral and intclleqtuai welfare,
mHch of it, we stand readytp charge 10 the ac-
count OF those in our communities claiming to
he better informed, aid large share to bogus
legislation at our state capital Many OF these
intelligent gentlemen treat these subjects as a
MIR. ''TaX Payer advised in II recent issue Of the
st, Michaels Comet, paper published IN Talbot
county, Md, as unfit for the masses, while our
State Legislatures give them sust as little attcn-
tion as possible. They wish tSe masses snfci-
entity informed to vote them iihO positions of
power and profit, but all further blinking and
acting must he by proxy. Then reea we wonder
at the stupidity of the masses2 ard need we
wonder that the public will is swayed by grand
mass meetings. and other public demonstrations,
rather than by solid truth enuncated, aud solid
facts presented, when we are kept in u stale o.
mental ysssalage? But better and brighter days
are dawning. Notwithstanding we are still, to Il
great extent made snbserve the selfish ends of n
corrupt ambition. there is in the public Will
a determined resolve to emerge from its bondage,
override these oppressive influences. and assert
its legitimate ard aaenable rights and prlvi-
lcges. And already We behold bciHer wrought
some very gracious consequences. \ spirit Of
enterprise IS being manifested among the wealth
Ter; ppblicscllool education is beginning to re-
cura ii more liberal support: our soil is being
cnrichcd and virtue and religion are heing held
| more sacred. And, while other sections OF the
peninsula are thus beginning 10 thrive. old Sus-
sex is sharing in this dawning of more glorious
| future. We sec expressions of it all around US,
in farming, building. education. morals aud reli-
| gion. But much persistent efurt is wanted to
| bring us up to the position we ought to occupy.
In Sepietnher we arranged for Il series of lee
| tures for the autumn and winter months. and se-
cured in time Lhe services of some eminent lectur-
ers. The thing is taking very fairly The eloquent
| Graccy of India opened the series on g India,
aud on the evening of the 18TH, Rev. j. IL. Light
| bourn. of Dover, on : Woman, which was Il alas
terly production, and gave universal satisfaction
| Some Of our lady friends fighting SO hard abou
now for female suffrage, we suspect. would no
| have been pleased.
Business is reviving. A new firm in merchan
dizing has heen recently created, Tomijnson, Bur
| ton & CO., three very clever gentlemen who seer
to possess the vim already of merchants, and mus
succeed. ANON.