The Morning herald., 1875-12-09
THE HERALD.
WILMINGTON. DECEMBER Q, 1875
rHE PREsIDExT's MESSAGE.

Grantseems to hsvemade ashadowy bow
to the intense feeling Of the people agains
The third term we doubt his sincerity
The message contains too many bids f"
rublic favor to lead one to believe, tha
The equivocal half hearted way, in whicl
he permits the inference to be drawn tina
l.ewill not be candidate for renomina
';on. means an absolute refusal to receiv
j. if offered. Cesar, aud Cromwell, rlays.
tie same role. The man who wrote tn
message for Grant ought not have bee,
guilty Of the blundcr, Of writing numbe
oJ ine sentences about churches, AM
s.hools, as 1t is palpable to every one o
ordinary intelligence, that the Unitet
States, have no right to interfere will
either the municipalities, and the State
clone have the authority to tax insti
buttons within their borders. There car
- no manner Of doubt that Grant aims al
.srousing the latent fanaticism, which flared
into devastating force in 1874 and 1856
nj by its agency, be in measure COM
PEELED to candidacy for third term
The recommendations Of Grant, are the
natural outcropping Of the centralizine
doctrines CT the Republican party. The
.csaer stone Of our whol> system, is the
absolute sovereignty of the State, and the
municipality with their own proper limits
''he message bristles with the advice to,
still further enlarge the power Of the Fed
cral government, aud per consequence,
j'sssen that of the States. Against thi,
''ootrine, the Democracy have fought for {;
century, and it is matter Of congratula-
1'on that the Federal government, lacks:
he power. at present which Grant feels
it ought to have. fit is quite evident
t'at Grant is intent upon injecting into
The coming political contest religious is
ru,. Are we unfairly commenting upon
HIN! No! He uses in his message, the
"ord " Priestcraft," term picked up for
7lo occasion, from the life long enemies
sn1 revilers Of large Christian denomina-
1l0n. Does notthe appropriation ofthe word
y" h the recommendations following it
fhow clearly the purpose for which it was
,sed,
The cant Of the progressionists abou,
ealcation, might do for Lyceum essay,
t''' ought not to appear in State paper.
J 'e knowledge Of reading and writing,
VS. less common century ago, than to-
c"F:-do our people in everything, which
- to make up the sum Of good citizenship,
equal the men who founded broad and
co'p the American Republica century ago
Z ':e Prussians are the best educated people
j. the world, and submit to a despotism
v the most revolving character. Compare
lie morals Of southern Delaware and lis
],"ge illiteracy, with Massachusetts,. More
- ominable murders have been committed
j. New England, within the past two years
I; IN have occurred in Delaware for GEN.
l ". Sweden standing second in educa-
t''ain Europe, exceeds all other christian
} ''ple in drunkenness, and illegitinacy.
} nal statistics prove, that knowledge of
: eandicraft, has twenty times more pre-
power--than either learning or
J ;sious culture. We are not to be un-
a e-sstood, as in any way opposing tie
e-;Wth Of education, but expo ing the fal.
y Of its being the great national tonic.
:ere is no one right We value-or to-mor-
r taat we would fight to preserve, but
b. its origin in the days hen men put
Il 2ir mark to their bonds. This cant, and
r::'p trap, about the preservative power of
rleT ion, is either the result of ignorance,
.: a wilful neglect to think.
The taxation Of property for religious
poses, was a subject 50 utterly out Of
!. purview Of Presidents message, that
J. must have been put in for blind, to
y yer up the traces Of the conspiracy
}. ainst freedom which exists in Washing.
Sn. II the question were to arise in this
ate, we would discuss tit cannot be
D. '.icnal issue.
The message is pregnant with political
rtsies, full Of deceit, and GOWN, and al
literary production is beneath criticism
10 aumnarise? Grant means to quarrel
III Spain, although he affects to say not.
will force a religious issue inte the
A' Presidential election ifpossiblc.
lie Eleans to he a candidate, as he docs
'"' deny being one, and relies upon
S"''lng the national necessity" to com.