Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-04-13
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Ths "Esay Chair wEissr IN Harper NJ
~, (pssaunsbly n. Curtis, theugA
elsAluaas be has sahstitnas,) disooussas
o How to nAks sxtzavsgancs unfaaA-
ioaaAls," most tAa,y tAsns, and ens
ehaA uill need 70 b. wslt1ea upon, preached
upsa, and TALKED upoa, anail u last il sahss
hold Of the minds Of H. people. Proea-
by nathing puts extravaganes out Of psas-
Toe - quickly asnonsss many - the passA
OF snch business stagna*ion - ~ have
had-and almost al othsr civilized eoa-
munitiss-within the ~ Two ysazs, bas
thSss enforced economies of Me.
this nsssssitous scraping and saving, ars
ell against the grain Of the prevailing tons
and fashioa, and II the stern grip Of hard
ames were but rslaxed 10 day We should 10.
mosrow 50 the Old desire for luxurious dr.
play ny up again like spring that has bssn
bsnt back and lot 60. We may dress in cal.
loo 70 day, but We will buy dlk Tomorrow,
II oar credit u tiss dry goods store will psr.
NIT Il
NJ. Curtis urges that ono way to begin .
more simple and more honest American
life 10 Individually and unitedly 10 dis.
courage extravagAnoe. Intelligence, 70.
nnsnsnt, Wit, shrswdness, cultivation, are
still more lovely and desirable than vulgar
ity and display. They can yet fashion II
they will. II they choose, they can mahs
extravaganza vulgar by continuing tito those
who eau be nothing but extrAvagant.r
There 10 truth In this, without doupt, and
some agns appear to indicate that better
fashion 10 being set The tsndsaey to use
palmer and more snlatAntiAl furniture, (as
the "Eastlake," for inasancs,) the use Of
stained and polished woods for interiors Of
dwellings. and general revolt Of taste
against what 10 tawdry aud over-deoora&sd,
show that the rich are beginning to NEE thu
merits Of Whist 10 truthful. real, and Sub
stantiAl. rather than merstrieious, ''load,
and merely sxtravagant. From this 10 ms,
hope to see some ground gained by u
Glasses Of society.
TIE CHINAHAN On TIE MOVE AGAIN
The Chinese Question again agitasss ID,
Pacific Coast. We confess to no change o.
opinion since 1869, whom after brief per
sonal observation, and . fair consideration
Of all the facts ~ given by othel
Observer, ws decidedly expressed thu
opinion that Chinese immigration was In
desirable, aud Chinese importation thing
10 be discouraged. The ooolie legion
whom the Blk Companies" bring into Sal
Francisco are not good matsria
for free cit4x anship. They are ignorant
Of everything political which il
Is desirable for the people Of this Republic
70 know, and Indifferent to ali the duties
which our form Of government necessarily
requires from the people who live under it.
They work chsaply, it 10 true, but thei,
habit Of life ia nasty - well ~ cheap, and
wherever they acquire employment because
OF their low wages they take the place Of 4
better and more desirable class. When the
intelligent American workman, who lives
In home Of his own, instead Of
herding In bArrack who holds
his wife aud children ~ the dearest
objects Of his regard, instead Of having
neither and who intelligently supports the
school, the church, the library and tho
newspaper, instead Of gambling in an
opium den is supplanted BY the ooolie
from China, it will indeed be step back.
ward In our national movement toward I
better condition OF society md a pnrer ad.
ministration Of public Affairs.
There IL not, In this view OF the case, any
prejudice whatever against that or any
other class Of people who choose to immi.
CRATE hither. But there is wide variance
in the grade OF the immigrants. Some may
be desirable. and others very Objectionable.
Our standard Of public character a. yet IL
none too high that it can well bear dllution
or A.iulteration, and it is both natural and
proper that We should look uni.vorably on
the stream gathered from the outcast popu.
lstion Of China that comes flowing in at the
| Pacific door.