, 1881-02-12
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1ss1s1xrEEN
VIC trust TINT no respectable person will eyer
hereafter, willis tho relRion Of The te0ple Of

VIC trust tint no respectable person will oyerr
lereaftor, wltlle tho religion Of tllo ucop!e Or
DelawAre recognizes tho tiotl ut tho nlblu.
III This stutc, .tu any ono WIN, cn,srs 10 deny
openly Ills existence, or revilG Tho retln"'l
ot tho Snvfar. Upon \ recent necashl! St'tli
i,io n %9 M s"f III. Gs5 G, @ With " " ss sH se f ts ~, ~
stoo.l ,lp Il, yotr chief plnco for lectures. nr4
yirtunl!y sci It Mt aetia,cc. Fortunately.
huwover, for tho morals Of tlM penpIe OF this
titen., III timely ati vance Of hls cnnllng, d
n0unretl bis dOctrnts, md ,natlc s,Eri ~
allcH! to tho community with RESPECT T.! It's
duty TINT tlio cltrlueflc0 alid ingenuity " nr-
could hope, wpn drawn together simply
from curiosity 10 hear SOHO 'new tl'lng.'"
Col. Ingersoll lso Tried for Islas.
pliemys
WlLsISaToN, Del, Feb. 0-Tllo charge OF
Judge Comegys to tile Urand Jury Of Nuw-
Gustto County, recommending tho indictment
Of Cnl. llobert LnRcrsuil for blasplIcmy, WAS
not n1lcxpectet,-aini1g tic rensons thore-
for bcluK tho urgent demand Of tho Christian
churches that 1ngersoll ba punished "fDr
treating with contempt tho laws OF tho
State"
Section Of Chap. 1871, REVISED Statutes Of
tic State OF Delaware, reals Ms follows:
III my person sl,nlI bc guilty 9f tho crime
Ct h1aspeny ns VS., sna pe r. ISef ti, E,tty t
lng $50, shall be Imprisoned III solitary co,l-
tnGn!ent fUr term not exceeding two
months. Gr! may ~ tho a'scrGtiotl OF the
Court BE- hcid to surely Ut tle ncecc &, a1al l;Is
'FhIs Is a modification Of tho original law
Of the Stnte,. wheretn, i WIS provided t!att
my sc. srs"n foh f. a Eiypf pp1 olSssenyson snyrs
bra,riyt! un tic forehead wItil tho latter" D."
iIne iasflcs will laid OH. Under this old inv,
!s WIS fel rs"eae pses II fS'ss ay WIKI yffs { f1e re
peal Ut tlifs statute ntld the enactment Of the
present provision, prosecution for blaspEeniy
virtually ccasctt: al,tt of late years there ,as
In iact, n Llneral League, holding public
spssions every Sunday morning, lins tluur-
lshc!l iii Wilmington, md, thouR'! lis yo!eo
llns been bitterly agninst Christianity, tho
preston. rio eie occasion prior to tie
present When religious citizens threatened
10 enforce tho statute against blasp'Ie1ny waa
.arly IT, ls7'' When tho iMEersoll l,1ror was ut
om bly, Eastern, lecture tour, and Its
;sI.9,iiI IL deliver l'is 49, p1lIsgyr!Ie, ,,, of
ies isse /! To aoss as Msrst d s t2psst
| awake n furiaus oplt,sIt!on IN religions cir
clca, md n determination to nrrest thu tect-
urrr shoula he attnak ChrlstlAMity, was an
nounced Those ,wlio iotleclared tllls Intention
wero thoroughly y! earnest. nlti, tho Liberal
League understood It. lnEcrsoll WINS to 'nyo
stopped here on his way from Baltimore to
| New York, 6nt he dill not !o 50. lle pran-
tl,at he would visit theln Mt some more cD,,-
venlent seaso!,. -Four years went BY, anlt ho
cuIio not till the end. un Tuesday evening,
Jan. i Inst, he appeared. and, to tho largest
audience gathered here since tho campaign,
|,o discussed "What Must Wo DO to LII
Sayed%'
Tho clergy protested strongly against tho
tic following SulHluy. with no known oxcol,-
tiui, denounced tho man. The law, against
baSplaemy WIS referruu to, aud tho teterlni-
nation to enforce tie Inv was expressed.
Tho local newspapers layo, been iilIetl with
corl;an.iea,tons upon t'1o LECTURER atltl his
are confident that the Grand Jury will Indfct,
while Col.. Ingersoll y represented rs having
sai.l. TT q lettGr to- n WILMINGTON friend, that
lic would rnther enjoy n trlnl.