The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-21

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'or' p'"oao'y' Two persons on AN average
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paper enters FANNY more persons
nave access 10 IL, perhaps our estimate Is
wv low WIN 'iiese iactS 10 onl'u upo"'
giving Tree scope TO our lmaslhatlohs' ieb
uS ei'ueaVor 10 view inc boundaries OF
''laI prlssaht nation "hlcn the reho"h-
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arousihs herself as II from Sleep mat
nation mas eNeehued hef boundaries uhlii
she may De called the autocrat OF earth;
her power is OF That ethereal sort whlch
Ii aooNe mere temporal force, oelhg
ehthrohed upon tile ioundatloh rocks Oh
truth Ii you should ask mo when ana
ny what means she mas acquired tha5
power, would answer that as the grass
grows green, painted by the rosy fingers
Oh Aurora, ana as the SHADOW moves
upon the diai, 80 mas oeen hcr groWth'
Like a cloud no larger than man
manu. which EXPANDED until IL coVereu
the whole lace oil the earth, ehVeloplhg
all Withlh lts shauoW, so from Sihail
beginnings checked ana hamperea oy
legislation, the newspaper overcoming all
hlndrances, stands the lormost power Ill
social ana poiitlcai me- ana seeohu ohly
10 the pulpit III inc moral woriu' IL 10
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morning. UNITS the CLOUDS WIN Ri"rious
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III" are OIL 'hc "a'ch' orh Ju'''s IAN anu
criminals go iree. WIN c'"iioh VOICE th1
press Spe"hs OUT anu J"usos 'ieuio'o ioi
the honor Oh ''ieir COURTS ~ 's Un"usu'
thaI N"nSresS governs 'iilS hoPuoii''
lilaKeS our laws IN" Sn"peS o"' po'loS
but oack Oh thlS Is 1heIo l'ot power
lhere Is great power ana thaC ~ inc
person ol inc Jourha'isV' lth ITO 'i'i'
Out inc Dad8e Oh reasoh' anu no weapon
nut MS logic, he mas driven cur law-h'ak
efs from thelr once PROUD posltloh an'
made them out the recorders Oh Settle'
pollcy during the late civil war VIZ
, began To read the newspaper as Natloh
AS Lord brouGham once exclaimed le
LORD Wellington nave the army lei mn
come on with every soldier nj his oack
there is greater power than armies II
: TINS. The school master ana ms PRIME
is abroad. So to day in our country
above our ships and armies, If they b
= worth naming; above our courts, aOov
our Congress, above our President; aye
above our very political pohcy' the eolto
! is abroad. The religious journals exert
great influence for good, and is fast OK
tending and seconding the efforts OF tn
t MINISTRY. For beneath both the politl
cal and religious journal exists a thir'
Q class, which with their Illustration
Q tainls the minds of those who read them
I With pen and pencil they cast glamo
: over vice and crime, picturing their den
( as the abode of wealth and honor. The.
( prey upon the fancy, debase the natura
0 appetites, and pander to a dcprave'
! Imagination. They are blotch, canoe
9 upon civilization. They steal into GU
= homes and pluck the fairest flowers, o
/ blight them with killing frost. Thei
f influence, as poisonous miasma, under
2 mines all moral health, polutes til