The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-07
Moral Courage.

IL baltimore Sun has their say on
"ARsa Courage" The great majority of
Ihen, even the lowest in manners and in
teiligencs are possessed of physical cour.
age. Their animal instincts make them
fighters and in times of excitement or
under the inspiration of brave leaders they
may do deeds of daring, but moral cour-
age is not 30 common and is seldom exhib-
tied except by cultivated men who are sns-
tained by good conscience. 1t requires
physical courage to fight, moral courage
net to fight under certain circumstances.
The conscientious man must "hayo his
quarrel Just" OF he cannot enter it Whom
through any fault Of his own he has pro.
v9ked quarrel he cannot sustain without
tniIstiee, 1t requires great deal of mora,
courage to enable him to acknowledge the
+ wreng done and refuse to fight. So wheD
Z man Ia pubic place with the eyes Of the
world upon him. or of the community In
which DO lives, which is his world, discov-
efs that be has been led into error, that the
views no has been promulgating are false
and that he ought to abandon his former
position, perhaps desert his party, only
the highest degree of moral courage will
enable him to do So
lie may be tauntod as a traitor, selling
Gus to friends or party for the sake of
Some promised personal advantage, o. ri
diculed as one who does not know his own
mind. Most men shrink from such al or
deal; not 50 tho morally COURAGEOUS man.
He obeys the cal! Of conscience, doing that
which he believes to be right, without re-
gard to consequences Ii is almost 4 mat
ter Of course that bad or eyil-minded
man cannot possess moral courage Con.
science doth make towards of us all, and
y man with guilty conscience lacks the in
cent? &c to moral courage rs well aS the
Fpirit required for It's exhibition 10 &C
Huir" -ral courage one must be guided
by high principles and be Determined to
abide by those principles at all times and
under all circumstances.
Tho above editorial contains good, nrac-
tlcal common sense, and should be road by
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cut out and pasted up 50 that it can be
seen daily, especially while all the pre- ,pnt
war talk is going on.
THE war like spirit never ran So uigh a.
n Sunday when the report was being cir.
Ntunted that General Lee ha been shot in
Havana by the Spanards II it had been
10 nj. al "A
no other option than to d,clare war at
once. But, fortunately. it was not true
aud the bulletins that had been posted up
IL front OF the newspaper Offices were torn
down and the people knew that canard
had boon sent, but for what purpose they
could not tell The person who sent out
Iuch report deserves hanging. The de-
maud that Consul Lee be re called will not
ior a minute be listened to by our Govern.
ment, and especially at such critical
bime, when The report Of the Board of In
quiry has not been made on the cause of
the Mcins disaster.
posTdAaTER General Gary on Saturday
offered a reward of Il 500 for the arrest
and conviction Of each person who par,ici.
. patcd In the murder Of Postmaster Baker
at Lake City, 3 G., Cd the night Of Fob
luary 2lst. Tho postmaster, colorod
man, was SHOT down in acruel and inhu-
man manner, by men supposed to be civil
lied ind live in an enlightened age The
reward will be paid to the person or per-
IONS causing suCh arrests and convictions
upon presentation to the Department of
satisfactory documentary proof thereof
but no claim for the above reward will be
entertained BIZ tho Department unless pre-
yented within sig months from the date of
conviction.
yIE Philadelphia Record of Sunday,
1DntaiIel an Interesting article on the
DnPonts Powder Works, located on tho
Braniywine, written by a young lady. 1t
will be found in another column of the
ErPC8LiCAN, thinking it Of sufficient To-
bal interest H. repro luce it.
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r. TIE Pic, III the BUg9s case has not
brought forth any new Developments late
ly, although from reading an article Sat-
nrIsy florning one almost cana to the
= roEoiusio1 that the plot Is tnickening al
thcngh na;!.ing new has TRANSFERRED, to
cause tDs !sGriug OF any moro warrants
for otbsr Doveritss
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Why don't cur Legislature do so.uettiux
and then adjourn ana 60 home The leo.
pie srs tired Of hearing 81 their neotin q
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