Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-24
W. C. T. U. NOTES.

husks, with such help as no can get, in
decd. but not without stern labor of
his own. "-Ruskin.
Tho Union Signul of February 10th
gives the following communication
just US we vera going to press Miss
Willard photographed the following i'm
portant communication. We believe
that this letter of Lady Henry Somer
set to Lord George Hamilton will ro-
joice the hearts of whiis-ribboners in
all landa:
"iour lordship invited mo two
months ago to give you my riew OF the
dispatch that had been addressed to the
government OF India on the henlth Of
the army, and in letter in which
did 70 | ventured to suggest some
methods. moral anu disciplinary, which
seemed TO me the only nnos to succeed,
because they had at least the merit OF
being logical was led to do go by
two considerations. First, the dis
patch in question seemed to imply that
the government would give encourage.
ment to any form of elevating agency,
and so emphasize the altered spirit in
which the subject was approached aud
that such suggested supervision would
only Affect an incorrigibls minimum;
and second, that the system l had in
mind would be go drastic and penal in
its nature as to make State interference
odous and finally impossible. That
was 10 months ago, ana in that tins
nothing has besn done of which the
public has heard to strengthen the forces
that make for moral improvement.
Whit has been done-namely, the re-
peal Of the Indinn Acts Of 1895 which
prohibited inspection heen in a
direction exactly opposite. 1t seems to
have been the object of the government
to obtain the maximum Of IMMUNITY
with the minimum of protest from those
who desire to see the state Hhape its &C.
tions according TO Christian We've of
ethics. ! need not tell your lordsnip am
not writing to say how strongly am still
opposed TO the course which the govern
ment has taken, but | fined that my
letter to your lordship last ysnr has
been taken by many to mean that am
on the side of the accepted view of
State regulation, and / am from time
10 time quoted az a sym pathizer with
such viaws. ! am, therefore. writing
to withdraw any proposals made in that
letter for the renson that the events of
the past year have convinced me Of the
Individuality ana eStreme danger of
the system that in April last thought
might be instituted. The absence of
any serious effort 10y the government to
bring about higher standard in the
army ia final proof to me that as
long as regulation of any kind can
be resortcd to as u remedy it will
always be regarded as the one and only
psnacsa. Ny view was that it would
be instituted as an nhious. but possibly
effective auxiliary to moral efforts,
find il will always he accepted as con-
yenient substitute. take the liberty
OF addressing this explicit withdrawal
OF an Endorsement, of whatever form, of
the principle of regulation, because ii
was in letter to your lordship that |
originally incurred the responsibility. I"
The above letter yerities Miss Will
lard's prediction of the change which
would take place in Lady Somerset g
views Of Estate regulations of the
social eyil in India, and shows true
nobility of character in the frank
acknowledgment Of her mistake.
"a plain.spoken preacher of a
fashionable church did not do the
proper thing the other day. Instead OF
urging his hearers TO shut the low rum
holes which they never entered, he had
the hardihood to address them soma.
what us follows: Temperance begins
not in the fields that are forbidden,
hut in the fields that ara opHn to US
1t IS temperance when men who can use
ale and wine with IMMUNITY, yet out OF
regard TO the public good and for
the greatest good to the greatest
number choose TO 60 without their
drinks. Here, now, ia one club,
many OF whose members think i,
their right to sail beer in their own
clubhouse. 1t would be temperance OF
very fine and high order if the club
might choose TO forego that right out
Of respect to the wishes of a very large
number OF its friends and fellow. citi.
zeus. We can use drinks decently in
our clubhouse, they sny; but they
might add. I'VE do not care enough fol
this small indulgence to BIO willing +,
trouble and grove our community. II
it not thus plain how lovable temper,
ance may beH"-The Christian En-
deavor World.
At meeting of the ". @. T. U.
State executive commmittee, held al
the Wilmington headquarters February
10th, the following arrangements fol
the county conventions were made
The meeting of New Castle county viii
be held at Townsend April 9th; thu
Kent county conference at Magnolit
April 2Sth, and tue Sussex county con
yention on the 29th in town not ye
decided upon.