Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-08
ALEXANDRIA, d. c.
,ry;PDgY MORNING. NAY 8. 1850.

a. Ritchie having thought proper, In the
laoDd Compiler of the 5th instant, to come
w.. nth :. positive contradiction" of the state
II, made in our remarks on the Letters of Al
''. yam sidney in the Gazette of the lst instant,
80 hat :. this assertion is utterly false-that
:,cb opinion has ever been expressed in this
NV rthe Compiler by its editor, and that
Pr r. sd,tor Of the Compiler never did give the
49,, colos in the columns of this paper" for
4, ,,,ertion.-as matter of justice to ourselves
=, bafore our readers the evidence on which
.5,rvi. was based, as well as to exhibit Mr..
q. rapid strides to emulate our neighbor Of the
: ,.,raph in fayOrite virtue.
a. the Goth Of July, 1899, an article appeared
he Compiler, in the first column Of the second
=. pDder the editorial head, regularly loaded,
II evidently editorial, the first paragraph of
,,i,h We insert;
r.,,s ne Richmond Compiler, Jtly %, 1929.
..Tyvpgs,xcE SocIErIEs.-Few Of our read
30 aware of the immense exertions which are
Limo. in some sections Of the country, to ar
-, me rare of drunkenness. We have before
=. , rpport Of the Executive Committee of the
yor York Temperance Society. and zee shall re-
=, - , few of the facts which it spreads before
he public
On the 9th Of August, in the same paper, on
80 ir,, column of the third page, second arti-
:. .pueared, headed Temperance, which fol-
I,,,:eop,ainng the remark on the relative claims
fNr. Cra.rf6rd and General Jackson, which
NJ, Richie denies ever having written.
From tis Richmond Compiler, .f"g. 6,1s29.
.yrvyyRAScE SoCIETIEs.--Ina former No. we
,yised our readers of the great multiplication of
be,e institutions, in all parts of the country. The
lame seems to be spreading more widely, s burn
N, with intense heat every day; or perhaps our
frlre would be more correct, 1t we were 10 say
that the deluge of cold water is continually be-
coming deeper and broader through our land
We have seen an account Of celebration Of our
Na,io1al Anniversary at Lexington, Georgia, at
shich water and lemonade alone were drank
This was evidently no small party If personal
hiends. spending the day together: but dinner
Were two hundred aud sixty persons sat down
" dDlt, aux Ufttft ~ W.. IL SfUtF'fU, u Htu't
riOss name WE can necer utter, Jta Vith respect
a,i reference although zee nee thought has
Inns 10 The PreSiisa im ckGtr, or has fitness
brit, equal 10 those Of the geieraa Of too @ars,
Ne,led, and Mr.. Gilmer, MEMBER OF the last
Congress-, and deServediv one Of the most pOPu-
lac men in Georgia, acted as Vice-President III
ata'isr extremity ofthe Union, erea more seems
olt doiag.-Our readers will perceive subjoin-
a. letter to DR.. X. C.. Warren, President of
he Massachusetts, Society. from Chief Justice
Parker Of that State, which we doubt not they
will find interesting, giving an account OF what
be had seen aud heard on his circuit, from which
he had iust returned. We have thought it add
Iable TO add an explanatory note,e taken from
The Journal of the Humanity and Herald Of
he American Temperance Society,"" an able
weekly paper recently established at Andover,
Massachusetts,, and devoted almost exclusively
10 tbs subject.
The Insertion of these articles will clearly
prove that zee are not hostile to the Society. In
deed, iftc accomplish the object 1t aims at. he
we're worse than a brute who could be hostile to
H. Yet, for OWSe!ceS, we have never been So
convinced that the moderate use of spirits, IN
gllcA we have INDUCED for forty years, to the
pOmO,iOn Of our own comfort and che increased
'npyment of the society of our friends, is dam
serols to ourselves, or so injurious to society, as
iOrequire US to make the sacrifice of abandoning
It, Indeed, zee do mol k,iotc hO,o zoe COULD get
'rT oar old VIRGINIA feelings Of hospitality,
Il Aras % disable ourselves from offering friend
temperate glass of spirits and water, when he
hs Kindly called to see US. Besides, we do not
tate our influence in society 50 hig II as to suppose
mat our example would effect much. Yet we
Sul cheertully open our columns to the discussion
Of The subject, and will readily insert any tempe
rae article on either side of the question"
THE note referred to will appear on "Wednesday. II
~ersp,r containing it. which friend has misls'd' can
1e recovered in tune
Here follows Chief Justice Parker's letter, as
alluded to By the Compiler, dated "Boston s5th
Nav, 1921
Wehave quoted this article at full length, to
show the source from whence it originated. Our
leaders will perceive the reference, by the writer
the latter article, to his remarks in the former,
the following words, viz In former
number We advised our readers Of the great mul-
aPcailon of these institutions in all parts OF our
CVehtry'-prOying, beyond all possibility OF