The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-20

other paper, TO cncouraSeor coui'ehahe9
rumselling, spirit bringing, or wine-blb-
bling. | never said, thought, or intimated
that | should vote for the licensing Com
missioners, but the reverse. Highly as
esteemed them personally, so far as l
was acquainted with them, | said to eve
body, at home and abroad, in private and
in public, that / should not vote for Ii
censing, in any shape; for, | must act
from mig Uicps of principle, be personal
feelings as they might.
1t is true, | did not like the denuncia-
tory course persued by some; for thought
it would defeat the object in view. If
such was not its tendency, am still de-
ceivcd; nor am alone, by thousands.
Whether am "a faithful exponent of
Temperance principles" may be easily
learned; for, | hold and practise the same
principles which | have advocated in al
most every town in the County, and in
many towns in this State, land New Hamp-
shire, and Massachusetts. Call it lego
tism" if you please, but lido claim to be
pure temperance man, and to be known
as such, by hundreds of clergymen of
different pcrsuasions, by thousands who
have signed the pledge at meetings where
| lccturcd, and and by vastly more, who
were in attendance. And there are many
places which still need my services, or the
many invitations have lately received,
have still more recently been countermand-
ed without my knowing it.-But, there is a
class ofmen who do not require further
service from me, viz. those who have
stood alooffrom the Temperance cause,
or opposed its measures, till it has become
so popular that they can hope to make it
a political hobby, on which to ride into
office. Such may throw up the cap and
cry, "we have no further need of your
services" &c.
3. 1t will be seen by the article extract
ed from the Age, that did not misrepre-
sent the Convention, or assert that there
was not"a fair and full attendance by per-
sons from uarious parts of the County,:
beside Woodstock. still say, there were
but few, very few, from distant parts o
the County. As whole, the meeting
was we'll attended.
4. [ am charged with having made a
miserable attempt to sound the trump Of
my own fame" The charge is untrue
''lrom knuckle to thumb" and if the au-
thor of it, Doctor T. L. POwcrS, will
prove it, by competent testimony, | will
give him "the enormous sum of One
Hundred Dollars" Come, let US be
men, and have no personal pickering a.
bout it. l say, point blank, no such at
tempt has been made by me.-That the
doctor has made a miserable, childish at
tempt to sustain his proofIess allegation
is demons,rabe. He tells a story Of what
took place, if true, (and he has something
to make it Of as early as 1887; for he
has not since attended my meeting. We'll
for the sake of being neighborIy, | will
suppose his Interesting anccdote is true
What then? Why, it would seem that
took an opportunity "to sound :hc trump
Of my fame" by saying at home, before a
reyy fcw hearers, that | had "preachcd
with success more than % years" ant
sitter so much practice, was "a workman
at the business" But, did any body
else hear oft, except as reported by
doctor Tom;" Not at all, as | hav,
reason to believe. If that be "lame" thel
which | should wish to have trumpetet
abroad, am not under great oblig alton
him? He is the one, then, who is max
ing the attempt to spread my fame? A
miserable one truly.
But, the veracous ncws-monger neg
lected to add that, not outstanding hi
got offended, left the meeting, and taught
desperately against employing me, the
society, by the Trustees, still continued
my Services for years, and as long as
would consent to be candidate. Al
religious, moral and respectable member
ofthe society continued their support, ant
ifmy memory serves, me, few bit such
after the time alluded to. So much ey
dence we have, of the general opinion o
Incompetence"
But, enough of all this in all conscience
| simply ask my Temperance friends, not
to credit stories of my apostasy from thai
blessed cause, till they have something be.
side anonymous NEWSPAPER paragraphs
in evidence | am still, TOTAL ABsTI.
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