The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-09-19
Communication.
AN EXPLANATION.

To s'r IS human, to forgive lue."-Pora.
Ibe error non Tough, IS no fault OF nine.
Ala Temperance discussion, hs,i ia this coun.
y on Monday tho llth Of August last, IA the
course .! so,ao improup,u remarks made by my.
se.f gave expression TO certain sentiments Which
were viewed by somo persons present, Il since
understand il a gl.l SO utterly At variance with
what nl be gathered from what then really
SID, and 30 dtameirically conflicting With my
own re7! views that IN justice to truth, and 10
myself fsel called Upon to define my position"
as the political crusader is wont from the stump
10 So aud am prompted to this step again, be.
cause | dislike what say to 10 miseonceyed,
usreptesented, misinterprared, or 10 any way
missed with qualifying adjunct hov.uia,ng.
so.sssr may 10 the circumstances involving the
mscoaecpi,on, Misrepresentation, &c, &c.
am represented as having said, Ihat Nosh'.
deIuge was punishment Inflicted upon lie world
rs a promised or prophssied consequence of their
ssa, and that that EN- was intemperanco SO far,
very good, aud in substance true enough but the
groaadess addition is appended, that inImatod
that tAat intcmpcrance was q spirtuous one, or
enc caused from the excessive use Of distilled
Juice e., arden, spirits. Such an absardity. in
the fsce Of facts such 4 fagran! violation Of his
tofical truth | was far from being the author Ct;
aud bad have been so presumPtuousJ daring,
as to have uttered sentiments, bearing such coa-
sttuctian, gentlemen were there around me, gen
tlcmen talented and lsarnad who would have bid
tho ,ssemb' y heed no, the rash and gratui.ous
scftians Of the youth who was addressing them;
ard who would have smotaered in the onset ny
crnda and undIgcsled remarks. | woJ,d as soon
nave 7~'-' 90 a--- -,-~-, ~''-'-, 'ua do
uge was locomotive ra.u barrel and that Z e.
necessary Tor it to rain forty days and as many
ni.hts to sober drunken ,r,rld and keep It from
r,e.iag out OF its orbit, to lave saGd, what
sono understood DO as meaning not that what l
ON represented as having said is quito go PrePos
ferrous, but tbst il Is Just as untrue But to end
the matter, here is what | said which will again
speak for itself quote from memory, but from
ono which has not often deceived me.
"Go ask the records Of the past what have
caused most of tho evils that have afflicted man.
Kind aud Ms you turn over tho pages OF history.
intemperancs will be the continued .csponse,-
The laws Of nraco are said TO have been written
In letters Of blood, this is hgardtire expression
heightened language, to give an lden OF the So.
verify Of the Athenian lawgiver's pcual CODE
here We have a more startling fact that lntem
perancc literally stamps upon the historic page,
de5tht death q death % When Noah harangued
a guilty world, and told them to change the ten
OF Of their way or destruction would be the con
sequence what bold them in bondage 10 the fate
which verified bis prediction lntemperance
do net mean, nor 10 / trisA 10 be understood as
meaning that this rdS ALCOHOLIC intempsrdhcti
hut il was intempcrance sttil--an idoalrous adj
hereuco to their evil lusts, the dictates Of their
evil passions INDUCED in to an incorporate ex.
cess What | wish 10 show is, that the touIest
Spots which darken the recollection OF buried
years have been coored by intemperance Of some
KIND and that darker than all, is the alcoholic
fqdRtG Of our own times"
The above was our language nearly word for
word and any one will see at a glance that We
smoke Of anotl. or intcmpcrancc than that known
to be produced from ardent spirits, whom we gave
ulteranco to the mooted issue but the antIthesis
is moro apparent now, if the words which We
have ualcised DO noticed. l shall notsay, it was
from an inclination w.lfully to pcrvcFt, nor from
an Inherent prononess to misconccive my moan
ing, SO plainly expressed that caused persons thus
to peryert or mlsconceivo it: No! I'll rather re-
fleet upon myself; rllrathor suppose that spoke
too low, or was otherwise ineSplcab'y to blame
hope, however, that this explanation Will place
them and myself on more pleasant ground than
that of the one being mistaken, aud the other the
object of hostile nnimadversions growing out OF
such mistake.
Cabarrus county, Sept. 9, lSi5.
Note TO the Editor Il have appended no name
to tho above, because it would appear Iiko seek
inr notorie,y of which am by no means coyet-
ors and those persons whom il is intended to
Mace night will know who am