The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-03-11

To the Committee Of the Cadiz Martin
Washington Society.

( THE eADH sEsTNEI-
To the Committee Of the Cadiz Martin
Washington Society.
Respected Friends:
lnasmuch as you have endeavored 10 expose
our answer 10 your late Temperance address,we
take the liberty Of replying to your anonymous
rlsirictures: We consider il anonymous. on account
lof the spirit il breahes throughout in relation to
the christian church aud the clergy.
/ Believing the committee all to be church
members, and weekly if not Ofener, receiving
the pious and Cody teachings Of our worthy,
amiable and highly esteemed clergy and elders,
we eannotfor moment entertain the opinion that
$50 respectable, so pous, so amiable, so highly
accomplished and distinguished number of our
kind sisters, would be found guilty Of snch gross
Inconsistencies, and such ilagrant abuse of the
body of which they themselves form a component
part
/ If, however, we should be mistaken in this
matter,-if the reply TO our answer came from
the source which it purporls TO have come from,
lin that case, we feel confident that all who read
Imay readily fad an answer TO your INJURY, "who
are the infdes and sceptics with whom we are
, lassociated?" think ye kind sisters that ye will
have 10 seek amongst strangers 10 find such
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!, You next proceed TO notice something in our
objections TO your association which you say to
you is 'qute ambiguous" You say if we ''mean
anything by our language 1t must be one Of two
Things either, that the Temperance association
mot being composed exclusively of the church
and church members, is of the devil and those
lengaged in it his emissaries, or you mean to say
that there are in our society such vile characters
, that no christian could consistently associate
with u.s."
j To establish the first, you say we must either
|"prove that such associations haye done evil in
stead of good or else that the many thousands
Fl that have been reclaimed from misery and dis
grace, owe their salvation entirely 10 the inf1u-
ence of the church" That such associations
have not been conducive of some good we do not
fprelend to deny: we do deny, however, that in
dependent of the bible, which has been transmit
ted to US through the instrumentaity Of the
t church, the sin of intemperanco ever would have
been known. where is the nation which, nde-
} pendent of the knowledge derived from the bi
| bic, know that lntemperance is SIM? and where
is the nation or people who do not owe that
knowledge 10 the church? Yes, the church, which
the committee (all of them church members
! thus anahematizes Kind sisters, it is one Thing
| TO be church member, and il may be something
3 else TO be a christian; ancienty, God spake Il
the fathers, by the prophets, at sundry times ant
in divers manners, but lastly he spoke 10 US by
, his sou, who, he informs us, he has made heir a
aIl things: by whom also he made the worlds
think ye not this language is Of high authority
: and to be received and obeyed rather thar the
] constitution and resolutions Of temperance as
sociationP We are almost convinced you woult
be willing to acknowledge the divine instead al
the human authority for the accomplishing of
so great reformation as that you have in con
, temptation; bestow but half the attention to the
1 admonitions and instructions contained in The
/ scriptures, that you do 10 humanisms, and OH
II word for 1t you will not have any necessity 70
a associations Of the kind you speak Of
f You next inqnire Of US "what would have
e been the progress ef the cause in our own town
Q had it been left until The church had taken itup.'
0 In reply, we would ONCE more say TO the com
g Imittee, (they being "A component part of tht
. Ichurch,) that if they have been derect OF dut,
!. lin this respect they should not be so unchara-
: bic as to make a general charge on account 0
\ particular cases: we were not aware, however
=. that there existed in reality any reformation ii
G our own town in this particular: we arc credbl
!, informed that the quantity of liquors consumes
If within the last year has rather increased thai
: dmntshed it being, as we are informed, up
d wards of 200 barrels, independent of quantt
Y hauled by temperance teams, which, ace knou
! would swell the account somewhat.
o Lastly, you advise us to wrap ourselves up il
: our church manhas. and stand as far off as pos
e sble, lest we should be contaminated by comm
n within the influence Of such publicans and sin
y ners."
Well, should we feel disposed TO take you
J. advice in this matter, we conceive we would b
:. at no loss for mantles, as the committee wi
d have quantity of the kind referred io for whic
O they appear to have no use. We, however,hop
,. and believe that no one OF your committee coul
d have penned an article SO derogatory to til
e. christian character as that which purports 10 b
l.Iyonr repIy:-that which makes you, the commit
,ftee, say to the church of the first born, stand of
l. our association is more potent in the salvation {
il sinners than thou,
n, With this view Of the subject we bid you a
aifectionate farewell, assuring you that we sti
r entertain the opinions set forth in our former a
Itce in relation to your substitute for the bibl
and the christian churcb;-- but we must desis
j. Jas we have already respassed upon time in expc
j. sing your incongfuous article,
Yours, in the spirit OF charity.
J. BELL g. SLOAN
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