The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-07-16
For the Organ Of Temperance Reform.
A GEievous Mistake.

ASAVWNg OQlJ tLu5 lCVHs
Bfo. CARY lin the Organ of June Ilth,
you nave fallen into mistake, and have
made statements so unjust and injurious to
the place named therein, than justice de.
mands this correction" Under the caption
of" delightful Place, you say eve would
advPe our friend of the still up in James.
town' 70 remove at once to Harrison town.
ship. There his religion can be apprecia-
ted aId therehe can deal ops as much death
and damnation as he desires, without anv
squrmings Of conscience, and without any
violation ofany of the usages of the church,
And IN an APOLOGY" June 18th, you say
"a few weeks since we sent a prospectus OF
our paper to the very Reverend Mr.. Russell,
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, at
jamestown, o. No, sir; the truth is, the
places, jamestown and Clifton, (where Mr..
Russell lives, and his church is located,
are eleven miles apart, geographically and
the churches and ministers of this place are
more than eleven thousand miles from that
Presbyterian church of Clifton, on the great
mora qqestion Of temperance So far as
know Svery preacher that ministers in
Jamestown, is a thorough Maine Law, tenn
{naganee man and 40 not kneV q a mar
ela chris
This place is bad enough, in all conscience
Z
but We repudiate your picture. There was
a still here several years ago but its fres
went out long since. We have one of hell s
recruiting houses, but it is in the hands OF
man that shows the business in its true
chafacteT.
There is no church here that will baptize
it-and we but seldom see a drunken man
here. While in Clifton, a smaller place,
weak before last, there were drunken men
to BE seen in the streets every day father
and son staggering along together one day
as high as five were reeling its streets, from
the boy of seventeen to the man Of sixty.
SuIely that Presbyterian Church exerts
strdag influence by their fruits ye shall
know them" "a good tree can not bring
forth evil fruit"
There is no leading church member Of any
sest here, that would abuse brother be-
catse he was suspicioned of being opposed
to- elders renting houses as dens Of death
No, nor member of church that "would
like to help egg Temperance man, who was
laboring to clear away the black cloud that
hangs over them, to disgrace them in the
eyes of every respectable, thinking man.
! The churches of this place are not ready
to unite their cause with that of the reeling
drunkard.
The Pretbyterians of that place, by theil
course, have shouldered the traffic. is
church known by its friends2 Then wha
are we to think when its loudest defender
are from the dOggery and gutter, exceptin
the opium eating DOctOr7
Turnyour gun that way, or you viii sure
'tfy miss. We elatu another apology 70
thus slandering us-"friend Of the still i
jamestown" No, sir! Call US friend O
the cholera, small pox, or plague but
nat call US a friend of the still-that mothe
Of vice and tears, the source of more DEATH
than war and pestilence. We have sworn
eternal war against it let those who will
protect it. So, please, do not mistake
jamestown for Clifton again,
Yours, in Love, Purity and Fidelity,
A. W. TIBBITS.