Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-01

OF any Improper COUducf on Their part. M
the recent Canvass. authorized my name
to be signed 10 the said certificate, being
told that the same would do no harm.
sign this now that the truth may appear
| do not ike to have my named put To IA
thing. do not understand.
(Signed,) WILLIAM DOLAN.
IFitRcss: GEO T. PEERS.
Mr.. Charles Farrar in lis certificate.
published by Capt. Sears, says. "If ]
signed certificate Of that nature. or had
such an one read 10 me at any time. have
no recollection Of IT,"
These statements Of seven of your own
Witnesses are plain and require no com
mcnt. From this Testimony il can he seem
who has become desperate. Who is wig
Cling in and wiggling out" Who it is
that is engaged in dirty work. Who it is
that has been led captive, "hy his Satanic
majesty, and ascendcd into AN exceeding
high mountain aye sir, and come down
again and descended into an exceeding low
depth Of infamy. and there taking sweet
counsel with the evil spirits that surround
him has perpctratcd frauds and forgerics.
What deplorable picture of human de-
pravity is here prescnicdl And now Par
son McDearmon! where do You standl |
envy not your feelings SIR If you feel
complacency over this transaction, you are
easily satisfied. After all your efior; to in
jure me, you have fied After all YOUR
looking up testimony. it turns gu, that men
are made to certify, who never saw or
read your certificates. 1t seems strange
TO me, if forgery is To be restored 10, that
you did not word one Of your certificates,
at Least, TO sustain some one of Your charges,
Your eagerness TO lnj1re the S. Of r..
leads you into the con miss ion of several
egrcgious blundcrs. You use this Ian
guagc professional men, tlaJcsmen ard
mechanics Of all grades are united under
secret pledge to stand up and support
each Other" You say this, and we sup
pose there can be no IL Misunderstanding its
meaning. Sons of Temperance bind them
selves by secret PIrdge. to stand up and
support Sons of Temperance! That is.
a Son of Temperance, on coming into a
Division, takes "A secret pledge, 10 support
the lawyer. the physician. the tradcsman
and Mechanic, " no may be Son of Tenn
perance. in preference to one who is not.
Tins Is what,w suppose, you intend TO say
Well sir. this sweeping charge made a.
gainst an Order, to which you pretend TO
be so much attached, is also false without
qualification. And every Son OF Temper
ancc in the known world, whose eye may
fall on your article, will know it to be false
You a'so say, that Sons of Temperance
take a pledge not 10 inermeddie with 20.
f,ical, or religious matters. Here again,
you are mistaken, sir! Every Son Of r, is
as free 10 act as h. phases in political or
religious matters, as any other man IN the
community.
Now sir, for The sake ofargumeut lot US
see II you don't convict yourself in Your
own statement of the first charge. You
say. your are no Son Of Temperance
that the Division room is guarded " lli o
sentinel. Then Parson. how DO ,ou know
that they take pledge Of that soril If
they take such pledge, how do YOU
know "! You have never joined Div.
sion: yom have never been ia !, Division. -
How rhen do you know what pledge i,
'akent think You are corncred by ,onr
own rash assertion. II + like a char.c
made by your son John r., v 10 through
the papers calls lis brother, The no,l,
the whole soul McDcarmon." IL lis 6fsi
article. he speaks of the many Tricks, the
half of whH;ii oUId never be known
The two charges seem about equally uor-
thy Of credencc- You speak of secre,
pledges. which you have had no opporru
nifty To- learn. aud would not have learned
even If YOU had been Son of Teupcr
anee thousand years, bccause rhey are
uutrue--whilc John r., the Doctor,spcnks
OF The number of tricks lieI, viii never
be known.
But sir. you pretend 10 be a warm friend
Of Temperance, and even Of that noble
Order" the Sons. Yet yaG say: Il am in.
cllned 10 think. you are held together a.
much by selfshncss rs benevoerce," &c.
These two scntlEenfs seem 10 he some
what Inconsistent But we Will reconcile
them as wsil a. we can, and v bat is your
position here sir1 You declare yourself
friendly TO the cause, and with the Sa-
vipur's mantle still pendant from yaur
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