The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-04-30
Correoaon.

We publish, eheerfully, the following
communication. The occurrences narrated
in our former correspondence SOmmunica.
ton are so common, that we took It for
granted that the statement was true. We
should be very sorry to give currency TO
false statements, especially as the truth is
bad enough wesuppOse that Mi, Tibbitts
has erred, and that he has been nisled by
others. One thing, about which they both
agree, is that the distillery in that place is
owned by Presbyterian. We shall give
Mr.. Tibbitts an opportunity to explain. We
do not consider ourselves responsible, as
the authors name is before the public.
CLIFTON, March IL, 1852.
Mr.. EDITOR: In your paper Of the I'd
inst, a paragraph is published in the col
umn of Acknowledgements" which con
tains statements so unjust, and injurious to
the place and person named therein, that
Justice demands this correction. You say
Rev. Bro. a, w. Tibbitta, Of James
town. four names ana 6oa In
his letter. Brother ys thai in the foWn
of Clifton, drring the last two years, there
have been eight wives made widows by
their husbands dying of delirium tremens
four young men have died Of the same dis
ease, and one fell over a clifF-besides three
or four Others whose death was directly at
tributable to the use Of ardent spirits'
This statement tells badly for the morals
of Clifton. But every man, woman and
child in the place, who knows anything,
knows that it is incorrect from first to last.
The truth is, there have been but four
deaths of persons, over five years Of age, in
Clifton, since the prevalence of the cholera
here, almost three years ago-three males
and one female-and not one of the number
from delirium tremens. speak adYisedly,
for ] was the medical attendant Of one Of
those persons during the whole of his last
illness of two others, during portion Of
theirs and the fourth was drowned. l am
unwilling to charge the Rev. Mr. Tibbtts
with wilful misrepresentation. And yet it
seems strange, that he should have been so
ignorant of the facts in the premises, as he
appears to have been for he has been the
preacher in charge of the jamestown circuit,
Of which Clifton bears part, for the larger
part of the last two years.
The paragraph goes on to say
The only still-house, (the prolific cause
of all this mischief,) is owned by member
of the Presbyterian church. The pastor of
this church, Mr., Russell, refused TO sign the
petition for the Maine Law"
The first sentence in this quotation is
true. The second is incorrect. The Rev.
Mr.. Russell did sign the petition in favor Of
the Maine Law. He is an ardent friend OF
Temperance, as well as of every other good
cause, and would rejoice as heartily as
yourself, Mr.. Editor, if every member ol
ohrist's household, whether in the commu
MON of the Presbyterian, or any Other
branch of the Church, would at once and
forever cease from all participation in the
manufacture or sale of that which not only
destroys the bodies, but the souls of men,
Another quotation
/" We presume he, Mr.. Russell, is an in
direct Participator in the profits Of the dis
tillery."
Il No, sir. There are distilleriesin oincin
5 natl. Are you, therefore, Mr.. Editor, " al
indireetparticipator in the profits" of thes
5 distilleries? Yours, &C.,
fl STEPHEN W. Newell.