The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-04-08
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3ecctyt hVu. .. ID. VNeali, IN q late let
~ 10 the Temperance Advocate, has tn,
bilowing remarks in connection with Mr.
whites labors In this State:
ENVY, malice, falsehood, have all com
lined with the grog-shop influence to pu
him down. The ruin which was intended
Sss him has recoiled on the heads of his
maligncrs.
'Fos standing by him, have come in
ior my share Of abuse. l knew well, with.
out the editor Of the Edgefeld Advertiser,
skss I was not the star ofhis idolifry, In.
deco 4 shouid Dc sorry 10 be the subject
of Idsisrops wership by any one, and es.
pecially shoaId I tremble il he enemies Of
emperance scee TO praise me-! Such
ash asthe WinnsboIo Register, and his
Frespendents, fndex and Pile, move nv
y more thap my anger. trust may
>peAl to life Of labor, and honest inten-
ns TO do good, to shield me from all
III scribblers and thunderers.
"fRlory in being called a Fanatic Of
RmpeFxnce,' and a 'submissionist in poll
The former tells the world that
ve, worked more than a scri6Jling
ygyrna,s, and the latter places upon me
> titie of q friend to the Union, Of glo-
us and imperisbable liberty.
P.But Mr.. White Is q stranger, and il
Sneful that Cdyoiinians should write,
= temperance men publish, such SLAM
b against him. Seven hundred con-
ts in Fairfield, Chester. Union, New
fFy, and Lexington, are, however, the
ae witnesses, Of his worth"
These Ccasments both in style and
gpags ~cthink are intensperate, espe-
|ly from the Distinguished advocate Of
ls1apsrance who pens them. We have
y disposition to enter into any discussion
Native to Mr. White or his well-paid Ia
ipss I'm this State. We are told that he
en eloqucnt lecturer, whilst the liberal
he receives IL honorable to the en-
lHged philsnthropy Of the temperance Or
bizations oflke State.
When public'a,cusation as brought
4inst Mr.. White in highly rcspecta-
journal, in common with our cotempo-
its We Published it.; but Mr.. Jones' re-
etion was promptly and generally pub
bed. But we have neither heard Of
1t heinous combination Of 'envy, malice,
hlsehood and grog shop influence" which
De honorable writer speaks of. Indee'l,
8 isoar opinion that the charge made a.
esin@ lif. White, and its subsequent ex-
planation, redounded 10 his benefit, and
probably to,the benefit ofthe cause which
be advocates. =
Ms haye we ever heard Of the @abuse"
aha writer speaks OF We are sorry to
l<asn that he has received any for the
eanss stated. An honest and candid ex-
prsszioa Ofopinion Of his conspicous zeal
Inskhs tempsxance cause u not /" abuse,"
~ se undesstand the term, asad we should
hops that Il Is not 30 constructed by the
eistiagEished writer; but We are compelled
lhat sheSvsty vigorous, IL not intempcr-
Ne ss,}les Of sOne Of his epistles often fur
nialie. the opponents Of the philanthropic
vosk in bis heart and soul seems TO be
elisted with some excuse forStart COM
menlaa ...
Who the sueer Of 1scribbling clergy
man" b intended for, may probably be
known hereafter, but such language from
the pen Of one, who also, II we are not
mistaken, has ministered in holy things,
soands harshly to our ears. One of the
priniplcs Of some Oft temperance orga-
nizations is Glove" and this priaciple, We
.bosid think, II not confined to the sane
tsrary Of the Division, ought to modify at
isass the language Of fiery zeal.
We have nothing to do with his politics.
szd tAe introduction ofthat topic into tem-
Psraace epistie IL matter of taste on the
pns<pf the writer. Our object in poticing
e ezsrsets we have made Is simply to dc-
Ssadshe press In its legitimate function. It
hss Aono nothing In the ease Of Mr. White
bas what Il ought TO have done, Ind, had Il
aseslsss. ltwould have been recreant in one
efis< hiaAcsB ofIsees. The editors of South
CatS,ihs dessrycs DO such spithets M "serib-
hisfsf sr 'thandeserstf ffom one to whose abili.
tiss saad energies thsy have been pie sea on
esspropss oeessions to award the eommen.
As,ion doe, and 10 an undignfed and exees-
Hse 9smonstsation' bile TO pronounce any
e I'm strash."" -. a.
Tie easse Of temperance make no new
fsisasa ~ sach violent assaults "n those who
ssT shansste think that a man may be over
ssaisns nlts advocacy, much less by such
vispisaes Of langusge agains, tine conductor.
szthe press Of South Carolina; who are m
assass 30 the State, and an ornament 10 the
psassssion.r-So. CarolinisR.
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Cosscznondenes Of the Charleston Courier