Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-08-26

infamous conduct, and have expressed
their strong disapprohation of H. These
witnesses have falsifed themselves ) IL
ihey swore TO the truth, they violated
their oath or pledge rs Sons of Tenn
perancr, and hence they are not 10 be
credited in Court il they swore to a
ialschooJ, they hnvc been f,lse to the
Sons of Temperance, and false to Law
and Justire.
We will submit this question TO any
twelve men, from any part Of the coun-
try, provided their brains are not dis
trrcted by all the isms, which, mod
crn times, disgrace some members Of
the human iamily,-with the fullest con-
lidence tina, they will decide that this
tran, action, and the conduct OF all who
are engaged in the prosecutions here,
either openly or secretly, is infamous,
degrading and mean, TO the very low
est conceivable degree. Judus Iscarioi
justly earned the contempt Of the world
Tor his treason but there is position
IN the scale Of degradation lower even
than that, and there are some men,
concerned in this business, who have
succeeded in descending to that platform
Of iniamy.
Ii ianatical friends Of the Maine Law
desired to eniorce the law here, why did
they not show thenisel' es men-why did
they not exhibit moral courage, and do
the work themselves Why did they
permit themselves to be sntangled in
such diagraceiul alliance Why are
they associa lated with such men as these
Witnesses, these rum drinking Sons of
Temperance from Providence, who
sneak down TO Newport in the night,
and crawl into the Jail because no res
pectable Hotel will give them shelter
While these witncsscs were testifying
in Court, we saw worthy and respecta-
BILE Temperance men, ministers Of the
gospel and others, who had no pariici-
,atiop in this matter, hanging their
heads and looking mortified to the hearts
core, that any respectable man in New
port should have been identified with
such low and disgracelul uaDsac-
tiO,s.
We hold to the doctrine that no great
moral reformation can be accomplished
unless all the appliances and agencies Of
that work are moral in their nature, and
are capable OF passing the ordeal Of the
testing crucible, and coming out pure
and unsca,hed from the fire OF the al
chyn,ist. Could Jesus Christ have es-
tablished his holy religion by becoming
participator in sin, that he might show
the Jews what sin was,-or that he
might become living witness before
his Fathers throne, as 10 the guilt Of
Pontius Plate, and the horde who per-
ecuted and crucified the Saviour 2 The
world is safe in taking the Saviour ns
an cIamplar OF all that is perfect in the
worA Of reformation, whatever it's char
actcr may be-. He was Without sin
and without blemish, and the precept
and the example which He has be-
qucathcd us is worthy Of the fullest i'm
itation, ior both are sealed with the
impress OF Divinity. ..
Finally, the Tribune asserts that if
we had never written any articles in re-
gard to the law, "the thoroughly cow
ed Temper ence men OF this haunt OF
fashionable drinking" would never have
opposed the drinking Of liquor here
This 10 the Tribunc's assertion; very
W, II, the ",horoughly cowed Temper
ance men" Of Newport are welcome to
tbs friendly appellation from their
brother Greeley, Of the Tribune. We
have no sympathy with the fanatical
Maine Law men of Newport; but we
know that many OF the worthy TEN
perance men Of this town are unworthy
Of the epl,het which Greeley applies to
them; they breathe u purer air, and
they are guided by nobler and more
honest motives than propeI Horace Gree
ley through the world and such
charge comes with exceeding lIl-grace
from him. lie has identified himself
with all the degrading and demorali-
zing isms Of the age-isms which are
calculated TO sap the great moral ioun-
da,ions of the social compact and to
disorganisc he whole fabric OF society.
He has openly and bitterly opposed the
Fugitive Slave Law, and couDtenanccd
sedition and rebellion; he has libelied
and s!andcred the greatest living states
men Of the age, merely because they
have been true and faithful to the Con
stitution. In short he has done
thousand things which should forever
close his mouth, and prohibit him from
charging others, who are innocent, with
being guilty oi mi,demeanors which he
has over and over again committed. Is
he prepared to be arraigned before the
bar OF public opinion, aye, and the bar
Of Eternal justice, for his participation
in Foureisrn, Free Soilism, Socialism,
Aboll,ionisn, disunionism, Maine Law
ism, spirdual.rappinQism, Magnetism,
Swedcnbcrl inism. and thousand other
ridiculous aud wicked isms which we