The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-07
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Wase and Malicious SlmmdcRs
against Sonn q. wtllfanat.

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Lsss wesk We iOok oscasiOn 70 notice ths
position Of this paper on temPasnee and
temPefancs men. This week We regret
that il is over duty 10 nOtics lis Editor.
Hish n, RobiaAos, for amaIicious attack
upOa the private character and reputation
..Or our old and much esteemed friend and
-so.worEsr. John r. williams We ssy we
regret the necessity Of this notice; but there
is % evasion from il, unlsss We are recreant
to our duty. We feel bound TO defend 70
the bsst q sfOurhumble ability, the fair fame
Of Ons who has been 80 upiustly villi6ed il
10 him) land Of strangers, while in the
discharge of his duties as. christian. q man
and temperance lecturer.
In tbs " Knquirer" Of Saturday last, We
fad the following extract, with comments
annexed, under the Editorial head. indica-
ting its paternity.
A ReereanT 60 his PEincip1eS.-A
Maine Law Advocate i'm Limbo.
A man named Oliver B. Strong, was this morning
fined BY TIE Police Court IS for ssarioa.OHs Strong
has ieE some time past been Temperance leetarer
ergns etrOngly the necessity Of the passage Of the
Maine Law. u 4. ia
he wns formerly convict in the Ohio Peniten.
tlaY having been sent there sschsrge of passing
counterfeit money, and was reprieyed BY Governor
Rocd.
The distinguished lecturer was quite Indignant at
The charge unTolIcd his handbls Getting iorth his
prqCssiSE claimed 10 have been drugged "a Cough
&C., but it was no Co. The eyideRce was too strong
iOr Strong, and although strongly protesting his
strong principles the strong arm d the law was laid
upon him. -GLsesIaHd Herald, 2ssh.
That fellow is evidently not the only Maine Law
lecturer who he's had his knaYery covered over with
Temperance mantle, and who has been in the Peni.
tentiary, or who is worthy Of it. An old JS who
ran through all the grades Of infamy, according to
his Own confessions" lectures occasionally in the
streets Of this oity What moral reform enter.
prise can gain in dignity and influence by having for
Re agent such miserable dog, is more than We can
imagine. He would fail in his serts, it, instead Of
standing Up lecturer, he vas labeled as eupHt,
and asened 70 the pilory every night Of his polluted
lie. CizstRSati EH6Si-er.
Nov, lhsse can be no ], eff atisn f, SO
hitter and -ulent sn attack upon SO hum
,be, hssu less aud inc f4nsive maO as John !
i, Wilkins is Acknowledged to be by all /
who have the pleasure Of bis acquaintance I
This is the character univer: ally accorded !
him BY eeYe'y mau, woman and child in
Ohio, and elsewhere. who know him. As
Nj Williams is stranger in our city, and |
but few OF our citizens know anything about
him. and Gs it is plainly intimated by this
man Robinson, that he is '' Penitentiary n
tsird." we feel it duty as well as a pleas
Ere 70 bear cCr testimony in his behalf. We
have known him for years, and we speak
IsnoSingly. Mr.. Williams was form r,y
SitiEeR OF Bal i'm DE, then Of Pittsburgh, and
aOE of Sol.m, COlumbians county, Ohio.
Ae is an honest man in every and in \
bhe broedest sense of the word and the
Snly wrong he ever committed was to him
self and family, by spending about twenty
years of his life in drunkenness. This is
the sin Of his life He was the Serentk signer
Of the famous Baltimore Washingtonian
Society. Since then he has lived sober
life, and made ample amends for all his pre-.
vious misdeeds, by devotiug the whole Of
has time, talents and indOmitable energy to
the redemption and elevation of his fallen
fellow man. He is now the chief officer of
the Order Of the Sons of Temperance in
Ohio-a position that carries with it more
hOHor than any Office in the State, and that
can only be filed by gentlemen of high
moral character. Mr. Williams has more
warn and devoted friends and fewer ene-
&2ies than any other man in Ohio. This is a
sEaall sketch of the man that this man Rob.
insOn has SO bitterly assailed in his filthy
shset. He never harmed, or said ought
against the honesty of Robinson. He is no
rantiRg politician. He has no identity in
Hamilton county, more than any other
citizen sf the State Then, why this foul
and bittes attack We can see no motive
that could prompt this dog, and descend
emf of the neanest dog" to pen the article.
His is a craven, black heart, and he could
not help il. is The only reason we can give.
Somebody mast be the recipient Of bis bill
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