Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-07-19
ceived the following reply which was published in
the Sun Of June 7tb.

ceIved the following reply which was published in
the sun Of june 18th:
New YORK, May 25.
REV w. B. WELLoSs-Dear Sir II know Mr..
Cross very well. He wasshere not long since and
got some tracts from us, but he is no agent of ours,
and hasno authority at all to take up collections
for Us, and &oes not do it. Ihedoes so, it is under
Jutse prexehees anDmust be stopped. I am much
obliged to you for giving me notice, and if you can
cause the enclosed letter to reach him, ! shall be
obliged. Yours respectfully, JOHN MARSH.
When I received the above letter I consulted with
friends of Temperance in Suffolk, and we ~thoughtit
best to lay it before the public in order that others
might not be imposed upon as we had been. Wehad
no other motive in view than the good of the cause
of Temperance and to prevent our brethren from
being imposed upon as we have been. That Mr..
Cross did state here emphdtically, in Language not
to be misunderstood, that he was the Agent for the
American Temperance Union, hundreds would tes-
tify. All who subscribed here thought they were
aiding the Temperance Union. Nor did we ever
hear until we saw it in the Gage" that he was
taking up collections to "remunerate him for deliv-
ering free lectures" &c.
Iappend the following certificate to the correct
ness of the statements made by me. The first is
signed by Rev. A. R. Bernard, J. D. G. w. P. of
this district; by VIM. D.. McClenny, Esq W. P. of
Suffolk Division, No. 98, Sons of Temperance A.
S. Darden, Treasurer; Benjamin Riddiek, r. S.;
DIR. Robert II. Webb, and Owen R. Flynn, Esq, all
men Of the first standing in this community. To
them might pc aQQed scores OF 0tnerS II necessary.
CERTIFICATES.
We the undersigned do hereby certify, that Mr..
Cross stated in our presence that he was an agent
of the American Temperance Union, and that he
was collecting funds to aid the Union in rebuilding
their house, which had been destroyed by fire, and
to go on with their publications. What Rev. MI
Wellons has stated above of his course in Suffolk, is
strictly true. Given under our hands, 9Th day of
July, 1851.
Signed by A. R. Bernard, VIM. D. McClenny, A
S. Darden, Benjamin Riddick, R.. II. Webb, 0. r
Flynn.
The following are from Gen. Crump and Corne
Illus Hall, Esq, Principal Of the Chuckatuck Acad
envy:
NANsEMoND CO., Va, July s, 1854.
L certify that in the month of June last March,
E. Cross (as he called himself) called on me for
contribution in aid of the American Temperance
Union, which L refused to give. After leaving m
house, however, and before he reached my neares
neighbor, Or. Hail. he wrote my name in his sub
~scription or receipt book, as a contributor of on
dollar, by which device, together with his vile hyI
ocrisy, he obtained money ofmy unsuspecting noigi
bors. JOHN G. CRUMP
This is to certify that I saw Marcus E. Cross
May, a few minutes after he left Gen. John
Crump's. q being his nearest neighbor) He eros
showed me his receipt book, in which Gen. CrumI
name was marked as having paid one dollar. /
stated that he was IAN agent of the American Tel
perance Union and that he was " endeavoring
collect f1M8S to ~EebuIld the printing once Whl
had been recently destroyed by fire in the city
New York" HALL.
3 With this authenticated statement / leave tt
t matter with the public. Iregret having been draw
into this exposure. OF Mr.. Cross character
. home I know nothing. l am sure L would not
: him or any other man wanton injustice. Ii TIT
! was any way for him to reconcile the discrepan
e between the facts stated in this article and
5 statements contained in his article published in
n Age, I would gladly see him do it. I would thr
no obstacle in the way of an advocate of Temp
ance. I am a Son of Temperance, and am kno
to many Of the readers of the Age as a stern,
yielding advocate of the great reform in all
{ phases.
I am now done with Mr.. Cross and the VIII
5. matter. Yours, in L. P. & F.,
W. B. WELLONS