The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-03-21
PrescrYe Yomr Nrcer.

ASAA
Once again we feel IT our duty to
address the Good Templars of this
county. Having a desire, founded in
the wish for the prosperity and happl-
ness of the community, to sec the Or
der perpstuate itself throughout the
years that are to como, we feel it our
duty 10 throw what obstacles we can
in the way of anything which will
tend to create dissensisn and bad feel
ing among its members. The histHry
Of Masonic, Temperance and Church
organizations throughout all time past,
and in all countries, discloses the un
disputed fact tbas q departure from
the real designs Of the organization by
IN Interference in the political quss-
tons Of a community will sooner or
later destroy the organization ITSELF
History has demonstrated that outside
issues are she rocks upon which these
orders have split, and the history Of
the past should serve rs a warning to
the Tcmplars Of to-day. "But why
this homily TO us?' says some one.
"Have wegonc into the political mat
ters of the day?' You have taken a
step-unwittingly, perhaps, by all but
its projcctors-in tAat direction, and
one, too, that is but the prelude to fur
Their interference. You have falsely
stamped, at Che instance ola politician,
this paper RS being your enemy, by a
resolution, published in the last issue
of the Morgan Herald, which
SAID in substance, "this vote of
thanks shall only be published
in the Herald" Had this vote of
thanks been such a one as a publisher
would have charged for publishing, it
would have been different. But it was
of a kind which we have always been
willing and pleased TO publish free Of
charge. Had it been true hat we had
Rssailcd your Order, instead of always
giving it its mcrited praise, then there
would have been little significant in it
of a political tendency, But this, you
all we'll know, is not true. But"
some n says, 1--WE cannot see the po-
litIcal tendency yet" 1t is in the fact
that the man who objected to It's publ
cation IN this paper, isa politician of
the Radical party that political am
bition ls bis ruling passion that. he
has connected himself with all of the
secret societies in this county for polit-
ical purposes that his politicaH work
ings are all of the secret character and
done in the dark. Further, this gen
tlemen thought that, by assailing this
paper with the fabrIcations of his own
brain-for there was no other FONDA
ton for them-regarding our alleged
enmity to you, he could thereby dis
suade many ofyou from reading and
~patronizing it, and when you had be
come sufficiently antagonistic to ths
Democratic press, that you would sac.
rifoO your political principles to those
of Temperance. He thought to place
the Democracy of this county in the
position of a pro-whisky party, and
hoped you would hen desert them
through yourzeaT for Temperance, and
JON the Radicals, and in som9 future
day help lift him into some fat office
say Judgeship OF something of that
kind. Now, Templars, this'is politi-
cad working in an underhanded
ner, and if the Democratic portion Of
your Lodge will but submit to it, il
will not be long before there will be
new aggressions made. The DemOcra-
cy ofthe Lodge is as much interested
in its preservation as any other Por-
ton, and they should demonstrate, Wig
orously and tonaciously, their determi-
nation to arrest at the outset any dis
position shown TO work politics into
the Order, 1t is your duty, Demo
cratic Templars, to watch closely, and
view with suspicion anything which
might tend, either directly or Indirect.
ly, to the introduction Of political is
sues iAto your midst, and we hope that
our timely warning will save you from
the fate which has invariably befallen
ell organisations Of your kind,