Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-05-08
FROM NEWTON FALLS.

NEWTON FAILS, April 2oth, '67.
Mr. EDTToR:-I have been ''icdsekir
and 1Daitisg' for q long time on sthre
co-nered" fight that has been going o.
through your columns between tsOccssion-
al" and 4CarP and saCaptainD in whica
fight the Order of Good Templars has
been the bone of contention. I don't wan {
to mix in this fight and thus make it
Quadrilateral," but viii say that II
were the order of 'sGood Templars'' I
should cry out sadeliver me from nv
friends" if 'sCaptainp or Occasional
are Good Templars fand hope they arel.
1t is perfectly proper to inAdence BY ex-
ample and by preeept any, even s.Carl' to
become so too, but 1 doubt the policy Of
trying TO force him OF anybody else into
the Order. The fact is moral suasion Is
the only hope of the Temperance cause
Men can eVade the letter of the law, and
the more stringent Its penalties the greater
are the inducements to circumvenk its ex-
eeution. But whea the moral sense of
community Is educated up TO the high
standard Of total abstinence and proper
laws are enacted they viii be sustained and
executed If law could only exscute itself
then the moral sentiment would be q mat
ter of small moment, but as It Is now,
neither can stand alone. am in hopes
ACarl" viii not let his prejadIces against
ssecret societies'' lead him into error. He
may 81 some time, If he is s wise man, and
he talks like one) wish to become Good
Templsr, and then It will little awkward
to eat soma of his hard words. Il BY no
means follows that because some deeds are
done in private they are os necessity evil.
The saying that ssmen choose darkness
rather than light because their deeds are
evil" was not intended to apply to Tenn
perance Societies, because we DO not seek
darkness We think we are in the bright
est kind Of q light. and judging from the
great number of Lodges Of Good Templars
that are being organized, the light is $50
shining before men" that they see the good
works and are willing to be found in SYM
pathy with the good cause. "Carl" labors
under disadvantage in this labor he has
undertaken, for unfortunately for him, his
blows are delivered at random. This
Order being Secret Society he Of course
can know nothing Of its tenets, only what
he is told, and he may be. 50 told as to lead
him a long way from the scent. Allow
me to read him 9 passage Of scripture
:
v: $50: sand now say unto yeu, re-
frain from these men and let them alone,
for if this counsel or work be Of men It
will come to nOught, but if it be of God ye
cannot overthrow it, lest haPly ye be found
even to light against God. s'Carl" seems
to wish to be understood. as . temperance
man, but his positiea as an enemy of the
Order Of Good TemPlars throws him into
sympathy and unison with doggary keep
ers and drunkards, for they too wish to
have all s1ch Secret Societies overthrown,
and think with saCarI' that their tenden-
eies are hur.ful
Once ragged, dirty, drunken loafer,
with bloated face and bleared ewes, came
into company Of well dressed and intel
hgent men, and some OF them Judging
oy his appearance, suggested that he was
8 Democrat; drawing himself up as we'll
as he was able be said t.I know I am
poor and dirty and ragged and drunk ais
nave every appearace Of 3 Democrat b
assure you am not so low as that vet
Not knowing ''Carl," and judging hin
from this distance, presume he may be B
good temperance man in his own opinio1,
his letters don't show il, and temperanee
retormers can not draw much comfort an
from them. As I said g.
the beginning of this letter, I don't war
to mix in this difficulty, bnt I do Wish to
protest against any WHO pretends to be q
man and friend to the cause.
attacking the only good and efficient or
sanization engaged IN prosecuting this re-
-orm. In these days hair splitting in re-
iorms is played on; man must be on one
Iide or the other, and the lines VIII be
irawn rigidlY- and ''CsrP viii find HIM
elf IN strangs company for temperance
nan to keep before he knows it. It does
eem that an honorable man ought to be
sooye doing the dirty work Of q grog sell
er, and It IS passing strange that he will
at this day and age Of the world,
70 fight the battles Of this slost cause
Yours, SC, IS"