The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-08-18
NELSON J. LEE.
avoided.


August 10th, in the Phunix Engine House, Wilmington.
the following preamble and resolutions offered pre-
riouS meeting were unanimously adopted and ordered
to Ice published:
WHEREAS We as an association of reformed men h.y'
contributed but little any thing in the way of money
for said purpose. (beiDg u class poor men and n>
t;ro W. Well. has had the AMI approval of the
parties who contributed the greater portion of Slid
funds To sp"-c of the money he thought best which
done with their knowledge and consent, aud lee
llering the communication signed n. j. Lee, which
appeared in the Rsp"LLcah and Ertry EctaiHg dnd
Commercials of August LIST, will retrd progress and
destroy our usefulness in the Temperance work and
give aid and comfort To the enemy: therefore. lie it
RsS"'roi. That We den"unc- in the most positive
terms the card {" \. j. Lee in the papers mentioned.
RtSoirtd That n j. Lee, i'll said card. does speak
for the Mora! Suason Reform Association Of Whining
ResoIrs.L That the amount of money whatever it
may lee, that given to Bro. George VI. butcher we
consider well expended and poor We God bless
him. would double til" amount if had it to give
token OF love Tor him. and for the deep interest
ne has taken in our welfare.
R,Solroi. That pledge ourselves to stand hy G. W.
Wells in his efforts to erect home for Brother George
VI. butcher, and will aid him in every honorable way.
Re<nrsd, That we renew pledge to stand hy e..
W. Wells, and the old Twelfth Street tent.
R,$Oir,d. That the Secretary in publishing t., fore
srns ask the Cecil county papers to copy the
Attest: FRANK WuELEN, Secrclary.
We print the foregoing resolutions, be-
lieving that instead of iniuring Mr.. Lee,
as they are intended to do, they will arouse
a spirit of inquiry among the friends of
temperance, which will result in full
understanding of all the circumstances of
the case, and that as consequence full
vindication of the character and course of
Mr.. Lee will be the result.
The true cause of the split between Mr.. G.
w. Wells and Mr.. Lee, was, in a few words,
as follows: Mr.. Wells determined to erect
for Mr.. Geo. NJ. Ducher, of Massachusetts
who had been laboring with them in the
cause-a house as reward for his labors,
to be paid for out of the funds raised for
the carrying on of the temperance work.
AS he had already been paid nearly 800
for three months service-as Mr.. Lee states
in his letter of August 1st-he (Mr. Lee
objected, claiming greater need for the
money in other directions, foremost of
which was supplying with food the families
of men who had been reformed but could
not obtain employment. Mr.. Lee says, in
his letter of August LIST,
GO feel that while the object building
house for Dutcher) may be good one, If
to the interests of temperance, as money is
badly needed to carry on the noble work of
temperance and reform.
Geo. NJ. butcher has been an instrument
of good in our midst, and ever shall honor
him. But a fact, if not known, | claim it
should be, and ought to have been months
ago, that Geo. NJ. butcher for all he did
here was we'll paid, receiving for his three
months labor, seven hundred $1,000 dol
lars"
Mr.. Lee was led to believe that the enter
prise had been dropped, but during his
absence, while attending a meeting at Ocean
Grove, it was again agitated and the work
actually begun by Mr.. Wells and few of
his followers. Mr.. Lee at once very pro-
perly severed his connection with Mr. Wells.
The fact that money had been paid Mr..
butcher for his services, beyond his actual
expense, was not generally known in Viii
understand, by Mr.. butcher himself, before
large audience in the Opera House, that
he had received no compensation. 1t will
readily be seen that the statement in Mr.
Lee leller 10 the hepu0ttcdh, tnat S'oV
had been paid Mr.. butcher, fell like red
hot shell among all classes of people
Hence these resolutions passed by Mr.
Wells and small band of his immediate
followers.
There is no doubt but that the sympathy
of the great mass of the people of Will
mington is with Mr.. Lee. lie has proven
himself since he has been among us, an
earnest active Christian, devoted heart
and soul to the cause he has espoused. For
this we honor him, and it will require
something more than series of weak reso
lutions, born in malice, to shake the conf
dence of our people in him.