The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-04-11

| fusely tender Us we accept in the san,
spirit that il was rendered and beg of 20
10 return to accept the heartfelt, deep re
grets, of the two hundred forty members {
our Temple, that you, who had and sti
have so many warm personal friends anon
US, and from whom better things were el
pected, should so wsntonly endeavor to SIT
up strife among Us, create public prejudic
against Us and try to put bars in the wa
of our progress. Ifyou can find any pleas
ure 10 such course tsomethiug We cal
hardly believe) sitting in the char you oc
eupy, so recently filled By your predecessor
with his sad, terrible example fresh befor
you, whose untimely death was the result
of bis unconquerable appetite for strori
drink, established and confirmed by tn
stesdy habit of tipping at the saloon tina
leads to irretrievable and sure ruin, wbc
might and would have been saved could h'
have been brought under the influence O
the Temple of Honor; then We tender yoI
not only Cur regrets. but our pity and COM
miseratiou. And We think Sir, that eoult
the voice of the unfortunate Jere Crowley
(who fell victim to the same vice. thu
first editor of the PlLoT, reach you from be
yond the grave, you would be warned tt
stay your hand in Your effort to injure al
organization whose only end and aim is thu
restoration and salvation of the manhood
of our neiehbors and the well being of al
classes and conditions of society.
We seek not to dictate your course; bni
we ask you solemnly to consider your duty
in the premises.
In the mean time trusting in Gods help
and the strength of our cause we will renew
our efforts in behalf of total abstinence
from all that intoxicates, and against the
manufacture and sale of the death dealing
poison; asking no higher laudts than the
''laudation' which comes from an inward
consciousness of duty well performed.
Respectfully your fellow citizens of the
Manitowoc Temple of Honor, No. CO.
When we extended an invitation last
week to the members of the Temple of
Honor to refute the charges current, or 70
Justify their acts in relation to the munich
pal election, we took for granted that cool
Judgment would be in the ascendant und
hold scurriity in restraint. Had we for q
supposed that our invitation would
furnish an opportunity for such gross vior
laton of propriety, for such an unmanly
attack on our personal character, we should
not have been so incautlous as to accord a
privilege which has been so grossly abused.
W looked for discussion Invested of vitu-
not sink to the level of vulgar abuse. We
eel ii sense of degradation in so far mott
,ing what's personaljn the above communi-
;ation As to pen reply. We know that
he article carries with it the severest criti-
:ism which can be offered; but that common
impulse of humanity to strike back is strong
and will not yield to Judgment
We were reluctant TO draw the Temple
II Honor into newspaper controversy for
he following reasons: I. has among its
ne mbers, persons for whom we entertain
sincere regard; we are in perfect sympathy
with the work it has been accomplishing;
ne do not wish to be in an attitude even
apparently hostile to it. Influenced by
hese considerations We had resolved that
my communication from the Temple which
would honestly reflect their principles,
y ould elicit no response from US even though
t should oensure the course we saw fit to
pursue. But portion of the above COM
Incorporate IN language and
in spirit, is not entitled to any
considerations of forbearance. Though
The communication purports to come from
tie Temple of Honor and though we are
satisfied, from the source through which it
reached us that it received the sanction of
that body, still we are disposed to absolvs
item from all responsibility for that which
their good sense, in time, will not fail to
ttat in their deliberations, wiser counsels
Do not prevail, and that in matters of mo.
nens to themselves, including the courtesy
due to others, men Of discreet Judgment
ard approved good sense are not consulted
rather than the hot headed and vicious,
"The affiuence of dash and poverty OF
Judgment" which characterize the article,
reFeal the author as Enthusiastically as if he
appended his signature. Weare done with
tie Temple of Honor; we haYe yet to do
with this literary gentleman who has such
a, itching for newspaper notoriety that be
sdzes on every pretext to rush into print.
This childish desire has in him grown to be
vice, and without sufficient judgment to
d scrjrninate between abuse and forcible ex.
PRESTON, lOrce Oh maui ledIs ulin 10 tlBpiOy
the former. Prompted by personal enmity,
ssulkipg behind she organization to dis
charge his shafts of malice in the fancied
security of corcealment, from such, digni-
fed utserance is no moro to be expected
than moderation in sentiment.
We are by no means emuOus Of the pro.
fciency this jealous convert displays in thq
use of epithets. We choose to lay claim
to the title "well-bred'' On grounds mors
consonant with our ideas of decency. VIZ
know that the course of our life has no
run in the same channel with that Of tn;
gentleman who assumes the province 0
leeturing us on our "impudence" and Gill
breeding" This fundamental difference 0
opinion as to the pursuits and habits whiel
give respect to manhood, dignity to charac
Ter and propriety to conduct would natural
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