The daily gazette., 1879-04-30
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II in 'IS YOUR W @ paper Of yesterday, you copy
a short notice of the above named, in
which it was said he had fallen from
grace. As . friend to religion We wish
to say Mr.. Dutcher bad no religion or
grace to fall from. He belonged 70 no
church, did not got0 church, unless to
accompany some temperance essociaSioh
and to answer his own ends.
Religion ought not TO be resPonsibie in
the least for this mans tergivenations,
and the churches never sAncfionea. ms
modes of procedure, temperance taiks,
falsehoods and contradictions IN saying
he received no pay for his temperance
addresses. Thus taking glory TO him
self not true.
their influence from Dutcher because
they did not believe him sonnd end
could not countenance the people being
aeeced Of their money by false pretences:
Ministers were blamed and abused but
they knew what they were about. They
were watchmen and guardians Of the
peoples interests, and not to be respOn-
sible for frauds. .ys,...
Mr.. butcher frequently made use of
the name of God and of religion snd its
assumptions; but those who looked be-
meath the surface of things had but little
confidence in or appreciation Of his
speeches. A.
Ignorant persons may be deceived in
the whining cant Of some peoples
speeches, and in their principles, and
not SO easily misled. :.
The ministry in this city never could
see anything in butchers speeches of
any weight. All of it was in his man.
ner, professions of sympathy and quota
tatiOn of the names of some great men.
This made some fools think he was great
and good, and even pitted him against
the preachers whom he abused when 1t
would answer his purpose.
Mr.. butcher, do doubt, was . tempe
rance man when he abstained from IL
quor and considering the hole of the pit
whence he was dug and the rock whence
he was hewn, good reasons had he for
being q temperance man-besides, his
temperance advocacy paid him well.-
But there was . lack about him that
nothing but religion could supply. Re-
ligion, therefore, is not to be blamed for
his fall. 1t was not religion, but for the
want of it. Mr.. butcher has received
his thousands for his temperance ad-
dresses, while there are ministers in
this city W no have been making temper
ance speeches for thirty years and never
received cent. Some Of them believed
that Mr.. butcher was mere carpet-bag-
ger that just dropped In here ON his way
from the South-'his occupation gone,"
and waiting like Micawber s'for some
thing to turn up" saw a notice In the
papers of the temperance work ct the City
Hall and turned in here. Already
great excitement in the temperance work
had commenced and it was mostly relig-
ious, and greatly promoted by prayer
and singing. 1si
Many have thought Mr.. butcher had
eegs hs MSrk x9d and hsxe
ing, conducted on proper principles, and
greater beneficial results. Ministers
courteously yielded the ground because
OF the cheek of the leaders, and kept
their tongues, lest good should be pre-
vented.
Mr.. butchers fall is to be lamented,
but it is to be remembered it is q fall
from temperance, from morality, but
not from religion.
The moral is that a real. permanent
reformation is best based on rejicious
principles, and can thus be most helpfi,I
and hopeful.
1t is a pity that Wilmington should
have helped to misled Philadelphia and
that Mr.. butcher should have abused
the confidence of both. Let the friends
Of temperance and religion, pray for this
fallen brother, and sympathize with his
stricken wife and children. ,f7,
April 10Th, 1879. MENTOR.