Daily Republican., 1879-03-27
THIRD EDITION.
For the KkPUBLICAN.
AGOWardIy Act.


" Morning. Herald, F" over the signature
OF J. C. Foulk, and from it we infer
that Mr.. Foulk is very anxions for no.
toriety, or else he is signing to become
a martyr in the temperance cause, and
AZ the N. S. X. A. Is not in the martyr
manufacturing business at present, We
will have TO emphatically decline as
sisting Mr.. Foulx to obtain the end he
81 much desires. The card Is extraor-
dinary in several particulars for in
stance his slur in reference to men vlo-
lating their pledges, comes with very
bad grace from man who Is on the
shady side Of sixty years OF age, and
whose head Is silvered with the grey
Of ripened time, and who, according to
his own confession. publicly made,
time and time again, has made vow al
tar vow only to break them, whsse
whole life is Uttered and piled with
broken pledges Of the most sac'ed
character: who again 10 use his own
words Had sunken so low through
strong drink in spite OF all efforts at
reformation that friends, family &C
quaiutapces, relations, all turned their
backs upon him as creature to be
condemned and avoided" We say 1t
come, with \ pery bad gracs from man
with that experience, TO stand up now
forsOoth because he has at last sue
csedsd in breaking the shackles which
have bound him all these years, and
condemn with anathemas others who
are fighting the same battle he so un.
successfully fought, with the same cur
s1d appetite, because perchance, once
in a while one falls by the waysids.
"Oh, Consistene y thou art a jewel"
His contemplate slur, however,
needs further qualifying. His language
insinuates that the members Of the NJ.
s. r. A. are in the habit o. breaking
their pledges. This assertion is as false
a. the heart from which it emanates. lst
there are OH our roll hooks the names
Of sighty-s'r men who have nsverin any
way violated their obligation, since
they became connected with the club.
Ind. 1t is but very seldom that an ao-
tive member falls, and when this does
happen, as our constitution directs and
or hearts dictate, We immediately
Q SEX him out and use every effort to
reclaim him, and We are happy to state
that in almost every instance our ef
forts have been successful.
In reference to his expulsion We will
merely say that he was not expelled,
and his name was not even mentioned
in that connection. The resolution hs
prates about simply read that it wa:
inexpsdient for any one to b- a men, bel
OF both the NJ S. K. A. and the W. T
r. A. at the present time, as 1t was
deemed unfair to both organizations
that man should be privileged to at
tend the business meetings OF BOTH
Mr.. J. G. Foulk on last Monday even
ing in the Hall of tho NJ. 5. K. A. pub
licy declared that he WAS NOT NOW MOI
HAD MB EvBR BEEN A MEMBER OF TnE w
+. r. A. Taking this declaration il
connection with his assertion in tn,
Herald" the public can judge how
much confidence is to be placed in hi
charges. The concluding sentence o
Mr.. J. c. Foulk's little piece contain
an insinuation which for downright
,eAlumny caps the climax, it reads a
follows
"If our good christian citizens coul
look in upon one business meeting q
this association they would not wonde
that SO many OF those former mem
bsrs have Withdrawn in disgust froI
such an organization.
Now, Mr.. Editor, We cannot for tn
life OF US, and We have attended yer.
nearly 200 business meetings Of tn
club, imagine what there is at presen
50 disgusting about the aforesaid meet
ings. Let us look at the picture. TIL
meeting is opened with prayer, +
which all present give earnest atten
tnu. The Presidents chair is occu
pied by a thorough christian and con
.sistent church mem ber, Ohe first Prrsl
dent of the kind the club has ever had,
against whose character as a temper
ance man or Christian none dar
breathe q word, and all around til
room sit the members, sober, earnest an
n We to the interests Of the club, an
while in addition to the President ther
are sons Is or 80 consistent churc
members, there is exhibited by the en-
tire body suc. regard for decency, re
ligion and morality, that 'our goo
Christian people" could find nothlng
these meetings but what they could con
mend. We do not care to follow Mr.. +
in his TRADE any further at present, a
We think that in his endeavOr to ap
near in the character Of "the muchl
abused, :" he has slightly overshot tn
mark, aud ia conclusion we would sa
to the citizens of Wilmington, that W
sincerely thank them for their assist
.anoe in the past, and will III the futur
as ". have heretofore done, simply le
our WORK speak for U.s. and when ths
work does not meet with their apprt
baton we would ask them quietly
withdraw that support they have
nobly given ~ and then teach US tn
better way. However it may be Of i,
terest to our friends to know that tn
club is better off to-day, tancially mo
ally, and every other way than 1t la
been since our organization. For Will
We did not owpa "a chair previous to tt
"split," We have now quite respects
BILE collection, nearly 200 comfortab
seats belonging to the NJ. S. K. A. ar
thanking Providence that all tempe
ance men are not SO easily sgusted, Y
have fec working members lef: ye