Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-01
these few words 20 the REGISTER for pub
LEGATION.

Does he not understand ID meaning VI
the sentence: II gave neither my name
nor my support to that eall?" Further
I never wrote in my article that DIR. sess'
Ter denied having signed that call Of the
10Th inst, but that he wrote to say he had
never given his name for a Prohibition
needing; that the last sentence is true, The
West Virginia Stats ZeitURg will prove.
Certainly the most worthy divine, Mr..
Dryden, puts very cautiously in my mouth
"And / have a letter before me from DR.
Sessler, denying that he ever signed tbs
call" emitting the words, ITO \ Prohibi,
tinn meeting" ask every man: Was
not compelled by DR.. Sessler's letter IL
suppose that two calls were presented u
DR.. Sessler? The first one for a meeting
ito find ways and means to establish
and support morality" he cheerfully sign
ed; the other one for a meeting to support
q Prohibition amendment, he expressly re
fused? The call, published in the news
papers for the 10Th, with DIR. Sessler's sig
nature, invited expressly TO a Prohibition
meeting. Therefore I..hsd to ask, andiass
again: How does this compare with the
principles of these pious gentlemen (SeS
sler included, if his letter Is untrue), whC
want 10 lead the people of Wheeling in The
work of reform, especially With the prin
ciples of Mr.. Dryden" Very easily the
latter can dispense every suspicion, if be
shows US the manuscript of the call signed
by DR.. Sessler in his WI hand writing.
Either DR.. Sessler is untrue in his letter
or the most worthy divine, Mr.. Dryden,
has deceived DR.. Ssssler. The public may
decide, if l am right or rot. Now might
inform the English reading portion of ouI
community of the tactics that are being
used by the friends of prohibition.
Besides, l believe that Mr.. Dryden could
avoid his insulting and uniustitied attack
against me and the Office | Gil with the
same honor and success as he does, that II
is ungentlemanlike, TO doubt Of my sd
briefly and morality because / drink a glass
of wine and never offended anybody, and
to upbraid me with cowardice and dis
courtesy. And if Mr.. Dryden, rs he states,
is superior in morality and sobriety, he
has 10 learn very much more in culture,
education and gentlemanlike department.
Furthermore, why does the most worthy
divine, Mr.. Dryden, always speak about
temperance and avoid the Prohibition so
~anxiously? l cannot comprehend, that he,
by his wisdom, does not know the import
ant difference between temperance and Pro-
hibition, a difference as great, ~ between
day aud night. Or shall believe that lie
does not want to know that difference?
1t seems to me Mr.. Dryden thinks l. is
good fishing in troubled water and to cast
mist before the eyes Of the public. Speak
it out clearly. What do you favor? Pro
hibition or temperance? Very nice. SdctiO
er Unique leonem.
To speak about the long explanation OF
the most worthy divine, Mr.. Dryden,
touching my opinion of prohibition or
temperance, would be s%upertluous, because
| am not a Methodist and have another
point of view. What will be the advant-
age to explain my opinion repeatedly.
The Prohibiti0nists do not want and can
not understand my arguments, aud l CAN
not base my opposition on sectarian doc
trines or manitestly false principles OF
morality. Bnt | want to mention one
thing. A gentleman respects the opinion
OF his opponent and tries to refute it, but
he does not try to make it ridiculous by
tasteless, plump and insulting feers in
order to hide his W incapable
ity. Horace, the Latin poet, says:
"Di6fcilr est Sdtirdm non scJibere." Fear
and sheer are no arguments and not APP
piled in such case. The opinion, my good
step. brother charges me, ! bad said about
the consistency Of prohibition with the
word of God, / have never uttered. The
West Virginia Stdats Zeitung proves it, and
the source of that absurd assertion must
have originated in his WI or his trans)a-
tors brain. Really ridiculous is his as
that my question: Who ia the Euro
pean sttorney-at.law that declares prohi-
biti0n constitutional? is IN insult 10 the
intelligence of every American citizen.
We are not living in Europe, but in AMER
lea. We do not need the opinions OF foreign
The gentleman has forgotten
that he left Germany some years ago.
Very well. | think tins question was very
inconvenient to my good step brother, but
| must ask, because the report OF the pro-
hibition meeting says: Rev. CAN'T lin his
morning speech quoted the decision Of the
Supreme Court. = and the iCrittep
of the most eminent ,Jurists in Inner.
ica and Europe, 10 shOw The cOnsfitutionalty Of
The pr0hibitiOn amendment. q sdncin sim
Furthermore. The anarchism,
the principle Of the bad "Dutchmen," |
mean Germans); how can the most worthy
divine omit it! What a wonderful discov-
cry for Wheeling, made by my dear step
brother! Rev. Ulferti is an anarchist. OthOu
good people Of Wheeling thou dost not
know what a pernicious fellow thou lodgest
in thy midst. Beware! But / refer the
good English speaking people OF this city
to the REGISTER OF the 18th inst, which
contains an extract from one Of my sermons,
and an editorial, saying: "These gentle
men Werder and Ulfert represent a large
and influential class OF our citizens
a class that ~ not often heard
from, who are not demonstratiye,
who are temperate, lar abiding, orderly and
Furthermore, every citizen
of Wheeling who knows me must say /
highly esteem the constitution and law Of
nv new fatherland. The members Of my
congregation can confirm that ] arose,
whenever there was an opportunity, manly
against anarchism and similar efforts, and
did gcOndemn such efforts with sharp
words as an unlawful excess against the
prosperity of this country. How far can
spite and jealousy, fanaticism and youth.
ful reconsideration carry a pious Metho-
dist minister
/ am sure he does not faithfully re-ccho
the sentiments Of q large portion Of the
noble and reasonable members Of the
Prohibition party. Many staunch sup
porters Of prohibition regret the utterances
OF extremists and fanatics like the most
worthy divine, Mr.. Dryden. Do not be
proud of your work, MI. Dryden! When
you would be 50 kind to search the impress
sion your article made On good people,
you will find instead of consent, indigDa.
ton, that a minister of the gospel acts like
a child, without sense. and consideration.
Of course, similarly minded people like
you will applaud.
In speakingabout the wisdom, etc, of Mr..
Dryden, | do not presume upon his honor.