Mr Isitt Explains.
TO THE EDITOB.
Sib, — Your report of my address at last night's meeting of the Temperance Alliance is. on the whole, a fair summary. But, in the necessity for condensation, some of the statements are divorced from the contest and made to appear somewhat strong. For example, lam made to say that there is no such tbing as temperate drinking ; what 1 tried to show was that the wines uied in this country are bo destitute of the pure juice of the grape and so fiercely spirituous that their nse in even moderate quantities can scarcely be called temperance. Again I am reported as having emphasised my desire to advocate temperance so vehemently as to subordinate all qu stions as to compensation, kc. : what I sought to express was that, ardently as I would seek to advocate temperance, fairness to our. opponent* was a chief consideration and yet that no just claim for compensation could be put forth. These are samples not of inaccuracies but of perhaps unavoidable incompleteness in your report. — I am, Ac, F. WHITMOBE ISITT.
July 19tb, 1887
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Southland Times, Issue 9574, 20 July 1887, Page 3
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