New-York tribune., 1841-12-01
< WEDxEsDA. MORNING, DECETIREn /. 1871.

and exnerience show to have been ore of the
nest prsliic sources of all our woes! Do we
profess to be disciples Of Him who came into the
world and sacrificed even his lie for the salvation
Of our race. and have We so little Of that loys
which aetualed him, that We cannot make the
small sacrifice which we request for the good Of
our follow me7, and ia prepare the way for the
triumph of hi. pure and holy gospel in the world
VIII the wealth which we hope to acquire by the
traffic compensate Us for being tue cause OF much
evil to the bodies and the .os!s of men! We can
not plead ignorance as an excuse in this day when
the truth has been brought out so plainly that none
in this CITY, but those who wilfu.ly shut their ey-s.
can avoid seeing it. If we determine TO persist
in this business which is scattering desolatien and
death over our land. what opinion may We expect
our fellow men to entertain OF u But above
all, how shall we stand and what shall we ap-
pear, as very soon we must. before the Judge
ment seat of Him who requires uu to love our
neighboras ourselves! Our principle /. tha, Of to-
tai abstinence from all intoxicating drink. as bey-
erage and all participation in their manuac,urc
and SALE the only principle, We believe, By which
cur country and world can be saved from the mos,
frightul desolations which have been permitted to
afiict the human race. We are aware that many
good men have looked upon this as an impracti-
cable and ultra principle, and have entertained un-
defined fears that the Temperance Reform would
be carried too far, bu, we have never met with one
who could assign satisfactory for his fear.
Suppose the reform should be carried to the very
extreme of ul;raism possible in the case. Sup
pose that every man. woman and child in this coun-
Try or in the world should unite with Total ABB
-,nence Society and become pledged to abstain
from all inloxica ing drinks as a beverage, what
great evil could arise from such ultrai-n We
enueat every man not TO be kept back by ground
less, underlined fears, from helping this good
work Examine the whole subject carefully, nsd
if YOU can discover any serious evils, political
cal, moral or religious. to counterbalance the i'm
mense good that would result from the ultrasm
above supposed. bring them forth 10 light, that
NAV tako the guage of them.
their origin in the dclusive habit which any are in
of using wine or some other intoxicating drink,
and in the perncious usages and fashions Of Soci-
ety. we enrcat them for tncir own sake, as we'll
for their fellow men, to cast aside those fears and
ion us in this work. Allow Us TO say that se-
evc one month total abstinence from all intoxi-
eating drnks-one menth's use of good cold
er-lhc pure ale of heaven will dssipate ali these
fears, dispel the doubts and darkness. from their
minds on this subject, and shed abroad light which
will enable them to feel and realize and rejoice in
some of the blessings of the temperance rciorma-
ZION in its present imperfect state aad to form some
conception Of the glorious results which will attend
its triumph in that utraism which they now
much dread. If any doubt the correctness of our
opinions on this point, est them by making the ex-
pertinent fairly and we have no fears for the result.
TO the support of this principle wc would give
our example; to its wide diffusion by lecture, and
the press, we would give portion of our wealth
and as far rs practicable, we woulI aid in saving
Tho unfortunate druakarl from destruction and
raising him TO sobricty, responsibility and useful
ness.
Thus we submit our objcc; a1d aim in forming
a Merchants Temperance Society in the City Of
New-York to the mercaatiIe community in which
We dwell, and respectfully solicit their counienance
and cooperation.