The Washingtonian., 1845-09-13
The following article appeared in our edito-
rial columns of last week.


"WANTs TO KSow.--We have frequently been
asked the question-why don't the Temperance Gro
and Dry Goods merchants advertise in the Wash
irgtonan We answer, presume there are no
temperance Dry Goods merchants in the city 1t will
be seen, by looking at the head of this paper the
first page that exclude rum-selling Grocers entire
ly from our columns, and thereby take stand point
edy in favor of those who do not sell alcohol and still
there are but THREE GRoCERs who advertise with us
Mr.. Wannell, corner of 9th and streets Mr.. Holiness
7th street, nearly opposite the Patriotic Bank and Mr.
Gould, Louisiana avenue, opposite the Bank OF WASH
ington There may be others who do not sell the
poison, but they do not show their colors. The tenn
perance people wants TO know who they are dealing
with
In reply to the above, the following low,
contemplate emanation of professed tempe
rance man appeared in the " Bee," of Tuesday
last.
"Knowing you to be friend of truth, request
small space in your columns to notice a paragraph
in the temperance paper OF the 9th instant, headed
Wants to knoaD.
"A first glance, was inclined to disregard totally,
being unworthy of notice, in consequence of its pu
sillanimous and glarngly false character in amos,
every particular but knowing that many who perused
the article referred to would regard it correct " not
contradiced, anxious to reply to it, SO as to dsa
buse the minds of its limited number of readers.
"The article states that only three temperance bu-
siness advertise in the columns Of the temperance
paper and that if there Others they do adver
tse in it, because they afraid to show their coors
Such an insinuation l, business man, and tenn
perance man from principle, unqualifiedly charge as
false. never was, and never will be, afraid to show
my colors in any cause more particularly in the go-
rious cause of temperance. Ii is true that do not
advertise in that paper, because prefer and do advcr
tse in those city papers which have circulation of
sufficient extent to justify in the belief that shall
be benefited at least to the cost of advertising and
shall SO continue to do SO long those ,.pers mani
fest the same accommodating spirit to advertise the
cards of temperance men in their columns.
"I'he article concludes by saying that temperance
men want to know where they are dealing. will uo
liberal enough to grant that the writer of the article
may want to know where he should deal to show his
consistency; but general rule, am sorry to say
(and speak understandingy the subecp that very
many professed advocates of temperance, regardless
of consistency deal with those who traffic in alcoholic
liquors, when they could be well supplied at tenn
perance stores. A MERCHANT.
We publish the above article of "a MER-
CHANT" jointly with our own, which appears
to have raised the ire of this teetotaler from
principle. We ask any reasonable man if he
can see any cause in our article for such an
attack? "a Merchant" in the first place,
says our remarks are "pusillanimous and gla.
ringly false" and wishes to make it appear
that he is an open, generous fellow, but he
neither proves our article false, nor does he
come out like an honest man or true teetotaler,
but he shields himself behind an anonymous
signature, thereby proving that he is afraid to
show his colors. Examine the communication
of this temperance man from principle (!)
After expending all the billingsgate against
this paper that his shallow intellect could in
vent, in attempting to disprove fact, he ad-
mits, and sustains, in his last paragraph, the
whole truth and force Of our article-that pro-
fessed temperance men do not do their duty--and
he admits, in his third paragraph, that he is
one of them. The senior editor of the "Bee"
refused to give the name of the author, and
we are inclined TO believe none other than
himself wrote it; for it is of kindred with the
low, contemplate conduct of his which we
exposed some weeks ago-that is, secretly en-