Holly Springs gazette., 1845-02-08
TEMPERANCE.
From The National IntellIgencer.
REASONS FOR TAKING THE

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4 letter 10 the President of Freeman's Vig
iLaut Total Abstinence Society, Wash>
ingtOn
Mr.. PBEsIDENT-I never heard ten
perance lectare in my lie. L never read
one-but short time ago | took the tenn
perance pledge for the following reasons
lfyou thnk It will do any good you are al
liberefty 10 publish them the next meeting
Of the Society Of my young trIends
will perhaps, recognise the writer, and
bear witness 10 his sincerity and truth.
REASONS FDR TAKING THE PLEDGE.
Because the habit of drinking intoxicating
iiuuor is an insidio1s an insinuatlng dis
ease, that steals upon man slowly, surely
aud fatally.
Because the appetite for strong drink
"orows with what it feeds on" and there's
fore cannot be satisfied
Because one glass disposes me to drink a
second aud that still more. "a third, and so
on increasing in more than geometrical Pro
gression
Because when under henfuence ofspir.
ituous liquor, feel badly, look badly and
behave badly sometimes foolishly, some>
times outrageously.
Because after a froic | am nervous and
sick. mortified. ashamed. and disguised
| Because it is more or less Injurious to my
health in proportion 10 the quantity drink
undermining and sappng my consttu>
lion, and at first, but plainly and irreparably
/ when too late 10 arrest it.
( Because il is sutieclng me to useless
and enormous expense--for il is not mere
/ ly the liquor pay for, but when under lis
I Influence, feel rlch, and spend money fool
ishly IN various ways:
Because, when urged To drink, | can
settle the matter al once, and escape all In
porlunity but merely saying that 1 an a tea
/ totaUef
/ Because bv becoming member of the
temperance society, lose all interest In tav-
erLS, cofeehouses. grog shops ard grog
geries, | save much valuable time-I avoid
+ contracting other bad habits to which drink
/ ing leads. feel more respected by others
! Because no man aohO drinks ardent sptr-
ats at all IS sure thGt he aciU aos die drum
lard L: is idle to talk of 'firmness,n of
self control" of the power to resist this
habit, while still induIging IN it, WELD
to no man in point of frmness but common
sense and the hosiery of every drunkard
teach me, that each successive glass ren>
ders US less and less capable of controlling
this perEicious vice. The greatest man
that ever hved-lhe conqneror of the world
he who wept that he had no more worlds
TO conquer died al drunken revei, and died
the drunkard's death And lcAo among
Us shall say. | have more frmness.
more selfcontrol than Aierander2 But
he was not alone How many-how
rery many bright stars that nave risen in
the intellectual armament, and in unciouded
splendor, have at length set again and been
quenched in the lCrid fumes of alcohol bat
s.ot one-no, not one, ever arose above the
horizon by its aid or influence.
Finally, took the temperance pledge be-
cause. in every part ofthe world, and 10 ev-
cry State IN this Union. have been all nv |
life a fashionable. and withal, "a pretty good |
drinker," and never yet heard or could |
discover the first sound reason for the prac. |
tice.and Idefy he verries tdrunkard in or out |
of Christendom to produce IL.
Young men am one of you. il IS but
hor. time since joined the Society. and |