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Mn. EDIToR: On perusing your paper Of
the 23d, was thunderstruck at the appella-
ton Of the rum party in Congress- Sir, | re-
joice at the progress Of so good cause as The
one you advocate, having seen its benefits am
ply demonstrated; hut, Sir, do not approve
Of the means employed BY you TO accomplish
90 great and glorious a purpose. @
Sir, the instrument is. inadequate to the
achieXernent Of such desirable end. think,
cir, ~ members 10 Congress were right in re-
fusfhg ,cgive permission 20 your society to
hold 4 meeting in their Hall for the avowed
PutPoss of launching out bitter invectiyes
agal6at The whole House for the faults Of a few.
dsprecate the malice displayed by you on re-
ceivihg the negative reply to your unnerited
request i.rs NJ IN
hope, as friend, you will substitute per-
suasion for compulsion, for much may be done
BY persuasion, but nothing BY compulsion.
Psi should like 70 have reply, if you
can make time convenient, Yours, &c.
WIFI. sli N III is GOSPEL.
CAPrruL HrLl, Feb. s25. lO46.
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction"
Gospslttesh frequently comes home to the
mindl pf men with force equal TO the thun-
der'slssoand. But il is always preceded by
the bright lightning fash Of conviction, and
followed BY tears Of repentance, which pre-
Pareaahe soul for the reception of the truth,
and W. epjoymens Of the happiness conse
quent upon consciousness of doing right.
The designation, Rum Party in Congress-"
is truthful. There Is a rum party in Con-
gress--9we call things by their right names
we wish we could bring the truth home to
this party vince Them of the pernicious
influence their example exercises upon COM
munity induce them TO renounce the inebri-
ating cup, and persuade them to drink only Of
Natuse's nectar, provided by the Almighty in
rich abundance !, adapted to all their wants,
and admirably suited to every and all circum-
stances in which mankind may be placed
Failing in this, it is our duty to hold up to
them xhegconsequences which must result
from a continuance Of their Incorporate hab-
its. THIS we shal do, let who will be thunder
struck. # Gospel" does not approve of our
course, let him suggest q better.
We are, it is true, only an instrument in this I
great work, Of ourselves we can do but lit
Tie; butiHE who rides the whirlwind and
directs the storm "--who stands at the helm
Of the ship Of Temperance, will aid US in our
endeavofs He can supply our inadeguacy
to Hin we look for aid and assistance. Did
ever any one appeslto Him in vain2 1t is
our pride and pleasure, our solace in difficulty,
and our consolation in trouble, to know that
we are engaged in cause which He ap-
proves, which has received his high sanction,
and which He win carry on TO full and COM
plete success. Astt
As regards the. refusal Of the members 10
grant the use Of the Hall to the Congressional
TemperaAce Society, for the purpose of hold
ing meeting 10 advance the interests Of the
cause, every man viii, Gas he certainly has a
right to, form his own opinion. Gospel
has expressed his--we claim the same privi-
lege.
We have never avowed, Cor purposed) an
intention 10 "launch out bitter invectives"
against The whole sr part Of the House, or
againstpny individual, party, or sect. On the
contrary, we h0ve avowed an opposite inten-
ton, and we would thank Mr.. Gospel to show
NJ. il b can. when, where, and in what par
ti<ular instance, we have departed from our
He il altogether mistaken in supposing that
we were, Care, or can be, actuated by "ma-
lics." We are, solely and wholly, actuated
by desire 10 DO good. So far, at least, our
essse;snes approves our course, and we hope
our past ard future action will meet the ap-
proyal II Heaven.
In conclusion, wemust say-rEs GOSPEL"
b rather Apocryphal.