The Columbian fountain., 1846-02-03
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TIE COLIN BIk FOUNTAIN
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEB. s, la46.
IHBEE REASONS. FoR SIGNING the
.sgr rLEDGE. hr N est'is

IHBEE. REASONS. FOR SIGNING .rliE
rLEDGE. ftst 4 3s'ifsA
4 lst. BY signing, you can more easily resist
,empt,pn !, ,ASteeahy 10 Your own dehni.
ton, you are a temperate man nov, or, N
other words. YOU have not. acquired i fond,
ness for strong Jnnk. and rarely take glass
,herefore You have no fear Of ever becoming
rasdrunhahl rBaa.s e,. ate 4oe,able. and u the
.nbtpg VI tha, virtue 70 be. perverted. ,yont
danger consists No one could induce you. BY
fcsee Of aggprpen, OF ,persuas'op,i e berome !
dranlaFd YOU wspld spurn The orguIpenf
and those who offer them = Bn'. like oil ment
,yep ,ha2'sad tolhefable POINT. Your heart .
400 ganarons, TO Ne upfrenjly, YoM felt
ssduv 10 rdnribu.e 10 ,he happiness oI every
circle "a witch You are introduced. You ''iael
4 W,,h friends on festive ner1sonss The Winf
3elass is ,ire,n,ed-~it wpili be uBsocichle,
yor srinsly Judge. % decline. and you drink
That glass may prove your rum. No man hss
comes ,lrurkard a, once, Every -uniorlun
ats int briae traces his fall 10 tbonghtiess az
ton. ora habit contracted. when he did moi SD
much rs dream 81 what would be its saj re
& fulta Sign The Pledge. and you, save, your
+ self, without iDc,rnngshc charge Of; inciviiiiy
y No gentleman ,of lady will len,pt you 70 for-
!. feit yn,Ir honor, when they learn ,lls, Your
phfne il appended ID That instrument. 'ihi>
n fact is illustrated by an incident in the life d
! Mr. Marshall. formhr'ya a representative from
. kenlucky. Soon after Mr.. NJ signed llle
Pledge, he was invited TO dine with ihe presi
2 dert He aecep'ed the ineiiauon, and, among
other agreeable thinss: tound his seat n close
. lproxmitywith two ,agteeahle ladies, \, Wine
I. being introduced, he was challenged 70 drink
by both ladies at the same lime, Mr.. M, was
sadly elnbarrassed---lol dachne would destroy.
his pre,ensions 10 gailafitry Ito comply, won ID
he to forfeit his word as, a man. Acting, how
ever, on The MAXIM that ]. honesty is the bek,
policy he said Ladies, l'nr cold water.
boy y The ladies' tapologized, and Mr.. M.
was relieved. ssba 'iii c4tIa yf sr'a
.1 3D. BY signing the Pledge you strengthen
those who, have signed, and give impetus to
the cause. Men are social beings. and, therr-,
fore. never satisfied TO engage in any enter.
prise taloue. The general ,endency is to fol-.
7 low the imuati,ude, whether II be tot good pr'
evil. Lel those who have signed the Pledge
see their friends rally around them, and the
encouragement will confirm their adherence 70
the cause. In proportion as Total Abstinence
becomes honorable and popular, drunkenness,
i or even moderate drinking, becomes disgrace;
1ful. The ship of Intemperance is leaky al
ready, Let us lend oor. breath to swell the
gale OF popular condemnation, and soon will,
we have the satisfaction fseeing her 60 down
70 rise no more. . But J hare no nfusnss ~
Yes yop have, my friend, No man or wo.
, man is without it, Be it small, il is beiter to
contribute than to withhold even mite from,
good cause. A single thread will not hold
ship but a collection of them forms cable
Sufficiently strong for the purpose. What il
!, syety llttls rain-drop would say, saItis no use
for me 70 fall on the, earth I would soon be
swallowed up, q drawn back 10 The clouds BY
! TIE attraction Of ,he sun, nand, ac,ing on that
principles stay up ip nnid+air' The est,h
!, would never be refreshed with fruitful show,
} ers- lfaevery iiite rill should withhold its
waters because they are comparatively insis.
snifeaut, no steamboats, would glide along our
rivers. and no ocean palaces would steer Their
/ way along the mighty deep. Though you do,
I moi drink. by signing YOU NAV induce some
iieDe that does to sign also he NAV influence
third person; and so on until an incalculsble
! amount Of good is done. ~ e4 a
.ss 3D.. BY signing You help 70 remove one of
D the most formidable obstacles the cause of
Z. ,empefance has to encounter-.Im mean the pre-
IvaIencs Of groggerie.. 1t is vain 20 expect =
b thorough reformation while these establish
rbents exist Many inebnates would be sober
hIer, were they out ofthe reacsbof temptation
biIt drunkenness has become disease with
them, and they cannon resist the cravings Of a
morbid appetite when liquor is ex posed 10 Their
4 giew. ByrunitiDs with the friends OF Total
Abstinence. you assist in bringing the rum
seller 20 reflection. When the array OF the ab.
] ssiuence army becomes mighty, he will per
eeive that the business is wrong. and give il
{ up. The nsodns opera,,di is this. His gains
Htvniulsh AZ Total Al,<tinence rrev,;lc .bs,J,oL.