The Columbian fountain., 1846-02-03

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Mr. EplroRk II you please, we r''l pay
our respects to y ohrr correspondents Bailey
Iiie is quite champion for alcohol lsew
wduId',, dustS lfaveslam wppointsd A tier Z
ney General for the united forces Of the enc:
'mNF lIvisiceftsmly TOO nuportah,Aa PR
sonage 10 be overlooked entif4lya We shall
ms doebt soon i,eaf III his ssiesai,on4 asur
has acknowledged tina, he was too passion
ate IN his lormer communication, and III his
last seems to make an efinft TO rbe. sScalm. !"
hui, he has too much spirit write with
steady hand He says" Lewis and SAN.
nel md others ofyoar correspondents write
as Il they ere. sure tha, truth was aif on
their side oi the question He then ar
cues that il question is g deLateahIe I" that
is proof that the truth is not all on one fide.
tWelI, suppose we admit that--ttlen tie, ar
gument is as conclusive against himself as
! il is against MS. But'Ba!ey must BE- tspght
that there is more than one. question on
subject connected with the cause We plead
\ Let us sec If they ARE all. "uvbaaeble. !" is
4 the drinking of Intoxicating liquors to
drunkenness, q benefit Or an ihjary = TO the
Individual, to his wife, TO their o.,illren, to
The, neigEboriood, - The nssions who
would undertake TO naintaia that il is be-
neit. Any one in the nation' Would Ba+
ley No one, certainly, but msniac - not
even the poor runfort1nate inebriate himself,
ia his lucid moments Magnificent logic,
indeed I Now, The single fact, saysB ley,
,hata question is ''debateable, !, is proof po-
sitive that the truth is:sot all on one side
| of question. This was said to prYve tha,
the truth is not on the side Of Temperance
therefore, It mnst be on the side Of intem-'
perance! This is the mighty mind that
proposes to teach Temperance men how to
reason! What pity that Wesley, and Rush,
and Fisk, and Beecher, and Edwards, and
Frelinghuysen, and others, Of equal minds
and morals, should not nave their shallow
ness filled up by this flood Of light nov
poured upon the world by this. remarkable
genius, who signs himself Bailey! The
|" Total Abstinence pledge = is ,sure and
certain preventive of drunkenness If strictly
adhered 10 by them who sign il. is this ode
batable z" Surely every one knows that
it is absolutely certain that no man will be-
come drunkard if he never drinks intoxi-
eating liquors, and thateevery drunkard wilI
become sober man if be never drinks al
coholic liquors again. 5e. -.aa.gs H.
Where now is B.'s argument drawn
from-his "single fact that a question is
Edebateablem What has that to do with our
cause? We do write as if we were aabsoIote.
y certain that the truth is on our side
What would B, have:us to dna Write as
i. we thought we. were in error He must
not expect us to observe his dictation. --
We kr,ot' we have The truth, that truth,
too, that conmends itself to every mans
conscience, or rather to every man that
has conscience void Of offence Con
science is the testimony and secret judg-
fneut of the soul. which gives its approba.
tion to actions that il thinks good, or re-
proaches itself with those which il believes
TO be evil, Does BPS conscience approve
Of his course That question is adebatea
bic" 1.-The is an intelligent man, his con-
science mus. condemn him If he is in
ignorance, It's possible bis conscience may
approve Of his actions. Which side Of the |
question will he takes He may have his
choice. 'sThe single fact that it is de- |
bateobIe, is proof positive that we cannot
tell which side has the TRUTH nH H
|. If he is in ignorance, we advise hin, to
seek information before he undertakes
70 instruct others. If he is well informed.
and his conscience condemns HIM we ad.
wise hun, next time he writes. to send his
confession, and thus make his pelce before
he goes hence, Mr.. Editor, we most hear
lily congratulate you, that 50 promising !
,poroo,o q.