Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-07
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
The Temperance Cause.

In;passipg our Market House on Sunday l
sonnd a large number of our citizens congrega-
ted in that place; and on enquiry | was in
formed that few Temperance. men had COM
menced holding meetings in furtherance OF
Temperance principles and Organizations
These meetings have been going on for 9 num-
ber Of weeks, and, [ understand, the interest
the subject is manifesting itself in numbers
signing the pledge. Now [ confess shame and
confusion took hold upon me, that a few faith
ful friends have struggled for some time with
ont help in this noble cause, and l, PROCESSING
to obea good citizen, we'll wisher of the COM
nunity, have given no aid to this cause, even
BY my presence. But after listening to the
gentlemen who addressed the meeting, lone
from Washington, the other one OF our own cit
izens the one porttaying the terrible effects OF
intemperance, the other appealing tous to lend
ahelping hand, that the sadness, caused by
this destroyer, this greatest foe to man may be
crushed in our midst, [ felt an anxiety in re-
gard to the success of this effort, and asked
myself the question, can it be in this place,
where there Is so much intemperance that an
appeal is necessary? Intemperance, oh how
pinesss! [ feel now that with these friends /
can take hold, and help forward the noble ship,
bearing the white, unstaiued banner of Total
Abstinence at its head.
Why is it that we have no city Temperance
Sons of Temperance? We are behind the age
in this What responsibility rests on US -
But this subject shall have my earnest atten-s
ton, and may these few lines awaken like res
olutions in the bosoms of Others To these
gentleman engaged insthe noble work we owe.
a debt of gratitude. God Speed the triumphs
Of this cause. A CITIZEN.
CONSOLIDATION We take the liberty of
presenting the following extract from letter
tothe editors, by talented, vigilant and use
iu member Of the Virginia Legislature from
one Of the Valley counties. Referring to the
reports published in this paper Of the late dis
eussions before the Board of Public Works, he
says:ajM -
81 never before knew why consolidation was
abandoned last winter, and certainly never be-
fore heard of any n essage from Mr. Garrett or.
any one else connected with Baltimore, or the.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, upon this, or any
other subject ofleeislation am freeto say [
would have supported consolidation, as I then
understood it, and at any time, before [ was
enlightened by the discussion before the Board
Of Public Works. Not that [ would have.
forced consolidation upon unwilling stockhold-
ers. I did not so understand the advocates of
consolidation last winter. Tam now convinced
consolidation will only result in sacrificing all
other interests, to build up a gigantic corpora
ion in the interest of New York, without any
benefit to Norfolk. At present, Alexandria
and Norfolk are but way stationssto New York
and Baltimore. If we.are destined to pay a
lifelong tribute to either city, am free to say,
10 my humble judgement, it is the interest of
Virginia to build up great commercial centre
asnear our own borders as possible, and would
infinitely prefer, as between the two, to build
up Baltimore, Southern city One thing at
least am convinced of by late events-the
Board of Public Works must be rcorganized.
This continual casting of the State vote as a
unit against the entire vote of the private
stockholders, is an outrage. ''.-Rticls. Eng.