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| traffic, and not few who love TO drink the
!" delightful beyerage,V that make loud
noise and talk, with great swelling words,
against the temperance reform; but we
know, too, and it affords us great pleasure,
that many, very many Of the brightest or
naments of our country are the uncompro-
missing enemies of alcoholic drinks, and the
| firm friends and able advocates for the tenn
perance measures. These gentlemen, 10
whom we now refer, are men OF the fnest
minds and the purest morals. The bril-
liancy of their intellects would shine into
the shade thousands of these little creatures
that whine and snarl at the benevolent ef-
forts Of the temperance brotherhood TO BAN
ish from the land an evil so grievously
affecting to individuals and to the whole
nation.


Messrs. Editors, you are, from your posi-
ton, better prepared to judge what Would
be a judicious course to be pursued, as it
regards the proposition to change the Char
ter for the purpose you mention II it can
be done without compromising our funda-
mental principle, then we shall heartily con-
cur. 1t would certainly be an admirable
thing if the Charter were SO changed, and
all the voters Of every ward in each city or
town in the District would cast their votes
against the legalized traffic and use of that
| deleterious article. 1t would be bright
page in the history Of our ten miles square.
1t would, indeed, be jubilee 6 Sons
Of Temperance y would send their songs Of
praise floating on every breeze-the voice
of triumph would fall on the ear like sweet
music upon the soul It is sometimes said,
we go too fast for public sentiment. lf pub
lie sentiment is ignorant, who is to enlghten
it? If it is wrong, who is to rectify it.
Must the people be left without instructors,
find out what is right and what is wrong
Let the "Sons Of Temperance shine on,
and shed their light all around. 1t is light
that makes manifest-LIGHT and LOVE, the
motto of our beautiful temperance banner


LEWIS.