For the Columbian Fountain
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Mr.. EDITOR: SIR--One of your correspon-
dents has undertaken to sensure the managers
and all concerned in furnishing wine and
lille Ueak punch at balls. Certainly they don't
intend that the gentlemen should make beasts
of themselves by drinking to excess. But il
a few should SO far forget themselves as TO be-
come intoxicated, | don't think the whole com
pany should be held up 10 the community as
drunkards. And can't tell why the wri,er has
selected the balls given by the fremen and
other useful citizens, for special attack. True,
he does allude 10 ''cabinet breakdowns," but
passes them by as if they were privileged or
der, who have right TO deuge themselves,
and The community with drunkenness, withou,
word being said about ii. differ with your
correspondent, if this is his understanding Of
the matter. If it is wrong for shop-keepers,
mechanics, SIC. TO get drunk, ii is wrong for
Secretaries, Senators, and Representatives 10 get
drunk; and as the last named are considered as
the best educated, the most genteel, and pos


sessing the most wisdom, if there is any thing
wrong in the matter, / think those gentlemen
are most to blame. But perhaps some will


say, very fcD Of the above named dignitaries
get drunk; they may drink bottle or two of
Champagne, bul it can't be possible that many
of them get what is generally termed drunk.
wish these doubters could attend these splendid
parties and balls, where more money is spent
in one night than is collected for the poor dur
ed and digni6ed Senators and Secretaries pour
the liquid poison into their frail tenefnents Of