A DESERVED IlEBUKE.
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We take the following from the Baltimore
Saturday Visiter. The incident was related in
the course Of an address by Selby Parker, OF
Washington city, delivered alta recent public
meeting OF the Washington Temperance So
ciety at Baltimore st4 4t8


"Mr. Parker alluded to the intenperance
practised in Congress ss-said that there are two
groggeries in adjoining apartments to the Hall
Of Representatives, where the Hon. Members
resort, and take their daily potations, and to
this he attributed all the quarrels that take
place in that body. He Of course, did not in
clude all the members in the guilt for there are
some honorable exceptions. He related one
interesting case, in point. The President of
the United States invited number Of gentle.
men 10 dine with him, one day during the late
session, among whom was the Hon. Lewis G.
Levin Of Philadelphia. The wine bottles were
lplen.ifully set around, the table. The Presi-
Z dent sent the waiter 10 Mr.. Levin requesting
{. the privilege to drink his health in glass of
wine Mr.. l.. paused an instant, and pushing
Mc WIuC SAooS ouu WHtC AOAs htAhS iAC uCAASu
a glass of water, arose and said: "Mr. Presi-
dent, you request to drink my health in glass
of that which Is neither calculated to
promote your nor my health, but which has
destroyed that OF thousands. Permit me, sir,
to drink yours in a glass Of pure water, the
beverage which God has SO plentitully sup
piled for our use." The President thus pub
licly and effectually rebuked, put down his
wine, took up a glass Of water, and drank
Mr.. L.'s health also in the pure beverage"


1--WE add to the above, that the whole of the
members are in some sort to blame, because they
do not make a move 10 put il away. When the
Hon. Mr.. Briggs was there, he had the moral
courage to introduce and press tho subject, and
carried il in the House, but the Honorable Sem
ators could never be brought to act. We called
their attention to it last winter. If we live, we
will be al them again, and they win find us trou-
blesome customers il they refuse to do right We
shall never let them rest until they put the stuff
from the Capitol Z"