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LoBBY INFLUENcE.-The Philadelphia
Saturday American thus discourseth. g LOB
BY INFLUENCE Analyse it, and it reads,
" "Champaigne wine, Madeira, sherry, gin,
brandy, whiskey and apple-toddy r The
rich harvest of class Legislation, that yields
itself to the sickle Of cupidity each session,
is all traceable to the malignant power Of
the g King of the Furies." Is it not sad
spectacle to behold Legislature ofrepubli-
cans making laws under the influence Of a
power that strikes Reason with dismay and
Justice blind Is it not heart-rending sight
to behold men, sworn on the altar Of their
country to remain loyal to Liberty, sell their
high functions for as much alcohol as will
reduce to the level Of the quadruped! The
|squabbling, riot, tumult, duels, and ribaldry
of Congress and our State Legislatures, are
all to be traced to the power of Alcohol
that stupendous agent Of Anarchy and Con-
fusion-of the passions Of the 'Furies, and
the vengeance of the Demons, who delight
in human desolations. Sons OF TrMPER-
ANcE HE to our Legislative Halls, and plant
your banners there.
Il
tleman who lately visited the capital, thus
| writes -


"A few weeks since was in the city Of
Washington advocating temperance and in an
interview with President Polk, he informed
me that Temperance had and should receive
his countenance and example. Learned from
friend that when the Baltimore Defenders
called upon him, he regaled them with "cold
water;;n and also when the Dauphin Guards
Of Pennsylvania paid him a visit, this cooling
beverage was the drink. Such stand Of the
Chief Magistrate ofour nation is highly COM
mendable, whether we agree in politics or not.
When entered his audience room, my eyes
were greeted with a large pitcher Of water
surrounded with tumblers on the centre table.
May the good work go on, until from the
White House down to the shanty, the cry will
be Hurrah for bright water hurrah ! hur-
rah!!


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