WAsHlNeror, February 10Th, ls46.
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DEAR Sir: | avail myself Of leisure mo-
ment, TO thank you for the friendly wishes con-
tanned IN your note OF January lst, covering
certificate Of my membership Of the +. VT.
A. S.


have not seen the article in the National
lntelllgencer, referred to in your note, and am,
therefore, unable to say whether, in the view
OF The writer of it, have been " reasonable
or an unreasonable drinker." In my own
view OF the case-sitting both as Judge and ju-
fy, and hearing from conscience the arguments
on Doth sides; fear must bring myself in
guilty Of the latter, rather than the former
charge


All men, who use intoxicating drinks habi-
tualiy, are unreasonable; and it needs no argu-
hienl % convince reasonable men Of the impor-
'ant TACT. Il is only the wholly unreasonable,
who deny the truth, and who shut their hearts
against her solemn and oft repeated warnings.
The dram drinker is unreasonable when he
commences the habit; and our insane asylums
give proof, if other were wanting, Of the un-
reasonableness Of its continuance, in the pros
trated intellects Of its wretched inmates. Your
experience and mine of the unreasonableness
OF dram drinking, presume, does not materi-
ally differ. We have both seen interesting and
intelligent beings stumble and fall, at the very
threshold Of lite, miserable victims of intempe-
rance and other sensual indulgences. youth
OF excitement, middle age of debauchery, a
sun down Of clouds. The gallows and all the
terrible paraphernalia of an ignominious death;
have been. lifted up before those who early lis.
tened to the voice OF the charmer and refused
70 break away from her polluting embraces.
Inc drunkard cannot inherit the kingdom of
COP, is the language of the Bible and it is also
the language of common sence. Every leaf
that trembles in the summer air, every green
blade OF grass, the river as it rolls its clear
waters to the ocean, all proclaim this ruth;
and the great ocean itself, gives back, in hol-
low means to its iron bound shores, the awful,
the solemn response HThe drunkard cannot in
hertz rhe kingdom Of GoD."


Were asked, which, Of all the cardinal
virtues ESQ 10 call them,) esteemed the hand
maiden, the legitimate hand maiden of religion,
| should say at once, Temperance. She comes
not from Edom in dyed garments, but in the
white robes Of purity and truth, she extends
her soft white hand and says g in my right
hand are riches, and honors; and in my left
pleasures forever more" To reject her ten
der importuning, is to turn away from vr-
tue, to cloud the morning of life, to make dark
IFS meridian and hopeless It's close.


Excuse the haste in which | conclude and
believe me. Yours truly,


HENRY ]. WILDE.


GEORGE SAVAGE, Esq,