For the Columbian Fountain.
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DEAR FRIEND w: have had the pleas
ure of looking over two of the numbers OF
the " Columbian Fountain" Thee will al
low me to say, that am more than pleased
with the design, which the friends OF lem
perance seem to have in view, by the pub
lication of that paper. They have been hap
py in the issue, for this is the exact period
for the publication of such paper in this
District. | think | am not mistaken, and,
though | am no Prophet or the son of a
Prophet, bespeak for it an extensive circu-
lation. The District Of Columbia has need
of exactly such paper at this time. "Therc
is tide in the affairs of men, which, if ia
ken at the flood, leads on TO fortune" Now
is the time; and now the paper will lead on
to fortune. The cause Of Temperance is Of
so much moment, in the view Of all good
citizens that every such person will hail the
paper as a God-send. The excellent men,
whose noble, enterprising spirit prompted
them to engage in this highly praise-w worthy
work, will rejoice to see it prosper in their
hands.


All the Temperance men in this District,
| hope, will aid to further the interests Of the
paper, and by SO doing, they will promote
the cause of Temperance cause which is
worthy the best efforts of the best heads,
and the best hearts. | do not mean by this
remark, to conine the circulation of your
paper to the District of Columbia, by no
means; but, if the friends Of Temperance
here, near the place of ISSUE, should be
backward in its support, how can it be ex-
pected, that persons at distance will be-
come interested in its prosperity But these
remarks may be unnecessary, for the spirit
and enterprise of the Temperance men in
the District of Columbia will, without doubt,
secure ample supportto enable the Commit
tee to send this Ministering Angel to sub
scribers in all the States in the Union. II
ought to be scattered over this continent,
like the Autumn leaves are scattered by the
winds Of heaven. Every Temperance man
in the nation, ought to form channel for
the easy and ready flow of the refreshing
waters of this 6 Fountain" until it shall
have stream'd its rich treasures over the
whole length and breadth of our lovely
land.


Is this saying too much Is this exrava-
giant ? The cold-hearted may think the wri-
ter wild and frantic, but not so, the warm
hearted and temperate. Pause and look at
the wretched condition of the mtemperate
man, his broken-hearted wife, and poor lit
tie starving, innocent children. Consider the
evils intcmperance. Compose yourselves
to serious reflection, and then say, if we
ought not to exert ourselves, as patriots, as
philanthropists, and as christians, to stay the
overaowing tide of intemperance.


Twill not write any more now, with this
wretched steel pen.


Thy Friend, BENJAMIN.


