For the Columbian Fountain
The Value Of the Pledge.
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The present is evidently an age of i'm
provement. The spirit of enterprise is on
the wing, sure Of its reward. Literature is
advancing with quick steps, and is pouring
a flood Of light upon the world. Art is
seeking ever to amuse, as well as instruct,
with an increasing variety. Philosophy is
unlocking, with the key of knowledge, the
door Of learning, which has so long been
shut, and promises to reveal thousand
hidden truths to man. Science is moving
forward with rapid strides, and like the
comet in its swift and noiseless passage
through the trackless ether, is leaving be-
hind it a stream Of light. Fashion, the
well known goddess of worldly admiration,
is ushering in upon the gay world con-
tnued change. Custom is frowning upon
that which has long been looked upon as
innocent, and is casting smile of approba-
ton upon that which has called forth the
odious invective of many. The mind of
man is hunting for something new--some-
thing novel. Progression seems to be the
prime aim of man. Invention seems to be
the reward Of ingenuity; and am inclined
to believe that we are a great people, and
that this is great world in which we live !;
consequently, when we attempt any thing
like series Of original pieces, we should
be wide awake. Criticism is looking upon
us with the strictest scrutiny.


In the hasty production of these essays
for your paper, Messrs. Editors, we shall
not attempt to preserve a very systematic
arrangement Of our thoughts, but yield to
their wanderings, and in clothing them
with language, aim rather to be concise,
close, short-than profuse, heightened, la
bored. And being young ourselves, we
dedicate them particularly to your youth
ful readers, hoping that in drawing them
up without precision, they may be in some
measure beneficial to our common cause
The leading features upon which we pur-
pose dwelling, will be the value of the
pledge, and individual responsibility to the
interests of Temperance. S.N.


Washington City, ID. C.