TO THE LADIES.
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When we were about to commence. the
publication of the g Columbian Fountain
and before we had put our hand to the
plough, our minds were much engaged with
the reelection, that we were about to en-
gage in business which, more than almost
any other, is attended with disproportionate
expense. We were about commencing the
publication Of Temperance paper, where
a few months since, weekly paper of the
same character, and daily newspaper, both
commenced under Aattering auspices, had,
after enjoying brief existence, been aban-
doned as unproductive and Improbable
But this circumstance, SO far from operating
against our project, hastened the accom-
plishment Of it. We looked around, and
our convictions Of the necessity Of such a
paper as the present one became stronger.
We were encouraged to proceed, and one
among the most encouraging views which
opened before us, was the influence which
y0w would exert in ourfavor. In proportion
as the Temperance cause advances its
benign Influences are extcnded--as the field
Of its operations becomes enlarged, and as
mankind become converts to it's doctrines,
in the same proportion are your sufferings
diminished, your comforts increased, and
your present and future happiness enhanced
and secured.