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TEMPERANCE WAsHlsGTox.-Thc was a
general meeting of the friends OF the temperance
Cause AT Washington on the evening of the 26,h
ultimo The Madisonan gives the following
sketch of the address delivered by the Hon THos
+. MARSHALL, of kentucky. who has recently uni
ted himself To of the Temperance Associations
in that city


Mr.. Marshall first alluded to himself, and said
that although the world and the press had seemed
To settle the question, that he was Il drlllkard, he
must be allowed TO say that such had never bcchis
character. He had never been in the constant habit
ofrpplins-ncycr taken his regular morning biter,.
His were periodical sprccs with his .iovial compa-
Mons, members of the Legislature like himself;
things 10 bc laughed at when the headache and the
consequences were past These periodical sprec$,
he found however. as he grew older, came closer
and closer together; at first they like angels
visits few and far between but the Intervening
time became shorter and shorter; vet never had he
felt an nvcrpowelng desire for strong drink until
the morning Of the day on which he signed the
pledge; j, then nc felt that he must conquer
,r d IN