Temperance.
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The following letter, (Which appears IN the
Journal of the American Temperance union,)
from the lady of Hon. John M'Lean, of the US.
Supreme Court is of the right stamp:


WASHINGTON CITY March 9th.
To the Secretary Of The Temperance UnjOa:


SIR: We have received the lst number OF the
Sth volume OF your valuable paper, which you
had the consideration to send TO Judge Mclean
lnclosed YOU will receive his subscription for the
present year.


There is no moral enterprise for which the
Christian should more fervently pray, or expe-
ricnce moro spirit. stirring enthusiasm, than the
suppression of intoxicating drinks. May God
awaken the whole world TO its Importance may
every American patriot feel that the national pu-
rity and political prosperity OF beloved coun-
try demand his best efforts III this cause; may
every American woman arouse her dormant cn-
crgics, and exert, for temperance that gentle yet
irresistible influence upon man, the Creator de-
signed she should have; may every mother feel
her imperative duty unaccomplished, until her
sons and daughters arc thoroughly imbued with
the principles Of self.sacrihcing abstinence from
intoxicating drinks, and until they have acquired
the virtue and the courage TO act firply in resist
ing the alluremcnts of this destructive poison


think one of the greatest iRPediments to the
general diffusion Of temperance principles con,
ssts in the difficulty of doing away with the long
established etiquette of the table. The impress
sion of ignorance or meanness, in refusing to
drink wine when asked to partake, still prevails;
and the ornamental appearance which wine GER
tainly imparts, by the accompanying number of
glasses for each guest, with the sparkling decan-
tiers interspersed through the viands, producing in
its effect such beautiful order and gttering ec-
gance, cannot yet be dispensed with by ladies,
who arc ambitious of ostentatious hospitality. In
some instances, even after they have become con-
vinccd, and are willing 10 acknowledge its ruin
Gus tendency, they persist in its use, from total
loss as to the course they should pursue.


Dinners arc usually mere ceremonies. and wine
appears to be SO indispensable apart of the enter.
tainmcnt, that fear a long time will have elaps.
ed before we can effect change by supplying
substitute These false notions of proprety and
etiquette constitute one Of the principal barriers
to the general Suppression of wine as a beverage
Now the inquiry arises, what shall be the RENE.
dy? What can be produced as substitute to
adon the table, produce social kindness and in
tellectual vivacity? What efiectual remedy Is
there for this approved and fashionable sin Will
some one obligo us with suggestions on this sub
ject, through your paper, and thereby confer a
blessing on society?


Respectfully, SARAH BELLA MCLEAN,