Indeed, the _retailer_, the _distiller_, and he who _furnishes the materials_, must be looked upon as forming a TRIPLE LEAGUE, dangerous alike to private and social happiness, and to the very liberties of the nation. And an awakened people cannot rest till the deadly compact is sundered. Why not, then, anticipate a little the verdict and the vengeance of a rising tone of public sentiment, and at once proclaim the _unholy alliance_ dissolved? Why not anticipate the verdict of an infinitely higher tribunal--why not believe God's threatening, and escape the eternal tempest that lowers for _him who putteth the cup to his neighbor's lips_? Why not cooperate promptly in a public reform that is regarded with intense interest in heaven, on earth, and in hell? O review, as men of reason, and conscience, and immortality, this whole business. And if you have no ambition to _benefit your fellow-men_--if you can consent _to ruin many for both worlds_--if you can persist in _wasting and perverting the bounties of a kind Providence_--if you can outrage the feelings of the most _enlightened and virtuous_--if you can pursue a work of darkness _amid noonday light_--if you can sacrifice a _good name_, and entail _odium on all you leave_--and if you can deliberately _offend God_, and jeopard _your immortal interests_ for paltry gain, then go on--go on a little longer; but, "O MY SOUL, COME NOT THOU INTO THEIR SECRET; UNTO THEIR ASSEMBLY, MINE HONOR, BE NOT THOU UNITED." * * * * * NOTE.--A premium, offered by a friend of temperance, was awarded to the author of this Tract. PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. PUTNAM AND THE WOLF; OR, THE MONSTER DESTROYED. AN ADDRESS ORIGINALLY DELIVERED AT POMFRET, CONN., BY REV. JOHN MARSH. [Illustration: Weeping drunk with wife and child]