In laying before the public the claims of the temperance cause, in order to secure a greater amount of their attention and support, the committee scarcely know what farther motives to urge most likely to exert a practical influence on their minds, which have not already been brought forward both at public meetings, and by the circulation of tracts, sermons, &c. by thousands, (the talent and production of eminent men) called into existence by the temperance cause. The experience of millions in the United Kingdom prove to a demonstration that the use of alcoholic drinks are unnecessary for the health and comfort of man; there are sixty thousand of our fellow creatures, in this country alone every year falling a prey, to the influence of this spirit upon their system, and be it remembered their numbers are made up from those who boast of their temperance, and would shudder at the thought of ever becoming drunkards; see also the vast amount of poverty, disease, and destitution which the prevalence of this evil entails upon millions of our fellow countrymen which is not confined to the drunkard alone; there are also fifty millions sterling annually spent without a murmur, producing crime beyond calculation, when not the fiftieth part of that sum is raised by all the benevolent and religious institutions together, for the lessening of human woe, the circulation of the scriptures, and the evangelization of the world: let us reverse the picture, and in this town we see homes transformed from the abodes of wretchedness and misery to scenes of comfort and happiness; we could name fifty who were victims of inebriety in its worst forms, persons in every sphere of life once in the most dreadful state of ignorance and brutality, now become sober, clothed, fed, and in their right minds, attending places of worship instead of the public house or taproom; _these are reasons_, which ought to weigh powerfully on the minds of those who wish well to their fellow men, in effectually bringing about a mighty co-operation, for the speedy accomplishment of those happy results, which this society has in view. Here is an object worthy the attention and employment of every one, and in securing which, all distinctions and differences may be set aside, here neither religious nor political sentiments need intervene to prevent that union of effort which is required ere our principles are fully secured, but every one may cast in their portion of assistance and influence until the effort thus made, shall entirely sweep away from our country, the chief, if not the greatest curse, that ever came upon it. The Society (as will be seen by the cash account) is in arrears with the Treasurer; an appeal will therefore be made to the public to enable the committee to liquidate the same and meet the current expenses of the society, as much greater effort requires to be made to put down drunkenness which still abounds to a great extent.