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 annual tax imposed upon the United States by the existence and operation of ardent spirits, in all their diversified relations, might be fairly set down at the round sum of 130 millions of dollars. Let any considerate man look at this, and he will be prepared to lift his voice, and heart, and hand, against the very existence of this tremendous evil. I will not tell you what might be done, if the proceeds of every drop of ardent spirits annually consumed in these United States were judiciously applied to strengthen and beautify our country, and reform and save the world. With an annual income of 130 millions of dollars, saved by the entire disuse of ardent spirits, and this country would stand on a pinnacle almost as elevated as heaven. This income would pay off the national debt in little more than five months. In two months and seven days it would equal in amount the annual revenue of the United States. This money, saved from the all devouring throats of drunkards, would, in a few years, accomplish every thing that this nation could wish to do, either at home or abroad. It would run a canal along every water course ; stretch a national road from the Bay of Passamaquoddy to the Gulf of Mexico ; build a navy that would line our coast, and bid defiance to every invader ; and plant a second North American Republic on the shores of the great Pacific. In two years it would furnish a fund which would give the Bible and a Gospel Ministry to the entire population of our globe.