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Liquor possible, and then when their heads become clearer, and moral strength increas I'd get them to sign one against Tobacco, & profanity. I wish thee would please ask them to sign. They will do it for thee & General Howard, much sooner than for me. A number of our men are hard drinkers Oh! this whiskey, and all the miserable trash, how it debases and takes their money. I know you will tell them, well, about making men of themselves. I am ashamed of my color,