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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1837
Page
2
A brief quoted verse attributed to Joan Epcan D D Prof of Divinity from Royal College Belfast urges charity to the hungry and afflicted. The text emphasizes light rising from obscurity and darkness becoming day in time.
In the Philadelphia Observer Dr Beech er disputes an account attributed to him by Mr Musgrave of Balm ore about a conversation at the General Assembly in Pittsburg last year. He says portions were not spoken by him and the whole misrepresents his statements.
The Illinois Temperance Herald reports a well attended Albion gathering by the Total Abstinence Society. A shaded grove hosted speeches by Charles Howard and Wm. F. O’Wolf, with Rev. De Pui leading prayers and a Manifesto against Alcohol read by A. W. Corey. A republican dinner and lemonade followed amid decorum and unity, marking a memorable temperance event in Alton’s history with attendance rivaling any prior public occasion.
An 1837 Alton Illinois manifesto attacks Ascouon as a tyrant. It cites usurpations and abuses, calls for new guards, and accuses him of taxes for paupers and crimes, depots for destruction, and provocations leading to crime and institutions of punishment.
An impassioned anti tyrant speech accuses the ruler of bribery invasion pillage and social decay. It catalogues desolation in border attacks shipwrecks plundered property and moral ruin while urging a break with Albion and independence to end oppression. The address denounces coercion terror and graft across courts churches and homes.
A faction claiming to represent true temperance men announces a bold declaration that all humanity should be free from allegiance to Albion and dissolve alliances. They assert a right to wage moral war to end its dominion and pledge their lives fortunes and sacred honor to support the cause under divine Providence.
The Alton Observer notes new agents for Carthage and Chester, urges subscriptions in Chester, and reports on the July temperance celebration with praise for the Illinois State Temperance Society. It also covers a church and slavery discussion in the legislature, including procedural votes and protests.
The piece discusses the Presbyterian General Assembly facing a crowded meeting in Pittsburg with poor facilities and clergy conduct criticized as vulgar. It notes a New York Observer article on the division over slavery and property control, warning of potential lawsuits and lasting impacts on church structure and ownership, alongside the formation of a German missionary society Tur Gruwan Forrtey Missionary Society.
Letters urge Eastern emigrants to relocate to Missouri to influence elections and end slavery, arguing freemen could govern polls and praising Southern Missouri while contrasting the burden of slavery. The writer calls for a citizen-led reform, pledging loyalty if relief comes, and notes Vandalia’s legislature session with no further news.
In capitalized text the piece asks if Zion will rise and the everlasting gospel throne will cover the world. It proclaims the Dewy fall of Babylon and the ushering in of Zion’s reign within a millennial church vision, urging believers to prepare and act in faith.
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