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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1842
Page
1
A reflective poem contrasts a strong oak with a sickly shrub. The oak endures a thunderbolt while the shrub decays, illustrating resilience versus fragility. The piece explores music in nature’s tempests, distant seas, and comforting voices, ending with romantic rapture and sanctified vows.
An 1830s-style discussion describes a hyacinth bulb grown in a sealed jar with soil and water. The plant flowered in February, suggesting carbon came from humus via carbonic acid gas formed with oxygen. Liebig’s view that humus supplies atmospheric CO2 for plant growth is supported.
A detailed discussion compares azote’s role in plant digestion to animal metabolism. It explains azote forms fibrin like substances in plants, aids coagulation in sap, and parallels animal combustion. The author promises further letters on artificial manures and soil management for two growth periods.
The speaker recounts how he, once indifferent to temperance, joined the Reformed Drunkards in Washington on January 7 and witnessed a global swell of temperance fervor. He argues the movement arises from a moral atmosphere beyond individual effort, facing opposition from moneyed interests and fashion. He defends natural appetite for alcohol as a constructed vice and urges reason to curb it.
The speaker argues alcohol wrecks parental bonds, morality, and society. He denounces intemperance as a powerful evil while urging temperance leaders to avoid party politics and focus on moral reform. He compares temperance to Arethusa and warns against laws or campaigns harming vulnerable people.
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