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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1845
Page
2
Correspondent notes the piece is based on a circulating anecdote and deemed too long for publication. The Gambler's Victim is readable but morally disapproved. The editor questions beliefs about the dead and warns against dishonorable acts for personal gain.
The Vair urges readers to support the Southern Cultivator as a boost to agricultural enterprise in Georgia and the South. It praises the work for developing resources and prosperity, notes its low subscription price, and mentions a March offer: Vols I and II bound for ten dollars with ten new subscribers.
The Temperance Society invites a large attendance at the City Hall gathering Thursday night urging both men and women citizens to join. The appeal stresses communal good and asks husbands and sons as well as mothers and sisters to persuade others to attend.
A call to unite for a philanthropic effort invites residents to attend an evening meeting where speeches by local youths will advocate “some service” to the state. The speaker urges action and warns against delays, urging supporters to buckle on their harness for the fight to secure peace and temperance.
The article discusses forming a Thespean Corps by local citizens to improve minds and entertain visitors. It notes funds would support a humane cause after expenses, and argues in favor of amateur performers over money driven entertainments, urging self discipline and moral bearing.
A public critique denounces cock fighting as indecent and harmful to social morals. It condemns participants who ignore community standards and provoke offense by defending the practice.
The piece condemns Hamburg and city residents who fought a main of cocks at the Lafayette Course last Sabbath. It urges abstention from the barbarous practice, arguing it desecrates the Sabbath and harms moral and civic standing. The author hopes such desecration will not recur.
An excerpt from the Lowell Offering rendered in the Savannah Georgian shows Judge Charlton of Savannah praising a poem about a child by a limpid stream. The piece warns of time and mortality and suggests life’s moments are fragrant roses to be kept before death.
A religious pamphlet essay argues temperance against liquor sellers as a threat to society. Rev. Ramsay condemns the drunkard-maker for profiting from vice, urges moral reform, notes Christian virtues, and cites heathen examples to urge early cultivation of virtue and personal responsibility.
A Washington writer urges publication of a temperance fair plan in Augusta to mobilize support and show neighbors concern for moral reform. He argues fairs attract attention from all, especially women, inspiring the public to help the afflicted resist intemperance and reform society.
An Observer editorial argues that citizens must unite to fight the sale of intoxicating liquors for gain, condemning the vice as disgraceful and ruinous and expressing hope that sons will be saved and the public will recognize the sin and iniquity involved.
The Texas National Register letter notes Brazoria residents were ahead, recounting no visits to grog-shops before or after the election and stating alcohol inspiration was not used to sway voters. The writer mentions a Temperance Society active there.
In Brazoria on March 8 1845 the District Clerk race between P J Fisk and J C Wilson ended with Wilson ahead by a single vote after a temperate campaign. Voters cast openly and independently with no tavern influence. The elected candidate is described as qualified and ambitious. The piece notes fine spring weather, increased crop variety including rice and tobacco, and announces upcoming temperance and religious meetings in the district.
A Monday attack on Mr. David Lesly near the Court House is described as a gross assault carried out by Richardson who, it is claimed, was hired by a third party for ten dollars. Lesly contributes to temperance efforts and the village previously shut down grog shops, provoking local ire.
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