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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1843
Page
2
A temperance periodical appeals for facts on temperance and its cure. It thanks Savannah and Wrightsboro readers for donations and support, notes new temperance societies forming, and invokes divine blessing for the cause.
A temperance banner lauds the editor of the Cherokee Advocate for steadfast anti vice work and calls for more subscribers. The Cherokee Advocate, published in Marietta Georgia, is praised as well conducted with an optimistic outlook for moral reform and exchange with the Augusta Washingtonian. A temperance dialogue and a New England Village temperance picnic are described as examples of doing good and social virtue.
The passage lauds a conductor and choir, praising soloists and choruses, and attributing respectability to the band. It expresses hope he will speak well for the temperance reform and exchange praise with others, noting satisfaction in pure libations of nature and cordial rewards.
A fragment from a period piece discusses Washingtonians and a band of robbers, then recounts a pleasant picnic in Columbia County with reflections on scenery and transportation. The author notes no liquor on board and cites Pope on self-love while contrasting enjoyment with political levelling.
The piece praises Sabbath observance and Sunday rest, noting Charleston discussions and the Charleston Mercury stance as exemplary. It urges editors to adopt a rest-day rule for their offices and hopes printers and the wider public enjoy Sabbath privileges. It also mentions temperance buzz and a sparring match report, then describes a large naval cannon by Captain Stockton with a trial shot at Sandy Hook.
A New York Evening Post writer quotes officials saying the colossal seventy four gun cannon is within five miles of its target across the bay. The immense ordnance is slated for the stern of a large warship under construction at the Mary Yard in Philadelphia.
A Washingtonian and a rum seller debate morality and profits in a sharp exchange. The Washingtonian touts gains as conscience, neighbor esteem, and heavenly favor while the rum seller demands tangible money and material rewards. The temperance advocate cites freed individuals and restored families as true wealth, contrasting spiritual gains with material riches.
A dialogue escalates with calls to avoid begging and to keep up resistance. References to marching on rivals, stripping pretensions, and exposing poverty aim to bolster resolve and prepare for further actions.
An editorial denounces dueling as a disgrace to republicanism and a deadly, unlawful quelling of disputes. It laments the cult of honor, urges law and self government, and foresees a day when resort to the duel is universally rejected as wicked and absurd.
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