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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1843
Page
2
In Augusta on December 2 1843 the Washington Total Abstinence pledge forms a society for mutual benefit to curb drink. Editorial notes praise a proposed annual State Convention and a compact statewide structure to strengthen temperance work and spread reform.
Delegates from state societies show strong temperance zeal at the Easton Convention with widespread support and hopeful reports. Observers note renewed efforts to promote virtue and moral standards, with several resolutions passed and plans to extend the movement’s benevolent influence.
Delegates from diverse societies form a State Convention to promote temperance by moral suasion. The Eatonton meeting drew large crowds and many signatories to the pledge, mostly women, while Penfield Banner and Augusta Washingtonian were urged for support. Delegates hosted by Eatonton citizens showcased liberal hospitality and regional cooperation.
A travel writer reports on temperance gains across upper Georgia counties and South Carolina districts. He notes roadside rum shops evading laws via cordial substitutes and praises renewed temperance efforts, urging Georgia friends to intensify their campaigning and support for the cause.
A report notes whiskey selling at 28 cents per gallon at auction and Cuban molasses at 3 cents less per gallon. It contrasts nourishment and intoxication, criticizing local views on value and urging wiser judgment by Washingtonians regarding well known commodities.
From the Organ and Washingtonian twenty years ago we recall a society that celebrated mothers and fathers while unwittingly feeding their children alcohol. The narrator links early indulgence to later ruin, noting a shift after fires and smoke revealed alcohol’s harms. A New Jersey tale follows a father forcing bitters on his sons until a local clergyman promotes a total abstinence pledge among youths.
A family tale shows two brothers aged seventeen and twenty pledging total abstinence from intoxicating drink. They confront their father who habitually drinks, choose independence, and inspire him to join the pledge. The trio, now Washingtonians, promote temperance and happiness.
A dream portrays a blissful heavenly abode where a broken hearted wife from a dark place ascends with joy. The piece shifts to Taunton asking who refuses to pledge themselves, satirizing politicians and pledges in marriage and public life, with satire aimed at moral expectations.
In hard times the poorest families suffer most as day labor wanes. The Temperance Reform helps by cutting liquor spending, saving about six shillings a week that can nearly buy bread. The pledge now matters more as destitution risks rise and despair intensifies.
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