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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1843
Page
2
The Augusta Washingtonian Society signs pledge to abstain from all spirituous and malt liquors wine and cider. Editorial committee names and subscriber notes appear along with a Temperance Lecturer and Almanac, praising its usefulness and urging booksellers to stock it.
A friend of the cause gave four dollars to the publisher for four copies, praising the paper as valuable and saying it has been treated badly here. He previously sent money last year and hopes others will likewise support.
A Christian Advocate subscriber is urged to be excluded from the paper over payment disputes. The Advocate asserts the subscriber never ordered the paper or received it, or paid, while claiming an act of limitation may apply. The piece says there is no equal on their subscription list.
The message urges members to share testimonies at first experience meetings to boost temperance pledges. Augusta Society reports progress with about 20 new subscribers added in the past month as momentum builds and officers are urged to engage in further publicity.
The piece argues Sabbath observance shields society by shaping business integrity and personal conduct. It laments neglect of worship, warns of moral erosion, and urges unity among temperance advocates to resist political divisions and sustain the Washingtonian movement and its publication through broader public support.
The writer urges readers to support the Washingtonian in a temperance cause. He emphasizes upholding the best of causes through patronage and printing the family paper as a safe means to drive drunkenness from the community. He denies publisher coercion and calls for civic and private citizen backing.
A Princeton Georgia temperance note outlines the local Princeton Academy Temperance Society of 135 members with 52 women, founded in 1839, and presents a South Carolina State Temperance Society report urging noncoercive methods. The text cautions against provocative tactics and legislation, urging harmony with opponents to advance moral reform.
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