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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1844
Page
2
The piece argues for replacing false modesty with true modesty through balanced education for both sexes. It criticizes fashionable restraint as fueling intemperance and urges focusing on mind and moral training, citing Milton and Adam to illustrate inner virtue over outward charm.
In praise of total abstinence and reform the author celebrates dramatic personal recoveries from drunkenness. He urges young men to take the pledge, promising health, business success, and civic elevation for those saved, and calls on friends and philanthropists to join the effort to lift others from ruin.
The Journal of the American Temperance Union proclaims a radiant speaker whose words and music captivate without drink and condemns rum traders. It recalls past depictions of drunkenness and urges ending trade that ruined families, noting the decayed livelihoods of men rescued from the rumshop.
An essay urges lifelong pledge as cure for drunkenness and recounts Yale College temperance progress. A member’s seven year vow failed but signers increased with Society’s first anniversary in the College Chapel and a rising abstinence record among undergraduates.
A Washingtonian recalls past mockery of temperance while an old friend, now reformed, explains why he signed the pledge. He admits he once mocked temperance, but now believes in it, noting many others share the same hesitant stance.
In the Journal of Am Temperance Union the writer notes Yale College embracing temperance amid scientific halls. A select group formed about a year ago to promote temperance among peers and recruit companions to join their cause for a healthier youth and stronger moral standards.
Dr. Burns advocates temperance reform before the Free Church assembly praising the Report on the State of Religion. He cites American and Canadian church efforts toward total abstinence and warns against making abstinence a church test while praising temperance societies.
A Glasgow paper notes the Temperance Society of West Scotland has raised nearly £1000 for a year of special effort. They will host lectures by talented speakers in towns and villages. Volunteers and supporters will supplement advocacy, with meetings planned at about one hundred locations for the rest of the year.
The Olive Branch of Halifax Nova Scotia reports that Temperance Institutions have reclaimed over 2000 drunkards and about 150000 Canadians are pledged to abstain from intoxicating drinks. The success is attributed to widespread publication and circulation of temperance materials.
His Excellency Sir Charles Metcalf presented to the Montreal Temperance Society a generous £100 donation aimed at liquidating a debt of £500 recently contracted by the society. The gift supports ongoing efforts in education and employment of lecturers.
A movement forms to ease Father Mathew from financial strain due to temperance work. Lord Cloncurry sent 501, Cork Examiner lists subscriptions including 1007 from the Earl of Arundel. English Established Church clergy and an Irish Unitarian Clergyman contribute. Cork and southern temperance societies plan cooperation to secure funds in weeks.
The New York Sun calls for universal temperance reform, arguing drinking is the main obstacle to national prosperity. It urges all classes to unite against drunkenness, claiming it would improve affairs more than tariffs, banks, or other policy measures.
A reflective piece argues at Waterloo that soldiers of all Protestant and Catholic factions fought under banners of religion. It contends that martial law replaced gospel law, condemning war as a perversion of Christ’s message. The author insists ministers who preached peace bore knives in a grim tableau.
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