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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1844
Page
6
The Augusta Washingtonian essay from December 21 1944 argues against false modesty as a cause of intemperance. It urges educating both sexes to cultivate true modesty, intellect, and virtue, citing Milton to emphasize mind over appearance and warning against fashionable manners that foster vice.
A reformist call extols total abstinence as a cure for ruin caused by alcohol. It highlights transformed lives like Levin and Woodruff, urges youths to seek help, sign the pledge, and join in lifting others. The rhetoric appeals to citizens, feminists, and philanthropists to push temperance and improve society.
The Journal of the American Temperance Union reflects on a vivid speaker whose performance enthralls the audience. It condemns the rum trade and its ruinous impact, recalling past defenses of drinking as benevolence and urging an end to the trade to spare families from poverty.
A Yale temperance note urges lifelong pledges to abstain from alcohol. An anecdote of a seven year vow shows health and happiness improving, then decline after completion, prompting signatories to advocate total abstinence. The Yale college Annual Report details growing abstinence among seniors to freshmen, with 203 of 394 undergraduates in the Total Abstinence Society.
A Washingtonian recalls a friend John Weill who recently reformed and now supports temperance. The dialogue reveals how hesitant past skeptics admit they once doubted pledges but deny disbelief when pressed, suggesting many delayed signatories secretly believe temperance is genuine.
The Journal of Am Temperance Union reports Yale College hosts a devoted band resisting temptations as they prepare to enter the world as Temperance men. About a year ago they formed a club aimed at guiding companions toward temperance and encouraging them to join their ranks.
Dr Burns voices approval of the Reports temperance section praising Temperance Societies. He recalls the American shift to abstinence and total abstinence as a historic model. He notes Canadian ministers are abstainers and supports the Deputation's stance.
A Glasgow paper notes the Temperance Society of West Scotland has secured nearly 1000 pounds for a year of special effort. They will stage lectures by skilled speakers in towns and villages, with volunteers supporting the cause, and have arranged meetings at about one hundred locations for the rest of the year.
The Olive Branch of Halifax reports that Temperance Institutions have reclaimed over 2000 drunkards and about 150000 Canadians are pledged to abstain from intoxicating drinks. The publication and circulation of temperance materials are credited with this success.
His Excellency Sir Charles Metcalf presented to the Montreal Temperance Society a munificent donation of £100 toward liquidating a debt of £500 the society had contracted.
A movement seeks to relieve Father Mathew from pecuniary embarrassments due to his temperance work Lord Cloncurry forwarded 501 The Cork Examiner lists subscriptions including 1007 from the Earl of Arundel Two English Established Church clergymen and an Irish Unitarian clergyman contribute Temperance Societies in Cork and the south plan to cooperate Soon ample funds should free the Rev Mr Mathew from financial engagements
The New York Sun calls for a universal temperance movement to end drunkenness, arguing it is the main obstacle to national prosperity and liberty. The piece urges all classes to unite to suppress alcohol and improve the country beyond tariff or bank debates.
The essay argues that at Waterloo Christians of many denominations fought under a banner of religion yet acted with brutal policy. It contends rulers used a devilish gospel to sanction slaughter while gospel teachings of love were ignored. Ministers are depicted as complicit, wielding violence in the name of faith.
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