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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1844
Page
2
Washington Total Abstinence Pledge forms a society for mutual benefit to guard against intemperance with signatories pledging to abstain from spirits malt liquors wine and cider. Editorial and notices discuss subscribers remitting via postmasters and forthcoming publishing proposals in Kentucky.
A fragment notes Ragusa's Cosmorama exhibition pleasing and instructive, urging public patronage. The piece stresses a New Year Temperance drive to protect youth, curb intemperance, and reclaim drinkers through moral effort and collective energy.
A fragmentary passage reflects on the new year’s bright dawn and the mercy that permits sight of the heavens and the elegant splendors of night. It touches on the study of music and the beauty of nature as a fountain of inspiration.
A Savannah temperance letter urges annual reflection on virtue and lawful living, cites Adam and divine guidance, and calls for ladies to support the Savannah Washingtonian Temperance Society while noting only 129 pledges and 19 resignations. It laments slow growth and appeals to benevolence, patriotism, and Mr Hawkins to boost the movement.
Old Oglethorpe contributes account of the Temperance Society of Savannah and its future progress. Savannah people are urged to stay united for civil and religious liberty while Old Chatham shows latent vigor that could spur statewide benevolence and patriotic effort.
The article notes resolve to keep the movement alive and continue the fight against King Alcohol. It mentions efforts to publish poems from a juvenile correspondent D and hopes for future verse support from readers in the Sunny South, with a nod to the Washingtonian.
A long verse praises the Bright Sunny South with geographic and cultural imagery and notes home ties between North and South. A Washingtonian address argues worship shapes character, citing classical examples and moral influence of what one loves.
The excerpt argues that worshippers of the Rosy God are morally decayed and destined for criminal behavior unless converted. A reader recounts encountering a dubious man in public, illustrating distrust of such individuals and warning against con men in everyday life.
A former distillery owner recounts his moral awakening after selling liquor and witnessing a neighbor’s poverty. He vows never to drink again and dedicates himself to the Temperance cause, seeking forgiveness for the misery caused by alcohol. The tale serves as a moral exhortation to readers.
A fragmented excerpt voices a drunkard’s despair and peril of excess. It pleads with youth to understand the dreary descent from liquor and the emptiness of past goodness as the speaker laments ongoing craving and ruin. The speaker reflects on wasted days and the pull of renewed drunkenness.
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