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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1844
Page
6
The Washingtonian notes members pledge to abstain from spiritous or malt liquors wine or cider forming a mutual benefit society. Editorials mention Rev W T Baanty and others with committee members listed and posts about subscriptions and publishing Proposals in Kentucky.
The notice lauds Ragusa's Cosmorama exhibition as highly instructive and enjoyable. It urges renewed temperance efforts in the new year, seeking to protect the young from intemperance and to reclaim habitual drinkers through collective moral action.
A reflective note on the dawn of the new year. The author speaks of mercy and permission to behold the heavens and the beauty around, urging enjoyment of music and the gentle glories of night. The piece invites contemplation and the pleasures found in nature and the arts.
A Savannah writer urges temperance reform as the new year begins. He contrasts Adam and modern society, calls for obedience to divine law, and urges female support while detailing local Society of the Washingtonian Temperance. He notes only 129 pledges, 19 resignations, and anticipates Mr Hawkins’s visit to boost efforts.
Old Oglethorpe reports on Savannah temperance efforts with promises of updates. The Savannah public increasingly supports civil and religious liberty, while Old Chatham prepares to awaken its benevolence and patriotism to bolster the state’s reform movement.
The passage urges maintaining wartime momentum against alcohol and expresses hope for awakening interest to sustain the campaign. It notes a juvenile correspondent D and hints at published poems from readers in the Sunny South, inviting further literary contributions.
A long verse contrasts the Bright Sunny South with the North praising its groves, rivers, and maidens, and notes affection for the region despite birthplace. The second piece argues worship shapes character, from Greek liberty to Bacchus, and links object of worship to moral conduct.
The writer argues that adherents of the Rosy God are morally corrupt and destined for worse outcomes unless persuaded to abandon the practice. A witness recalls meeting a man of questionable character and distrusts him in business or handling property.
A former distiller recounts starting in liquor trade, witnessing a neighbor's misery, and pledging never to drink again. He resolves to promote temperance and seek forgiveness, using his influence to aid the afflicted and reform his life.
A narrator pleads for help as he recalls drowning in alcohol, describing the ruinous pull of drink and craving youth’s first pleasures. He warns youths against the peril of indulgence and the descent into despair.
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