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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1843
Page
2
The piece urges temperance in Independence Day celebrations and calls for speeches, songs, and writings that promote liberty with restraint. It condemns excessive drinking, praises self control, and warns editors and citizens to guard against avarice and sensuality while urging moral citizenry and responsible governance.
The list notes two suspicious indicators: men entering a shop with front displays while alcohol is supposedly available only in the back room. A pale face on someone signing a Total Abstinence pledge then returns to its normal florid color, signaling possible deception.
A notice describes the Tsar Frangxie Literary Society in our city inviting members and friends to City Hall Park on July 4 for an essay by J R Dow and an address by George Morgan. It promises a feast of reason and a flow of soul with patriotic poetry and music.
At the June term Judge Shly presiding, three gentlemen were admitted to plead and practice in the Courts of Law and Equity in this State. Lawrence D. Sallerstedt, William A. Ramsay and Wooding passed the examination with high credit to themselves and their preceptors.
Reprinted letters and editorials discuss the Temperance cause, Irish repeal debates, and slavery in America. The Cheraw Gazette and related papers defend independence, condemn subsidies from pro slavery groups, and urge readers to sever ties with supporters of slavery while praising nonpartisan neutrality.
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