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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1843
Page
4
A dated verse on total abstinence urges Washingtonians to sign the pledge and renounce alcohol. It extols family unity and the future generations’ virtue, linking pledge signing to lasting household peace, prosperity, and happiness across multiple generations.
At Plymouth a man named Leavitt pleaded guilty to the charge of murder in a remarkable display of conscience. Despite the court guidance and bar counsel urging not guilty to avoid perjury, he insisted he slew his wife and refused to lie. He admitted intoxication as a factor in the crime.
An excerpt from the New York Washingtonian recounts a temperance lecture by Professor Greenbank. A drunken English merchant nearly dies after resuming wine, and a physician issues a stark warning as the patient faces a last look at a sunset. The piece condemns cultured drinkers who refuse pledge signs.
The text argues that both respectable drinkers and the houseless who drink suffer alike from rum. It urges citizens to sign the pledge and persevere to banish intemperance, praising collective resolve and public accountability in the United States.
Rev Mr Pierpont at a Faneuil Hall meeting argues lanterns as signs for oyster saloons show the temperance cause still strong. He likens tavern ornamentation to a deceptive band makeup that hides decline and entices patrons, warning that public taste will expose the deceit and end the trade.
A Boston Washingtonian piece rails at a dram-shop, recounting three cases in three months. A penniless youth wanders lost on a wintry night and dies after a fall from a window. A man drowns after leaping from a ship. A family is torn by violence leading to ruin and imprisonment. The keeper is criticized for profiting from misery and opposing Temperance reform.
A preservation of family duty and honor is urged to reform a drinker and gambler through sisterly affection and prayer if needed. The piece cites the pledge as a liberty from oppression and a path to virtue and happiness, contrasting teetotal zeal with ridicule from tavern keepers.
A Cincinnati judge, Judge Wood, confronted a defendant after sentencing Andrew Walton for killing John Carroll. He cited that among sixty capital cases he had seen, at least fifty resulted from drunkenness, rejecting the accused’s claim of intoxication excuse.
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