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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1843
Page
6
A patriotic oration extols Washington as the exemplar of American virtue and national destiny. It urges citizens to honor law, religion, and knowledge, and to sustain public faith and liberty for future generations, ending with a call that all Americans proclaim I am an American Citizen.
Mr Barnett reports a rich gold vein found days ago at a local mine. A fine specimen of the car with sparkling gold pieces is available for viewing at the office.
Report notes valuable vein mines found near the mouth of Ralston's branch. Observers praise the financial payoff of research and industry as a response to the discovery.
The Dahlonega Times notes that last week Mr James J Field and partners recovered eighty pennyweights of gold using five hands. Messrs Field McCormick and Lightner dug up sixty pennyweights with eighteen hands. Messrs James M Bedford and McHenry reported one hundred seventeen pennyweights with fourteen hands.
The passage extols good humor as the clear sky of the soul that makes talent shine and genius unhindered. It compares humor to green in a landscape, harmonizing with colors, softening bright and dark tones, and smoothing the overall visage of people.
A group forms a mutual benefit society pledging members to refrain from drinking any spiritous or malt liquors wine or cider to guard health and family interests.
A fragment lists Dr. F. M. Robertson Dr. D. Hoox S T Crapman Esq James Hanpen Esq as members of a committee. The text provides no roles or actions.
The Hon Grance W Crawtorp has accepted an invitation to deliver an oration before Penfield College’s Literary Societies on Wednesday the 26th inst. The event highlights a notable engagement by a distinguished speaker at the institution.
The publisher asks readers to boost support by recruiting one new subscriber each, noting about 500 current subscribers fall short of the 2000 needed to sustain the paper. They pledge to continue the paper through the year if more readers subscribe, stressing the low price and the urgency of expanding their subscriber base.
The Temperance Banner invites state society delegates to a convention at Penfield on Monday night July 24 1848. The Washingtonian Society endorses the plan and promises accommodation for attendees as several societies are urged to send delegates and friends.
A Charleston visit shows a spacious hall and weekly temperance meetings throughout the year. Enthusiasts host decorative gatherings and use a piano to heighten the event, drawing local participation and support.
A crowded anniversary evening in a large hall featured music and fine voices. Despite forbidding weather the gathering overflowed, prompting demand for a dedicated meeting place to sustain the cause and spread uplifting influence throughout the community.
Citizens joined a citywide observance of Independence Day with a parade to the Presbyterian Church. Rev. George F. Pierce delivered an eloquent oration urging opposition to party faction and urging reliance on the God of nations. The Washingtonian Society held a temperance celebration with speeches and twelve new Total Abstinence pledges.
A Temperance gathering laments internal corruption, praises temperance success, and cites Bunker Hill as orderly and sober. Dr Hook urges those who have not pledged to join, noting six million pledges in Ireland and a broader European triumph. The writer laments few marchers from the Society, urging members to publicly show abstinence.
Report from the Franklin Literary Society notes that on the evening of the fourth an audience heard John R. Dow read an essay on the importance of virtue among the people and George W. Morgan deliver an eloquent oration on incidents connected with the Revolution.
A temperance lecturer argued that the rum-seller is more dangerous to society than the highway robber. He asked his audience if he had proven this, and the vote was overwhelmingly affirmative. Yet one is sent to the penitentiary while the other is called a gentleman.
A dire sermon denounces liquor sellers for harming families and fostering poverty. The speaker asks if a man can sleep after profiting from others’ misery, urges quitting the traffic, and pleads for charity over intoxication. The piece laments ruined homes and calls for conscience and reform.
The author argues for moral suasion over legal compulsion to curb drunkenness. Legislation invites fierce opposition, risks defeating reform, and may benefit drinkers as abstinence supporters are outnumbered. Persuasion is portrayed as more effective than coercive measures.
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