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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1844
Page
6
The Washingtonian editorial board announces new volume practices and subscription rates. It outlines a shift to two dollars annually for a single copy and ten dollars for six, with twenty dollars for thirteen copies, urging readers to renew and noting country subscribers under new terms. It pledges temperance advocacy, moral improvement, and useful knowledge while signaling independence from party politics.
To our City Subscribers. Todays paper is left with all our former subscribers, temperance folks, and the citizens generally. We need their support and hope those who approve of our publication and have not yet given their names as subscribers will aid the cause by patronizing our paper. Come over and help us.
A front-page letter denounces Bishop Onderdonk for酒ndulgence in alcohol, notes clergy persuaded him to resign, and urges total abstinence to curb drinking. The sermon proves aimed at South Carolina youths and warns the Union about temperance, vigilance, and moral reform. The piece links dueling, vice, and religious duty, urging action and unity in the temperance movement.
A reader sends a foraging letter titled the Twine Party asking for two years of paper. The editor declines the request stating the post office was defrauded and that the subscriber would not be edified by the submission.
Reported rioting shows no new outbreaks in the city, but excitement persists in districts. The governor has arrested ring leaders and about 5000 troops occupy the counties, with casualties from New York troops noted in the hotspots.
A observed plea denounces revived drinking on steamboats and rail lines. It urges intensified temperance effort to curb ardent spirits, warn against social decline, and persuade both spenders and buyers to abandon intoxicants. It warns of ruin for youth and the nation if drink persists.
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