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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1845
Page
6
The Temperance Banner is recommended to readers as a semi monthly issue from Penfield priced at one dollar per year. Townsman Metcalf hosted a flower viewing at his residence last Tuesday evening offering ice lemonade to guests despite the blossom being only partially developed.
The papers this week announce the death of General Andrew Jackson the Hero of New Orleans famed for unmatched popularity since Washington. His eight years as president are said to be inseparably linked with the nation’s history.
A citizen recalls the Roman tale of the belly and the members to urge calm amid factional calls for public change. The text mocks those clinging to their views despite clear demonstration of folly and urges assent to collective welfare.
Georgia held the State Temperance Convention in Macon with about one hundred delegates enrolled and leaders named. The assembly elected Rev Seneca Bragg as President and E G Cabaniss as Secretary, noting distinguished political figures and eminent divines among delegates.
The Macon temperance gathering adopted the Temperance Banner as its organ, vowed delegates to recruit subscribers, and planned visits to the South Carolina Temperance Society in Pendleton. The address by Col. Junius A. Wineheep impressed the audience and the convention adjourned with hopes of meeting in Milledgeville for a larger pledge of supporters.
A reader defends Rev Nathan Hoyt of Athens against mockery in the Savannah Republican. The letter praises Hoyt’s effort to promote Georgia’s upcountry and Sabbath in Athens, while criticizing attempts to ridicule his motives and urging wide republication across regional papers and even distant unusual readers.
A letter urges travelers from the low country to visit Augusta noting a canal under excavation, dry goods and grocery stores, hotels, and attractions. It defends press copying while praising local amenities and church accommodations, emphasizing the Augusta Bridge view and hospitality.
A narrator contrasts harsh prison fate for a petty counterfeit with leniency for a richer offender. A portly bystander endorses punishment for the poor counterfeit, while the same social pillar enjoys wealth, a daughter’s carriage, and a now-destitute widow bears his legacy of greed.
A narrative condemns a powerful plunderer who starves the poor while flaunting wealth and luxury. It portrays ruined homes, widows, orphans, and desolation caused by relentless theft, urging readers to call tyrants by their rightful name and demand justice.
A reflective poem describing the suffering of a wife bound to a mistreated drunkard. The speaker laments neglect and abuse, urging faith and hope as guiding jewels amid sorrow. Crystal Fount signs the verse with the grave tone of a religious meditation on heartbreak.
Miss Williams, a temperance advocate and Sunday school teacher, sought signatures for the temperance pledge from her class. A fourth grader exclaimed that her father drinks wine, prompting Williams to realize the child believed her father was a clergyman.
Miss Williams pleads for a temperance pledge from a minister’s child who fears disobeying her father yet yields to the teacher’s urging. A pale orphan girl then signs, while the scene hints at social pressures, faith, and the moral role of educators in the church community.
A letter from D Covington, Ia., May 13 1845 argues liquor sales profit the venders while costs of prosecutions, relief for drunkards families, and education should be taxed to those who traffic in alcohol. The author calls for shifting all expenses arising from ardent spirits onto sellers, not the broader community.
A portrait of Sandy Welsh once famed as Terrapin Luncu proprietor and conductor in New York who became a zealous Washingtonian. The piece recounts his rise from luxury to ruin after selling a death draught, his pledge to abandon it, and his ongoing moral battle to guide others away from ruin.
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